NBA Draft Lottery Fallout | Morning Shoot Around
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Who are the hosts discussing the NBA Draft Lottery fallout?
Welcome to another edition of the Morning Shootaround here on the Athletic NBA Daily YouTube feed. We go live every Wednesday, mid-morning, just to chat with you guys about the NBA and the goings-on and just a nice little platform for us to talk a little bit deeper, maybe get some points out that we don't have time to, typically, on the regular show. Athletic NBA Daily. I'm Andrew Schlecht. With me, Dave DeFore, Esper Haney. We are going to talk about the fallout. from the draft lottery.
Gross.
And what it means for these particular teams. We can start with the Raptors if you want. No!
God, no.
Let you get it off your chest. You want to wait?
Yeah. They're like the sixth most, seventh most interest. I don't even know.
What were the surprising outcomes of the NBA Draft Lottery?
Oh, keep going. Keep going. Yeah, yeah. Keep going. They're like... 28th, 29th most interesting, if we're being honest. Come on.
Yeah. No, I mean, lottery-wise, I don't think they're – I mean, seven and nine is not that big of a difference to me. Yeah. It would have been nice to jump to one or two. Yeah. And I know there was that whole thing yesterday where – There were a bunch of reports coming out where it was like, oh, if it was this combination and they were one number off or one number this way and whatnot. The Bulls were close to winning the lottery. The Spurs had the best odds at one point to win the entire thing and get number one overall, which would have just been terrible. This is why I don't gamble. Yeah. Would the Spurs have been worse than the Mavericks for you guys?
Yes, absolutely. Wow. Absolutely. I don't know.
I don't know. I think it's kind of interesting, right? It turns into a 2K franchise then, right? Where you trade, you know, you tank or you don't even tank. You just trade away players and you get draft picks and you wind up with all the top picks. Yeah. That's kind of cool. The De'Aaron Fox thing is kind of in the way there. Yeah. Where it's a fully... be what it could be, but I don't know. I think the Dallas thing is the funniest thing that could have happened by far.
It's the funniest. It's also the one where the conspiracy theories around it make more sense than the reality.
Yeah.
The NBA has found themselves in a tricky spot because there's so many conspiracy theories that have existed throughout the NBA for years and years and years.
Lottery ones, too, right?
Yes.
Well, right. I mean, one of the first ones was the frozen envelope for Patrick Ewing.
Totally. And it's tough now because, like, think about the Cavaliers losing LeBron James. Oh, sorry, guys.
Are NBA Draft Lottery conspiracy theories justified?
Kyrie Irving. We got you.
We got the New Orleans Pelicans. Oh, man. Sorry about that. You guys going to L.A.? We got something for you. Oh, Mavericks, you know what? We really need a boost in the ratings.
Yeah, there you go.
What would help most is to get a star in L.A. You know what? Don't worry. We got your back.
Bring a Cooper flag. You could really sell yourself on this, by the way.
This is not conspiracy theories. They do. Exactly. It's so close. You can fake anything you want. Exactly.
It makes way more sense than the reality that... Well, that team that had 1% chance to actually win it, that... Oh, come on.
Well, 1% is a million.
I mean, it's... it's a huge chance there was what 1001 different combinations that could have happened yeah and that was the comp it's people do bring up the basketball gods in this situation and we we talked about it on the pod it's like they work they work in mysterious ways this was some sort of weird no one's working in a mysterious way people are pulling strings come on basketball i do i
To me, look, and I've been on the record with this. If I was Adam Silver, if I was the commissioner, I would absolutely rig the lottery.
You've done a good job.
I would rig it every single year. I mean, I just, oh, if there was like, what's a cool, fun team that is one piece away from being in the playoffs for you guys, right? Yeah. Oh, I don't know. The Wizards are Cooper flag away. Sure. The Wizards were Cooper flag away, let's say. Okay, but are they cool and fun? I don't know. But they could be, right? Okay, let's throw them a bone.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who are the hosts discussing the NBA Draft Lottery fallout?
0:07–1:08
2
What were the surprising outcomes of the NBA Draft Lottery?
1:08–3:05
3
Are NBA Draft Lottery conspiracy theories justified?
3:05–6:29
4
How could the NBA Draft Lottery system be improved or rigged?
6:29–11:28
5
What impact do draft picks have on NBA team success?
11:28–14:12
6
How important are player measurements and analytics in the draft?
14:12–18:12
7
What are potential trade scenarios involving Anthony Davis and the Mavericks?
18:12–22:15
8
What is the outlook for NBA small market teams and rebuilding strategies?
22:15–1:06:52