Assuming Boston gets 1, what do you want the rest of the lottery to look like?

[LarBrd33]

According to a poster on Nbadraft.net the 76ers just won the lottery.

the drawing does not start for over 2 hours?

Yeah for anyone who thinks that the lottery is rigged: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKI-fToATpQ

That is what the actual drawing looks like.

According to the NYT from last year, the drawing happens about 1 hr before the actual unveiling and only about 25 people know the result.  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/18/sports/basketball/before-envelopes-are-opened-draft-fates-are-sealed-in-secrecy.html?_r=0

Then according to Grantland, the reps/media/NBA officials/Ernest & Young officials sit in a windowless room and aren't allowed to leave until after the broadcast: http://grantland.com/the-triangle/behind-the-scenes-of-the-nba-draft-lottery/

So in order for that guy to be right, then:

1.) The NBA would have to make it's drawing about 4 or 5 hours earlier than every other years' drawing (implausible, but certainly possible)
2.) One of those 25 people needs to be able to leave that room with a cell phone (highly implausible - they would probably have to do some Mission: Impossible stuff for this)
3.) One of those people would have to leak it (I concede that this is very plausible if 1 and 2 are right)
4.) The person they leaked it to was an internet message board dude (somewhat implausible - it would just mean they told everyone they saw.  I could however certainly see one of the Busses doing that or something).

So yeah, I am 99% sure they are lying.  I don't think the drawing has happened yet and I don't think anybody is going to physically be able to leak it.  I do concede that anybody would leak it were they given the opportunity, but I just don't see that happening due to the safeguards.

What is much more likely is someone on a message board is lying by citing the most likely outcome and if they're wrong, nobody will remember, but if they're right, then they can pretend to be a big time insider. 

and EDIT: Dikembe Mutumbo saw Joel Embiid write "#1 and #4 Trust the process" on Twitter and took that to mean that they won the lottery, when Embiid meant "I hope we get #s 1 & 4."  He then wrote "Congratulations to the 76ers for getting the #1 pick" and everyone went nuts.

http://thebiglead.com/2016/05/17/dikembe-mutombo-congratulates-76ers-on-getting-no-1-pick-before-lottery/

This. 

They haven't had the drawing yet.

[PhoSita]

Boston

Philadelphia
Denver

Philadelphia (LA)
Phoenix
Minnesota

Etc.



It'll be hilarious if the Lakers get 1 and Philly gets 2.  Fuel for the conspiracy theorists.  LA gets a Kobe replacement and Philly gets rewarded for heeding the NBAs directive and getting rid of Hinkie.

[Tr1boy]

My dream is:

1.) Boston
2.) New Orleans - poor Anthony Davis
3.) Minnesota - Murray or Bender would be great for that team

Then the rest of the draft has to by definition go:

4.) Philly - ha
5.) LA --> Philly - lol
6.) Phoenix - I want them to get Hield here and I hope he wins them some games to stay above the Nets.  He's the most NBA ready I think after Ben Simmons.
7.) Denver I think?
8.) Sactown
9.) New York --> Denver ----> Toronto?  Something like that?  You'd think a contemporary Celtics fan would be able to make sense of weird lottery trades by now
10.) Milwaukee
11.) Orlando
12.) Utah
13.) Washington
14.) Chicago

Celts number 1 , Lakers lose their pick

All I care about

[LarBrd33]

Boston

Philadelphia
Denver

Philadelphia (LA)
Phoenix
Minnesota

Etc.



It'll be hilarious if the Lakers get 1 and Philly gets 2.  Fuel for the conspiracy theorists.  LA gets a Kobe replacement and Philly gets rewarded for heeding the NBAs directive and getting rid of Hinkie.

I'm already annoyed with the Philly conspiracy theories and the lotto hasn't even happened yet.

Right around the time Colangelo was hired, there was a member of this very forum that legitimately questioned of the NBA would require Philly to forfeit their 1st round picks, because of the blatant tanking.   

WHy would they reward a franchise for hiring someone to tank and then following through on the tank job to the very end?  That's ridiculous.  If anything, it's a proper conspiracy if Philly falls to #4 and the Lakers keep the other pick.  The NBA punishing Philly makes far more logical sense than rewarding them.  If Philly lands the top pick tonight, it just legitimizes what Hinkie did and makes him a bigger martyr than Philly fans already think he is.

As I just heard on the Ringer's life feed:  "Everything Hinkie stood for is still there".  It's true.  Nothing has changed yet.  Giving them the top pick means the process succeeded.

[danglertx]

I don't see Simmons or Ingram being organizational game changers so I'm not sure it "works out" for the Sixers even if they do get the #1 pick.  Most likely, the best player from this draft ends up not being picked #1 or #2.  That isn't a statistical observation, just an observation of how weak the top two guys look to me.  Simmons wasn't impressive in any game I watched and while Ingram seemed to have a pro game to me, I don't think he becomes a superstar because of his slight build.  The possibility is there though, nobody was thinner than Durant.

[2short]

I'd like for Minnesota to get the number 2 pick. That franchise has suffered enough and has a great future ahead. Getting another top prospect would solidify them as the NBA's up and coming powerhouse if they weren't already with Wiggins and Towns.

That and I really hope the worst case scenarios happen for LA and Philly. The rest of the lottery I really don't care.

Exactly.  Us obviously. Minny for a good nucleus and flip.  Lakers I'd hope they get the last spot.  Put philly in tie for last spot for throwing games.