The "NBA is rigged" crowd exploded on Monday night after the Dallas Mavericks won the lottery with a 1.8% chance of getting the first pick. After trading away Luka Doncic and squeezing into the lottery by one game,

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Another reason why conspiracy theorists say the NBA Draft Lottery is rigged is because the actual drawing of the ping-pong balls is no longer shown on live TV as it was in the past. However, the league invites select media members to attend the ball drawing, which takes place in a separate room in the venue right before the national TV broadcast.

Should the AFL introduce an NBA-style draft lottery? Bailey Smith should now be the favourite to win the Brownlow Medal? It's time to react -- or, overreact -- to Round 9.