Dwyane Wade casts doubt on legitimacy of NBA Draft Lottery amid rigging speculation: 'It's a business'

This, of course, is not the first time there have been suspicions: There's the frozen envelope theory from 1985 for the New York Knicks to get Patrick Ewing; the Cleveland Cavaliers got the No. 1 pick when the top prospect was a local kid named LeBron James (same with the Chicago Bulls and Derrick Rose in 2008); and many believe the San Antonio Spurs were gifted Victor Wembanyama in 2023.

Well, Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade didn't exactly shut down any ongoing speculation.

Wade, of course, would not go out and say it is for sure rigged, "because I'm not a witness in it."

"But this is a business that we are a part of. And I think people forget that in the competition of sports and what we love, because we grow up playing sports, and it's not a business when we grow up. But when you're in the NBA, it's a business. And the business has to do its best job to make sure that, you know, it's taken care of," he said.

After Flagg, the two top prospects are considered to be freshmen from the Rutgers Scarlet Knights - Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos and The Associated Press contributed to this report.