Alex Speers

Appreciate you guys listening. Enjoy the playoffs. And we'll talk to you guys again next week.

So Dallas getting the number one pick unsurprisingly and understandably set off a lot of talk from NBA fans about the lottery being rigged. Now, Mike, back in 2019, you wrote an article where you investigated the idea of rigging the lottery and how realistic of a scenario it would be to pull off. What were some of your big takeaways from doing that story?

So Dallas getting the number one pick unsurprisingly and understandably set off a lot of talk from NBA fans about the lottery being rigged. Now, Mike, back in 2019, you wrote an article where you investigated the idea of rigging the lottery and how realistic of a scenario it would be to pull off. What were some of your big takeaways from doing that story?

So Dallas getting the number one pick unsurprisingly and understandably set off a lot of talk from NBA fans about the lottery being rigged. Now, Mike, back in 2019, you wrote an article where you investigated the idea of rigging the lottery and how realistic of a scenario it would be to pull off. What were some of your big takeaways from doing that story?

I also feel like a lot of fans don't realize that you can go watch what you saw. It is on NBA.com. They put the actual draft lottery in that room. That video is online. You can just go watch it. They don't publicize it that much, but it's there. You can go watch it.

I also feel like a lot of fans don't realize that you can go watch what you saw. It is on NBA.com. They put the actual draft lottery in that room. That video is online. You can just go watch it. They don't publicize it that much, but it's there. You can go watch it.

I also feel like a lot of fans don't realize that you can go watch what you saw. It is on NBA.com. They put the actual draft lottery in that room. That video is online. You can just go watch it. They don't publicize it that much, but it's there. You can go watch it.

So in addition to attending the lottery, you also wrote an article this week for The Athletic about home court advantage in the playoffs and how its importance has changed over the years. This is obviously a huge topic for a lot of Nuggets and Thunder fans this weekend. What were some of the key stats from your findings?

So in addition to attending the lottery, you also wrote an article this week for The Athletic about home court advantage in the playoffs and how its importance has changed over the years. This is obviously a huge topic for a lot of Nuggets and Thunder fans this weekend. What were some of the key stats from your findings?

So in addition to attending the lottery, you also wrote an article this week for The Athletic about home court advantage in the playoffs and how its importance has changed over the years. This is obviously a huge topic for a lot of Nuggets and Thunder fans this weekend. What were some of the key stats from your findings?

And do you have any theories as to why home court advantage isn't quite what it used to be? Man, I miss home court advantage.

And do you have any theories as to why home court advantage isn't quite what it used to be? Man, I miss home court advantage.

And do you have any theories as to why home court advantage isn't quite what it used to be? Man, I miss home court advantage.

Yeah, on the blazer. These are not sexy things. It's so wild to me that Phil Knight makes that offer of $2 billion back in 2022. And at the time, it seemed like you know, competitive, you know, it didn't seem out of the realm of possibility that they might be sold, you know, if there was some more negotiation. And now just three years later, that is, that would be such an uncompetitive offer.

Yeah, on the blazer. These are not sexy things. It's so wild to me that Phil Knight makes that offer of $2 billion back in 2022. And at the time, it seemed like you know, competitive, you know, it didn't seem out of the realm of possibility that they might be sold, you know, if there was some more negotiation. And now just three years later, that is, that would be such an uncompetitive offer.

Yeah, on the blazer. These are not sexy things. It's so wild to me that Phil Knight makes that offer of $2 billion back in 2022. And at the time, it seemed like you know, competitive, you know, it didn't seem out of the realm of possibility that they might be sold, you know, if there was some more negotiation. And now just three years later, that is, that would be such an uncompetitive offer.

You know, it seems like with the Celtics selling for 6 billion, like, is it realistic that the Blazers could be sold for like 4 billion? I mean, that's what the Suns were sold for.

You know, it seems like with the Celtics selling for 6 billion, like, is it realistic that the Blazers could be sold for like 4 billion? I mean, that's what the Suns were sold for.

You know, it seems like with the Celtics selling for 6 billion, like, is it realistic that the Blazers could be sold for like 4 billion? I mean, that's what the Suns were sold for.

And I'm super interested because in this case, in Portland, the city owns the building, the Moda Center. And so that wouldn't be part of the deal, similar to what happened in Boston. So I don't know how that would affect it. Although clearly it didn't really affect it in Boston since they went for $6 billion there.