So NBA isn't rigged?

keyboarding · 04-29-10, 04:06 PM

Of course it's rigged.

KingKolzig · 04-29-10, 04:09 PM

bet Portland tonight. they will go to the line 35+ times

milwaukee mike · 04-29-10, 04:13 PM

that call was for camby making contact going through the screen
no, it wasn't on nash, and he shouldn't have been shooting the free throws but there was definite contact

not sure how accidentally allowing nash to shoot free throws somehow proves that the nba is rigged but if that's what you want to believe i'm not gonna change your mind

AnotherLoan · 04-29-10, 04:14 PM

Joey Crawford is the dirtiest ref in the NBA. I can't stand that motherfukker.

tzMoney · 04-29-10, 04:18 PM

That call was ridiculous!!! If I was Nate McMillan and coached the Blazers I would have got thrown out for arguing and throwing things. What team was the majority of the money on in that game?

keyboarding · 04-29-10, 05:28 PM

Originally posted by milwaukee mike

not sure how accidentally allowing nash to shoot free throws somehow proves that the nba is rigged but if that's what you want to believe i'm not gonna change your mind

NBA referees manipulated Game 6 of a 2002 playoff series to favor the Lakers and bring about a seventh game against the Sacramento Kings, disgraced former referee Tim Donaghy alleged in court papers filed Tuesday the Los Angeles Times reported.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/rumors/p...?urn=nba,87319

Donaghy also stated that it has happened in other games too. During the 2005 playoff series between the Dallas Mavericks and the Houston Rockets, Jeff Van Gundy, who was then the Rockets' coach, stated publicly that an NBA official had privately told him that his star 7' 6" center, Yao Ming, would be singled out by referees for illegal screens during the series. The NBA fined Van Gundy $100,000 for that remark.

But Donaghy's letter states “the referees followed the league instructions and Team 3 came back from behind to win the series. The N.B.A. benefited from this, because it prolonged the series, resulting in more tickets sold and more televised games.”

http://inthespotlite.blogspot.com/20...ged-video.html

gryfyn1 · 04-29-10, 05:38 PM

Originally posted by AnotherLoan

Joey Crawford is the dirtiest ref in the NBA. I can't stand that motherfukker.

Dude's 90 ... he spent half the game yelling at Camby to get off his lawn ... no way he should be refing.

Junkyard Dog · 04-29-10, 06:00 PM

Crawford is a fukkin joke, remember this?

Crawford ran over Jones and called a foul on Billups, who didn't even touch Jones

keyboarding · 04-29-10, 06:06 PM

Originally posted by gryfyn1

Dude's 90 ... he spent half the game yelling at Camby to get off his lawn ... no way he should be refing.

coldhardfacts · 04-29-10, 07:48 PM

Just read Donaghy's book. It's all documented there in black and white. You'd think after that came out the league would have done something, at least temporarily, to clean up its act. But as long as law enforcement and the media and sports viewing public are complicit in this criminality by their acceptance of it, why should they?

mdemps9190 · 04-29-10, 08:41 PM

have always hated joey crawford...this makes me hate him so much more.

samdapatriotsfan · 04-29-10, 09:58 PM

Hey, someone direct Mr. Crawford to this board...............this butt's for you!!!

manny24 · 04-29-10, 10:13 PM

my old man gets pissed when i tell him that the sporting event (usually celtics) he happens to be watching is an illusion...that's why the nba is the worst sport to try to bet on imo...refs have too much impact on results...dad thinks that stern got rid of the one bad guy but where there's $ it's like cheese for the mice...and by the time you see one mouse in the house you can be sure that he's not the only one.

gambleballs · 04-29-10, 10:15 PM

"Rigged" is such a strong word. I'd go with "influenced outcome".

tltaylor89 · 04-29-10, 10:17 PM

That was crazy

Sawsi · 04-29-10, 11:32 PM

Wow, that is all I can say to that.

Andy117 · 04-29-10, 11:52 PM

That's a terrible call at any time, but even worse that it was in a playoff game.

DarkMage · 04-30-10, 12:03 AM

the NBA has been caught red handed being rigged in the past..no reason to think that its any different now.

cecbo · 04-30-10, 12:03 AM

You guys just figured that out? Of course it's ri**ed!

flyingillini · 04-30-10, 12:12 AM

Unreal

AnotherLoan · 04-30-10, 12:16 AM

The video already has 365,000 views on youtube.

nobull · 04-30-10, 12:19 AM

this is nothing new and i'd expect nothing less from any sport that has wagers placed on them. all part of the grand scheme of things. you just have to be on the right side of the fix.

THEGREAT30 · 04-30-10, 01:38 AM

Yep consistently fixed that's why team A takes 18 FT's in 1 quarter while team B takes 0. It is fixed.

Grandmaster B · 04-30-10, 01:40 AM

Originally posted by nobull

this is nothing new and i'd expect nothing less from any sport that has wagers placed on them. all part of the grand scheme of things. you just have to be on the right side of the fix.

and thats the bottom line because nobull said so

shari91 · 04-30-10, 01:58 AM

That video is shocking. Even trying to play Devil's Advocate, I can't come up with one possible explanation for how that could be anything other than rigged.

PAULYPOKER · 04-30-10, 02:05 AM

These playoffs aren't rigged cause I'd be winning a lot more if they were

AL1322 · 04-30-10, 02:13 AM

sucks that as sports bettors it has come to this.. other people determining whether we win

gwiz · 04-30-10, 03:06 AM

joey added quietly to his resume this week

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaZIAXJJDKQ&feature=popular

tatommack · 04-30-10, 03:18 AM

Sure does seem like it

hoopster42 · 04-30-10, 03:49 AM

millions of plays each season and thousands in the playoffs but you choose ONE where they make a mistake.
it's called a BRAIN FART geniuses. why the hell w/5 mins to go in the 3rd quarter in a 7-10 pt game would
they make that call? it was a FREAKING MISTAKE made by a HUMAN REF. it happens once in a thousand times
for pete's sake. RELAX and wake up

hoopster42 · 04-30-10, 03:51 AM

how much you wana bet that there was a MAKE UP CALL on the other end? some of you dont know JACK about the NBA.
refs miss calls ALL the time but then they give a make up call to fix it. happens all the time, just NEVER as glaringly as that
one. PLEASE find another video from THE HISTORY OF THE FUKKING NBA where a call that bad happened. i'll wait.

Time is Money · 04-30-10, 06:37 AM

Originally posted by hoopster42

how much you wana bet that there was a MAKE UP CALL on the other end? some of you dont know JACK about the NBA.
refs miss calls ALL the time but then they give a make up call to fix it. happens all the time, just NEVER as glaringly as that
one. PLEASE find another video from THE HISTORY OF THE FUKKING NBA where a call that bad happened. i'll wait.

This. You have to admit that this was an awful time to give them a makeup call though, I mean come on.

ngates815 · 04-30-10, 06:49 AM

Originally posted by gryfyn1

Dude's 90 ... he spent half the game yelling at Camby to get off his lawn ... no way he should be refing.

LOL...now thats funny.

shari91 · 04-30-10, 07:00 AM

Originally posted by hoopster42

millions of plays each season and thousands in the playoffs but you choose ONE where they make a mistake. it's called a BRAIN FART geniuses. why the hell w/5 mins to go in the 3rd quarter in a 7-10 pt game would they make that call? it was a FREAKING MISTAKE made by a HUMAN REF. it happens once in a thousand times for pete's sake. RELAX and wake up

What I want to know is why did Crawford GRAB the ball from Jones? Check out 0:14-0:16. Never mind running Jones over - if you're falling or just slightly off balance, you'd grab the body, not the ball.

I'm not a conspiracy theorist but something's just messed up right there.