There is no doubt the NBA draft lottery is rigged, especially the last 3 years with some of the story lines.
Washington Wizards 2010: Wizards suck, Gilbert Arenas' whole gun fiasco occurs, Abe Pollin dies, his senile wife represents the Wizards at the draft lottery and they win despite only being the 5th worst team in the league with a 10% chance.
Deflects media away from negative publicity regarding NBA players, acts as a nice story for the Pollin family, and hooks Ted Leonsis up with John Wall after taking the Wizards off Pollin's wife's hands.
Cleveland Cavaliers 2011: Lebron James leaves Cleveland, Dan Gilbert has a pannick attack, enough said. Cleveland won the lottery with the Clippers draft pick at 2.8% odds.
New Orleans Hornets 2012: Bought by the NBA last year due to financial difficulty, have a terrible season where their one bright spot (Eric Gordon), plays all of 9 games and was rumoured to be sitting out the entire season until summer when he becomes a free agent. Even turned down a $50 million deal offered by NO in January so he could explore his options in free agency.
NBA finally sells the Hornets to Benson and coincidentally they win draft lottery despite being the 3rd worst team in the NBA. 14 more wins than the Bobcats in a shortened season who desperately need any form of talent on their roster.
The NBA is turning into an absolute joke of a league.
I've been following this league forever and love basketball, but if the Heat win this year after the officiating that's been going on in these playoffs I might have to boycott the NBA. At least until David Stern and Adam Silver are gone.
Rant over lol
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