Arenas: draft was rigged so that Popovich could coach Wembanyama.
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it’s probably the best spot for wemby anyways I rather have him in San Antonio than charlotte or Houston
I actually agree with Arenas here and think the NBA does this quite often. Told more than a few people that I thought League would send Wembanyama to San Antonio and still think it was obvious who won the Lottery when the ESPN coverage was simply introducing the teams representatives. Or should I say it was obvious who didn't win (Udoka's face and Wallace too, LOL)
Some may not know but Wembanyama played for former Spur Tony Parker's team in France too.
I think the Ewing Lottery was rigged. Think that Cavs had several rigged Lottery Drafts--to get LeBron and to supplement them after he left, then build them up before his return. I still think Magic Johnson's "coin flip" was ending up in LA no matter what side was called/fell on and that was years before the creation of the Lottery.
Some may not know but Wembanyama played for former Spur Tony Parker's team in France too.
I think the Ewing Lottery was rigged. Think that Cavs had several rigged Lottery Drafts--to get LeBron and to supplement them after he left, then build them up before his return. I still think Magic Johnson's "coin flip" was ending up in LA no matter what side was called/fell on and that was years before the creation of the Lottery.
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Popvich isn't gonna win anything. He's had his run and just like Cal didn't know when to step away. He should be a senior advisor by now but his old ass is probably running around the locker room in his tighty whites. San Antonio will be 2 to 4 years atleast before the build enough around this kid to be 3 or 4 seed. As far as the rigged stuff it's not to far fetched to believe now n days.
The draft that surprised me that is wasn’t rigged was 2019. I though for sure Zion wound end up a knick
Had to give Pelicans something after the AD trade.
If drafts were rigged Zion would be a Knick 100%. And victor would be in a bigger market than San Antonio lol.
Thanks SOS. I’m now a whole lot stupider than I was before watching that! Lmao. What the hell are they even talking about. Is that what we’re supposed to watch on tv and are they actually paying any of these people real money? Lol. I mean they sound like first grade kids talking about a toy or something. My frickin head is hurting now. Ha. Lord help these people and the people who make it possible for them to be seen. We’re in scary times in America my friends! Scary times! Go Cats or whatever!
You can cook up a narrative for any team that explains why “it was rigged!!!1!1” with hindsight. Don’t remember him saying anything about it being rigged before the actual lotto. If you think it’s rigged, say it ahead of time. Otherwise you just look like a conspiracy nut
Anyone who doesn’t think the NBA is rigged still sees the nba as a professional sports league. It’s not. It’s a business and each one of its teams is a branch of that business. Of course the draft is rigged and so are the trades. The NBA needs each team to be competitive and for each team to hit new highs and new lows so that each one of its branches remains profitable.
The nba doesn’t follow a model of fair competition and sportsmanship. It follows a business model designed to maximize profits and it is certainly rigged to do just that.
The nba doesn’t follow a model of fair competition and sportsmanship. It follows a business model designed to maximize profits and it is certainly rigged to do just that.
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Denver just won their first ever NBA title....beating the Heat---Who were in the 2nd NBA finals in past 4 years.
Raptors lwon in 2019
Suns in the Finals in 2021..
Speaking of 2021---Bucks win the title. their first since---1971
Lakers only "big market" team to win an NBA title since, well the Lakers,
League has become very competitive with 5 different champions since 2019.
2019--Raptors
2020--Lakers
2021--Bucks
2022- GSW
2023--Denver.
Pretty spread out.
The NBA rigged the draft so a star could play for a 74 year old coach in one of its smallest markets? LOL, that’s completely logical.
This is my opinion. Raptors, Lakers and GSW are big markets, each in top 10. That’s 3 of the 5 previous champions. Bucks had new owners who invested a whole lot of money, and have a generational star. In history of NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, most expansion owners, owners that relocate, or new owners that have come in and invested a lot of money recently usually appear in a championship game or series, if not win it, within 5-10 years. That is the way to keep the league honest and keep new owners not only interested, but get the ROI they so desire when or if they choose to sell the franchise off.
Of the five, Denver’s was the most legit — and it’s clear that the NBA and the national media that covers the league are trying to speak Dame to Miami into existence so a big market unit can reclaim the rightful seat.
This proves my point. They are intentionally spreading talent out to the smaller markets in order to established the perception of a winning culture to increase ticket sales and online/tv viewership. After all, who wants to buy tickets to go watch a losing team?
They already have established big markets and the fans of those teams are instilling that fandom in their children so their client base is secured in comparison to their smaller markets.
This is nothing more than a campaign to increase profits from their smaller markets.
It is logical from a business standpoint. Why send your brand new, up and coming star to a big market team where you’re already raking in huge profit? Bad idea.
Rather, let’s send the hot new prospect that everyone’s been raving about and hyping up to a small market team and pair him up with the biggest name in NBA coaching. That creates headlines and free publicity. The NBA wants to increase their profits in the smaller markets because there is more money to be made than if they continued to focus on the big markets where they already selling out or close to it.
At the end of the day there are very few people who actually know if professional sports leagues still have the competitive integrity they did when they were created. I just don’t think they are that way anymore. And everything about modern culture among the financially elite would support that they are just trying to create the most profitable league they can, fairness he damned.
San Antonio is a different case than any small market outside of the NFL’s Green Bay Packers. R.C. Buford and David Stern (when he was alive) were very tight in their relationship. Add in Austin being a really fast-growing city, which is basically covered up by the Spurs and San Antonio, and a really fast-growing city compared to the rest of the state which is the fastest growing state in the U.S., and the appeal is there.
So many folks in this thread who cant deal with the idea that big time sports are fixed. It's a security blanket for people and they dont want that taken away.
NBA, NFL, college football, college basketball are all fixed imo.
They just totally forget Durant is a forward in the west, George, Leonard, I mean WTF are they smoking.
Wouldn’t surprise me, I don’t watch the draft selection but did check the video out. They show the ping pong balls and pick combinations of 4 numbers, but nobody knows what teams have what combination of numbers. That makes no sense and could easily be rigged but look legit to the public. That’s suspect as hell and yeah Cleveland had about 4 #1 picks in like 10 years. They blew the Bennett pick bad, still can’t believe he went #1.
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The NBA knows who will win at least ten years ahead. The highest bidder gets the trophy and NBA planners will make it happens. The so called draft lottery is rigged by manipulating the center of mass of the rotating spherical tori
Have you watched some of the officiating in some of our big games? I think there’s many things at play
That said, it’s not every game as there’s just too many. Cal still sucks
So they fixed the Draft Lottery because they wanted him to play for a 74 year old coach, the owner was friends with the former commissioner who is now deceased, and there is a fast growing city 80 miles away.
That makes sense.
You can’t say Cal sucks when the games are fixed. There’s nothing he can do when the fix is in.
In the world of sports, tv contracts, and sports gambling becoming mainstream, and trillions of dollars floating around.... let's just say, if you think human nature and greed doesn't factor into that equation, than I envy your naivete. Human nature and greed are as unstoppable as gravity.
The west coast big market teams win 4 out of the last 9 championships? That’s obviously rigged. Warriors and Nets both get to accumulate arguably the most top end offensive talent on a single team in NBA history? Rigged.
….Smaller market teams add stars and win titles here and there? Well that’s rigged too.
What situation would *not* indicate rigging?
….Smaller market teams add stars and win titles here and there? Well that’s rigged too.
What situation would *not* indicate rigging?
He could’ve sucked up to the ncaa like Coach K and Roy
But you’re right. I don’t think Cal is a good coach, he’s lost too many ‘meaningless’ games where the refs weren’t a factor. But yes games like 2017 vs UNC, I don’t put any fault on Cal.
I don’t know how long or how extensive fixing games goes but I think it’s pretty obvious some important games are manipulated.
Just my opinion
I guess it wouldn't be the most shocking thing in the world if the draft was rigged once or twice I suppose, but now we've got some saying every sport is rigged. Hmm...where else have I heard that word "rigged" before, constantly even, in the last few years? All I'm saying is, provide actual proof or stop whining. At this point, if someone on the internet begins saying entire, large organizations are "rigged", I just laugh and make a habit out of not listening to that person anymore. Conspiracy theorists have all the answers, want to tell us those answers to "open" our eyes, yet never provide proof. At the end of the day, it's all just opinion. And if you believe every sport is indeed rigged, don't watch any longer. Pick up a book instead. Take up painting, I dunno. The constant complaining and overall distrust of literally everything is just tiresome though.
Yes I’m sure the NBA rigged it so their best draft prospect since like LeBron James would go to “small” market San Antonio.
The 5x championship winning coach isn't gonna win anything? And he's also the president of the team, not just the coach?
So you believe that the NBA rigs draft lottires specifically…. but sent the 3 legit can’t miss prospects and instant stars in Lebron, Zion, and Wemby, to the markets of Cleveland, New Orleans, and San Antonio?
Maybe this year he’ll “suck up to the NCAA” and they’ll rig games for us and we’ll win. Amazing that he pulled it off in 2012 and got them to rig it for us.
Those days are gone buddy. If he can assemble a team within 3 to 5 years of drafting this kid and win it all then he's the man. I just not really buying into the San Antonio is back headline.
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Statistically he will no longer be with us in 3 to 5 years. Plus no top free agents will go to San Antonio, they will have to build through the draft.
If sports are rigged, why on Earth would you watch? I can’t imagine supporting a sport that I thought was dishonest and cheats. If you don’t watch which I’m sure many of you will claim, how do you know it’s rigged?
If it was rigged it wad only because the other franchises with real opportunity for the 1st pic have proven to be losers. Pop is a winner just signed a 5 year 80 million dollar contract. That's the difference San Antonio will invest in the best interest for Wemby. Now watch they will bring in the right players to succeed. I'm interested in what they do next. You know it will be big.
