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Despite its entry to the lottery with only 1.8% dimensions, the Dallas Mavericks landed The upper selection For the next draft of the NBA this year.
The unexpected result has sparked countless theories in the world of sport. Many floating theories suggesting that the NBA granted MAVs a favor after the team exchanged the superstar Luka Doncic in the Los Angeles Lakers in February. Dallas will now have the opportunity to write Duke outside Cooper Flagg competition.
The former Lakers star, Shaquille O’Neal, has become one of the last large -scale figures to participate in the debate. The quadruple NBA champion recalled a history of 1992 on the late NBA commissioner David Stern.
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Shaquille O’Neal was interviewed during the Pointbet event built differently from the media to the cargo hall on August 28, 2022 in Sydney. (Brett Hemmings / Getty Images for Tla)
O’Neal, who was drafted by the Orlando Magic in 1992, said that Stern approached him before this year’s draft lottery and inquired about his favorite NBA destination.
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“”[He] shot me on the side. “Do you want to play where it’s cold or where it’s hot?” “Said O’Neal.” He asked me that. I said: “hot”, then he smiled and smiled.
The former NBA commissioner, David Stern, a member of the 2014 Lecture of L’Heromés in the temple of basketball renown, listened to a question during a press conference in Springfield, Massachusetts, on August 7, 2014. (AP photo / Jessica Hill, file)
A few months later, O’Neal watched Orlando, Charlotte and Minnesota land the three best choices.
“Minnesota was n ° 3. Charlotte was n ° 2, then Orlando, Florida, was n ° 1,” he said. “I was like (while doing a question of question). I didn’t think about it much. You hear a lot of these conspiracy theories. There are a lot of situations that can sound these things well.”
O’Neal said he wanted to avoid using the “conspiracy theory” sentence, but he described the situation as “very interesting”.
