Call me crazy, but I've thought Stern and Co were in on it too, going all the way back to the start.
It has the safest, fastest, and most scoring changes to wrench spreads in games where the outright is yet still safe, in contrast to football and baseball where tanking outright is often risked or required to accomplish such thievery.
It's the one sport where every player is a quarterback, goalie, pitcher, receiver, lineman, db, fielder, as with it's multi-tasking and hectic scoring pace, it allows for indiscretions to be inserted very quietly under radar.
Yet for all the backdoors ole'd matador D style, it is amazing how many no-shows are pulled in entirety rather than just shave, for a league with only half the schedule of MLB.
THE NBA IS AS STRONG, AS STRONG GETS..CORRUPT!..WILL STOP OR START ON A DIME.