I can be a NBA conspiracy theorist. But perhaps you are too young to remember "The Infamous 1985 Draft Lottery Scandal!" Here is the video showing David Stern reaching into the drum for the alleged "frozen envelope" and NY GM (at the time) Dave Debusschere showing a Ewing jersey already made up. Dog-eared set-up.
Well..I can say the same thing with Lakers and Magic right now. For sure both team have some NBA Champions made out just in case they become a champion they got something to wear right away. You can't say a fraud because NY GM has an NY Jersey fir Ewing already made.
tao Chaos Impends Premium join:2000-12-03 Lansing, MI
I think the jersey is a minor coincident to the lottery, throw the tainted referees and you have, what do they call that in college, oh yeah, 'lack of institutional control'. The corruption starts at the top and taints the entire sport.