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[SlyPokerDog]

I have person ypu quoted on ignore so if something nasty was said I didn't see it.

 

[kjironman1]

Starting to be some serious talk now by a couple owners saying last years draft was fixed after the trade that sent Luka to the Lakers.
I really hope this is not true but I have to admit I’ve been skeptical about the whole thing.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Starting to be some serious talk now by a couple owners saying last years draft was fixed after the trade that sent Luka to the Lakers.
I really hope this is not true but I have to admit I’ve been skeptical about the whole thing.
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As soon as the trade happened I said to my kids “just watch Dallas get the first pick in the draft”. I was skeptical from the get go.

 

[julius]

Starting to be some serious talk now by a couple owners saying last years draft was fixed after the trade that sent Luka to the Lakers.
I really hope this is not true but I have to admit I’ve been skeptical about the whole thing.
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It wasn't just this pick that convinced me it was fixed, it was San Antonio getting, once again, a generational talent. and then the next year getting the 2nd pick and then before that the 4th pick.

So they got #1, #4, #2 ...

 

[blazerkor]

Starting to be some serious talk now by a couple owners saying last years draft was fixed after the trade that sent Luka to the Lakers.
I really hope this is not true but I have to admit I’ve been skeptical about the whole thing.
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As soon as it the trade happened I said to my kids “just watch Dallas get the first pick in the draft”. I was skeptical from the get go.

If you guys think that the NBA gives Ernst & Young anything close to enough to endanger the rest of their 53B in business they do every year and risk the NBA's reputation as well, I don't know what to tell you.

Does it seem fishy that the Mavs got the first pick and specifically Flagg, right after one of the worst trades in league history that once again benefited the Lakers? Yeah of course that seems off but when you zoom out, it just doesn't make any sense whatsoever for the NBA or Ernst & Young.

Also of course some of the owners in the league buy into some nonsense conspiracy theory, we're in the age of bullshit conspiracy theories. Let those owners waste some of their money to try and prove it.

 

[kjironman1]

Wait
Ernst and Young was there and they can’t be bought so yeah multiple owners are just tin foil conspiracy theorists.
Vegas didn’t even give odds of Dallas winning that pick. Think about it.

 

[blazerkor]

Wait
Ernst and Young was there and they can’t be bought so yeah multiple owners are just tin foil conspiracy theorists.
Vegas didn’t even give odds of Dallas winning that pick. Think about it.

Yeah I guess the points you just made make getting Luka to the Lakers and Flagg to the Mavs worth the $210,000,000,000 combined net worths of the NBA and Ernst and Young totally worth risking.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Wait
Ernst and Young was there and they can’t be bought so yeah multiple owners are just tin foil conspiracy theorists.
Vegas didn’t even give odds of Dallas winning that pick. Think about it.

 

[blazerkor]

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I just think the high visibility of the NBA draft lotto would make it a very very expensive large-scale scandal that would lose them a ton of business and it would mean about everyone in the NBA's front office losing their jobs.

Again, I just don't think the reward would be worth the gamble. It would also mean guys like Adam Silver and a bunch of forensic accountants making the high risk/low yield wager.

 

[inconceivable]

Starting to be some serious talk now by a couple owners saying last years draft was fixed after the trade that sent Luka to the Lakers.
I really hope this is not true but I have to admit I’ve been skeptical about the whole thing.
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how can the lottery be rigged? aren't there witnesses (representative from teams)

 

[inconceivable]

sabonis out for season. one less team to worry about

 

[kjironman1]

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I just look at this and see a bunch of money. They get a bunch of money whether it’s really fair and on the up and up or if they sell out and take the bribe.

 

[kjironman1]

how can the lottery be rigged? aren't there witnesses (representative from teams)

I’m certainly no expert and I certainly don’t have an answer. What I posted is a growing concern and it seems a number of owners (who I think would at least have representation at the draft) and a number of players are starting to ask some uncomfortable questions.

 

[kjironman1]

I just think the high visibility of the NBA draft lotto would make it a very very expensive large-scale scandal that would lose them a ton of business and it would mean about everyone in the NBA's front office losing their jobs.

Again, I just don't think the reward would be worth the gamble. It would also mean guys like Adam Silver and a bunch of forensic accountants making the high risk/low yield wager.

Too big to be played? Maybe? I’m not sure I can agree with you there but again. Maybe?

 

[kjironman1]

Yeah I guess the points you just made make getting Luka to the Lakers and Flagg to the Mavs worth the $210,000,000,000 combined net worths of the NBA and Ernst and Young totally worth risking.

See but that’s not what would happen? It’s what you can prove and eventually cost you in court. People aren’t going to quit watching the NBA if they have a scandal. They shuffle the deck and set up a new system and keep going. Slap on the wrist for Ernst and Young and the NBA keeps making billions.

 

[Sheldon Shape]

how can the lottery be rigged? aren't there witnesses (representative from teams)

It's a multi billion dollar corporation. Like any other multi billion dollar corporation, they're going to fix things to so that they can get an outcome that most benefits them.

 

[blazerkor]

Obviously it's not impossible, it's just improbable because for one thing it doesn't sound like all of the billionaires involved were in on it, if it did happen and that is dangerous due to said uninvolved billionaires' resources.

I think it would be a dumb risk to take for Silver and I don't think it would just be a slap on the wrist for Ernst and Young. There's a huge space between helping employees pass tests to full on fraud... highly visible fraud. It wouldn't be a slap on the wrist. Not only would the public no longer trust Ernst and Young but no company could afford to be seen as letting them cook their books and they have a lot of competition. Silver would definitely be gone along with a bunch of others at the NBA.

Like I said not impossible but if anybody involved is smart (which a lot of them seem to be) highly improbable.

 

[BigGameDamian]

sabonis out for season. one less team to worry about

 

[tlongII]

If you guys think that the NBA gives Ernst & Young anything close to enough to endanger the rest of their 53B in business they do every year and risk the NBA's reputation as well, I don't know what to tell you.

Does it seem fishy that the Mavs got the first pick and specifically Flagg, right after one of the worst trades in league history that once again benefited the Lakers? Yeah of course that seems off but when you zoom out, it just doesn't make any sense whatsoever for the NBA or Ernst & Young.

Also of course some of the owners in the league buy into some nonsense conspiracy theory, we're in the age of bullshit conspiracy theories. Let those owners waste some of their money to try and prove it.

I’ve worked with E&Y consultants many times. They are as susceptible to corruption as anybody else.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Denver at the Clippers tonight. A Denver win helps us gain a game in the loss column against the Clippers.
It also helps us against Denver IMO as they won't be as desperate for a win tomorrow against us.

Hopefully, we see a double OT win for the Nuggets.

 

[TYDame]

It’s that time of year you root for other teams to beat the teams we are chasing. Go Nuggets and Go Celtics today

 

[THE HCP]

how can the lottery be rigged? aren't there witnesses (representative from teams)

I read somewhere they put the ping pong balls in a freezer!!!

 

[THE HCP]

 

[kjironman1]

I’ve worked with E&Y consultants many times. They are as susceptible to corruption as anybody else.

That’s the thing. The company gets caught. Lays blame on a fall guy with hush money delivered and then moves along.
Would you be willing to take $20 million and STFU and never have to work again? $30 million?
How much?

 

[kjironman1]

That’s because Blazer Broadcasting had nothing to do with it.

 

[Chris Craig]

As soon as the trade happened I said to my kids “just watch Dallas get the first pick in the draft”. I was skeptical from the get go.

I was at the game with @HailBlazers when the trade happened. We said that to each other after we heard. Mavs will get the first pick.

 

[BigGameDamian]

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I, too am not in the NBA because of China and cats, especially trail cats.

 

[Pinwheel1]

only 2 games in the loss column separate the top two teams in the West.

If the Blazers are able to win the play-in games, who do we have the best chance with?
OKC or the Spurs?

Granted, we would be huge underdogs to either, but still, it seems like the inexperience of the Spurs gives the Blazers at least a shot...... at home.

I think we want the Spurs to catch the Thunder. Or at least have those two teams remain close enough to make it interesting.