More Suspicion Around NBA Draft

"This league has a habit, and I am just going to say habit, of producing some pretty incredible story lines," Kahn said. "Last year it was Abe Pollin's widow and this year it was a 14-year-old boy and the only thing we have in common is we have both been bar mitzvahed. We were done. I told Kevin: 'We're toast.' This is not happening for us and I was right (CBS Sports)."

Since I have a love for conspiracy theories, you know I'm all about this, and I do sometimes wonder if the NBA manipulates what happens. Obviously this is impossible to prove, but going into the lottery my money was on the Cavs to win, because of everything that happened with Lebron.

It all starts back in 1985 with the Knicks getting Patrick Ewing. The story goes that the Knicks’ envelope had been stuffed in a refrigerator all day so it was easy to identify by touch when it was time to pull make sure he headed to New York. There is another theory that the envelope, which they used to use had a crease in it, so Stern knew which one to pick. The video below is supposed to prove it (go to the 5:21 mark)...



Yea, after reading all these theories (and there a bunch more out there) I just don't really see it, but I will agree that the NBA sure seems lucky getting the "story lines" they want.

Cav's Win the Lottery Now What?

The order of the NBA Draft is..
1. Cleveland (from L.A. Clippers)
2. Minnesota
3. Utah (from New Jersey)
4. Cleveland
5. Toronto
6. Washington
7. Sacramento
8. Detroit
9. Charlotte
10. Milwaukee
11. Golden State
12. Utah
13. Phoenix
14. Houston

But this probably means that the Cavs are going to pick Kyrie Irving from Duke. He's the best player in this draft and will give the Cavs a great start at PG, and with the 4th pick they will have an outside chance to get Derrick Williams from Arizona or Enes Kanter from Kentucky/ Turkey. Williams is a talent we saw in the tournament that can definitely help any team out from the SF position and Kanter took the year off because he was ineligible at Kentucky but he's a big tough PF who can rebound and play smart in the paint. Either way Kyrie matched up with any of those guys would be a good start.

NBA Lottery Tonight

Never liked the NBA lottery system. I get that it kind of stops team from just tanking seasons, but I also feel like there is always rumblings of "fixes". I doubt they are true, but we still have to hear it every year.

This lottery is probably one of the least interesting. This is one of the weakest drafts I can remember, but here is a look at the odds for get the 1st pick for the 14 teams in the lottery.

1. Timberwolves: 25%
2. Cavaliers: 19.9%
3. Raptors: 15.6%
4. Wizards: 11.9%
5. Kings: 7.6%
6. Jazz: 7.5%
7. Pistons: 4.3%
8. Cavaliers (2nd pick): 2.8%
9. Bobcats: 1.7%
10. Bucks: 1.1%
11. Warriors: .8%
12. Jazz (2nd pick): .07%
13. Suns: .06%
14. Rockets: .05%

Wizards Win John Wall Sweepstakes

The Wizards won the draft lottery Tuesday night, moving up from the No. 5 spot to earn the top pick in next month's draft, when it will likely choose between Kentucky freshman John Wall and national player of the year Evan Turner of Ohio State.

I love John Wall but I hate him on the Wizards. I really was actually wanting the Nets to win to get Wall and maybe LeBron. But the Wizards now have an interesting team going into the future with a big 3 of Wall, Gilbert Arenas, and Josh Howard. They also have some cap space to sign some decent free agents.

The rest of the lottery goes:

1. Washington	8. LA Clippers
2. Philadelphia	9. Utah*
3. New Jersey	10. Indiana
4. Minnesota	11. New Orleans
5. Sacramento	12. Memphis
6. Golden State	13. Toronto
7. Detroit	14. Houston
* -- From New York via Phoenix

It will be interesting to see how it plays out, because other than Wall and maybe Evan Turner this draft lacks star power but certainly has a ton of talent in it.

Clippers Win Draft Lottery

Well the last time this happened Michael Olowokandi was taken number 1 overall to become one of the biggest number 1 busts. I'm afraid for Blake Griffin that it's his destiny to fail miserably at the NBA.

The rest of the list goes like this:
1. Clippers
2. Memphis Grizzlies
3. Oklahoma City Thunder
4. Sacramento Kings
5. Washington Wizards
6. Minnesota Timberwolves
7. Golden State Warriors
8. New York Knicks
9. Toronto Raptors
10. Milwaukee Bucks
11. New Jersey Nets
12. Charlotte Bobcats
13. Indiana Pacers
14. Phoenix Suns

NBA Lottery

Wow, with almost a 1 percent chance the Bulls have got the number one pick overall in the NBA draft. Mike D'Antoni must be kicking himself he went to the Knicks over the Bulls, oh yea, the Knicks got the 6th pick.

Here is the order:
Bulls
Heat
Timberwolves
Sonics
Memphis
Knicks
Clippers
Bucks
Bobcats
Nets
Pacers
Kings
Portland
Golden State

You will get our mock drafts in a bit.

2008 NBA Lottery

I know the pain of sitting watching the NBA Lottery and missing everything, last year we were supposed to get Odean or Durant and we didn't, and a bunch of years ago we were supposed to get Tim Duncan and we didn't. However, if it wasn't for the bad lottery pick last year we wouldn't have got Ray Allen or Kevin Garnett. It was that damn ping pong ball that had Danny Ainge panic and get these elite players. This year the prizes are Michael Beasley or Derrick Rose, which both I believe will be top notch players in the NBA.

Prediction: Seattle, Miami, Memphis, Minn, New York