Social media was filled with claims the lottery was “rigged” and that’s understandable given how crazy things went, but there are serious protocols in place to ensure everything is above board. People have been thinking the fix could be in since Patrick Ewing and the “Frozen Envelope” in 1985. Derrick Rose coming home to Chicago despite the odds being extremely against that happening also raised eyebrows, as did LeBron James landing in Cleveland, the Cavs winning after he left, New Orleans getting Zion Williamson after losing Anthony Davis, the Spurs landing Wembanyama and so on. But there’s no basis to the theories. It’s a lottery and bizarre things can and will happen.