NBA on CBS 1985 NBA Draft Lottery - COMPLETE VERSION
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Infamous Fixed 1985 Draft
NBA on CBS coverage of the 1985 NBA Draft Lottery, the first ever. I got a lot of complaints about my original video not showing David Stern reaching into the drum for the alleged "frozen envolope" so I included the entire thing, as well as Dave Debusschere showing a Ewing jersey already made up.
A prelude to the Knicks-Pacers rivalry of the 1990's. Fans of the bent envelope theory point to 4:50 of the video where the corner of the envelope that would eventually be picked #1 can be seen with a bent corner sticking up. Narrated by Pat O'Brien
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| Thank goodness for ... ( 2 months ago by JZ2001JC) |
| Thank goodness for Expansion. Seriously when you have only 7 lottery teams, yuck. And with lesser teams you also had teams with records of 30-52 making the playoffs. Freakin Please. |
| My granddad played ... ( 2 months ago by gamerz654) |
| My granddad played the lottery every week and he would get his friend who had a car to drive to the near by town and pay for it. One day he didn't go and the numbers came up. The equal of $16,000 was won but that could buy you at list 20 houses in Greece at the time. Than last year my mum played and the numbers that came up were all 1 box to the right. |
| it looks like the ... ( 2 months ago by yunggoon311) |
| it looks like the first thing he did when he picked the first one was look at the corner that was bent to make sure he picked the right one. david stern suckz ass |
| are you saying hes ... ( 2 months ago by johnsmdm) |
| are you saying hes a jew sir.. |
| it doesnt look he ... ( 2 months ago by ivan77x) |
| it doesnt look he made sure he picked up the right one. i dont think so xD |
| God, I wish that ... ( 2 months ago by dma10014) |
| God, I wish that was true about the 80's being the "Ewing Era." Of course, who knew about "Air" Jordan. |
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| Notice that he sort ... ( 1 month ago by mclev) |
| Notice that he sort of exhales before reaching for the envelope? Why would he exhale unless he were feeling some sort of pressure, such as worrying that he might accidentally pick the wrong envelope and cost the league hundreds of millions of dollars. |
| ohh, but the others ... ( 1 month ago by Triple3Deuce2) |
| ohh, but the others conveniently weren't bent, and conveniently the only bent one was the one chosen...what are the odds. 1/49 chance |
| what the hell you ... ( 1 month ago by Ladiespetmansthreat) |
| what the hell you talkin about son? this is the NBA lottery not the michigan state lottery |
| I am random... ( 1 month ago by gamerz654) |
| I am random... |
| Freeze at like 5:31 ... ( 1 month ago by SamdaWitness23) |
| Freeze at like 5:31-5:32. It seems as though he's making sure the envelope has a bent corner. |
| Now, I'm just ... ( 1 month ago by AfroAmSongWriter) |
| Now, I'm just thinking logically now. The corner of the envelope was bent. Yes. The envelope picked was a major market team. Yes. The Knicks got the best player in the NBA Draft. Of course. But then again, the Knicks also didn't win an NBA championship. Patrick Ewing spent his whole career without a ring, and this team only made it to the finals thanks to Jordan's early retirement, and then his second one in 1999. I can't say the NBA is actually rigged. |
| Mr. Wagner seems ... ( 1 month ago by sysonpyh) |
| Mr. Wagner seems suspicious...hmm...;) |
| 5:30-5:31 was SO ... ( 1 month ago by sysonpyh) |
| 5:30-5:31 was SO OBVIOUS! |
| agreed! When Stern ... ( 1 month ago by sysonpyh) |
| agreed! When Stern was picking 1st envelope, he was looking for it! Just look a how he chose other envelopes without looking at them!!! |
| yep this introduced ... ( 3 weeks ago by MrKing8050) |
| yep this introduced the draft lottery and also bad teams started tanking games after this |
| Davis Stern had ... ( 3 weeks ago by hellofeil) |
| Davis Stern had black hair !?!?!?! |
| before you say it ... ( 3 weeks ago by gocharules) |
| before you say it was fixed can anybody say certainly that one of the envelopes is bent when it is placed... i am looking from 4:44 and on and I can't tell but there is no doubt that there is one that was bent while others were not. Interesting observation is it a coincidence or just was drawn up that way. So tell me how much did ewing going to to the knicks net the nba all i remember jordan this and jordan that from late 80's into the 90's. |
| Uhhhh that is 100% ... ( 2 weeks ago by matterwitu) |
| Uhhhh that is 100% false. The whole point of the lottery was so that bad teams would not tank games to get the number 1 pick because they weren't even guaranteed the pick. It reduced the incentive for a bad team to tank because before it went to the team with the worst record. It didn't seem like any of the envelopes were bent when he placed them in there, and while the thing was spinning it looked like any envelope would have had ample chance to get bent. I dunno=.= |
| Well, Stern pulled ... ( 2 weeks ago by Segasmith) |
| Well, Stern pulled off the fix and got his dream wish of Ewing drafted to Knicks. But in the end, justice would prevail. 15 years of Ewing, no championships for the Knicks! I hate to say it to Knicks fans commenting on here, but that was deserved based on what Stern had done, he's bringing the game of basketball to ruins! What a homer! |
| stern is more of a ... ( 2 weeks ago by lbj23clutch) |
| stern is more of a fraud then pamela anderson's tits. |
| Then again, if he ... ( 1 week ago by Segasmith) |
| Then again, if he wanted the Knicks to win so much, not to mention get all that money for the league, how come he didn't fix the lottery for the Knicks to win the right to draft LeBron James in 2003? LOL |
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