Mavs win draft lottery

[GatorAZ]

Un****believable

 

[Cheesebeef]

Un****believable

Wow.

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

Where would we have landed if we owned our pick, 14th?

Think I found the answer, 10th.

 

[Phrazbit]

The idiot Mavs stumble into a guy who looks like Luka with a work ethic.. unreal.

It's better to be lucky than good... way better.

 

[GatorAZ]

The league clearly promised Dallas the #1 pick if they sent Luka to the Lakers/LBJ.

 

[Cheesebeef]

The league clearly promised Dallas the #1 pick if they sent Luka to the Lakers/LBJ.

This definitely smells REALLY bad.

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

The league clearly promised Dallas the #1 pick if they sent Luka to the Lakers/LBJ.

Granted, Luka can just go somewhere else this offseason.

 

[Dback Jon]

This definitely smells REALLY bad.

Quid Pro Quo!

 

[GatorAZ]

This definitely smells REALLY bad.

Philly also moved up to keep their protection after an abysmal season.

 

[Dback Jon]

Spurs and 76ers also jumped up ahead of where they finished.

 

[Mainstreet]

The league clearly promised Dallas the #1 pick if they sent Luka to the Lakers/LBJ.

It does have the makings of a good conspiracy theory.

 

[GatorAZ]

Spurs and 76ers also jumped up ahead of where they finished.

Perfect for the league:

- Dallas the #1 pick after sending Luka to the Lakers/Lebron

- San Antonio gets the #2 pick which will be traded to Milwaukee to pair two international superstars together

- Big market Philly moves up to keep their protected pick after an abysmal season

- Wizards and Jazz get hosed which nobody will care about

- THE ACTUAL DRAWING IS STILL DONE IN TOTAL PRIVACY

 

[Covert Rain]

Perfect for the league:

- Dallas the #1 pick after sending Luka to the Lakers/Lebron

- San Antonio gets the #2 pick which will be traded to Milwaukee to pair two international superstars together

- Big market Philly moves up to keep their protected pick after an abysmal season

- Wizards and Jazz get hosed which nobody will care about

- THE ACTUAL DRAWING IS STILL DONE IN TOTAL PRIVACY

They could avoid all the conspiracy garbage with transparency. Sheesh. The freaking Mavs. Even the #2 pick for San Antonio is huge. Two teams the Suns have to contend with now for the next decade with those picks. I am starting to think we will be 100 year old franchise with no title.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

freakin a man

 

[TJ]

Certainly not rigged

 

[TJ]

Perfect for the league:

- Dallas the #1 pick after sending Luka to the Lakers/Lebron

- San Antonio gets the #2 pick which will be traded to Milwaukee to pair two international superstars together

- Big market Philly moves up to keep their protected pick after an abysmal season

- Wizards and Jazz get hosed which nobody will care about

- THE ACTUAL DRAWING IS STILL DONE IN TOTAL PRIVACY

those envelopes must’ve been icy cold

 

[Proximo]

Could have been worse, if Spurs won they would be a dynasty for at least 10 years, but they still could be with the 2nd pick panning out or trading for Giannis.

But yeah, Mavs don't deserve to get bailed out like this for their stupidity.

I just wish the Suns could have half that much luck for once.

 

[Dback Jon]

Perfect for the league:

- Dallas the #1 pick after sending Luka to the Lakers/Lebron

- San Antonio gets the #2 pick which will be traded to Milwaukee to pair two international superstars together

- Big market Philly moves up to keep their protected pick after an abysmal season

- Wizards and Jazz get hosed which nobody will care about

- THE ACTUAL DRAWING IS STILL DONE IN TOTAL PRIVACY

The Jazz have never moved up ONCE in the lottery.

 

[Proximo]

The league clearly promised Dallas the #1 pick if they sent Luka to the Lakers/LBJ.

I think the main thing they may have promised is first rights to move to Vegas.

 

[Proximo]

The Jazz have never moved up ONCE in the lottery.

It really is suspicious. Small market teams only seem to get the top pick in bad drafts.

 

[AzStevenCal]

They could avoid all the conspiracy garbage with transparency. Sheesh. The freaking Mavs. Even the #2 pick for San Antonio is huge. Two teams the Suns have to contend with now for the next decade with those picks. I am starting to think we will be 100 year old franchise with no title.

Nah, there's no escaping the conspiracy garbage, we've seen this before even when it was done publicly. There are too many connections, too many coincidences and too many people willing to believe anything juicy. But yeah, we may all have to take one of those lifetime extender pills to live long enough to see this franchise win a title. Now we just have to figure out who sells those pills.

 

[GatorAZ]

I think the main thing they may have promised is first rights to move to Vegas.

The Mavs were facing fan extinction after trading a top-5 player and avoided it with 1% odds.

 

[Russ Smith]

damn I came here to start the rumor it was rigged and you guys are 20 minutes ahead of me.

Doesn't seem right but who knows.

 

[MigratingOsprey]

Yeah - you'd think there wouldn't be anything this brazen, it just does really work out perfectly for some legacy and good market teams that didn't have to fully bottom out of shot themselves in the foot - all in a really solid top end draft class

 

[Folster]

Can't wait to see the Mavs trade Flagg to the Lakers for Dalton Knecht and the Lakers 1st.