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This is a messed up story, but the idea that the NBA is rigged is patently ridiculous. The refs are humans and are biased to crowd noise, and you can bet it ha
by juddlyon 8y ago
This is a messed up story, but the idea that the NBA is rigged is patently ridiculous.
The refs are humans and are biased to crowd noise, and you can bet it harder to stand up to LeBron James screaming at you than Quinn Cook.
What evidence is there that they "actively encourage seeing it the home teams way?" What if a huge star is on the road, what's the call there?
Of course they want the bigger media markets to do well and competitive gameplay.
Do you think they're rigging it so Milwaukee or Portland is good? What about the 20 year run of the Spurs?
- Zimahl 8y agoI'm with you. If the NBA was rigged, wouldn't the Knicks not be the tire fire they've been for the last, what, 30+ years?
- kodablah 8y agoYou're arguing against it being absolutely rigged when what most people mean is minorly rigged here and there. You're reading an article about the rigging of games, yet you might have made this same comment in 2006. Unfortunately with the state of basketball, the problem is that a game can't be reviewed for a reasonably objective per-play foul count to determine accuracy. So you get to easily say "where's the evidence of subjective thing being done for reason X" and never get an answer, same as you could have about Donaghy until he was busted.
- Nelson69 8y agoHe wasn't turning donkeys into race horses. He was tampering with the spread. Just calling or not calling traveling, say 3 or 4 times and calling or not calling charging a couple times and you're easily looking at nearly a 10point swing. Lebron doesn't have to lose, just not win by 15 points...
- cladari 8y agoDonaghy told his handler (allegedly) that he could swing a game by 6 points, anything more and it would be too obvious.