So David Stern WENT IN on Jim Rome today? :heh:
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And having people thinking the NBA lotto is fixed is serious shyt in Stern's eyes. Which is why he went there to begin with.
Stern could have handled it better and gave a detailed explanation why the lotto is legitimate. But whatever. When you act like Rome you're gonna catch a L every once in a while.
backbreaker65
All Star
For all those asking if it was a legit question, you guys are seriously out of touch with this issue. Many journalist have come out and stated that they were in the room when the drawing was held. The journalist that were invited to attend the drawing had to agree with no communication devices in the room and if the needed to go to the rest room they would be escorted and monitored. Hell some of the journalist tweeted about this when it was trending on twitter about the fix was in conspiracy stuff.
So it was a legit question? No I don't think so, it was a question to spark ignorant conversation.
So it was a legit question? No I don't think so, it was a question to spark ignorant conversation.
verbaltelekinesis
LWO Joint Chief
The point isn't necessarily to get an answer or even expect to get an answer. The point is asking the question! He may have gotten so flustered that he let something slip or maybe he would have given more insight into the inner workings of the draft. None of those things has a possibility of happening if you don't first ask the question. And honestly if enough people asked the question, he would have to address it. And not in a snotty dismissive way.
Every team in the lotto sends a rep to watch the actual drawing.
The actual drawing is performed by Ernst and Young an outside accounting firm.
When the Bulls won the pick to get Rose, our rep said he was in a windowless room for like 2 hours with no communication device knowing that we had the #1 but had no way of letting anyone on the outside know.
Even when the NBA did the actual drawing live on tv, people claimed conspiracy with the frozen envelope.
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Be honest: if Stern broke down the entire draft, from having an auditing firm oversee the entire ping-pong selection, to having the approval of every owner, you really think people would believe him? fukk no. They WANT to believe the draft's rigged.
(BTW, I think the draft's rigged too. I just wouldn't waste time asking Stern about it.)
It's the same as Obama. He had nikkas claiming he wasn't born in America ignored it for the longest time, then broke out the birth certificate. Cats STILL think he was born in Kenya. Why? Because they WANT to believe Obama isn't American.
Stern isn't gonna let something slip if there was something to slip. He's too smart for that, he turned a question about the lotto being fixed to people thinking Jim Rome beats his wife.
What about the inner workings of the draft isn't known already? There's nothing he could say that would have people go
"I guess the conspiracy talk was BS, the NBA has a pretty solid system"Every year, regardless of who wins, we get conspiracy talk. If a team like NO/Brooklyn/Charlotte won we'd get the it was fixed talk. If a random team like Toronto won we'd get people saying Stern had them win to throw people off the scent.
That's not how journalism works. Stern ain't slipping on shyt. He's a lawyer who's been in the game for 30 years. No way he's fukking up any answering a question like that.
You think Frost got Nixon to admit he was behind Watergate by directly asking him if he was behind Watergate? It took a week, and still they didn't even get a real confession.
And that's why conspiracies never die.
Texas2step
H-Town it's NOT our year
After listening to it, Rome wasn't be malicious or anything. He just asked a question that most ppl wanted to ask
Texas2step
H-Town it's NOT our year
co-sign. Can't believe yall riding wit super jew after all the stunts he pulled