The Book the NBA doesnt want you to Read (Donaghy)

Re: The Book the NBA doesn't want you to read

This made my skin crawl. I remember thinking this, and saying this back when it happened.

It's likely some of what Donoghy is saying is exaggerated, but there's no doubt I absolutely hate Bavetta now.

 

A) We won game 5.

B) The game was in L.A.

 

lol wow, i had no idea darizzle posted this already....my bad

 

All I know is, if the league is truly rigged, and they really have power to affect outcomes, then the 2009 NBA Finals would have been a 7 game series between the Lakers and the Cavs. Not a 5 game series between the Lakers and the Magic.

 

However, if you go back and watch the film, the Lakers got away with some pretty nasty shit on both ends. To start things off, there were the two quick fouls in the first 1:48 of the 4th on Sabonis. The ones where Sabas is standing straight up, arms high and back as Shaq tries to run through him. Then there's the two blatant goal tendings that Shaq committed that weren't called. Pip and Smitty both got ridiculously hacked on steals with no call toward the end of the game as the Lakers took the lead, while on the other end Kobe went to the line something like 8 times in the 4th. I always said, it wasn't all the refs, certainly Sheed's misses down low had quite a bit to do with it, but the reffing was at best, bad, and at worst, crooked. This book helps to at least consider it that much more feasible.

 

If more refs came out, and confirmed this; yes, in a heartbeat.

 

Ha! Got my games mixed up. I was too lazy to look it up but I knew some one would point it out if I got it wrong. That's just how this place rolls!

 

I thought there was a noticeable reduction in the blatancy of officials controlling the games after the 2002 season. There was a widespread public outcry and the league seemed to get the message. Just my opinion. I'm not usually a conspiracy theorist but it is widely accepted I think that some refs have agendas with certain players. Which ref was it that used to feud with Clyde?

 

Joey Crawford

 

I thought it was Jake O'Donnell

 

Hmm, you may be right. I am second guessing myself now.

 

People suspected the calls for the Lakers back then for some of the series.

I do think Sacramento did get fucked over lol, back then.

 

What say you now about the officials last season in our games against Houston. It seemed to me that the officials/league wanted Yao to get his. If ya know what I mean....

 

There are many times when I start watching a game and think something is up. Within the first few minutes of the first playoff game last year I told my wife there was no way we would win. On one side Oden was getting called for fouls when Yao was running into him and throwing an elbow... and the other side Roy is getting hacked and stripped and nothing. Yes we played horribly too... but you can't really play fairly when the calls are not even.

There were playoff games with the Bulls when every shot they missed they went to the line.

They can't totally control the game... but they can make it very hard for the teams they don't want to win.

 

Why does the league have to be "truly rigged."?

Can't you imagine a partially rigged league? A sometimes rigged team? A rigged only when the conditions are right league?

Conspiracies or manipulations aren't all or nothing like pregnancy.

 

What about the Mavs-Heat finals?

 

Yea, it's not 100% rigged, a lot of series there is no foul play.

However there have been times where you see a bunch of bullshit calls lol.

It just has it's moments where reffing made the wrong team win a series, and a championship.

 

I think there was definite favoritism toward Yao, but we need to face the fact that Houston taught us a physical, painful, but ultimately valuable lesson in playoff basketball. They were the better team.

 

of course when one side can mug the other without repercussions, it makes scoring a bit tougher. From that 4th quarter, Sabas picked up 3 fouls in 2 minutes of play... twice for being elbowed in the face and neck. I recall Sheed getting absolutely hammered repeatedly on the block... others too. Just look at the foul differential.

At the start of that 4th my friend wanted to light up a victory cigar... I told him that the game was far from over because the refs would be Laker fans from here on out

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