If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged?

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  1. Karl Malone's Elbows

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    This years Dunk Contest was obviously setup before with Howard and Robinson scripted into the finals. As an NBA fan this is one of the most disappointing memories of the sport. So if David Stern will rig the Dunk Contest to improve his image of the NBA is there anything he wouldn't rig to ensure the NBA generated maximum profits? Is David Stern's NBA rigged? Stern has proven over and over again what kind of a person he is and I think this is a black eye on the sport.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    What if I've thought the NBA was rigged for a while now? Is that one of the options? :grin:
     
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  3. Karl Malone's Elbows

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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    No, no, I already take into account that all fans from the northwest think the NBA is rigged. ;) :D
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    i thought it was a good contest, IMO. Rudy had an early exit, but he was boring, didn't use his own teammate, and took forever to do his first dunk.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    How could you watch the Kings and Lakers in the WCF and NOT think it's rigged?
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    Bullshit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    I don't think that it follows that merely because each of them had props that had been prepared that the contest was rigged.

    Rudy and Smith might have had costumes, etc., prepared as well.

    It's like at the end of PTI... the winner is READY to read his final word, but it doesn't mean that the entire contest was rigged. Each participant is ready just in case.

    With that being said? The contest jumped the shark, once and for all (as far as I'm concerned) when Howard got to bring out his own basket.

    Why not a trampoline? Or a hot air balloon? Why not rappel down from the rafters?

    Fucking stupid.

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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    actually all those things did happen, man.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    Or Dallas and Miami in the finals.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    Easily one of the worst All-Star Saturdays ever. Boring as hell.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    Nate was using a human trampoline.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    Around the Horn
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    And Kenny Smith was more irritating than usual.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    ROODY DIDENT WINN!!!!!!! :NOTMARIS: :NOTMARIS: :NOTMARIS: :NOTMARIS: :NOTMARIS: :( :( :( :( :( :( :shitstorm: :shitstorm: :shitstorm: :shitstorm: :shitstorm: :shitstorm:
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    Only in your mind buddy!
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    I don't believe the game itself is rigged, but I DO think that sometimes certain officials will try to affect the outcome of the game. Especially in certain playoff games. One good example that comes to mind is the Lakers-Celtics game 2 last year. Now I don't like the Lakers any more than everyone else in here, but the free throw discrepancy in that game was ridiculous. Now this was a HUGE game and everyone knows that every Finals game gets the league a bundle of cash (especially since its Boston and LA), so I gotta think there was some incentive to extend the series and help out the underdogs a bit. Cause lets face it, if LA won game 2, then there's a good chance that the series could've been over in just 5 games.

    To me, there's just too many coincidences, and I'll always look at that game as having very, very suspect officiating.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    Yup. Everybody knew it was against the rules. If you let players break the rules, it's rigged.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    Well his 2 minutes expired. First time I've ever seen that since the Chris Andersen fiasco. So he wasn't exactly quick.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    "Rudy had an early exit, but he was boring, didn't use his own teammate, and took forever to do his first dunk."

    in all fairness, 3 of the 4 happened
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged



    nate took a LOT more than 2 minutes when there was no time limit 2 years ago.
     
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