2007-05-23 03:49:15 · 11 answers · asked by Frankie 4 in Sports ➔ Basketball
Stern has got to go. He destroying the NBA!
2007-05-23 16:07:49 · update #1
yeah, it's rigged.
if it wasn't, then why wouldn't they show the ping pong ball process in public.
the draft picks go to teams that support the general agenda of the nba's rebuilding process and has nothing to do with the stated goals of the draft.
what i don't understand is how having empty arenas in boston, and other cities who have teams with no hope is going to benefit the nba.
lets face it folks, the golden age of the nba is 20 years past...
2007-05-23 05:57:25 · answer #1 · answered by nostradamus02012 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES!!! No one seems to notice how the teams winning te lottery lately are all teams that benefit the NBA and it's rebuilding process. The Blazers have one of the best young teams in the NBA and adding Oden or Durant to them makes them spectacular, we're talking like dominate the West in three years spectacular. Last year Toronto had attendance problems and there was real talk behind the scenes that they might relocate...bam number one overall pick. Two years ago the Bucks had the same problem, plus there was all the talk about Redd leaving...number one pick. The Magic when they got Dwight Howard (and Shaq) were in danger of losing their star (they did eventually trade him, but...), and so on and so forth. The NBA is money and politics, and the team that wins the lottery often benefits the NBA, look at Cleveland when Lebron came out. There was real talk that he might go to college if the Cavs didn't win the lottery, he'd even visited a campus earlier in the week, but it was very low press 'cause no one really wanted to talk about that. The lottery has always been fishy, and why reward the Celtics who clearly tried to tank at the end of the season by sitting Pierce with a mysterious injury that , as they said, could be season ending and could have him back in a week. Six straight wins later they brought him back. F you Danny Ainge.
2007-05-23 11:02:18 · answer #2 · answered by Fifty5 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Did Stern punish the tankers? I doubt it. He has no concrete evidence that the teams actually tanked.
Would Stern send two franchise players to small market teams on purpose? Not if he wanted to lose money. Oden in Boston would have sold more merchandise and tickets. Durant to the Timberwolves would have been a better senario. The Sonics could move to Oklahoma for peats sakes. I do feel that the lottery is a joke. You can't have a live showing of the picks because after the first three picks it all goes by worse record.
2007-05-23 11:06:31 · answer #3 · answered by Nathan P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was rigged and fixed may I add as well casue how do the Trail Balzers get the No. 1 pick it should of gone to Memphis because they needed it they were the worst team in the NBA team this season.
2007-05-23 10:58:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
As much as my mind says no, my gut says maybe. They said there was a better chance of flipping a coin heads 10 times in a row than to have the lottery turn out like it did last night.
2007-05-23 10:55:27 · answer #5 · answered by ringo82514 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here we go again....the conspiracy theorists are at it again...actually, Stern works for the CIA as a covert operative looking to bring down groups of terrorists known as "NBA Teams"....give me a break!
2007-05-23 11:13:40 · answer #6 · answered by natedawg77 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its hard to argue against it. The 2 worst teams end up with the fourth & fifth picks...questionable
2007-05-23 11:56:15 · answer #7 · answered by TheSafetyMan 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If it was rigged, a marquee franchise like Boston would've had one of the top two picks.
2007-05-23 10:52:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it is rigged, with the team that pays the most amount of dollars getting the first pick. that's my theory.
2007-05-23 10:57:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yup always have. Its too complex and in the end it really doesnt matter who gets the first pick because you can always trade for them.
2007-05-23 10:53:24 · answer #10 · answered by TD 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋