Is the NBA fixed?

[Goran Dragic]

J-Rich missed that dunk vs the Spurs because of Nunez

My favorite Tommy Nunez story is from the 2007 playoffs when the San Antonio Spurs were able to get past the Phoenix Suns in the second round. Of course, what many fans didn't know was that Phoenix had someone working against them behind the scenes. Nunez was the group supervisor for that playoff series, and he definitely had a rooting interest.
Nunez loved the Hispanic community in San Antonio and had a lot of friends there. He had been a referee for 30 years and loved being on the road; in fact, he said that the whole reason he had become a group supervisor was to keep getting out of the house. So Nunez wanted to come back to San Antonio for the conference finals. Plus, he, like many other referees, disliked Suns owner Robert Sarver for the way he treated officials. Both of these things came into play when he prepared the referees for the games in the staff meetings. I remember laughing with him and saying, "You would love to keep coming back here." He was pointing out everything that Phoenix was able to get away with and never once told us to look for anything in regard to San Antonio. Nunez should have a championship ring on his finger.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

No public poll = gay.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

lol austrailia

Were your parents siblings?

How does it feel to be too stupid to know the book 1984 is fiction?

Considering the 5 teams ahead of San Antonio on the list all have better records and several teams below San Antonio have better records, there are meds you should be taking if you think the there is a national TV conspiracy keeping the Spurs at #6 on the list since they should be higher and ranked ahead of legitimate contenders with better records.

[IronMexican]

No public poll = gay.

Pretty much. That should be a new rule. If you make a poll, and it's private, you get banned.

[Goran Dragic]

Pretty much. That should be a new rule. If you make a poll, and it's private, you get banned.

There's a conspiracy against public polls that stopped this poll from being public. It's the same people that staged apollo 11.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

[MiamiHeat]

There's a conspiracy against public polls that stopped this poll from being public. It's the same people that staged apollo 11.

My favorite Tommy Nunez story is from the 2007 playoffs when the San Antonio Spurs were able to get past the Phoenix Suns in the second round. Of course, what many fans didn't know was that Phoenix had someone working against them behind the scenes. Nunez was the group supervisor for that playoff series, and he definitely had a rooting interest.
Nunez loved the Hispanic community in San Antonio and had a lot of friends there. He had been a referee for 30 years and loved being on the road; in fact, he said that the whole reason he had become a group supervisor was to keep getting out of the house. So Nunez wanted to come back to San Antonio for the conference finals. Plus, he, like many other referees, disliked Suns owner Robert Sarver for the way he treated officials. Both of these things came into play when he prepared the referees for the games in the staff meetings. I remember laughing with him and saying, "You would love to keep coming back here." He was pointing out everything that Phoenix was able to get away with and never once told us to look for anything in regard to San Antonio. Nunez should have a championship ring on his finger.

[EmptyMan]

If refs want a close game, refs get a close game.

Refs have far too much control over game momentum.

[AussieFanKurt]

Fixed is the wrong word but controlled heavily by the refs is YES

yeah i reckon thats how i should have put it

[silverblk mystix]

...as I watched this years NFL post season...I realized one thing...from the first playoff game---all the way to the Super Bowl....

you never heard a lot of BS about one team got screwed or this ref hates that team or this or that officiating controversy....

you just enjoyed some great games and great compe ion and at the end...the best team won...period.

I love the GAME of basketball....but it sucks that there is ALWAYS...some BS during the NBA season....and ALWAYS a lot of BS during the playoffs...

this season...c'mon...will they LET THEM PLAY?....will they HELP one team or SUPERSTAR more than another? Will it be in the NBA'S INTEREST---to have one team go all the way...etc,

nauseating to say the least...

[lennyalderette]

well they could easily just put a stop to all this!! give the current refs lie detector tests, and have a separate org. to regulate the current officials why dont they??????well because its fixed morons

[redzero]

well they could easily just put a stop to all this!! give the current refs lie detector tests, and have a separate org. to regulate the current officials why dont they??????well because its fixed morons

Lie detector tests are bull anyway.

[Goran Dragic]

well they could easily just put a stop to all this!! give the current refs lie detector tests, and have a separate org. to regulate the current officials why dont they??????well because its fixed morons

God damn, Spurfan churns out more re ed ideas than the land-o-lakes lady churns out butter.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Sorry, I had to bump this thread. I forgot about the beautiful gem this was.

[HarlemHeat37]

Oh great HarlemHeat viewing thread, can't wait to read his contributions to tinfoil-man's conspiracy theory.

[badfish22]

My favorite Tommy Nunez story is from the 2007 playoffs when the San Antonio Spurs were able to get past the Phoenix Suns in the second round. Of course, what many fans didn't know was that Phoenix had someone working against them behind the scenes. Nunez was the group supervisor for that playoff series, and he definitely had a rooting interest.
Nunez loved the Hispanic community in San Antonio and had a lot of friends there. He had been a referee for 30 years and loved being on the road; in fact, he said that the whole reason he had become a group supervisor was to keep getting out of the house. So Nunez wanted to come back to San Antonio for the conference finals. Plus, he, like many other referees, disliked Suns owner Robert Sarver for the way he treated officials. Both of these things came into play when he prepared the referees for the games in the staff meetings. I remember laughing with him and saying, "You would love to keep coming back here." He was pointing out everything that Phoenix was able to get away with and never once told us to look for anything in regard to San Antonio. Nunez should have a championship ring on his finger.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

My favorite Tommy Nunez story is from the 2007 playoffs when the San Antonio Spurs were able to get past the Phoenix Suns in the second round. Of course, what many fans didn't know was that Phoenix had someone working against them behind the scenes. Nunez was the group supervisor for that playoff series, and he definitely had a rooting interest.
Nunez loved the Hispanic community in San Antonio and had a lot of friends there. He had been a referee for 30 years and loved being on the road; in fact, he said that the whole reason he had become a group supervisor was to keep getting out of the house. So Nunez wanted to come back to San Antonio for the conference finals. Plus, he, like many other referees, disliked Suns owner Robert Sarver for the way he treated officials. Both of these things came into play when he prepared the referees for the games in the staff meetings. I remember laughing with him and saying, "You would love to keep coming back here." He was pointing out everything that Phoenix was able to get away with and never once told us to look for anything in regard to San Antonio. Nunez should have a championship ring on his finger.

[Agloco]

Not fixed, no, definitely influenced

This.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Donaghy never claimed the NBA rigged the 2007 series. He said a lone nut with a grudge tried to do it. Donaghy is stating his opinion here in his book.

The statement that Nunez "should have a ring" is an opinion, not a statement of fact. For one thing, he may have deserved a ring in another season besides 2007. Secondly, even if the Suns beat the Spurs in 2007, they still had to win two more rounds to be NBA champs.

Outspoken opinions are a good way to sell books.

this post sums up re ed spurfan in a nuts

[vicphoenix13]

When Steven A Smith interviewed Donaghy this morning, he brought up the Kings/Lakers series. He said that the NBA screwed the Kings in game seven and I have to believe him on that. There were so many bad calls against Sacramento in that game and it is sad that they were robbed of an NBA Championship.

[IronMexican]

butthurt

[Kyle Orton]

[cobbler]

All I see is 58 people who should feel pretty foolish sitting in front of their TV's cheering on their teams.

[sribb43]

I like watching WWE and the NBA so they must have something in common