With the NBA lottery just happening there are a few conspiracies that could explain why the balls fell the way they do. Now I'm not saying any of these theories are true, but they are fun to mention and think about.
Conspiracy 1: The Pelicans Owner is more of a football owner and with her husband dying it has to be thought that maybe she would sell the team. The last time that franchise was up for sale it was extremely difficult to sell it. Anthony Davis wants to leave, which would devalue the franchise. What would be the only thing that could help raise the franchise's value? Zion Williamson. What if the NBA rigged the draft so the Pelican's would get the first overall pick, so the Pelican's could sell the team.
Conspiracy 2: The New York Knicks had the worst record in the NBA last season, if they obtained the 1st overall pick it would've encourage more teams to tank to be the worst seeing the Knicks could get the 1st overall. If all the worst teams in the league got unfavorable picks it would tell the worst teams in the league that they could still tank and do well. This theory is that Adam Silver made sure all the worst teams got awful picks tonight so next season we can begin to see a more competitive atmosphere around the league with less tanking happening.
Conspiracy 3: LeBron James not being in the playoffs has hurt the rating this season the lottery was rigged so that the Lakers could get an asset to bring in someone of value to trade for someone to play with LeBron. LeBron could get a good teammate in a trade now to help him get to the playoffs. This will help drive the TV ratings back up and help the league out in general.
These are all just theories and none of them could be true.
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