I always thought Shaughnessy was an idiot but...

[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

It is pretty much a given that home teams get more calls than road teams. It is reasonable to assume that a star may get a call that a lesser player may not get. But the idea that the league instructs its refs to fix games is preposterous.

Fix games? No. Have the grey area go a certain direction? You are acting like this is some kind of original idea. You are acting like refs are beyond reproach. Even the FBI says that they found some truth in Donaghy's claims. Are they being ridiculous as well?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by dalakhani

Fix games? No. Have the grey area go a certain direction? You are acting like this is some kind of original idea. You are acting like refs are beyond reproach. Even the FBI says that they found some truth in Donaghy's claims. Are they being ridiculous as well?

Determining the outcome of a game by making intentionally erroneous calls is fixing the game. The idea while not original is still ridiclous.

I am not acting like the refs are beyond reproach in any manner. I am acting like the idea that the NBA instructs its refs to insure that a certain teams wins a game is nonsense.

Video review also showed that in many of the games Donaghy supposedly bet on, there were no controversial or even blatantly wrong calls made by him.

There would be far too many people with this knowledge to keep it a secret and there is no way the NBA is letting San Antonio win all those titles. They are ratings death.

[Cannon Shell]

Not to mention if the NBA did want to "arrange" the outcome, they would have wanted Boston to win the opener to grow interest in the series.

[ateamstupid]

Hey Chuck, want to explain to me where the call was on that lay-up by KG where LeBron pretty much punched him in the head? Generally a good job, right?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Hey Chuck, want to explain to me where the call was on that lay-up by KG where LeBron pretty much punched him in the head? Generally a good job, right?

want to explain to me how he got so open?

[ateamstupid]

Maybe KG pushed off, maybe Jamison fell. What was 100% goddamn obvious was that KG was fouled on the shot.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Maybe KG pushed off, maybe Jamison fell. What was 100% goddamn obvious was that KG was fouled on the shot.

So you want to pick and choose fouls? They could have called both, they called neither.

Rasheed is hot, enjoy it while it lasts

[Cannon Shell]

When did Rondo turn into Chris Paul? He hits 3's off the dribble now? He should get MIP for the decade.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

So you want to pick and choose fouls? They could have called both, they called neither.

Rasheed is hot, enjoy it while it lasts

Pick and choose? One had to be called by anyone with two eyes, the other was borderline.

The first quarter was badly officiated on both sides. I don't expect that to last.