If Orlando wins it again, for the 4th time, when there's another prized big man to grab with the top pick, the conspiracy theories will explode.
Only morons believe in conspiracy theories. There are a lot of morons out there.
Here is one of my favorite blog posts on the lottery, from Piston Powered in 2012, listing the reasons why David Stern would rig the lottery for every team in the draft (except Milwaukee).
Yeah I was about to post something like that. You can literally make up a "conspiracy theory" about any team...
Celtics wins? Clearly fixed for the big market East coast team... one of the league's premiere franchises... it's in the best interest for the league to give the top pick to the Celtics.
Lakers win? Clearly fixed... obviously.
Magic win? According to slamtheking, this is a sign of a fix since they always give prized big men to Orlando.
Bucks win? Obviously fixed... they just sold the franchise. #1 pick was clearly part of their purchase agreement. League did the same thing for New Orleans.
Etc... any number of conflicting conspiracies... doesn't matter who wins... there's a "fix" explanation.
If the league was really fixing the lotto, we would have won in 1997 and 2007.
And again, if fans read about how the lottery actually worked... it would be really hard to claim it was fixed without sounding like an idiot. Every team would need to be in on the conspiracy and willingly allowing the league to fix it.... which makes no sense since each team is a separate business that stands to make millions and millions depending on the player they land (see Cleveland before and after LeBron)