David Stern on Jim Rome -- Gold

The NBA being rigged has been a topic for years and the lottery being rigged goes back to the frozen envelope. I have no idea if its rigged, but a lot of people have speculated.

This write up from Wikipedia says bent corners lots of people have said frozen envelope. Who knows.

1985 was the first year of the NBA Draft Lottery. Prior to that year, the team with the worst record in the NBA would get the first pick in the draft (as is done in the National Football League). The Golden State Warriors, which represent the San Francisco Bay Area, finished with the worst record in the NBA during the 1984?85 season and would have had the first draft choice under the previous system. That year, Georgetown center Patrick Ewing was the favorite to be the number one pick in the draft.

During this live televised draft lottery ceremony, the league used a system where sealed envelopes representing the teams with the worst records were mixed in a tumbler, and then drawn by NBA Commissioner David Stern one at a time to determine which of these clubs would get the 1st pick onwards. However, when these envelopes were added to the tumbler, two envelopes were put in forcibly and banged against the edge, bending their corners, while all the rest of the envelopes were set in gently. When drawing for the 1st pick, Stern went for the one with a bent corner, which upon opening the envelope, it was revealed that the New York Knicks logo was inside. The large-market New York Knicks, who finished with the third-worst record in the league that season, eventually used the 1st pick to draft Ewing with (who would become a legend on the team, leading the Knicks to the 1994 NBA Finals. Although the Knicks reached the 1999 NBA Finals, Ewing was injured.). Nevertheless, the "bent envelope" fueled speculation that the league staged the result.

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