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The Chicago Bulls won the NBA's draft lottery Tuesday night, giving them the right to choose between star freshmen Michael Beasley and Derrick Rose.

Coming off a miserable season and still without a coach, the Bulls vaulted from the No. 9 spot, where they had just a 1.7 percent chance of landing the top choice.

They will almost certainly choose between Beasley, the Kansas State forward who averaged 26.5 points and an NCAA-best 12.5 rebounds, or Rose, the point guard who carried Memphis within minutes of the national title.

The Miami Heat, who had a 25 percent chance of landing the top pick thanks to their NBA-worst 15-67 record, fell to second. The Minnesota Timberwolves will go third.

The NBA draft will be held June 26 in New York.

I still have my suspicions about the NBA draft, and I'm no where near a conspiracy theorist.  But why would you give a crappy franchise like the Bulls the #1 pick rather than the darlings of the NBA, the New York Knicks?
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Re: Bulls hit draft lottery, get #1 pick after having 1.7% chance
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2008, 03:06:50 PM »
they need it...

so do ALL chicago sports teams...

still won't help them ...

chi town is lazy, settles for potholes & bad teams...

until that changes, they won't win...

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Re: Bulls hit draft lottery, get #1 pick after having 1.7% chance
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2008, 04:10:10 PM »
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The Chicago Bulls won the NBA's draft lottery Tuesday night, giving them the right to choose between star freshmen Michael Beasley and Derrick Rose.

Coming off a miserable season and still without a coach, the Bulls vaulted from the No. 9 spot, where they had just a 1.7 percent chance of landing the top choice.

They will almost certainly choose between Beasley, the Kansas State forward who averaged 26.5 points and an NCAA-best 12.5 rebounds, or Rose, the point guard who carried Memphis within minutes of the national title.

The Miami Heat, who had a 25 percent chance of landing the top pick thanks to their NBA-worst 15-67 record, fell to second. The Minnesota Timberwolves will go third.

The NBA draft will be held June 26 in New York.

I still have my suspicions about the NBA draft, and I'm no where near a conspiracy theorist.  But why would you give a crappy franchise like the Bulls the #1 pick rather than the darlings of the NBA, the New York Knicks?
1.7% chance is still a chance. But why would you think the Nicks are the Darlings of the NBA? Seems they are the crappy franchise.
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Re: Bulls hit draft lottery, get #1 pick after having 1.7% chance
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2008, 05:08:18 PM »
I still have my suspicions about the NBA draft, and I'm no where near a conspiracy theorist.  But why would you give a crappy franchise like the Bulls the #1 pick rather than the darlings of the NBA, the New York Knicks?

I like the lotto but it does go a bit to far IMHO. If I could change it, I'd keep the numbers system in play but do it on a tier basis. Meaning, bottom 4 teams would be guaranteed the top four  draft slots. Then the same deal for 5 - 8 and 9 - 12. That way the worst team in the NBA can't fall further than the fourth overall spot. Teams 13 and on should be merit based only.

I think this is more fair but still would prevent anyone from tanking games at years end for draft possition.
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Re: Bulls hit draft lottery, get #1 pick after having 1.7% chance
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2008, 01:11:31 PM »
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The Chicago Bulls won the NBA's draft lottery Tuesday night, giving them the right to choose between star freshmen Michael Beasley and Derrick Rose.

Coming off a miserable season and still without a coach, the Bulls vaulted from the No. 9 spot, where they had just a 1.7 percent chance of landing the top choice.

They will almost certainly choose between Beasley, the Kansas State forward who averaged 26.5 points and an NCAA-best 12.5 rebounds, or Rose, the point guard who carried Memphis within minutes of the national title.

The Miami Heat, who had a 25 percent chance of landing the top pick thanks to their NBA-worst 15-67 record, fell to second. The Minnesota Timberwolves will go third.

The NBA draft will be held June 26 in New York.

I still have my suspicions about the NBA draft, and I'm no where near a conspiracy theorist.  But why would you give a crappy franchise like the Bulls the #1 pick rather than the darlings of the NBA, the New York Knicks?
1.7% chance is still a chance. But why would you think the Nicks are the Darlings of the NBA? Seems they are the crappy franchise.

The Knicks are still a marquee team for the league, in the biggest market.  That's all I meant.  I know they've been very poorly run and a bad team for a while, but the NBA needs them to succeed.
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Re: Bulls hit draft lottery, get #1 pick after having 1.7% chance
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2008, 02:31:19 PM »
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/news/story?id=3405648

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The Chicago Bulls won the NBA's draft lottery Tuesday night, giving them the right to choose between star freshmen Michael Beasley and Derrick Rose.

Coming off a miserable season and still without a coach, the Bulls vaulted from the No. 9 spot, where they had just a 1.7 percent chance of landing the top choice.

They will almost certainly choose between Beasley, the Kansas State forward who averaged 26.5 points and an NCAA-best 12.5 rebounds, or Rose, the point guard who carried Memphis within minutes of the national title.

The Miami Heat, who had a 25 percent chance of landing the top pick thanks to their NBA-worst 15-67 record, fell to second. The Minnesota Timberwolves will go third.

The NBA draft will be held June 26 in New York.

I still have my suspicions about the NBA draft, and I'm no where near a conspiracy theorist.  But why would you give a crappy franchise like the Bulls the #1 pick rather than the darlings of the NBA, the New York Knicks?
1.7% chance is still a chance. But why would you think the Nicks are the Darlings of the NBA? Seems they are the crappy franchise.

The Knicks are still a marquee team for the league, in the biggest market.  That's all I meant.  I know they've been very poorly run and a bad team for a while, but the NBA needs them to succeed.

so thats why the NY Giants defense was allowed to late hit & headslap Tom Brady the entire superbowl !!

NY is  BY FAR a bigger market than Boston & the Patiot nation  !!...

bastards :banghead: