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Ugh, more on this clown
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ba...stle_on_n.html
Ex-NBA referee Tim Donaghy told the feds two refs fixed the outcome of one playoff series - and that officials were told not to eject star players from games for fear of hurting ticket sales.
The bombs allegations are contained in a court do ent filed Tuesday by Donaghy's lawyer. It describes the “inner workings" of the NBA in which top league executives used referees to manipulate games.
Donaghy, who pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court to charges of betting on games he officiated, told FBI agents “league officials would tell referees that they should withhold calling technical fouls on certain star players because doing so hurt ticket sales and television ratings," the do ent said.
Donaghy claims he was told that two refs who were “company men” acting in the interest of the NBA conspired to extend a playoff series in 2002 to a seventh game.
The referees allegedly ignored flagrant fouls committed by the team that needed to win. They also reportedly called "made-up fouls" against the other team which led to the ejection of two of their players. The team favored by the refs won that night and the next game to win the series.
The do ent does not name the teams. The Nets were in that playoff series, losing the championship finals to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Donaghy also claimed a supervising referee told refs that an unidentified NBA executive did not want them to call technical fouls on star players or boot them from the game.
Donaghy told feds the league reprimanded a referee who disobeyed that edict in January 2000 and ejected an unnamed star player from a game in the first quarter.
Lawyer John Lauro filed the four-page letter to Federal Judge Carol Amon because none of the information was included in the government’s letter to the judge seeking leniency for Donaghy when he is sentenced next month.
Lauro has gone to war against Brooklyn federal prosecutors for offering plea deals to Donaghy's betting accomplices that give them less time than the disgraced ref, despite his extensive cooperation.
Donaghy claims referees have accepted autographs, free merchandise and meals from team coaches and managers. He told probers one referee used a team's practice facility to exercise and another played tennis with an NBA coach.
"These activities were against NBA rules, indeed, such inappropriate relationships could influence the outcome of games," Lauro wrote.
Lauro said he withheld the names of the teams, referees and league officials because the feds may still investigate the allegations
Ugh, more on this clown
actually quite interesting, would love to read more one this.
Kind of makes you think doesn't it?
I wonder which series he was talking about?
i think he's talking about the LA vs Sac serie
surprise?
The West Finals.
I wonder which series he was talking about?
what earth shattering news. kings got robbed by the league but they will make sure no proof comes out publically. book it, it's not happening. but everybody who watched that game knows what the happened. pathetic.
Hence the
Hate to say it but in the back of my mind, I've wondered about the NBA. With the big discrepancies in the finals now on fouls and non calls it makes you wonder. Damn, not the game I love!
it was a sacarsm.Hence the
and our posts came in the same moment.
This couldn't have broke at a worst time for the Lakers. If the Lakers don't get the calls tonight, I will be convinced that the league is shaky.
How did game 6 of the 2002 WCF not convince you of this?
27 freethrows, 2 players ejected, and a Bibby bloody nose that somehow fouled Kobe Bryant's elbow..........all in the 4th quarter?
i knew that lakers team 2000-2002 had something going on.
They could also be talking about the Nets - Celtics series. LAL vs. BOS could have happened in '02.
Here's another article on it - slightly different but says most of the same things... http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/8231176?MSNHPHMA
and the spurs winning with crummy teams during the nba's attempt to go global makes you wonder as well.
I don't know how much stock I'd put into the allegations of a guy who's likely trying anything he can to reduce his sentence, BUT, as I said on another board, if I've ever seen a game where I wouldn't be surprised to learn that it was actually fixed, that would be the one. That game was ing insane.How did game 6 of the 2002 WCF not convince you of this?
27 freethrows, 2 players ejected, and a Bibby bloody nose that somehow fouled Kobe Bryant's elbow..........all in the 4th quarter?
Doesn't make me think. I have ALWAYS thought there were serious problems with the officiating. My first taste was the 1979 SA/Wash series.
How about Phoenix shooting 64 FT's in the 1993 WCF final game against Seattle. No way the league wanted Seattle playing the Mighty Bulls, when it could have Sir Charles against Michael Jordan.
What about SAC/LA 2002 WCF series where Kobe busted Bibby's jaw and lip with his elbow? The Kings were up in the series 3-2, had a 1 point lead with 10 seconds to play and the Lakers inbounding the ball. Kobe tries a swim move around Bibby and slamming his elbow into Bibby's mouth. Bibby got the foul and Kobe shot FT's. Kobe should have been called with Bibby shooting FT's. The series went back to LA which won the series. A Presidentail candidate remardked the league should be investigated.
What about the Mavs shooting 125 FT's in 3 game span in the 2006 series against SA. That is over 40 per game for a team that previoulsy was shooting 25 per game.
I could go on and on and on.
lol @ you
Must you always recycle what I say? Sheeesh...........
I remember that play exactly. It was Bevetta I beleive who called foul on Bibby's mouth.
I was not even rooting for Kings and I said, WHAT THE ?
oh and BTW, remember 0.4?
They better investigate what's going on in the league!!!!
no it cant. the nets/celtics series lasted only 6 games. the article clearly stated that the fixed series went on to a seventh game.
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