I used to be a die hard long time Suns fan until David Stern robbed them of a title with the bogus Amare suspension against the Spurs in the Western Conference finals.Long time Suns fan here and I think +1350 is not enough. This is their learning year, how to handle the expectations for what's really a young team plus CP3. Monty has been a home run hire. Booker continues to produce even though the NBA screws him over almost nightly. The guys they drafted in recent years finally handled the modest roles they have been asked to do. It's all good from here, bit I also know they don't have another gear to hit which you know all the top teams do. I think this is a huge off-season to see if they can bring in one more asset, preferably a productive guy at the 3. That plus Ayton needs to get his ass kicked a bit and come back an angry man next season. He takes way too many fadeaways and far too few times does he just go LeBron style hard to the hole and dare refs to whistle him. He can be a very bad man dominating inside in a league where few have an answer to that. Once teams decide they have to stop him the offense will open up wide and they can legitimately take their title shot.
I used to be a die hard long time Suns fan until David Stern robbed them of a title with the bogus Amare suspension against the Spurs in the Western Conference finals.
I gave up on the NBA after that as it was my final confirmation it was a rigged league with rigged outcomes
NBA is no different than WWE
As long as LBJ can step on the court refs will put Lebron into the finals
There’s an excellent podcast series about the Donaghy scandal
I’m linking episode 9 where they interview the FBI agent who was working on the case. What he reveals about David Stern in this interview is shocking and never reported on before
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bigger-thing/id1527436649?i=1000495631066
NBA is no different than WWE
As long as LBJ can step on the court refs will put Lebron into the finals
Bit of hyperbole there. Donaghy was just greedy. Some could say he had a vendetta against certain teams but I think he just was out to make a buck where convenient and easy. Easier to call fouls against certain guys or feel more comfortable giving a few extra free throws to certain players knowing they would make them. If not greedy and more self aware of how such things would look he could have done this for years and years. If he and his backers would settle for making a bet 60% likely to win instead of 80% they could have made a fortune over time and the books and NBA would have little to suspect. As with all cheaters they get greedy and full of hubris and it eventually ends. As one guy said it well on a show a bank robber who hits one bank a year may never get caught but bank robbers never can help themselves and almost always get caught by leaving a pattern.
I always felt Tim Donaghy lost money betting football.
He was in deep to the wrong people.
And then those people used Donaghy's debts to manipulate the pace/outcomes of NBA games.
Glad you listened JK.Thanks for sharing, HEISENBERG.
Listening now...
I can see his point of view though. Stern shut down any investigation into any and all possible other culprits to put it all on TD to save his own ass.Donaghy was a true weasel once he got pinched.
He "ratted out" the entire league to save his hide.
Glad you listened JK.
The rushed TV negotiated deal was news to me. Cunning but totally dirty deal by Stern
Sterns leaking of the story to the press during the investigation proves to me Donaghy wasn’t a “lone gunman”
I can’t think of a more crooked leading figure in sports history more than Stern
I can see his point of view though. Stern shut down any investigation into any and all possible other culprits to put it all on TD to save his own ass.
Sterns leaking of the story to the press during the investigation proves to me Donaghy wasn’t a “lone gunman”
I can’t think of a more crooked leading figure in sports history more than Stern
I'd have to think credit scores are a big factor now in certifying an official for a high-level post.
You don't want referees/umpires in severe financial straits.
I can see his point of view though. Stern shut down any investigation into any and all possible other culprits to put it all on TD to save his own ass.
The investigation went sideways by David Stern leaking the story early to the NY PostTim Donaghy was trying to save his ass and David Stern was trying to save the league's reputation.
Stern's damage control was textbook.
Why blame Stern for protecting his bosses, especially if he felt Donaghy was a "rogue" official?
I thought Donaghy duped FBI lead investigator Philip Scala and that's where the investigation went sideways.
Guilty as charged-I’ve never been much of a linguistYou say it so well, Sir!
NBA is no different than WWE
As long as LBJ can step on the court refs will put Lebron into the finals
NBA is no different than WWE
As long as LBJ can step on the court refs will put Lebron into the finals