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The refs can't do enough to make a ty team like the 90's clippers good, besides L.A. already has the Lakers. And believe it or not the Knicks weren't always a bad team.
It just happens that you figured this out right after your team choked away the championship in four straight losses. Good timing.
The refs can't do enough to make a ty team like the 90's clippers good, besides L.A. already has the Lakers. And believe it or not the Knicks weren't always a bad team.
Sorry, the Spurs never would've made the Finals three times, much less won all three of them had the league wanted them out.
Yeah, he was touting this conspiracy big time after the 2nd round.
I dont think you understand. The NBA doesnt decide whether a team is good or not, they just take what they have and work with it. This year, for instance, Miami was the most marketable team of all the contenders. Miami is a big city and everyone loves DWADE, miami just broke the record for merchandise sales after the finals, surpassing Detroit in 03. That's why miami seemed to get the benefits of all the calls. Did the nba outright rig it for the Heat to win? No. Did they give miami a little extra help, hoping they could bring home the trophy? Certainly.
What about the Knicks? Only 2 rings, and those were in the early 70's, way before Stern took over. They haven't even made the playoffs 4 of the last 5 seasons. Don't you think that if the league is that concerned about money and willing to manipulate outcomes, they would figure out a way to help bring the NBA to the largest market in the world by getting the Knicks to the playoffs???
I don't think you understand.
The San Antonio Spurs won the NBA Champinonship three times.
The NBA isn't going to outright make the spurs suck, they are a good team. Making bad calls against them isnt going to make them a lottery team. The can fight through the bad calls and still win, like they almost did against the mavs this year. Haven't u ever seen the spurs get the short end of the deal?
.4, perhaps?
It wasn't a fix.
Neither was this season's Mav series.
I'm glad you can enjoy your team's fraudulent success.
I wouldn't waste my time.
They wouldn't have 3 rings if they wanted only marketable teams to win. Don't you get it? Nobody said make them suck, just keep them from winning it.
BTW, you are pathetic, get over it. YOUR TEAM ING BLEW IT, BIGTIME!!!!!!!!
ya they did, out hustle the heat and those bad calls aren't the difference maker. I'm pissed, and i have every right to be. Im pissed at the nba. Im pissed at the people talking . Im pissed most of all at the mavericks. AND NO I WONT GET OVER IT. It will take time.
"keep them from winning it." Sounds like a little rigging to me! By th way, I am not watching this season. I am not spending one dime on games this year! I am tired of the NBA! They need to get their act together. Hockey did! It took them a year, but they did. Basketball can do the same!
"I'll start watching as soon as they fix it so my team wins!"
I think the refs are unbiased but simply human, with a job on the line at all times and other refs looking at them, as well as David Stern. And sometimes that causes them to call a certain way or another.
If the officials wanted to make sure Miami won over the Mavericks, they would not have called that bogus travelling violation against Haslem when he got the offensive board on Wade's last free throw. Period.
.04 was not a bad call. It sucked, and it hurt, but there's no way it was anything but a great shot.
yawn. do you have anything interesting to say?
It's fixed in that you'll never see a finals match-up featuring two small market teams like Utah-Indiana. If you thought the ratings were bad for the last couple of finals, a match-up like this would be a ratings disaster of anic proportions. Also note that these type of match-ups have not occurred under David Stern's reign as NBA commissioner.
Somebody try to convince me that a casual fan outside of Utah or Indiana would watch such a series.
Thats why I voted yes. Otherwise, I'm not convinced of any other fixes involving the league.
It's not rigged, but the game has changed. I mean it wasn't even like this a couple of years ago. I remember the pistons keeping 5 teams uner 70 for a record in the NBA 2 years ago, but its close to impossible to do that even once now. You can't touch a guy anymore and you can't even look at a superstar. The NBA is trying to force a new NBA superstar beasically and thats not right. Michael Jordan didn't get half the calls Wade did. Imagine if Jordan was in the league right now in his prime...
The NBA is the worst in league ever. If it weren't for the Spurs, I wouldn't watch a single game for the rest of my life.
I don't think the NBA is rigged to allow one team or another to win. I do believe that Superstars need to be on the court for this league to work. I do not know if the manage to stay on the court because they change their play style when in foul trouble or the refs change their officiating style.
I do believe it is possible to assign certain officials to games that (by knowing how they officiate) can affect the outcome. I do not know if this is being done. I do believe it is possible to rate officials poorly if they allow blowouts in playoff games and then not assign them to subsequent games. I do not know if this is being done.
Chumpdumper, BAkriD, why do you care if someone thinks the league is rigged but still chooses to watch the games? I don't watch wrestling but I don't care if others do. I don't really care if others believe it is real, either. The only stupid people would be the ones that believe the league is rigged but still gamble on it. Even then, I don't really care.
What about Spurs v. Nets? That was a ratings nightmare, and you can't say that the NBA did anything to "not allow" it.
You don't think that the Suns v. Cleveland would be allowed by the NBA? Those ratings would be off the charts, and those are 2 small market teams. Your theory is .
Let's not forget that NJ is close enough to NYC to be considered a large market franchise. The league gambled on this and lost, thinking that Knick fans would hop the bandwagon and tune in. I'm sure there are a lot of Net fans in NY who still follow the team dating back to their ABA days.
You could have me on Phoenix-Cleveland. But, then again, it depends on how much of a star Lebron James becomes. If he becomes a household name like MJ, maybe. His "Q" ratings could overcome the fact that he plays in a small market. That remains to be seen. As of now, PHX-CLE would not do so well either, IMO. Despite his back-to-back MVP's, how many casual fans have heard of Steve Nash? It's not as though he has commercial endorsements that anyone has seen.
Why do you care if I care?Chumpdumper, BAkriD, why do you care if someone thinks the league is rigged but still chooses to watch the games?
You really think New York gives a about the Nets? I don't, maybe a very small percentage do. The NBA didn't gamble on this!!!!! The Nets won the East and the Spurs won the West, period. So do you think that the NBA are bad gamblers or something? You must, because the lost their shirt on the Spurs 3 times.
I'm not talking about the Suns v. Cavs in the future, I was talking about this season. That would have probably been the bigger draw than the Heat v. Mavs. LeBron is already a star. You are absolutely crazy if you think that the Suns v. Cavs wouldn't have been great ratings. Do you ever watch sportscenter or any of the sports shows? LeBron is King, that is all the reporters talk about. Plus the Suns are the funnest team in the league to watch, plus they have the 2-time MVP.
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