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The 1985 NBA Draft Lottery. Many say its the biggest conspiracy in all of professional sports. Patrick Ewing was the consensus first overall pick in the 1985 draft after a tremendous career with Georgetown where he averaged 15.3 points (on 62.0 percent shooting), 9.2 rebounds, 1.2 steals, and 3.4 blocks per game. National Player of the year, including the NCAA title in 1984. Simply put, he was the next big thing.
At that time, David Stern was the league commissioner. 1985 marked the first time the lottery took place after owners got sick of teams blatantly tanking for the top pick.The seven teams that didn’t make the playoffs the season before all had an equal chance (14.3%) of getting the first overall pick.
Ernst & Whinney just happened to also be the auditing firm for Gulf & Western, which just happened to own the Knicks. Asked by McManis about the possibility of a fix, Madison Square Garden president Jack Krumpe responded, “Hey, I told them how to fix it 60 days ago. You call up Ernst & Whinney and you say, ‘If we don’t get Ewing, you’re fired.’”
Lets look at the tape again closely.
A white-haired man from the accounting firm of Ernst & Whinney, Jack Wagner, tossing seven envelopes into the plastic globe one at a time, pausing for the briefest of moments—perhaps to adjust his aim?—before dumping in the fourth, which bangs off the interior of the drum, creasing the corner.
The NBA’s head of security, Jack Joyce, spinning the drum five times. Stern exhaling visibly and reaching in for the first choice, the one that will determine Ewing’s fate. Stern immediately goes straight to the bent card without thinking about shuffling up the cards more, grasping and turning the envelopes, then lifting out the lucky one—which just so happens to have a creased corner.
the Knicks indeed won the No. 1 pick. The young commissioner was elated. “We were very pleased with the lottery,” Stern told the press. “The interest was great. People are talking about the lottery instead of drugs, unauthorized franchise moves or anything else negative.”The numbers backed him up. The league saw spikes in the overnight ratings, according to Ed Desser, the producer of the event, and lottery coverage led many sports sections.
Stern grew up a Knicks fan. The Knicks finished with the seventh-worst record but just so happened to win the lottery in the first year the seventh-worst team could. DeBusschere just happened to have a Knicks number 33 jersey with him, ready to display on live TV.
An Indianapolis TV station used a freeze-frame to point out that the corner of the Knicks’ envelope was bent. Other reports surfaced claiming the envelope had been placed in a freezer, so that it would be colder to the touch and easy for Stern to pick out. “If people want to say that [the lottery was fixed], fine,” he said. “As long as they spell our name right. That means they’re interested in us. That’s terrific.”
This lottery fiasco prompted the league to change the format of the lottery. Ping pong balls were introduced shortly after, and that has been the norm ever since. The Knicks prospered greatly for over a decade because of the Hall of Fame services of Patrick Ewing, even if they never got a title out of it.
What is your take on this topic? Do You Think the NBA Fixed the Lottery? Let me know your thoughts below in the comments, like and subscribe for more investigation content like this!! This was Sports Vaults presented by D.A.T.A. Productions. See You next time.
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📕 NEW BOOK OUT NOW!!!
Sports Secrets: Uncovering the Conspiracies and Finding the Facts in the Sports World
🎥 Links To Purchase ‘The Endless Season’ Documentary (Official Feature Film):
Available on Amazon Prime as well!!
The 1985 NBA Draft Lottery. Many say its the biggest conspiracy in all of professional sports. Patrick Ewing was the consensus first overall pick in the 1985 draft after a tremendous career with Georgetown where he averaged 15.3 points (on 62.0 percent shooting), 9.2 rebounds, 1.2 steals, and 3.4 blocks per game. National Player of the year, including the NCAA title in 1984. Simply put, he was the next big thing.
At that time, David Stern was the league commissioner. 1985 marked the first time the lottery took place after owners got sick of teams blatantly tanking for the top pick.The seven teams that didn’t make the playoffs the season before all had an equal chance (14.3%) of getting the first overall pick.
Ernst & Whinney just happened to also be the auditing firm for Gulf & Western, which just happened to own the Knicks. Asked by McManis about the possibility of a fix, Madison Square Garden president Jack Krumpe responded, “Hey, I told them how to fix it 60 days ago. You call up Ernst & Whinney and you say, ‘If we don’t get Ewing, you’re fired.’”
Lets look at the tape again closely.
A white-haired man from the accounting firm of Ernst & Whinney, Jack Wagner, tossing seven envelopes into the plastic globe one at a time, pausing for the briefest of moments—perhaps to adjust his aim?—before dumping in the fourth, which bangs off the interior of the drum, creasing the corner.
The NBA’s head of security, Jack Joyce, spinning the drum five times. Stern exhaling visibly and reaching in for the first choice, the one that will determine Ewing’s fate. Stern immediately goes straight to the bent card without thinking about shuffling up the cards more, grasping and turning the envelopes, then lifting out the lucky one—which just so happens to have a creased corner.
the Knicks indeed won the No. 1 pick. The young commissioner was elated. “We were very pleased with the lottery,” Stern told the press. “The interest was great. People are talking about the lottery instead of drugs, unauthorized franchise moves or anything else negative.”The numbers backed him up. The league saw spikes in the overnight ratings, according to Ed Desser, the producer of the event, and lottery coverage led many sports sections.
Stern grew up a Knicks fan. The Knicks finished with the seventh-worst record but just so happened to win the lottery in the first year the seventh-worst team could. DeBusschere just happened to have a Knicks number 33 jersey with him, ready to display on live TV.
An Indianapolis TV station used a freeze-frame to point out that the corner of the Knicks’ envelope was bent. Other reports surfaced claiming the envelope had been placed in a freezer, so that it would be colder to the touch and easy for Stern to pick out. “If people want to say that [the lottery was fixed], fine,” he said. “As long as they spell our name right. That means they’re interested in us. That’s terrific.”
This lottery fiasco prompted the league to change the format of the lottery. Ping pong balls were introduced shortly after, and that has been the norm ever since. The Knicks prospered greatly for over a decade because of the Hall of Fame services of Patrick Ewing, even if they never got a title out of it.
What is your take on this topic? Do You Think the NBA Fixed the Lottery? Let me know your thoughts below in the comments, like and subscribe for more investigation content like this!! This was Sports Vaults presented by D.A.T.A. Productions. See You next time.
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