Mutombo says congrats to 76ers for winning lottery; quickly deletes tweet

[Domejandro]

Why in the world would the NBA rig the lottery for the Sixers?

Is this like when the NBA "rigged" the lottery so that two generation talents, Oden & Durant, went to two of their smallest markets? One market they had already decided to kill?

A case for the NBA lottery being rigged:
#1 picks going to LA, NY, or Chicago.

A case for the NBA lottery not being rigged:
#1 picks going to Minnesota (already happened) and Philly

Well, the idea would be that because they are the fourth biggest market, and now that they fired Sam Hinkie to make room for the Colangelo family (who worked for the NBA), they would be gifted the first overall draft pick.e

[Laimbeer]

Just a matter of time before Deke's body is found.

[Domejandro]

Why in the world would the NBA rig the lottery for the Sixers?

Is this like when the NBA "rigged" the lottery so that two generation talents, Oden & Durant, went to two of their smallest markets? One market they had already decided to kill?

A case for the NBA lottery being rigged:
#1 picks going to LA, NY, or Chicago.

A case for the NBA lottery not being rigged:
#1 picks going to Minnesota (already happened) and Philly

Well, the idea would be that because they are the fourth biggest market, and now that they fired Sam Hinkie to make room for the Colangelo family (who worked for the NBA), they would be gifted the first overall draft pick.

As a side-note, the team was in Seattle, not Oklahoma City. The conspirators throw out that given the need to clench an arena deal, along with the impending change of ownership, Seattle was granted a top two pick. I am not saying this, but that is the idea behind the whispers.

[EddieJonesFan]

So it can't be that Mutombo misunderstood something, or got ahead of himself posting something he meant to post later in case they won, it has to be that Dikembe Mutombo is on the conspiracy of the draft lottery. You conspiracy theorists already had your mind made up and will take anything you find as evidence to confirm what you already believed, you're so transparent and intellectually bankrupt.

[EricAnderson]

In case people thought they held it earlier and Mutimbo accidentally leaked it that isn't the case

https://twitter.com/zachlowe_nba/status/732707204764184576

[Chi]

IF this is a legitimate lottery why can't they ever just show it live? Why does it have to be 2 miles under the earths surface in a secret chamber every year?

Why can't they just do the lottery right on live TV? And use sheets of paper with teams names on them to rule out any possibility of favoring teams with weighted draft lottery balls.

If this is as legit as they want us to believe it is, then why do they even leave the slightest room for it to be questioned? Why not destroy all of the doubt all together?


Until that happens, anyone with sense should know that the NBA draft lottery is obviously fixed... And if that's fixed, why should we believe anything else they say?

NBA, work on your credibility...

[Domejandro]

So it can't be that Mutombo misunderstood something, or got ahead of himself posting something he meant to post later in case they won, it has to be that Dikembe Mutombo is on the conspiracy of the draft lottery. You conspiracy theorists already had your mind made up and will take anything you find as evidence to confirm what you already believed, you're so transparent and intellectually bankrupt.

Has anyone in this thread other than the creator claimed that it is a clear case of corruption?

[Rupert Murdoch]

[nodeal]

got mudumbo to give up the top 3

PHI
NOP
LAL

[ReKon]

I think i saw last year s actual ping pong draw but i don t remember where

The whole rigged conspiracy theory if Philadelphia actually wins this when they have the biggest chance of getting it anyway is beyond me.But there will be a conspiracy theory about everything

Hopefully for Philly fans who have been trhough a lot they do get the #1 pick and they start building a good team.

[LofJ]

I think i saw last year s actual ping pong draw but i don t remember where

The whole rigged conspiracy theory if Philadelphia actually wins this when they have the biggest chance of getting it anyway is beyond me.But there will be a conspiracy theory about everything

Hopefully for Philly fans who have been trhough a lot they do get the #1 pick and they start building a good team.

The actual ping pong draw is posted by the NBA afterwards. Silver got the idea from a meet and greet with Hornets season ticket holders. He said they don't televise it because the process is too arduous and boring.

[DK-All Day]

Just a matter of time before Deke's body is found.

David Stern knows where the bodies are buried. It won't take too long to find him.

[DeezRaptors]

Why in the world would the NBA rig the lottery for the Sixers?

Is this like when the NBA "rigged" the lottery so that two generation talents, Oden & Durant, went to two of their smallest markets? One market they had already decided to kill?

A case for the NBA lottery being rigged:
#1 picks going to LA, NY, or Chicago.

A case for the NBA lottery not being rigged:
#1 picks going to Minnesota (already happened) and Philly

A large market winning doesnt prove its rigged. You probably hate the large markets.

[Kiwishaq]

He was probably just watching The Starters last night and got confused...

[tweet]https://twitter.com/TheStarters/status/732392979919314948[/tweet]

[Dajadeed]

They have a draw behind the scenes before the actual televised draw so someone might have leaked it

This.

They confiscate everyone's phones at the door.


More than likely he checked a draft board with the likely odds and thought it was how the lottery had played out.

[EddieJonesFan]

So it can't be that Mutombo misunderstood something, or got ahead of himself posting something he meant to post later in case they won, it has to be that Dikembe Mutombo is on the conspiracy of the draft lottery. You conspiracy theorists already had your mind made up and will take anything you find as evidence to confirm what you already believed, you're so transparent and intellectually bankrupt.

Has anyone in this thread other than the creator claimed that it is a clear case of corruption?

Yes.

[Domejandro]

So it can't be that Mutombo misunderstood something, or got ahead of himself posting something he meant to post later in case they won, it has to be that Dikembe Mutombo is on the conspiracy of the draft lottery. You conspiracy theorists already had your mind made up and will take anything you find as evidence to confirm what you already believed, you're so transparent and intellectually bankrupt.

Has anyone in this thread other than the creator claimed that it is a clear case of corruption?

Yes.

I see some sarcastic replies and some speculation that it may have gotten leaked (which have been disproven), but not speculation that it is rigged?

[Shock Defeat]

rigged

[cyclix]

Uh oh

[Sephiroth]

#Rigged