I have seen this picture before especially in Major Markets........Teams are gutted out by losing a Key Player or two, a franchise is part of an new expansion of the league, or that particularly Team just needs Draft Lottery help as in the 1st Pick as no other pick would help that organization but #1.
Enter last night the 2011 NBA Draft Lottery Sweepstakes and the superstitions that come with this annual event. Like teams sending Lucky Personnel, or that particular executive wearing their favorite suit or tie, or in the CAVALIERS Case just bring the Cleveland BROWNS #1 Overall Pick from last Year, Defensive Back and CAVS SUPER FAN Joe HADEN, and roll the dice.
ROLL THE DICE THEY DID......the Lottery Ball came up in the CAVS Favor as they will have the #1 Overall and the #4 as well and is this luck or is it the League helping a good business owner get back to a Franchise that was at the TOP because of the now GONE Free Agent KING JAMES.
Remember when LeBron JAMES came out of High School and everyone in their right mind was like WHAT IF........the CAVS get the 1st Pick and get LeBRON.........that's exactly what they got the 1st Pick and LeBron and you thought he was going to Denver or somewhere......the LEAGUE needed LeBron in that MARKET an the LeBron needed Cleveland OHIO at that point.........a perfect homegrown Story.
How About back in the 1984 NBA Draft that had the Houston Rockets going #1 and they were not looking past University Of Houston All-American Hakeem OLAJUWON as their 1st pick..........WHY NOT....he already had a following and he could join Ralph SAMPSON and become the LAKERS Nemesis for years to come.
But also in that DRAFT # 2 Was the Portland TRAILBLAZERS who took 7' Athlete Sam BOWIE of KENTUCKY without hesitation and the Chicago BULLS took at #3 one MICHEAL Jeffrey JORDAN...........Houston got 2 Championships out of DREAM and the BLAZERS GOT WHAT?.....I know who would've knew but BOWIE over JORDAN....didn't anyone from PORTLAND watch the '84 Olympic Team that year led by High-Flying JORDAN.
This Brings me to the NY KNICKS a struggling Franchise in the NATIONS Biggest Market and the #1 Overall Pick on the BOARD was hands down Georgetown CENTER Patrick EWING....and you think the LEAGUE was going to have the #2 PACERS or the #3 CLIPPERS get EWING and waste him........HELL NO.......that ball came up MSG BABY.......the KNICKS get EWING and he puts the KNICKS back relevant again for a long time.
It is no coincidence when a TEAM has fallen on hard times, or has a homegrown Superstar that there is a pretty good chance that that LOTTERY BALL will come up in that teams favor. The LEAGUE knows what is doing........AM I SAYING that the LOTTERY is FIXED .....NO......but the Law of Averages keep coming up GOLD.
NOTE: BULLS haven't been a Playoff TEAM since the 1998 Season and enter Derrick ROSE as a possible #1 Overall and who gets the #1 PICK to save FACE?.............The #2 Pick in the NBA 2008 Draft goes to the .........MIAMI HEAT..............the BULLS have the 1st Pick in the 2008 NBA Draft and John PAXSON who needed some luck turned to the LOTTERY and WON BIG.
Home
»
Cleveland CAVALIERS win the DRAFT Lottery........Did they lose a key player last year? Is the NBA Lottery FIXED?
» WOW! The Lottery BALL comes up in Owner Dan GILBERT and the CAVS Favor..........The CAVS lost King JAMES .....IS the NBA DRAFT Lottery LUCK or FIXED?
May 18, 2011
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments:
Post a Comment