5)The Kansas City fightBefore Ron Artest ran into the stands to punch a fan, Bulls guard Jerry Sloan did it. He punched a roudy fan in Kansas City. this lead to tighter security at NBA games.4) Point shaving in the 50s.While this isn't exactly an NBA issue it did hurt the league. Alex Groza and Ralph Beard where both on their way to stardom but were banned by the NBA after to admitting to point shaving while at Kentucky. This also is what likely lead to the Indianapolis Olympians disbanding.3)The Cocain epidemic This was a problem or preceived problem in the NBA in the 80s. Michael Ray Richardson was banned for life because of it, as was Roy Tarpley, and Len Bias died because of it.2)The PunchWhen Kermet Washington Punched Rudy Tomjanivich. this left Rudy T's face riddened with scares, and brought about the fighting rules we see today.1) The Brawl at Auburn Hills.This fight forever damaged the reputation of the league and really had a huge impact on changing the social structure of the league. Teams now do more things with fans and the community and things such as the dress code have been born out of this.
I dont think those were the worst moments in nba history. They were some of the most entertaining. the worst moment in nba history at the time was MJ retiring and playing for the white sox, but luckily he came back and give us 3 more titles so I'd have to say it was 1998 retirement that got me.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pistolx @ Jul 15 2007, 09:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Whats the definition of point shaving?</div>Its were somebody tries to prevent a certain team from covering a certain point spread. IE gambling. If I remember correctly those two would intentially miss shots and make bad plays to cover the point spread.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PrimeTime @ Jul 15 2007, 09:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I dont think those were the worst moments in nba history. They were some of the most entertaining. the worst moment in nba history at the time was MJ retiring and playing for the white sox, but luckily he came back and give us 3 more titles so I'd have to say it was 1998 retirement that got me.</div>I wouldn't say thats near the worst. Players retire all the time, now had Jordan been invovled in the so called gambling conspiracy which some say lead to his father death, than yes that would be in there. as it stands now Jordans retirements are just laughable.
How about the lockout/strike in 1999? That could of potentially been a great season with some very great players entering their prime but it was cut short.-The All-Star Game was not held this year due to the league's lockout. -Due to the lockout, the pre-season was shortened to just two games instead of the normal eight, and some teams did not meet each other at all during the course of this 50-game season.-For the first time since the 1954-55 season (the first year of the shot clock), no teams in the NBA averaged 100 points per game.This could have definitely affected at least some player's careers and the way they did things.Another thing is, who knows what things could have happened that year? It makes some of the older records that could have been broken unfair because players missed half of an entire season and they got another year older, making it harder to break records later. And I think it was bad because some teams are second half teams and need time to get going, so if they started off bad like 5-12 or something it was nearly impossible for them to climb back into it with only 50 games being played.
The death of Jason Collier was a bad moment in NBA history, as well as those of Len Bias and Bobby Phills.
To see what happened to Collier scared me because a few other athletes had a few heart problems as well, so for a while I thought Eddie Curry was taking a huge risk by playing. I'll never forget the death of Bobby Phills because he was just a team player, he wasn't a star, he didn't crave attention, he was just one of those guys that was willing to do anything to get his team a win... I miss him a lot.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (playaofthegame @ Jul 15 2007, 10:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>How about the lockout/strike in 1999? That could of potentially been a great season with some very great players entering their prime but it was cut short.-The All-Star Game was not held this year due to the league's lockout. -Due to the lockout, the pre-season was shortened to just two games instead of the normal eight, and some teams did not meet each other at all during the course of this 50-game season.-For the first time since the 1954-55 season (the first year of the shot clock), no teams in the NBA averaged 100 points per game.This could have definitely affected at least some player's careers and the way they did things.Another thing is, who knows what things could have happened that year? It makes some of the older records that could have been broken unfair because players missed half of an entire season and they got another year older, making it harder to break records later. And I think it was bad because some teams are second half teams and need time to get going, so if they started off bad like 5-12 or something it was nearly impossible for them to climb back into it with only 50 games being played.</div>When I was thinking about this topic I had that on there, but forgot to add it. I agree its going to be one the list, probably top 2. For me this especially sucked because this would have been the year the Jazz won the title, but the shortened season hurt them. the Jazz always hit a major slup about midway throught the season, that season that slump came right about playoff time.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (redneck @ Jul 15 2007, 08:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>When I was thinking about this topic I had that on there, but forgot to add it. I agree its going to be one the list, probably top 2. For me this especially sucked because this would have been the year the Jazz won the title, but the shortened season hurt them. the Jazz always hit a major slup about midway throught the season, that season that slump came right about playoff time.</div>Ehhhh... I don't know about this. I think the lockout helped them because they were one of two teams in the entire league that held practices during the lockout IIRC (the other one was the champion Spurs), so they had a leg up.I think the worst moment is without a doubt The Punch.I think this year's finals are up there
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (redneck @ Jul 15 2007, 09:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>They couldn't have held practices, it was forbidden.</div>Obviously because Bill Simmons said it doesn't make it fact, but I don't think he'd make something up:"Fact No. 1: During the lockout, San Antonio and Utah were the only two teams that held informal practices, trained together and stayed in shape ... as opposed to Shaq, who stayed in shape by trapping himself inside Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles and eating everything in sight for four straight months, including Roscoe. In a related story, the Spurs and Jazz tied for the league's best record at 37-13."http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...=simmons/070607
hmmmm I thought that would have violated the lockout. I thought for sure that would have been on the local news, but I never seen one thing about it, in fact this was the first thing I have ever seen about it. I do remember the league issuing a letter saying that players were not to speak to the media, and I thought that would have covered the practices as well.
