The funny thing thing is the fix question is so easy to answer no to. The benefit of rigging the draft for a potential superstar to go to a small martet league owned team is what? Maybe 100 million increase in the value of the team. the consequences of getting caught are measured in the billions. And if they were going to rig the lottery wouldn't they rig it to give him to a big market team instead of a small market one and given the pick to New Jersey / Brooklyn?
If Durant was in New York instead of Oklahoma the NBA makes millions more dollars so I am not sure there is any net benefit to the NBA for rigging the lottery
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