Monster wrote: ↑Wed May 14, 2025 11:24 am
This thread is epic.
FNG if you need help for a possible imposter syndrome after realizations from this thread I know if some good trainings on LinkedIn.
Eurovision is happening this weekend and there are folks that have questioned whether or not that event is rigged even though they have a process run by a firm with various protocols like FNG talked about. Could someone be compromised? Sure. Eurovision there is less at stake than the NBA draft in a year teams can win Cooper Flag but it's interesting to compare when both events have chatter about them having some possibility of some level of being fixed.
If that group from France wins or even that singer from Romania wins... I'm going to riot!
They could squash most of the theories if it was transparent. They use to have ping pong balls supposedly live, which was better. There are ways to rig that, prefilm it, have the machines somehow rigged. Etc..
Anytime something is completely secret, how can anyone trust the process? It's just too easy to make money and rig it. They don't want the Wizards or some other bottom feeder to have Coop. It's better TV to have Dallas have him. Easy money.
Now I didn't watch the process so I am assuming they didn't have a live in person audience with say 20 thousand people with ping pong balls. I would trust that process quite a bit. You could even have 6 machines for team names then a 7th that picks a number 1-6.
FNG just wrote a pretty thoughtful post on the process as he literally has inside knowledge. Did you even bother to read it?
I think it's cool we actually have someone on this board that used to work for the audit firm that oversees the lottery and was willing to take the time to write about it here.
BULLSHIT!
The 4th most prominent brand color for the Dallas Mavericks is SILVER. This is fact. How can you not see the connection?
Yet here we have Q putting his head further in the sand (or another unspeakable place) instead. Shame.
My memory may be wrong on this, but the year we drafted Derrick Williams I believe the Cavs jumped us to the #1 pick at astronomical odds to get Kyrie Irving. I also believe that was the draft following Lebron leaving Cleveland for Miami.
Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Wed May 14, 2025 4:22 pm
With all due respect to FNG and his connections, you aren't going to convince me this process couldn't be rigged. The things done today with slight of hand, illusion, and deception are incredible. How would you rig this draft process? I don't know, how does a magician rip up the 5 of hearts from a deck, and have the untampered card end up in my back pocket? It just doesn't seem far-fetched that ping pong balls could be made to fall a certain way.
There is too much in terms of coincidence and too much history behind this to think they couldn't come up with some way to orchestrate it.
FNG just wrote a pretty thoughtful post on the process as he literally has inside knowledge. Did you even bother to read it?
I think it's cool we actually have someone on this board that used to work for the audit firm that oversees the lottery and was willing to take the time to write about it here.
BULLSHIT!
The 4th most prominent brand color for the Dallas Mavericks is SILVER. This is fact. How can you not see the connection?
Yet here we have Q putting his head further in the sand (or another unspeakable place) instead. Shame.
My memory may be wrong on this, but the year we drafted Derrick Williams I believe the Cavs jumped us to the #1 pick at astronomical odds to get Kyrie Irving. I also believe that was the draft following Lebron leaving Cleveland for Miami.
They could squash most of the theories if it was transparent. They use to have ping pong balls supposedly live, which was better. There are ways to rig that, prefilm it, have the machines somehow rigged. Etc..
Anytime something is completely secret, how can anyone trust the process? It's just too easy to make money and rig it. They don't want the Wizards or some other bottom feeder to have Coop. It's better TV to have Dallas have him. Easy money.
Now I didn't watch the process so I am assuming they didn't have a live in person audience with say 20 thousand people with ping pong balls. I would trust that process quite a bit. You could even have 6 machines for team names then a 7th that picks a number 1-6.
FNG just wrote a pretty thoughtful post on the process as he literally has inside knowledge. Did you even bother to read it?
I think it's cool we actually have someone on this board that used to work for the audit firm that oversees the lottery and was willing to take the time to write about it here.
BULLSHIT!
The 4th most prominent brand color for the Dallas Mavericks is SILVER. This is fact. How can you not see the connection?
Yet here we have Q putting his head further in the sand (or another unspeakable place) instead. Shame.
I was on the fence until Abe exposed the silver angle.
The 4th most prominent brand color for the Dallas Mavericks is SILVER. This is fact. How can you not see the connection?
Yet here we have Q putting his head further in the sand (or another unspeakable place) instead. Shame.
My memory may be wrong on this, but the year we drafted Derrick Williams I believe the Cavs jumped us to the #1 pick at astronomical odds to get Kyrie Irving. I also believe that was the draft following Lebron leaving Cleveland for Miami.
They jumped the Wolves... but...
Minnesota 17 - 65
Cleveland 19 - 63
I am not positive, but I think they used an acquired pick that netted them Kyrie.
Monster wrote: ↑Wed May 14, 2025 11:24 am
This thread is epic.
FNG if you need help for a possible imposter syndrome after realizations from this thread I know if some good trainings on LinkedIn.
Eurovision is happening this weekend and there are folks that have questioned whether or not that event is rigged even though they have a process run by a firm with various protocols like FNG talked about. Could someone be compromised? Sure. Eurovision there is less at stake than the NBA draft in a year teams can win Cooper Flag but it's interesting to compare when both events have chatter about them having some possibility of some level of being fixed.
If that group from France wins or even that singer from Romania wins... I'm going to riot!
100% with you Abe I've got my torches and pitchforks ready!!!
My memory may be wrong on this, but the year we drafted Derrick Williams I believe the Cavs jumped us to the #1 pick at astronomical odds to get Kyrie Irving. I also believe that was the draft following Lebron leaving Cleveland for Miami.
They jumped the Wolves... but...
Minnesota 17 - 65
Cleveland 19 - 63
I am not positive, but I think they used an acquired pick that netted them Kyrie.
You are correct. Looking back at that trade the Cavs and the Clippers made I don't even get why it was done. Lol
