Maybe you missed the Donaghy capers a few years back ... I think that was a minor admission of guilt of the NBA being rigged , considering even though no other names were named, there was wide speculation other refs were doing the same thing, but toned it down majorly after old Timmy was caught. and I yes I gamble ....
Na i didnt miss that actually. I know quite a lot about it. Admission of guilt by????? One ref who the media protrayed as a degenerate that did it all on his own? Well it is the nba that instructs the refs to rig the game. Not like the refs decide this. They are doing their iobs. Its the nba i am mad at... Not the refs. There was no admission by the nba... They actually threatened to sue the publisher of donaghys second book so he backed off and no one will publish it
its not the refs guy. Its the nba. That is why it will forever continue
I watched the last 3 games of the Finals this year and that was all.
Anybody else logical got somethin to say about that game? It was planned by the nba front office to make sure the lakers made the playoffs. Lol it has NOTHING to do with making bad calls lol
Why do you care what I do?
If you feel so passionate about how contrived the results are, just don't watch. There's like 500 channels now, lol
And this something you can prove ? Or expect everybody to jump in here and agree with you ...?? cause of a 9 min clip of the 1 game , out of over 1300 during the regular season ??? Wow , fukk your right,the whole NBA is rigged ...Heck game 6 of the finals must have been rigged too, while we are at it .. I mean ,Surely THE NBA wanted the Heat to win .... Bill Simmons quoted a stat, when teams are up in the playoffs by 5 pts with 28 seconds left ...they are 122-0. But now its 122-1 cause of the NBA didn't want a bunch of geriatrics hoisting their crown. IF can't be LA, gotta be the Heat ...Heck Im surprised they didnt allow the Knicks ( another big market ) to beat Indiana ....
Thats not the point of wanting to watch it or not. The point is there is a billion dollar business that the media and news outlets paints as legit. When it is not legit one bit. Is it better for our intrest to not know how rigged certain Shit is? It is better for the economy, the bars..everything when there is another game. No one is going to complain. I just find it eye popping and mind blowing that these athletes dont decide all of the games. I think that is wrong. To the whole economy, sports are small potatoes but when they do shit like this... Makes me wonder they do the same thing with the bigger things too. Basketball is just the easiest sport to manipulate and it is the easiest to notice
If you really feel this way just don't consume the product, I've always enjoyed following the NBA and analyzing it. I've done a lot of fantasy hoops/betting on it
At the end of the day though if you don't think it is on the up and up, just don't follow it. It is sports who cares, it is entertainment. A lot worse things happening in the world than a foul being called when Kobe got hurt, lol.