Hornets winning the 2012 NBA Draft Lottery reeks of suspicion

Monty Williams celebrating his team winning the rights to the #1 pick in the 2012 NBA Draft (BallerStatus)

After taking a night to soak in that the New Orleans Hornets, who I still frequently call the Charlotte Hornets for some reason, their winning the 2012 NBA Draft Lottery is quite suspicious.

Isolating that they had a 13.6% chance at receiving the #1 pick, I can accept that the Hornets just had good fortune. However, after thinking about events which have happened recently I don’t believe in this mere coincidence.

These following events are why the Hornets winning the #1 pick, aka the Anthony Davis sweepstakes, is highly suspicious.

1. They were the fourth favorites to win the lottery last night.

2. The NBA are desperate to give the Hornets as much value as possible.

3. This comes a year after they lost their franchise player, Chris Paul.

4. This comes after Eric Gordon the player who the Hornets now deemed as their franchise player was injured for effectively the whole season declined a contract extension with the Hornets and now is a restricted free agent.

5. This comes a year after the Cleveland Cavaliers lost LeBron James to the Miami Heat and then won the 2011 NBA Draft Lottery.

6. The team with the worst record hasn’t won the NBA lottery since Orlando in 2004. (The Magic selected Dwight Howard).

All of these reasons combined have made me quite wary of the Hornets winning the 2012 NBA Draft Lottery.

Maybe this is what happened…