Abridged version of the story:
Mike D'Antoni left the high calibre Phoenix Suns to go to the awful New York Knicks, nearly signing with the mediocre-but-soon-to-be-epic Chicago Bulls in the proces...
Abridged version of the story:
Mike D'Antoni left the high calibre Phoenix Suns to go to the awful New York Knicks, nearly signing with the mediocre-but-soon-to-be-epic Chicago Bulls in the process.
The following week, the Bulls won the NBA Draft Lottery. And the Knicks didn't.
D'Antoni learnt of this news while in front of camera to an international audience of millions. This is how he handled it.
(Spongyfungy capped this, so all praise goes to him. I just added the REM and hosted it.)
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I think its kind of fair. If not for this lottery system, you would see teams fighting for the LAST spot if they were confirmed no chance of a playoff berth. So, to prevent this, I think the NBA did a great job setting up the lottery.
No, I want teams that are the worst to have the best opportunity to improve their team with the upcoming draft.
You act like Boston wasn't purposely trying to lose games to win the draft lottery 3 years ago. The draft lottery doesn't help teams "not to lose games" its just a retarded system designed to mitigate that excuse.
If you want to throw away a season, and in turn revenue and fans, then do it. Those fans can become fans of real teams.
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Its ridiculous.
You act like Boston wasn't purposely trying to lose games to win the draft lottery 3 years ago. The draft lottery doesn't help teams "not to lose games" its just a retarded system designed to mitigate that excuse.
If you want to throw away a season, and in turn revenue and fans, then do it. Those fans can become fans of real teams.