Gee, You Don't Suppose That Was Fixed...

[God]

Not rigged. They had a fair chance at it and yall just lost. It's the way the cookie crumbles, now enjoy your role player!

[CatMan72]

The fact that David Stern presides over this makes it easy for me to believe it's rigged.

[kman72]

instead of oden/durant it feels more like a dwight/okafor.... not happy right now

[CatMan72]

Not rigged. They had a fair chance at it and yall just lost. It's the way the cookie crumbles, now enjoy your role player!

Hey look everybody, it's the Panthers fan who became a Colts fan (during our 2-14 season) "because he moved to Indy" but he was still a Bobcats fan (?) and now he's rocking a Pacers avi and he's back rooting for the Panthers (after we got Cam and the Colts lost Manning).

Bandwagon much?

[carolina-chuck]

Just like when NO won the Super Bowl.

[carolina-chuck]

Not rigged. They had a fair chance at it and yall just lost. It's the way the cookie crumbles, now enjoy your role player!

Shut up

[God]

Hey look everybody, it's the Panthers fan who became a Colts fan (during our 2-14 season) "because he moved to Indy" but he was still a Bobcats fan (?) and now he's rocking a Pacers avi and he's back rooting for the Panthers (after we got Cam and the Colts lost Manning).

Bandwagon much?

umad? Don't be mad man, maybe Charlotte will have a chance at #1 next year!

Glad you are keeping track of my life though its inaccurate.

[Stroupe-a-loop]

So why again can't they draw the balls live?

I mean if it's on the level, then what's the problem?

Alright, so

1. you don't trust them and feel a live lottery is transparent? It's a billion dollar sports conglomerate. If they wanted to rig it live they still could.

2. it would be the worst television show ever. Literally nobody would watch. They do it this way because it's suspenseful. A live drawing would begin with the announcing of the number one pick and then everybody would tune out. Plus, they would be constant stops while they removed all the balls of the team that got picked. It would be more boring than the decision with ball pain. (zing)

these are all just dumb. the lotto was already rigged for cleveland last year because of lebron's departure. washington had it rigged 2 years ago with john wall.

but in all seriousness it is probably rigged. david stern is a piece of fuging poo human being.

Whatever, you know you would be saying something along those lines if somebody else had won. If New Orleans was so obvious, show me the thread where everybody agreed they were going to win it.

[CatMan72]

umad? Don't be mad man, maybe Charlotte will have a chance at #1 next year!

LOL, so when did you become a Pacers fan exactly? Let me guess, right about the time that it was clear the Bobcats sucked, just like you jumped ship on the Panthers during the 2-14 season and now you're back.

[nickzz]

Whatever, you know you would be saying something along those lines if somebody else had won. If New Orleans was so obvious, show me the thread where everybody agreed they were going to win it.

only if the nets or hornets won

[Stroupe-a-loop]

And I'm not fighting all this B.S. again this year. If you cats want to believe we got ripped off so that the NBA could reward one of the least valuable and least loyal markets, then you go ahead. Just a tradition that I have to come out against this reaction to the draft lottery every year.

[CatMan72]

Alright, so

1. you don't trust them and feel a live lottery is transparent? It's a billion dollar sports conglomerate. If they wanted to rig it live they still could.

2. it would be the worst television show ever. Literally nobody would watch. They do it this way because it's suspenseful. A live drawing would begin with the announcing of the number one pick and then everybody would tune out. Plus, they would be constant stops while they removed all the balls of the team that got picked. It would be more boring than the decision with ball pain. (zing)

A live lottery drawing is a heck of a lot more transparent then what they have now, right???

I don't care about the TV quality, I think the NBA could take the hit on ratings for this 30 min show in the name of transparency.

Each team GM could be given a chance to verify the balls are okay before they start and they could watch as the balls are drawn and the #'s are verified.

Is that so hard? Is the NBA that desperate for ratings during the playoffs?

[mav1234]

or they could, I dunno, just drop the dumbass lottery poo anyway and utilize a better system. hell, I'd prefer Cuban's stuff to this poo.

[God]

i like to support my local teams, nothing wrong with that. I support the colts too. Until the Bobcats make it clear they want to win they don't deserve anyone as a fan, they are lucky idiots pay to go see the garbage games.