Is the NBA Draft Lottery rigged? Conspiracy theorists just got some fodder if the Philadelphia 76ers end up winning the No. 1 overall pick in the coming draft on Tuesday night.
NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo sent out a tweet that congratulated the 76ers on winning the No. 1 pick in the draft at around 4:45 pm on Tuesday. Except the lottery hadn't even took place yet.
The tweet was deleted within minutes. But things live forever on the Internet.
Screen Grab City pic.twitter.com/unHsWTu6Wf— Alex Ruane (@MightBeGeorge) May 17, 2016
Here's my guess on what happened. Deke or his people saw the Sixers' official account encouraging people to tweet using a #PHILAfirst hashtag (or was even asked nicely by the team) and misunderstood what it actually meant.
Probably an honest mistake but yikes it looked bad.
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He later apologized for wagging the itchy trigger finger early.
Sorry, guys.Got excited about the @sixers odds and got ahead of myself.Still keeping my fingers crossed for tonight. pic.twitter.com/u6bFaNTJml— Dikembe Mutombo (@officialmutombo) May 17, 2016
Joel Embiid saw it too!
👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 #What pic.twitter.com/FDPgusa6t2— Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) May 17, 2016
1️⃣. Share your firsts
2️⃣. Use #PHILAfirst
3️⃣. Be entered to win prizes
4️⃣. Anxiously wait for 8PM pic.twitter.com/wfrCI5sz19— Philadelphia 76ers (@Sixers) May 17, 2016
