An open letter to NBA officials.

For several years the NBA has been suspected of being less than even handed in its dealings with franchises.  There have been issues with the NBA draft that magically allowed top draft picks to go to teams other than those with the worst records.

Patrick Ewing going to the Knicks and LeBron James going to the Cavs were examples of convenient good fortune for the league and those teams.  When the Cavs lost James, the team “magically” won the ping pong ball drop and got the first overall pick in the 2011 draft.

Then the league sells the New Orleans franchise for 50 to 100 million dollars more than it was judged to be worth by most experts.  Not unexpectedly, that franchise wins the first pick in the 2012 draft.  That just added to the suspicion that unlike the state lotteries, there is a reason that the NBA ping pong balls are selected behind closed doors.

At the end of the regular season, I predicted the three teams that would win the top picks in the draft.  I was right about both New Orleans and Carolina.  I also picked the Nets to get a top three because of their … Read more at FryingPanSports