The NBA conspiracy of the night is that David Stern intervened in the draft in order to secure the number 1 pick for the New Orleans Hornets. Tweeps note that last year Stern decided to step in to prevent the Hornets from trading Chris Paul to the Lakers. That was possible because up until just recently the NBA owned and operated the Hornets.
At the time of the Chris Paul mess Stern’s office justified their meddling by saying they’d done it for “basketball reasons”. So, Twitter wants to know. Did Stern mess around with NBA operations for #BasketballReasons? Whatever that’s supposed to mean.
https://twitter.com/YgBird/status/207993200835690497
https://twitter.com/Compose_NocBoy/status/207996570443055104
NBA lottery conspiracy #basketballreasons
— Jordan Smith (@smithtikal) May 31, 2012
So many conspiracy theories for NBA draft lottery. Well deserved ones. @NBA owned team gets 1st pick? #basketballreasons #prettysneakystern
— Ben Manning (@bennyboy314) May 31, 2012
#basketballreasons RT @robg0927 NBA deserves conspiracy complaints… When you own franchise, & somehow end up w best player in Draft…
— Robert Flores (@RoFlo) May 31, 2012
David Stern is such a snake. #NBAdraftlottery #basketballreasons
— J. Black Lives Matter (@That_Guy83) May 31, 2012
https://twitter.com/Jermcon/status/208000858359742465
https://twitter.com/andrewmize9/status/208001394609897475
David Stern is to #NBA owners as #Hatfields are to #McCoys, only less subtle. #NBADraftLottery #basketballreasons
— Kevin Hall (@skhall) May 31, 2012
"It was me Charlotte! It was me all along!" – David Stern #basketballreasons #rigged
— Andrew (@Oozer) May 31, 2012
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