What if the Hornets win the lottery?

[lightspeed5]

i got a feeling da Hornets are gonna get da number 1 pick due to da Cp3 trade kinda like how Cleveland got hooked up last year or i can see da nets just cause they're movin to Brookly i almost guarentee da Bobcats wont get da number 1 pick only 3 times da team wit da worst record got da number 1 pick

you called it

[Celtics4ever]

FIXED!   League just sold that team bet it was part of the deal!

[ReggieLewis#35]

This is getting pretty predictable,they should have to show the balls being picked LIVE,this is pathetic!

[rondohondo]

This is getting pretty predictable,they should have to show the balls being picked LIVE,this is pathetic!

yea seriously, I don't get why they can't show the ping pong balls being picked like a regular lottery drawing.

There can only be one reason...

[esel1000]

FIXED!   League just sold that team bet it was part of the deal!

thats what ive been saying a definite part of the deal

[Frontierboy]

figures.... the NBA, where under the table deals happen

[NoraG1]

This is getting pretty predictable,they should have to show the balls being picked LIVE,this is pathetic!

yea seriously, I don't get why they can't show the ping pong balls being picked like a regular lottery drawing.

There can only be one reason...

Exactly. Why the secrecy? There should be no problem showing it publically unless...

[Roy H.]

This is getting pretty predictable,they should have to show the balls being picked LIVE,this is pathetic!

yea seriously, I don't get why they can't show the ping pong balls being picked like a regular lottery drawing.

There can only be one reason...

Well, the reason is because the lottery drawing is boring as all heck.

They draw four numbers for pick #1 (i.e., no reverse count down).  That kills the drama.  Then they match those four numbers against 1000 possible combinations.  

Then, they draw for pick #2.  If the same team gets the #2 pick as the #1 pick, they draw again.  And potentially again.  And again.  

Then on to pick #3.  Rinse and repeat.

It doesn't make for the best TV.  Plus, there are team officials, as well as the certified accountants, in the room witnessing the whole thing.  Also, I know in the past it's been videotaped (just not streamed live).  I watched part of it one year (maybe the year the Raptors got Bargnani?) and it sucked.

[fairweatherfan]

Gotta love the NBA, where one of the most likely draws occurs and it's clear evidence of a conspiracy.  Look like Ernst & Young and all of the team reps in attendance once again were somehow duped. 

[mqtcelticsfan]

i got a feeling da Hornets are gonna get da number 1 pick due to da Cp3 trade kinda like how Cleveland got hooked up last year or i can see da nets just cause they're movin to Brookly i almost guarentee da Bobcats wont get da number 1 pick only 3 times da team wit da worst record got da number 1 pick

you called it

I don't know how you managed to figure out that he called it. I think I need a translator to explain his post to me.

[missyP]

i got a feeling da Hornets are gonna get da number 1 pick due to da Cp3 trade kinda like how Cleveland got hooked up last year or i can see da nets just cause they're movin to Brookly i almost guarentee da Bobcats wont get da number 1 pick only 3 times da team wit da worst record got da number 1 pick

you called it

I don't know how you managed to figure out that he called it. I think I need a translator to explain his post to me.

He still called it even if you pretend to not understand his 'english'.

[mqtcelticsfan]

i got a feeling da Hornets are gonna get da number 1 pick due to da Cp3 trade kinda like how Cleveland got hooked up last year or i can see da nets just cause they're movin to Brookly i almost guarentee da Bobcats wont get da number 1 pick only 3 times da team wit da worst record got da number 1 pick

you called it

I don't know how you managed to figure out that he called it. I think I need a translator to explain his post to me.

He still called it even if you pretend to not understand his 'english'.

He posted this in a thread entitled What if the Hornets win the lottery? He didn't exactly go out on a limb.

[guava_wrench]

Considering how many posts about lottery there were, someone was going to "call" it.

[Roy H.]

nick was half right:

http://forums.celticsblog.com/index.php?topic=55287.0

[ManchesterCelticsFan]

nick was half right:

http://forums.celticsblog.com/index.php?topic=55287.0

I had a hunch back in Feb, 2012

http://forums.celticsblog.com/index.php?topic=53240.0