Event 2025 NBA DRAFT LOTTERY, COMBINE, AND DRAFT

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  1. SharpesTriumph

    SharpesTriumph Well-Known Member

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    Chicago just won those 6 titles because the Blazers gifted the Bulls Jordan.

    Or was that part of the conspiracy? NBA for the Blazers to take Bowie so big market Chicago with 0 titles could get rings on both hands.

    It's all fixed!
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    You going thru some shit?
     
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    Who says no…?
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    The next contract will be astronomical.
     
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    Post Jordan most the finals had one of #1 overall pick Duncan, Shaq, LeBron.

    Yeah - it's as if having a generational hall of famer makes a team better. Shocking.

    Amazing how the NBA got those star players drafted by such huge markets in San Antonio, Orlando, and Cleveland. The NBA has been rigged for decades!
     
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    JFizzleRaider Yeast Lords Global Moderator

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    Teams like the Lakers can have an advantage. Geography can play a part. People want to live in LA, but it isn't the only thing. Clippers have never won. It is just as much brand too. Why do recruits come to the Ducks over Florida? It isn't gonna be because recruits love the rain over sunshine.
     
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  7. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    The NBA isn’t about big markets, with the exception of the Lakers because they have by far the highest viewership of any team. The NBA is about superstars. They have been this way since MJ. They understand that stars bring eyeballs. Jordan, Kobe, LeBron, etc. the Spurs had Tim Duncan. The Thunder have SGA. The Warriors have Curry. The Nuggets have Jokic. Etc etc etc. bucks have Giannis.

    If they can get a superstar to LA then the NBA is thrilled.
     
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    Predicted Spurs would get the #1 pick. Missed it by THAT much.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Nico For GM of the year!
     
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    JFizzleRaider Yeast Lords Global Moderator

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    Then all we need to do is put ourselves in a position to get one and draft well. Heck, you can even trade for some of them (SGA).
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    So it would be in the best interest of the NBA to put good players around those stars, regardless of what city they’re in? What good is Wemby if his team sucks?
     
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    It would have gotten us top 5... That would be awesome.
     
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    Utah is picking top 5
     
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    Ok so now the conspiracy is that the NBA wants superstars to go to a team where they become a superstar?

    And the NBA rigs the draft so superstars go to a wide variety of teams from San Antonio to Oklahoma city to Denver to Milwaukee.

    Some of them get picked in the 2nd round during a Taco Bell ad... But this is the conspiracy to do something too.

    Ohh and the NBA trades SGA from LA to Oklahoma City as well because they need a superstar in cow country.

    The conspiracy just makes so much sense!
     
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    Got them top 5. I promise you they don't want to trade picks with us.
     
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    Well shit. They must've missed the memo on Dame.
     
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  17. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    You mean back in the 80s before anyone knew Jordan would be a global superstar and he changed the face of sports branding and how the league treats its stars? Is that what you’re saying?
     
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    So the NBA saw we had ROY and gifted us the Oden pick so we'd have two stars together? Yes the conspiracy makes more sense every minute!
     
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  19. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    As good as Dame was, he was not a LeBron, Shaq, Wemby.
     
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  20. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    So you didn’t believe in the Ewing draft eh?
     
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