Do you think the NBA is a fair game?

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Is the NBA a fair game?

  1. Yes

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    15.7%
  2. No

    35 vote(s)
    68.6%
  3. Not Sure

    8 vote(s)
    15.7%
  1. JFizzleRaider

    JFizzleRaider Sad Panda Global Moderator

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    Mark cuban is a yes man? Thats gotta be the first time ive heard anyone call him that
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    This.

    It still isn't fair but there doesn't appear to be the blatant game rigging we endured back then.
     
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  3. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    And we didn't even get it as bad as the Kings. Honestly, if I was a Kings fan, I would despise the NBA.
     
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    I'm a little concerned that with Curry out for ~2 weeks, the NBA might think they can sneak a big market like LA into the WCF against the Spurs. That would mean getting the Clips through this series as soon as possible so they could take advantage of Curry being out. Then even if Curry comes back and the Clips stole a game in GS, it is a huge story and goes 7 games as Curry leads the Warriors back. It would be a huge ratings series and with the bad blood would make for must watch TV.
     
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    Or they're thinking they need to get their moneys worth, so they need this series to go 7 games.

    I really wish we didn't have to think this way about the league, but there has been enough evidence over the years that the fear is legitimate.
     
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    Or that Curry needs time to heal, so they make our series go the distance!
     
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    Oh boy.

    http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/201...says-reports-show-referees-90-percent-correct

    Good that he acknowledges the issue I guess. So 10% of the calls are wrong. That's startling. I do appreciate this after the Stern regime, however:
     
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    The Lakers dynasty era was the worst...still there's no doubt favorites are given more favorable calls especially in the larger markets
     
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    And really, 10% is awfully high; a basketball game typically has 70-90 plays per game. Unjust points scored on 7-9 plays in a game basically gives the game to one team or the other, if the breaks aren't exactly even.
     
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    When the Blazers are winning everything's fair game.
     
  12. Natebishop3

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    Let's assume that there isn't an agenda, and refs just make mistakes.

    To me, it's worse to call something that you didn't actually see because you're reacting to the player, rather than miss a few calls. Flopping shouldn't exist. Either the ref saw the foul, and they call it, or they didn't see the foul and the player is flopping around like an idiot.

    They need to stop guessing and only call the infractions that they can clearly see. (Assuming that they don't have an agenda)
     
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    In the data world, accuracy to within 99.5% is the minimum for making million-dollar decisions. I can't imagine making a decision on player personnel or franchise style/direction based on a set of data *at best* 90% accurate.
     
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    Ya whatever happened to the whole fining flopping and making examples of floppers thing?
     
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    When they realized the best players were making entire careers out of flopping, they got stuck in their time honored loop of "how do we enforce a rule without making star players work harder?"
     
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    Baffling.

    A 10% error rate in most business would be so destructive.

    Maybe they just need to hire better refs while also training them to become more accurate. Or just remove the human element altogether. Would take a little getting used to to see calls being made by cameras or robots, but if 90% accuracy is the best humans can do, it's time to start using technology.
     
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    I'm going to reiterate what you just said, because I think it's very important. It is better for a ref to miss a call, than to call something that didn't happen because the ref is guessing (or worse, being tricked).
     
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