Event 2016 NBA Draft Lottery, 5:00pm PT, ESPN

[drexlersdad]

yeah, i heard you have to give up your phone and you are on lockdown until it is announced? does that sound right?

 

[Natebishop3]

yeah, i heard you have to give up your phone and you are on lockdown until it is announced? does that sound right?

I'm pretty sure that's what KP said after we won in 2007.

 

[Strenuus]

I voted Ben Simmons to the Lakers. He and KD and in two seasons Westbrook will be a blast to watch play together.

Why would you want the l*kers be fun to watch? They should suck forever.

 

[BonesJones]

I voted Ben Simmons to the Lakers. He and KD and in two seasons Westbrook will be a blast to watch play together.

 

[BBert]

I voted Ben Simmons to the Lakers. He and KD and in two seasons Westbrook will be a blast to watch play together.

If this isn't ban worthy nothing is.

 

[Natebishop3]

I think HCP actually meant "Bill Simmons to the Lakers."

 

[illmatic99]

Watch. Woj is gonna tweet out the lotto results before it happens. Ernst and Young are gonna lose their shit

 

[BonesJones]

They're dragging this shit out smh

 

[jlprk]

I'm watching on http://fırstrowsports.eu/basketball. What is this? It runs a half-hour? I've been gone a couple of years; when did this change. They analyze top players, just like on the draft day telecast, who show up for live interviews. It used to be for 10 minutes at halftime, with owners sitting there as results were announced. They stretch it out now to half an hour.

 

[jlprk]

They have an audience there of about a thousand people. It used to be a studio event, and garnered a newspaper article of about 2 lines in the Miscellaneous section of the sports section. It was ridiculed by top teams like the Lakers to be a gathering of losers.

 

[jlprk]

It's the Lakers, Celtics, and 76ers remaining. So they run an ad while we wait. The most traditional 3 teams. The fix is in.

 

[Tunchi]

Man this is fun

 

[BonesJones]

Why do they only draw for the top 3? That makes no sense to me

 

[PHXBlazer1]

wow...chalk

 

[jlprk]

All 14 picks went in order of probability. No surprises.

 

[PHXBlazer1]

That was lame

 

[BonesJones]

So nothing changed... 76ers and Lakers get rewarded for tanking...

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

76ers take Ingram or Simmons?

 

[drexlersdad]

fuck! all i really wanted was for the lakers to fall to #4, but failing that, at least fall to #3. crud.

 

[Tunchi]

Fuck I wanted lakers to Atleast get 3

They'll have Ingram or Simmons

Fuck

 

[HailBlazers]

Shits Rigged

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Damn, I can't believe we didn't win.

 

[dviss1]

Aren't the Lakers guaranteed to win the 1st pick?

Love the reverse jinx.

 

[PDXFonz]

Dammit this is best case for LA. They take whichever of Simmons/Ingram is left.

 

[Strenuus]

I'm starting to think the conspiracy theorists and tin-foil hat wearers are the people who don't think the NBA is rigged.

 

[drexlersdad]

philly has drafted 4 pf/c types so far, can they go with simmons?

embiid
okafor
noel
saric

ingram sure seems like he fits better with those guys, but they still need a pg desperately

simmons is the much better passer, but he cant shoot 3s at all

 

[kjironman1]

Man we sure sucked in that Lottery. Someone fire Olshey!

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Man we sure sucked in that Lottery. Someone fire Olshey!

We tanked tanking.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

philly has drafted 4 pf/c types so far, can they go with simmons?

embiid
okafor
noel
saric

ingram sure seems like he fits better with those guys, but they still need a pg desperately

simmons is the much better passer, but he cant shoot 3s at all

Those are my feelings too. I think they take ingram because they have to. If it was me, id pick simmons if i was starting clean with a team with no players. But it would he crazy if they took simmons to add to the players they have.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Simmons has PG skills. They can draft him to be Magic Johnson.