lol nobodies arguing the NBA isn’t rigged like pro wrestling.
You forgot about the Cavs, who were rewarded for moving Bron to Miami by 3 picks #1 overall. A near impossibility statistically.
The Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Draft Lottery and secured the No. 1 overall pick in three out of four years after LeBron James left for Miami in 2010. Those years were:
• 2011 (Kyrie Irving)
• 2013 (Anthony Bennett)
• 2014 (Andrew Wiggins)
To calculate the probability of this happening, we need to know their lottery odds each year. Here’s a breakdown:
1. 2011 Lottery Odds: The Cavs had two lottery picks (one via a trade with the Clippers). The pick from the Clippers had a 2.8% chance of winning, and that’s the pick that won.
2. 2013 Lottery Odds: The Cavs had a 15.6% chance of winning.
3. 2014 Lottery Odds: The Cavs had a 1.7% chance of winning.
Assuming independence between the lotteries, the probability of winning all three is:
0.00741%, which is about 1 in 13,500—an incredibly rare event!