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Exerpts from Tim Donaghy's book

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Interesting stuff.

I mean it's things that all fans have criticised the refs for (star treatment, makeup calls, certain refs hating certain players) but to read the circumstances behind these accusations still makes you sit back and shake your head - unless you're a Lakers fan since the Lakers seem to be on the favourable end of everything :p.

The NBA - I love this game!!!
 
that's pretty messed up

thinking about it now, i'd probably prefer the AFL's crappy umps to dodgy refs like those!
 
The fact that he's named names is really really interesting. However true his accusations may be, the Raja Bell theory is hilarious - the fact that they used one of the best on ball defenders in the L and the best scorer for 'foul call' videos to me seems totally appropriate, not a sinister "Call fouls on Bell all the time" directive...
 

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"Somehow, the NBA got wind of the project and let Random House know in a threatening-type correspondence that they would object to the publication of such a book and they threatened that they would sue if they did go ahead and do that," said Berdan, who didn't see any letters from the NBA. "Random House considered that and ... just pulled the plug on it."
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Wow. Now you know why they never show replays of fouls and stuff. This is ridiculous if it's all true.
 
Ya'll just haters.

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The thing is it's true not just of the NBA but of professional sports in general in the United States. It's been that way for absolutely donkey years.

As big a Patriots fan as I am can anyone tell me that the Tom Brady Vs Oakland incident years ago wasn't more proof?

I was near the bench on the Duncan Vs Dallas ejection. Duncan did carry on quite a bit and was saying things about how Crawford was well past it and needed to retire. Still, it wasn't ejection worthy and it's more proof to the fire.

We all know about the technical foul one. It's not a secret.

I find this one interesting and always wondered if something was going on-

We had another variation of this gag simply referred to as the "first foul of the game" bet. While still in the locker room before tip-off, we would make a wager on which of us would call the game's first foul. That referee would either have to pay the ball boy or pick up the dinner tab for the other two referees. Sometimes, the ante would be $50 a guy. Like the technical foul bet, it was hilarious — only this time we were testing each other's nerves to see who had the guts to hold out the longest before calling a personal foul. There were occasions when we would hold back for two or three minutes — an eternity in an NBA game — before blowing the whistle. It didn't matter if bodies were flying all over the place; no fouls were called because no one wanted to lose the bet. -- Tim Donahey
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There have been NBA games where the first foul hasn't taken place until around the 7:15 mark when early on it was clear there was a foul. I remember a Lakers Vs Kings game where Kobe got brutalized in the post didn't get called yet after the first foul it was ticky-tack the rest of the way. Kobe made a comment about it in the presser post game about how inconsistent the officiating was. As it was in response to a question there was no way he could be fined.

This also pretty much confirms how the Bulls won their last championship against the Jazz in my opinion. The NBA was never going to allow the Jazz to win the title.

If Kobe Bryant had two fouls in the first or second quarter and went to the bench, one referee would tell the other two, "Kobe's got two fouls. Let's make sure that if we call a foul on him, it's an obvious foul, because otherwise he's gonna go back to the bench. If he is involved in a play where a foul is called, give the foul to another player."
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Interesting. There was a Blazers game last season where I believe it was Travis Outlaw was called for a foul when he was on the bench that would have been Brandon Roy's third foul early in the second quarter. Everyone thought it was hilarious and McMillan pointed out that Outlaw was on the bench. Ultimately the foul was charged to Rudy Fernandez who *was* on the court. However, as Rudy is Julius Caesar and in no way, shape or form takes the appearance of a 6'9" African American athlete it was highly amusing.

Similarly, when games got physically rough, we would huddle up and agree to tighten the game up. So we started calling fouls on guys who didn't really matter — "ticky-tack" or "touch" fouls where one player just touched another but didn't really impede his progress. Under regular circumstances these wouldn't be fouls, but after a skirmish we wanted to regain control. We would never call these types of fouls on superstars, just on the average players who didn't have star status. It was important to keep the stars on the floor.
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Although he claims that the stars never got called for fouls I don't really consider this one cheating. As he said they try and take the game back under their control and this one is understandable. I'd rather a few soft fouls be called that can be considered fouls under the constitution of the league's rules rather than having one skirmish turn into an out and out brawl or a major altercation which has happened a number of times previously.
 
hope its not true

dick bavetta should be ****ing jailed

changing the course of history/peoples lives and legacies
 
Funkyzeit mit Matt said:
This will sound lame, but not a day goes by without me thinking about those 2006 Finals and what transpired.
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its not. it shits me to think people can influence lives and get away it.

people will tell you its only a game and its just sport, etc

but thats bullshit. its a way of life. its another profession. and sport is a huge part of society - wether you like it or not. olympics is the biggest peace-orientated event in the world...SPORT

these refs are a ****ing disgrace.

sac town should of won that series. phil jackson might not of been considered the best coach of all time anymore...

2006 as you mentioned aswell...

treatment of iverson is beyond funny
 

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I will never forget the 1998 NBA Finals deciding game. There are certain plays that I remember more vividly as being really out there than 'The Shot'. That last play by Jordan was obviously a charge but we all know superstars get the calls (in this case a non-call) and so it is forgivable.

What isn't forgivable is clear shot clock violations, out of bounds plays, etc, etc. that cost the Jazz in all 9 points. Jeff Hornacek being called out of bounds (on the side) when he drained what was clearly a long two (his foot was on the three point line) was just one example.

I was a big Stockton / Malone fan, but regardless it was quite clear to the commentators what was going on in that game - even when we had the old ESPN International commentators Tate George and someone.
 
Glad I support a small market team.

Also always wondered how the Hawks took Boston to 7, the answer is 47 free throws in game 6 :thumbsu:
 
Does anyone think if LeBron was playing for the Lakers or the Celts he would have got the call against the Bulls yesterday?

This stuff is terrible. As mentioned earlier guys have their livelihoods invested in this stuff.
 

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