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Message: [QUOTE="Madbiker, post: 3019410, member: 312"] NBA is the only major sport where the draft order is not transparent but decided in a back room by some mysterious process. I find it a bit too convenient that New Orleans gets the 1st pick. A franchise in bad shape and teetering on the edge of destruction if AD forces his way out to Lakers. Now they have a new hot superstar to save the franchise. Add in that Lakers move up like 7 spots in the draft order to get the #4 pick so they can trade it to NO for AD now and get NBA meal-ticket LeBron back in the playoffs. The Suns and Cavs who openly tanked were punished by moving down. And the Knicks who mostly just have no talent more so than tanking were tossed a bone to get 3rd. [/QUOTE]