I'm too young to know the answer to this, but I remember seeing video of the 85 lottery, and reading the speculation on how it is rigged. Couldn't you hypothetically get a bin big enough for 1000 ping pong balls and simply shuffle them up and pull one out, with each team eligible for their respective %s in the bin? When did the lottery stop being shown live, and what was the reason for it? What would be the reason, in your opinion, that the lottery isn't shown live today? Seems to me, and I'm not saying without a doubt it is rigged, but if it wasn't, that you could simply use the suggested method (1000 ping pong balls, 250 with the Bobcats logo, etc..) to prove its not rigged. Show it live and then remove all doubt. Interested to learn a thing or two.
I'm sure some of it is because of theatrics. They don't use balls with logos, they use balls with numbers. They then check to see which team has that number and that determines who gets the pick. It'd be boring TV 1) for them to have to pick and number and then see which team has that number and 2) for them to show the team who won the lottery first instead of last. Also, if it'd be even more boring if they kept drawing numbers from the same team multiple times, which I'm sure happens.
Only the top 3 are up for grabs, the rest are set order. It wouldn't take that long considering the Noncash only had a 25% chance of being picked.
Then why are you still watching and following the NBA? According to your explanation, it's been a farce for the last 20+ years. Make a stand. If you truly believe the NBA Draft is rigged, then turn off the sport and watch something else. You gutless wonder.
If he truly believed the sport was rigged, he would have turned it off years ago. He's a hypocrite to criticise the integrity of the sport and then on the other hand, feed off its benefits by watching and supporting the games.
I also watch boxing although the scores are rigged, because I love the sport. I don't see why someone should stop watching his favourite sport just because part of it is rigged. I'm sure there are tons of people here that feel the draft ltotery is rigged, yet they all continue to watch NBA.
I think you're getting off track here. We're not talking about boxing, which has a very opaque way of conducting its affairs and its fights. For years, I've heard these imbecile comments about the NBA Draft being rigged, yet no one has ever come up with substantial evidence that it is. These comments are always baseless and only founded on the empty conspiracy mind of a fool. It's a matter of respect, not only to the league but to other fans, that you don't walk around huffing and puffing alleging these empty claims. If you truly love a sport and support its player, then you wouldn't vandalise the reputation of the sport.
Well, that it takes a long time to throw out all the other balls that would lead to combinations for the other teams
So you'd trust a camera, but you think otherwise, multiple members of the media, reps from every team, and Ernst & Young - who's multi-billion business would be ruined if it were rigged - might be involved in a massive conspiracy? And if there was a camera, you think it would be impossible for them to rig it? The simple reality is if there were a camera, you'd have the we-didn't-land-on-the-moon effect. You'd have people scouring frame by frame for anything that looks odd and using that to simply create a new conspiracy theory. The conspiracy theorists have their mind made up already - all the evidence in the world won't change that. As it is, the NBA gets talked about for weeks afterwards as a result of their system - and no one stops watching. So it's great free publicity for the NBA.
i addressed this in the stern/rome thread. as boring as it sounds, i don't think it would matter. it's basically 5-10 minutes of air time that they need to fill. watching adam silver open envelopes doesn't exactly sound entertaining in theory either. make it interactive for the fans by having a printable list available online with all of the teams' number combos or something. either way, there's no harm in trying at least once, nor is there any excuse for them never having done so.
