OT: Sucks, Curse of Len Bias

[upstater1]

I'm literally sick to death of 20 years of bad luck.

 

[Sean Pa Patriot]

I tuned into the lottery because I wanted to where the Celtics pick.. But 5th????? the nba and the lottery is a big fat joke...

 

[Number Cruncher]

Tanking games...

Karma, ain't she a *****...

 

[QuiGon]

Tanking games...

Karma, ain't she a *****...

It wasn't a ***** to the greatest tanking team of all time, the 1996-97 San Antonio Spurs.

 

[zippo59]

Second worst team ends up with the fifth pick. Can't figure that one out.

 

[SeanBruschi54]

Shafted right in the ******* tonight.

 

[richpats]

Celtics get #5? Bill Simmons has written his last column.

 

[upstater1]

Can we get Gerald Henderson back?

That trade is the second biggest curse in Boston sports history.

 

[heathmac]

The NBA Lottery is a F***ing joke. If a team wants to tank games to get a better pick than who cares. Its the team and their fans that are the one that have to suffer.

How does a team get any better if they finish 2nd and end up getting the 5th pick in a draft. The whole thing makes no sense. That is why the NBA sucks

 

[SaCaCh]

The biggest losers here are the NBA, with their two big tickets now lost in the Northwest, squandered on two horrid teams that no one pays any attention too for 3 years till they move on.

 

[bronk37]

yet another reason why the NFL is better than the NBA

 

[makoute]

Thank goodness for the Pats and hopefully red sox.

 

[maverick4]

I am so sick to my stomach.
I do not want to talk to ANYONE for the rest of this week.

Never thought I'd feel the same way again just 10 years later (re Duncan).

 

[SeanBruschi54]

The more you think about it the more it just disgusts you.

Fire everyone right now.

 

[BradyManny]

I am so sick to my stomach.
I do not want to talk to ANYONE for the rest of this week.

Never thought I'd feel the same way again just 10 years later (re Duncan).

I agree, I honestly might throw up. Holy fu**ing shyt.

 

[stinkypete]

Even worse, the 3 worst teams were Memphis, Boston and Milwaukee. Anyone notice that NONE of those teams got a top 3 pick? Why are NBA fans not outraged?

 

[PaulNEPats]

The Celts Organization is cursed. If they don't make some sort of miracle trade (KG) they're doomed for at least another 5 years.

 

[zippo59]

yet another reason why the NFL is better than the NBA

The NFL system gets frustrating at times if you are a fan of the consistently good teams (not that I would take a high pick over winning.)

But it is clear to me that the NFL system really is the best and the most fair. This lottery thing just seems like a bunch of crap.

 

[richpats]

The Celts Organization is cursed. If they don't make some sort of miracle trade (KG) they're doomed for at least another 5 years.

I'll tell you why the Celtics are cursed - because they think the only way to improve their squad is to get lucky enough in the lottery to land the 1st pick. Maybe a decent coach and a good personnel guy could build a playoff contender, but that's just me.

 

[QuiGon]

The NFL system gets frustrating at times if you are a fan of the consistently good teams (not that I would take a high pick over winning.)

But it is clear to me that the NFL system really is the best and the most fair. This lottery thing just seems like a bunch of crap.

The problem with the NBA is one that can never be solved to everyone's satisfaction. NBA drafts are ridiculously top-heavy. Unlike the NFL, the drop off in talent from the top pick or two to the following ones is tremendous. So it's easy for the NFL to develop a "fair" system because they don't have the problem of every draft having 1 or 2 superstars and 200 schmucks.

The lottery was implemented to avoid teams tanking. If you don't have the lottery, you can easily damage the integrity of the late season games. It's a good system, just one that didn't bounce Boston's way tonight.