"Luck" of the draw (1985 NBA Draft Conspiracy)

Hall of Shame

Rachel Bonnetta

Sports, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Rachna thinks the Knicks were a little too lucky. When David Stern, a NYC native, was appointed NBA Commissioner in 1984, he was determined to put basketball on the map. And his first move was to replace the traditional draft with a flashy lottery. But when all-star Patrick Ewing ends up getting chosen for the Knicks, it becomes hard to believe that Stern would leave the lottery to chance. Allegedly.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, I'm Rachel Bonetta.
0:06.6	And I'm Rechna Freckbott.
0:08.0	And this is Hall of Shame.
0:12.0	Okay, Rechna, I have a story for you today.
0:14.8	Before you get into your story, I just want to tell you something that was quite traumatic
0:19.1	that happened to me last night.
0:20.8	Okay.
0:21.8	So, Zoom is like the hot new thing, right?
0:24.7	We're zooming right now while we record this podcast.
0:28.5	People are doing these like Zoom bombs.
0:30.9	I don't know if you've seen them before, but basically they're horrifying.
0:35.1	They're absolutely terrifying.
0:36.4	I got invited to a Zoom bomb or whatever the hell they're called last night.
0:40.5	And I was in there, there was a bunch of NBA players, there was a bunch of football players.
0:45.5	That's a big deal.
0:46.5	That's very cool.
0:47.5	I was Abby Womback showed up.
0:48.9	I was like, this is dope.
0:49.9	But then I got uncomfortable because it got silent because everyone's just inviting
0:53.7	people on their phones and all.
0:54.7	So it's like, I gotta go walk right now.
0:56.0	It was a lie, but I had to go.
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