Mark Cuban hired a retired FBI agent in 2006 because he knew the league was fixed

[Thebesteva]

DAMN son, I don't believe in many conspiracy theories but the NBA being fixed is pretty much a fact son.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/mark-cuban-allegedly-consulted-with-a-former-fbi-agent-about-investigating-and-suing-the-nba-in-2006-230853615.html


During the 2006 NBA Finals, Cuban was frustrated after a Game 5 loss to the Heat, and went on the floor to vent to official Joe DeRosa, glaring, too, at Stern in the stands. Earlier that same playoffs Cuban also criticized how the officials are selected for the playoffs. He was fined $450,000 for those two incidents….
Retired FBI agent Warren Flagg, a 20-year veteran of the bureau, said he consulted with Cuban after that playoff debacle. Flagg now runs his own New York-based investigation and security firm. He looked deep into officiating, as Flagg said, Cuban was considering a lawsuit.

“Cuban asked me what he should do,” Flagg said of the 2006 Finals. “I told him, ‘Sue and you’ll win your case,’ but he knew he’d be killing the Golden Goose.”
When asked about his discussions with Flagg, Cuban said: “I don’t remember.”

[Clipper Nation]

:lol The Mavs should have tried winning Game 4 - a game in which Wade only got 9 free throws - instead of getting blown out by 24 points....

And of course Cuban is going to pretend he doesn't remember, dude's been sucking up to the league since 2011 :lol

[Killakobe81]

:lol The Mavs should have tried winning Game 4 - a game in which Wade only got 9 free throws - instead of getting blown out by 24 points....

And of course Cuban is going to pretend he doesn't remember, dude's been sucking up to the league since 2011 :lol

Damn CN can drop heat seekers when the Kang's scepter is not in his mouth.

[Thebesteva]

Damn CN can drop heat seekers when the Kang's scepter is not in his mouth.

Really? All I hear when he posts is

https://warosu.org/data/fa/img/0078/13/1392771476814.gif

[Clipper Nation]

Really? All I hear when he posts is

https://warosu.org/data/fa/img/0078/13/1392771476814.gif

http://la.guestofaguest.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/lakers_lady.jpg

[Thebesteva]

http://la.guestofaguest.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/lakers_lady.jpg

We're one more photo away from your family album

[Kawhi]

We're one more photo away from your family album
:lol

[spurraider21]

:rollin

[Clipper Nation]

We're one more photo away from your family album
:lol I don't know what's faggier in this picture, your sign, or your hairdo:

http://lakers.topbuzz.com/gallery/d/277461-2/Asian+Laker+fan+with+spiked+hair+hold+up+a+Laker+s ign.JPG

[Thebesteva]

:lol I don't know what's faggier in this picture, your sign, or your hairdo:

http://lakers.topbuzz.com/gallery/d/277461-2/Asian+Laker+fan+with+spiked+hair+hold+up+a+Laker+s ign.JPG

It's not me, but it's good you identify me with 1 jersey. Here's what your 'closet' looks like tbh You're a man with many hats :lol

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTIS5iIpAJPqqAuEov6vS2KoKyYsbNXQ nwFBRCVLG_ZdJNzLE98ag

[GenuineLakerfan]

It's not me, but it's good you identify me with 1 jersey. Here's what your 'closet' looks like tbh You're a man with many hats :lol

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTIS5iIpAJPqqAuEov6vS2KoKyYsbNXQ nwFBRCVLG_ZdJNzLE98ag

:lmao

[Clipper Nation]

It's not me, but it's good you identify me with 1 jersey. Here's what your 'closet' looks like tbh You're a man with many hats :lol

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTIS5iIpAJPqqAuEov6vS2KoKyYsbNXQ nwFBRCVLG_ZdJNzLE98ag

Sorry son, even though you took the Lakers off your username out of pure shame, you're still stuck with Fredo and 48.5 :lol

[rogues]

This Bestevah-Clipper Nation feud is underrated, tbh..

[spurraider21]

This Bestevah-Clipper Nation feud is underrated, tbh..
eh, they just spam pictures of koreans back and forth :lol

[Franklin]

league fixing games has been an open secret since fat old son of a bitch Stern first took office imho. Cuban was stupid because he wasted his money to investigate what is flat out plain and obvious tbh.

[Jacob1983]

My Mavs rang in 2011. Haters just have to deal with it.

[The Reckoning]

lol one short of family album

[HI-FI]

Mavs got robbed in that series, just like Sacramento in 2002, Spurs in 2012. The FBI guy would know, they were the ones who busted Donaghy, the NBA considered him an above average ref.

Really? All I hear when he posts is

https://warosu.org/data/fa/img/0078/13/1392771476814.gif
:lmao

[DMC]

:lol The Mavs should have tried winning Game 4 - a game in which Wade only got 9 free throws - instead of getting blown out by 24 points....

And of course Cuban is going to pretend he doesn't remember, dude's been sucking up to the league since 2011 :lol

There's always a reason outside of officiating for losing a game. If you shoot 98%, hell you could have shot 100%. If the other team gets 50FTs and your team gets 12, they were more aggressive going into the paint, even though your team outscored them in the paint by a factor of 4. If the fouls are balanced at the end of the game, that's all that really matters. So what if the refs save theirs for the decisive moments in the game instead of the 1st and 2nd quarters when you're up 15pts.

The truth is that the refs aren't the only reason for losing, but they control the tempo of the offense and the aggressiveness of the defense by how they call fouls. SA was getting called for hand check fouls while the Thunder were getting away with whacking people in the paint because the refs were calling it lose on that end. Maybe they saw it was going to be a blowout and were more interested in a spread, who knows. It's glaringly obvious though that they skew the 50/50 calls toward one team in a series.

[StrengthAndHonor]

We're one more photo away from your family album
:lol

[Sean Cagney]

:lol The Mavs should have tried winning Game 4 - a game in which Wade only got 9 free throws - instead of getting blown out by 24 points....

And of course Cuban is going to pretend he doesn't remember, dude's been sucking up to the league since 2011 :lol

How about up 13 or so late in the game 3 which would have ended this series? They blew that game and then lost three more in a row after that. If they only win that game 3 they win it all, can't blame the refs for that collapse.

[Findog]

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[cd98]

My Mavs rang in 2011. Haters just have to deal with it.

Was that to get Cuban to drop the 2006 investigation?

[Findog]

In 2011, the Mavs shot some shots and scored more points than the teams that they played.

[Clipper Nation]

:lmao


:lol

:lol Besteva furiously sending out PM's to get backup after getting shat on

[Jacob1983]

2011 cancels out 2006. My Mavs got revenge against Wade, Stern, and the Heat in 2011. I love that. I loved it when Wade had to walk off the court in game 6 and realize that he had lost and this time there wouldn't be free throws to save his ass.

[spurraider21]

CN furiously making shit up to try to salvage a shred of dignity

[Clipper Nation]

CN furiously making shit up to try to salvage a shred of dignity
Living rent-free, tbh....

[spurraider21]

Living rent-free, tbh....
yawn, come up with something new. i could wear that line out too if i used it every time it applied

[Aztecfan03]

CN furiously making shit up to try to salvage a shred of dignity

[Splits]

yawn, come up with something new. i could wear that line out too if i used it every time it applied

Try these on for size:

:cry trying soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hard :cry
:cry philo :cry
:cry cuck :cry
:cry vanilla poster :cry
:cry we're elite :cry

[Thebesteva]

If Clipper Asian met Wade and Lebron tbh

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view3/1124809/bobby-lee-o.gif

[KaiRMD1]

My Mavs rang in 2011. Haters just have to deal with it.

Retribution, perhaps? Could've had possibly two

[Baseline]

Yes, Cuban absolutely would have won the case. But it would have destroyed the league.

Any longtime Spur fan can tell you the league is crooked. But it's not just the refs. How did the Lakers get Pau Gasol for Kwame Brown, when Chicago was ready to trade Deng, Ben Gordon, and a couple of picks to Memphis?

Stern should be in jail, and everybody knows it. He stacked the Lakers for 15 out of Bryant's 17 years in the league. And two years they weren't stacked was 1) because Bryant ran Shaquille out of town, and 2) Dwight decided he didn't want to play with Bryant, and fled to Houston. In other words, not even David Stern can fix those blunders. But EVERY other time, he did.

[100%duncan]

We're one more photo away from your family album

ether :lmao

[Thebesteva]

ether :lmao

:lol ether pls :cry

[Koolaid_Man]

Wade avg 18 free throws a game.....18 a FUCKING GAME

[RsxPiimp]

We're one more photo away from your family album

:lmao Armenians ftw.

[poeticism707]

Yes, Cuban absolutely would have won the case. But it would have destroyed the league.

Any longtime Spur fan can tell you the league is crooked. But it's not just the refs. How did the Lakers get Pau Gasol for Kwame Brown, when Chicago was ready to trade Deng, Ben Gordon, and a couple of picks to Memphis?

Stern should be in jail, and everybody knows it. He stacked the Lakers for 15 out of Bryant's 17 years in the league. And two years they weren't stacked was 1) because Bryant ran Shaquille out of town, and 2) Dwight decided he didn't want to play with Bryant, and fled to Houston. In other words, not even David Stern can fix those blunders. But EVERY other time, he did.

This.

And as to the league being fixed?

Surprise, surprise.

Would have never guessed.

[spurraider21]

:lmao Armenians ftw.
damn straight :hat

[whitemamba]

Best eva going deep on CN , deep inside.