http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TgJE7C5wiU<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>when an accountant from Ernst & Whinney throws the seven envelopes into the glass drum, he bangs the fourth one against the side of the drum to create a creased corner (we'll explain why this is relevant in a second). Then he pulls a handle and turns the drum around a couple of times to "mix" the envelopes up. At the 5:23 mark of the clip, Stern heads over to the drum, unlocks it and awkwardly reaches inside for the first envelope (the No. 1 pick). He grabs three envelopes that are bunched together, pretends not to look (although he does) and flips the three envelopes so the one on the bottom ends up in his hand. Then he pulls that envelope out at the 5:32 mark ... and, of course, it's the Knicks envelope.Now ...A reader named Greg K. from Fair Lawn, N.J. (I'd give you his whole name, but I don't want him to be randomly found dead in his bathtub tonight), pointed this out to me: If you look closely right at the 5:31 mark, right as the commish yanks that Knicks envelope out, there's a noticeable crease in the corner of the envelope. You can see it for a split-second -- as he pulls the envelope up, it's on the corner that's pointing toward the bottom of the jar.There's a giant crease! It's right there! The same one the accountant created as he was throwing the envelopes into the drum!So you're telling me that, out of the seven envelopes in that glass drum, during a lottery when the NBA desperately needed the most ballyhooed college center in 15 years to save the league's marquee franchise, the commissioner coincidentally pulled out the envelope with a giant crease in the corner that happened to have the Knicks logo in it? This is the Zapruder film of sports tapes, isn't it? Where's Oliver Stone? Can we pull him out of the editing room for the "Alexander: The Really, REALLY Long Director's Cut" DVD?Three other things kill me about this tape: First, the host was Pat O'Brien, who's now relegated to stories like "Are Paris and Nicole feuding again? We'll have the story next!" Second, as Pat is pumping up Ewing's pro potential, he passes along a quote from a scouting director who said, "'We've had the Mikan era, the Russell era, the Kareem era ... now we'll have the Ewing era,' and he added, he doesn't see another era on the horizon." Good call, scouting director! And third, as the envelopes get counted down, it's legitimately exciting -- you could even call it the most exciting random sports moment ever. At least until May 22, 2007.</div>
ehh..... if the NBA was in the buisiness of rigging lotteries why did cleveland end up with lebron and San Antonio end up with Duncan?
Yup, the Pacers should've had Ewing. The Pacers had the worst record that year. The head office is always looking for ways to get at the Pacers - the brawl, suspensions, fines, comments...and near 20 years ago this
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Yup, the Pacers should've had Ewing. The Pacers had the worst record that year. The head office is always looking for ways to get at the Pacers - the brawl, suspensions, fines, comments...and near 20 years ago this</div><span style="font-family:Arial">The Golden State Warriors had the same record as the Pacers, they were tied for the worst record in the league. The Pacers picked 2nd out of 7 and the Warriors picked 7 out of 7, I think it hurt Warriors fans more than anything.</span>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BALLAHOLLIC? @ Apr 20 2007, 03:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><span style="font-family:Arial">The Golden State Warriors had the same record as the Pacers, they were tied for the worst record in the league. The Pacers picked 2nd out of 7 and the Warriors picked 7 out of 7, I think it hurt Warriors fans more than anything.</span></div>ok fine.the gs/indiana trade this year made up for it. ya happy?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Legacy @ Apr 20 2007, 03:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>ok fine.the gs/indiana trade this year made up for it. ya happy?</div>Oh yeah. Stephen Jackson and Al Harrington made up for missing out on one of the most dominant centers to ever play (Patrick Ewing). As far as the rigging goes, I don't know. It's possible, it wouldn't surprise me. Does this make me a tad bit more worried about Gomes' comments? Yes sir.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Eaglefan @ Apr 20 2007, 04:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>All sports just should be team with worst record gets first pick.</div>If that happened, the tanking would be RIDICULOUS.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Eaglefan @ Apr 20 2007, 01:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>All sports just should be team with worst record gets first pick.</div>I agree. But they think the lottery will stop teams tanking
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KobeBryant_24 @ Apr 20 2007, 03:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I agree. But they think the lottery will stop teams tanking</div>Are you kidding me?IMO I think the lottery should be everyteam that does not make playoffs get 1/14 or w/e 1 pingpong ball. So all teams are even and prevent teams that know they are going to the playoffs fight till the end. Tanking is horrible. I just dont know how a player would just lose for another young player. Just not doing your best, where is the pride? Do they have pride for the team? WTF is the point in losing. Fans spend money they earn just to see a good game instead of teams that show lack of effort.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pinoy Balla @ Apr 20 2007, 02:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Are you kidding me?IMO I think the lottery should be everyteam that does not make playoffs get 1/14 or w/e 1 pingpong ball. So all teams are even and prevent teams that know they are going to the playoffs fight till the end. Tanking is horrible. I just dont know how a player would just lose for another young player. Just not doing your best, where is the pride? Do they have pride for the team? WTF is the point in losing. Fans spend money they earn just to see a good game instead of teams that show lack of effort.</div>now THAT would cause tanking; would you rather be an eighth seed that's gonna get swept in the first round or a playoff level team getting a top 5 pick? It would simply cause tanking among teams that didn't matter.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (playaofthegame @ Apr 20 2007, 08:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'></div>I definitely have not clue what is going on right there lol.Anyways, it is dumb how they rigged it, people get way too serious over sports.
I don't care whatsoever. If the league rigged the draft, that's in the past. If they didn't rig it, that's in the past.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (tHe_pEsTiLeNcE @ Apr 20 2007, 10:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>ehh..... if the NBA was in the buisiness of rigging lotteries why did cleveland end up with lebron and San Antonio end up with Duncan?</div>I guess LeBron to Cleveland could have had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that he was a high school basketball star in Ohio...
Oh give me a break, from watching the video, that small crease could've been the cause of the envelopes being flipped and tossed around in that ball, when the envelopes were placed into the ball, none of them appeared to have a crease in them. Not to mention Stern didn't look at the envelopes and considering the rough flipping of them, I wouldn't rig a lottery based on a small crease....thats asking a lot....I don't see any evidence of it being rigged. Some people have wild imaginations. This conspiracy is ridiculous. Every team had the same shot, it just happened to be the Knicks, whooptydoo. :no1:
Ow please what a joke this proovs <u>NOTHING</u>. The thing could have gotten bend by accident this shows nothing. WOWAnd how can you feel the bend when you take it out?
