Power of David Stern

**exstatman** · 05-10-10, 01:31 PM

Only if Tim Donaghy works the game.

**big0mar** · 05-10-10, 01:37 PM

It means no TV money in the short term. But it also may mean better ratings in the end. The average fan gets sick of 3 months of playoff basketball, only to be muddled in so-so matchups.

Having teams like the Lakers and Orlando help ratings, because they establish front-runners. Just like in presidential elections, the horse-race mentality usually brings in ratings.

**lakerboy** · 05-10-10, 01:38 PM

the next 2 rounds will be great for the nba- 3 potential 6-7 gm series

**CHAZ** · 05-10-10, 01:38 PM

Yes his telekinesis can put the ball in the hoop for whatever team he wants to win

**SaffaCappa** · 05-10-10, 01:44 PM

And if he is not happy with the result, he will simply get in his DeLorean and go back in time to change something until he is happy

**lyon804** · 05-10-10, 01:46 PM

Some good Stern material to watch below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRPYjdgStns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fHi0TADk3o&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-BoeBedZ3k&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJtVEStfxSg&feature=related

**WiseGrumpy** · 05-10-10, 01:54 PM

Originally posted by lyon804

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRPYjdgStns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fHi0...eature=related

Amazing, that was like a horror movie, now I won't sleep at night ...

Anyway, bad stuff happen because of money in all aspects in life, of course sports, but as a whole I think it's one of the cleanest leagues in the world.
Take the Italian Soccer league, now that is WRONG!

**Wilforth** · 05-10-10, 02:02 PM

Originally posted by SaffaCappa

And if he is not happy with the result, he will simply get in his DeLorean and go back in time to change something until he is happy

**SaffaCappa** · 05-10-10, 02:12 PM

Scary Shit Indeed!!!

**jjgold** · 05-10-10, 02:13 PM

Kind of strange this is happening, teams kind of equal also.

Look for Utah to win tonight

**michalis** · 05-10-10, 02:19 PM

Originally posted by WiseGrumpy

Amazing, that was like a horror movie, now I won't sleep at night ...

Anyway, bad stuff happen because of money in all aspects in life, of course sports, but as a whole I think it's one of the cleanest leagues in the world.
Take the Italian Soccer league, now that is WRONG!

there are setups in all sports in all the leagues in all the countries, if you dont believe that you are naive

Im pretty sure many nba games have been influenced one way or another, but its hard to prove, especially when the guilty party uses excuses like 'human error' or 'subjective judgment' I cant believe you just characterized the nba as one of the cleanest leagues after the tim donaghy case, imagine all the things that go on which havent been made public and never will be

**Nuggz** · 05-10-10, 02:33 PM

I posted a thread about this yesterday, but yeah all the sweeps are odd I see the jazz taking it. But the NBA is definitely not the cleanest league even in the States really? There is definitely cheating in the NFL too though, but its not as easy. (Belichick)

**Raycrs** · 05-10-10, 02:56 PM

Get ready for 2 more sweeps tonight

**WiseGrumpy** · 05-10-10, 02:57 PM

Originally posted by michalis

there are setups in all sports in all the leagues in all the countries, if you dont believe that you are naive

Im pretty sure many nba games have been influenced one way or another, but its hard to prove, especially when the guilty party uses excuses like 'human error' or 'subjective judgment' I cant believe you just characterized the nba as one of the cleanest leagues after the tim donaghy case, imagine all the things that go on which havent been made public and never will be

First of all believe me I know how much crap goes on in the world. I'm the last that would think anything is truly clean. Money runs everything and the most important ppl in the world do the worst thing just for money, so of course we see things like that in sports.
Now when I saw the NBA is one of the cleanest leagues, it's in comperesent with other leagues. I lived in many places around the world, I follow most sports, and I can tell you Soocer leagues in Italy, Israel, France and Germany have a lot more of these problems than the NBA. I also think that what goes on in the MLB is worst than anything in any sports, so the NBA which I consinder my #1 sport to watch and bet, is doing ok ...

We have bad calls, we have weird calls, in general and as a whole it's an amazing league that is ran very well. I see to many "Stern wants game 7" crap around here and most of those statments are proved worng this year. You can't have a 100% clean league. When someone makes X amount of money and someone gives him 10 times as much for one game, most ppl will take it ... and gambling is the cause to those things. We see it in reality shows, we see it in politics and of course we see it in sports. But if anyone truly believes everything is altered by Stern you should stop betting the NBA.

**lakerboy** · 05-10-10, 03:14 PM

Originally posted by WiseGrumpy

First of all believe me I know how much crap goes on in the world. I'm the last that would think anything is truly clean. Money runs everything and the most important ppl in the world do the worst thing just for money, so of course we see things like that in sports.
Now when I saw the NBA is one of the cleanest leagues, it's in comperesent with other leagues. I lived in many places around the world, I follow most sports, and I can tell you Soocer leagues in Italy, Israel, France and Germany have a lot more of these problems than the NBA. I also think that what goes on in the MLB is worst than anything in any sports, so the NBA which I consinder my #1 sport to watch and bet, is doing ok ...

We have bad calls, we have weird calls, in general and as a whole it's an amazing league that is ran very well. I see to many "Stern wants game 7" crap around here and most of those statments are proved worng this year. You can't have a 100% clean league. When someone makes X amount of money and someone gives him 10 times as much for one game, most ppl will take it ... and gambling is the cause to those things. We see it in reality shows, we see it in politics and of course we see it in sports. But if anyone truly believes everything is altered by Stern you should stop betting the NBA.

Care to elaborate on the bold part?

**hawley** · 05-10-10, 03:29 PM

magic complete the sweep tonight regardless, refs couldn't do enough to help the bobcats and they wont do enough here

**WiseGrumpy** · 05-10-10, 03:29 PM

Originally posted by lakerboy

Care to elaborate on the bold part?

Pretty simple - steroids.
The worst thing that can happen is sports is the players themselvs doing something illegal. I think it's worst than anything else is sports.

**Wilforth** · 05-10-10, 03:49 PM

Originally posted by SaffaCappa

And if he is not happy with the result, he will simply get in his DeLorean and go back in time to change something until he is happy

Or if the Lakers win, he'll cancel the result and send the entire Lakers team to jail.

**keyboarding** · 05-10-10, 04:52 PM

Originally posted by exstatman

Only if Tim Donaghy works the game.

He referred to "company men". Donaghy was never actually proven to have influenced any games.

**tropolis** · 05-10-10, 04:58 PM

people never get this right.

the nba was outed by donaghy and people still think stern would be dumb enough to have that going on when the scandal almost crippled the league?

if anything, the nba is the cleanest sport out there now. stern made sure of that.

the nhl is the main one to look at now. betteman needs big matchups and stars, and a game is relatively easy to fix with ref calls.

**Preston09** · 05-10-10, 05:24 PM

Its a scary thought.

**Sunde91** · 05-10-10, 06:27 PM

What's happened this past weekend completely and utterly takes a shit all over this conspiracy nonsense about "the league wanting a long series".

Suns sweep over Spurs was a catastrophic disaster beyond comprehension that would have been avoided at all costs if it could have been, it wasn't and I don't see why Utah or ATL will now magically be propelled for a victory. They're already buried at 3-0, nobody cares.