I mean, I'm not going to sit here and tell you why the league benefits from Cleveland winning it. You can make a case for every team winning the lottery somehow benefiting the league.
I'm just saying in our LIFETIME we should only see a team with a 1% chance win the lottery ONCE. And we've now seen two of them win it in just a 6 year span.
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05-21-2014, 02:41 AM #16NBA Superstar
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05-21-2014, 02:42 AM #17Top 1 Bball Mind.
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Improbable things happen all the time. Like OP makes a good post, Knicks have a winning season...etc.. Doesn't mean there is some rigging going on. Oilers picked #1 3 straight times in the NHL draft, is that rigged too?
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05-21-2014, 02:42 AM #18NBA lottery pick
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Yes, why not?
Originally Posted by russwest0
The chances of that happening is very very low, but it can still happen.
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05-21-2014, 02:42 AM #19College superstar
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if you have read most of his posts then you would know that he probably never went to school. Originally Posted by RoundMoundOfReb
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05-21-2014, 02:43 AM #20NBA Superstar
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the problem is when improbable things consistently happen like in the NBA draft lottery... Originally Posted by RoundMoundOfReb
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05-21-2014, 02:43 AM #21NBA Superstar
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Roses'ACL I'm about to finish up graduating from one of the top colleges in the US dipshit
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05-21-2014, 02:43 AM #22Heat|Dolphins|Marlins
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IDK what to tell Cav fans if they miss the playoffs again next year
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05-21-2014, 02:48 AM #23In Morey We Trust!
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And is a 6 year span statistically significant? You are confusing law of large numbers with small numbers (in this case, you've only looked at the last 4-5 years). Originally Posted by russwest0
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05-21-2014, 02:51 AM #24Top 1 Bball Mind.
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When you combine so many isolated events EVERYTHING is improbable. What are the odds that today's Miami/Indiana game plays out EXACTLY like it did? Or even that the players make/miss the shots they got? like one in trillions. Originally Posted by russwest0
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05-21-2014, 02:53 AM #25Local High School Star
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You don't sound surprised. If Lebron walked into your house and put his **** in your anus would you be surprised? I mean, it CAN happen, can't it? Originally Posted by livinglegend
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05-21-2014, 02:55 AM #26Teen heartthrob
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I wish Bran would stick his dick in my anus (no homo). Originally Posted by Magic731
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05-21-2014, 02:57 AM #27*****
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Nope. You'd have to factor in the year that they didn't get it.
The answer would come out to about .022% or 1:4544.
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05-21-2014, 02:58 AM #28Top 1 Bball Mind.
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Was about to say this as well. The odds the OP posted are just of them winning in the exact 3 years they did. Originally Posted by ace23
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05-21-2014, 03:01 AM #29Verticle?
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Sure, but at the same time, this year their chance of getting it was 2 out of 100.
You're acting as if that was their chance just for this years draft lottery. Fact is, plenty of teams in their position have won it.
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05-21-2014, 03:02 AM #30Top 1 Bball Mind.
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Another example last 3 NBA championships:
Based on pre-season championship odds
2013 Heat - 5/11
2012 Heat - 2/5
2011 Mavs - 1/15
Combined that's just a 1.2% chance that these 3 teams would've won these 3 years. You can pretty much do this with anything.
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