So....did the NBA rig the draft to get LeQuit back to Cavs?

[3LiftHeatCurse]

Ever since the words out of LeBron's mouth "I'm taking my talents to South Beach"........ the Cavaliers mysteriously won THREE out of the past four draft lotteries.

I guess it would have been too obvious if it was 4/4, so they give one up.

Also, watch how Lebron suddenly starts getting whistles in his favor again.

[DMV2]

Somebody so :mad: rite now

[Rik Smits' Hair]

I think a lot of people said this on draft night

[NumberSix]

OP, your behaviour is embarrassing.

[LBJ4MVP23]

Its either rigged or the greatest happenstance in sports. Either way im just happy for all the drama and coverage it causes. It will make the time between now and the start of the season far more exciting.

[Jameerthefear]

Yes.

[NumberSix]

Look at all these "LBJCAVSMVPCLEVELANDTHEQCHIPRING" accounts popping up. :roll:

[Marlo_Stanfield]

OP is a disgusting Fade stan:roll: :roll:

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Miami fans so insecure lmao...going out of his way to prove he isn't a bron stan

[3LiftHeatCurse]

I think a lot of people said this on draft night
Yup.

The owners and the NBA were determined to break this team up.

[CelticBaller]

Look how quickly they turned on him, this ***** was slurping on his dick :oldlol:

[3LiftHeatCurse]

Look how quickly they turned on him, this ***** was slurping on his dick :oldlol:

He quit on a championship team in the middle of it's run. The team had at least 3 more years left of reaching the Finals. Would have been 7 straight finals appearances, at least. How many rings, who knows.

Of course I'm going to criticize him. He's a quitter. everyone always knew this.

[smoovegittar]

Yup.

The owners and the NBA were determined to break this team up.
They had a little help from the Spurs. :rolleyes:

[Mr. Incredible]

Let it go man. The dude helped the franchise get 2 titles.

[Nash]

He quit on a championship team in the middle of it's run. The team had at least 3 more years left of reaching the Finals. Would have been 7 straight finals appearances, at least. How many rings, who knows.

Of course I'm going to criticize him. He's a quitter. everyone always knew this.
this is so rich :roll:

only real heat fan is daSeba5, rest of ya'll try way too hard or too little.

[ArbitraryWater]

It's amazing to see people turn on him... wow.

Do you not realize what he helped your franchise achieve?

[Threethrows]

He quit on a championship team in the middle of it's run. The team had at least 3 more years left of reaching the Finals. Would have been 7 straight finals appearances, at least. How many rings, who knows.

Of course I'm going to criticize him. He's a quitter. everyone always knew this.


:roll: :roll: He's the only reason Wade got two more rings. It was a championship team because of him. Anywhere he goes is a likely contender bro don't get it flipped.

He was just tired of picking up Wade's slack and wanted to go home.

[Soundwave]

It is awfully suspicious IMO ... the Pelicans just happen to get the no.1 pick too the year the NBA needed to sell them off.

[Threethrows]

It is awfully suspicious IMO ... the Pelicans just happen to get the no.1 pick too the year the NBA needed to sell them off.

It may not be rigged, I don't know, but damn it sure is convenient in a really suspicious way.

Rose to Chicago (with a tiny chance for it to happen...right lucky hometown guy for a team needing a shot in the arm with a great legacy)
Blake to Clippers (nothing suspicious)
Wall to Wizzies (nothing suspicious)
Irving to Cavs (Bran pity)
Davis to Pels (as the NBA finds a new owner for them...)
Bennet to Cavs (Bran pity)
Wiggins to Cavs (Bran pity, lures Bran back)

I'm not saying it's rigged, but I feel like if it was it would look a lot like this.

[Macho Grande]

So the NBA had two of its premier franchises (Lakers and Celtics) in the lottery this year, yet they chose to rig it for a small market, insignificant place like Cleveland? Riiight.

Rigtards. :oldlol:

[J.101]

Conspiracy theories OP is shook :lol

[Soundwave]

So the NBA had two of its premier franchises (Lakers and Celtics) in the lottery this year, yet they chose to rig it for a small market, insignificant place like Cleveland? Riiight.

Rigtards. :oldlol:

If they started giving picks to the bigger markets like that it would be too obvious that its rigged. Especially after all the Ewing to NY draft conspiracy theories. And if that ever got out then the whole "do the refs rig games too?" sh*t would spark up again and it would be a PR debacle for the NBA. That and it would cause a riot among all the small market NBA teams owners.

Besides in the NBA's eyes those franchises don't need the help as they can sign free agents just fine. Lakers don't need Wiggins, they'll just sign someone else in 2-3 years, no need to help them. In fact not giving the Lakers or Celtics the no.1 pick gives them an alibi as it were to deny any wrong doing.

Just because the NBA isn't handing out the picks to the more obvious markets doesn't mean something isn't up.

You don't think it's curious at all that the Pelicans badly needed to be sold and they just happen to magically land the no.1 pick like clock work? If they rigged that draft who's to say they don't do it all the time?

[cltcfn2924]

So the NBA had two of its premier franchises (Lakers and Celtics) in the lottery this year, yet they chose to rig it for a small market, insignificant place like Cleveland? Riiight.

Rigtards. :oldlol:


So where would you put the odds of Cleveland getting #1 3 of 4 years? I'd say about 30,000 to 1. Has Stern written all over it. Most corrupt man ever in sport.

[outbreak]

I recall people theorizing that when they got Irving which was a long time ago now.

[outbreak]

So the NBA had two of its premier franchises (Lakers and Celtics) in the lottery this year, yet they chose to rig it for a small market, insignificant place like Cleveland? Riiight.

Rigtards. :oldlol:
it's not all about the major markets anymore. Those markets will sell tickets and jerseys regardless and the biggest revenue these days is international anyway. It's funny how they also gave the pelicans Davis when sold as well. It's more than just rigging for big teams it's rigging to keep the value in all their franchises and to get news stories for the entire league.

[qrich]

It may not be rigged, I don't know, but damn it sure is convenient in a really suspicious way.

Rose to Chicago (with a tiny chance for it to happen...right lucky hometown guy for a team needing a shot in the arm with a great legacy)
Blake to Clippers (nothing suspicious)
Wall to Wizzies (nothing suspicious)
Irving to Cavs (Bran pity)
Davis to Pels (as the NBA finds a new owner for them...)
Bennet to Cavs (Bran pity)
Wiggins to Cavs (Bran pity, lures Bran back)

I'm not saying it's rigged, but I feel like if it was it would look a lot like this.

Didn't the Wizards win the lottery right after its previous owner passed away or something?

Could be said that is pretty suspect.

[Uncle Drew]

I recall people theorizing that when they got Irving which was a long time ago now.
What the hell, we didn't even get Kyrie ourselves. It was the Clippers' pick that was #1 overall.

[BasedTom]

Even if the lottery is rigged, then how can Stern and Silver possibly know which picks are going to pan out and which ones will be horrible busts?

[navy]

THe Patrick Ewing lottery was rigged so it isnt beneath the nba, but I dont know about some of these other ones.

[ILLsmak]

Ever since the words out of LeBron's mouth "I'm taking my talents to South Beach"........ the Cavaliers mysteriously won THREE out of the past four draft lotteries.

I guess it would have been too obvious if it was 4/4, so they give one up.

Also, watch how Lebron suddenly starts getting whistles in his favor again.

They rigged it. Impossible to know why though.

-Smak

[Dresta]

So the NBA had two of its premier franchises (Lakers and Celtics) in the lottery this year, yet they chose to rig it for a small market, insignificant place like Cleveland? Riiight.

Rigtards. :oldlol:
Not saying OP is right but what the NBA is focused on now is having more parity and more competition, which is exactly why you'd give no. 1 picks to irrelevant and disaster franchises. The new CBA was specifically geared against Miami and to prevent super teams in the future, and the Cavs just happened to win 3 of the next 4 top picks.

I won't say it isn't fishy because it is. Problem is it's just mere speculation with nothing that comes close to proof. The odds of the Cavs getting 3 no.1 picks is pretty tiny for sure, but sometimes odd things happen just by chance. Hard to affirm for sure one way or the other really.

It's even possible Bron threw the 2011 finals (because the league did not want Miami to win that year) in exchange for Cleveland being granted so much, if he really feels as bad about leaving as he claimed. But just because something's possible doesn't make it true.

[VengefulAngel]

this is so rich :roll:

only real heat fan is daSeba5, rest of ya'll try way too hard or too little.

This dude is so bandwagon, just shut the fu** up.

[sportjames23]

Bron stans trashing the Heat now. The divorce is gonna be messy. :oldlol:

[Angel Face]

Kerosen and a lighter is the only solution.

[knicksman]

only idiots thinks the league isnt rigged. donaghy already said it.

[Rondo]

OP is a disgusting Fade stan:roll: :roll:

At least he's sticking with his team, you glory hunting scumbag. What are you going to do when LeBron retires? Become a fan of whichever team has the best player?

Don't you get embarrassed when people ask what team you support?

[GimmeThat]

if you actually believe that more than 70% of this roster is going to still be there by the time they win a ring. maybe.

[FrobeShaw]

We live in the Matrix. You guys simply are not tuned or too tuned, depending on how you look at it. There's way out of this game, if you really want to seek truth.

[Soundwave]

I think the NBA has rigged several drafts. The Pelicans getting the no.1 pick right on cue to help facilitate a sale of the team was so blatantly obvious, but they probably felt like they had to do it.

The Magic getting the no.1 pick in 1993 was a huge red flag too, especially when they had something like a 1% chance of getting that pick.

The NBA doesn't like to make it too obvious though.

[FrobeShaw]

I think the NBA has rigged several drafts. The Pelicans getting the no.1 pick right on cue to help facilitate a sale of the team was so blatantly obvious, but they probably felt like they had to do it.

The Magic getting the no.1 pick in 1993 was a huge red flag too, especially when they had something like a 1% chance of getting that pick.

The NBA doesn't like to make it too obvious though.

Elaborate, my good friend.

[Soundwave]

Elaborate, my good friend.

That one actually was probably more blatant than the Ewing draft, in 1992 the Magic got the no.1 pick which translated to Shaquille O' Neal, who soon became a marketing juggernaut and a huge asset to the NBA.

I think the NBA seeing that Magic was gone and Bird was on his last legs and that the Bulls couldn't be around forever decided they needed to build a superteam around Shaq and gifted the Magic another no.1 overall pick.

The odds of them getting that pick were ridiculously small, they barely missed the playoffs in 92-93 ... it definitely points to that draft being rigged.

[JohnMax]

Why didnt they give Anthony Davis to Cleveland?

[stephanieg]

Also, watch how Lebron suddenly starts getting whistles in his favor again.

Suddenly? Again?

[Soundwave]

Why didnt they give Anthony Davis to Cleveland?

They had bigger fish to fry that summer, they had to sell the Pelicans.

It was so blatantly obvious that the Pelicans/Hornets were going to "win" the draft lottery as a sweetner to get a buyer to take on the team.