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I would have read this book if it came out
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By By Sam Alipour
ESPN The Magazine
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Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy's tell-all book has been cancelled by Triumph Books and parent company Random House, the publisher said.
"Blowing the Whistle: The Culture of Fraud in the NBA" was slated for publication later this month. The book was to have covered Donaghy's experience as an NBA referee and the events leading up to his conviction on federal wire fraud charges.
During the process of editing and vetting the manuscript, which Triumph received from Donaghy in the spring, Random House and its imprint made the joint decision to cancel the book out of "concerns over potential liability," according to an e-mail from a Triumph representative.
Donaghy, 42, remains behind bars for a probation violation following his 15 month prison sentence.
A New York judge sentenced Donaghy last year after the referee said he took thousands of dollars from a professional gambler in exchange for inside tips on NBA games -- including games he worked. Donaghy said he was a gambling addict.
He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in wire fraud and transmitting betting information through interstate commerce in the tips-for-payoffs scheme.
He was released from a federal prison in Pensacola to a halfway house in June. He was scheduled for release on Oct. 24.
But Donaghy was sent back to prison in August when he was accused of violating his federal probation by not showing up for work, the U.S. Marshals Service said. His lawyer said it was all a misunderstanding.
Sam Alipour is a writer for ESPN The Magazine. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
The NBA has a kick ass legal team...
If Donagey is alive this time next year I'll leave this Forum for three months.
Just do like OJ.
If the NBA really was crooked, it would have ....
NBA big boy'd them.
Just change some words and turn it into a work of "fiction"
You mean, "change a few words because it is a work of fiction."
I never thought I'd be willing to take a bullet for someone but I'm suddenly reconsidering all of that.
lol
Deadspin: Excerpts From The Book The NBA Doesn't Want You To Read
http://deadspin.com/5392067/excerpts...nt-you-to-read
MORE DISCUSSION HERE:
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137891
"The 2002 Western Conference Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Sacramento Kings presents a stunning example of game and series manipulation at its ugliest. As the teams prepared for Game 6 at the Staples Center, Sacramento had a 3–2 lead in the series. The referees assigned to work Game 6 were Bavetta, Bob Delaney (former undercover FBI agent), and Ted Bernhardt. As soon as the referees for the game were chosen, the rest of us knew immediately that there would be a Game 7. A prolonged series was good for the league, good for the networks, and good for the game. Oh, and one more thing: it was great for the big-market, star-studded Los Angeles Lakers.
In the pregame meeting prior to Game 6, the league office sent down word that certain calls-calls that would have benefitted the Lakers — were being missed by the referees. This was the type of not-so-subtle information that I and other referees were left to interpret. After receiving the dispatch, Bavetta openly talked about the fact that the league wanted a Game 7.
"If we give the benefit of the calls to the team that's down in the series, nobody's going to complain. The series will be even at three apiece, and then the better team can win Game 7," Bavetta stated.
As history shows, Sacramento lost Game 6 in a wild come-from-behind thriller that saw the Lakers repeatedly sent to the foul line by the referees. For other NBA referees watching the game on television, it was a shameful performance by Bavetta's crew, one of the most poorly officiated games of all time."
"The 2002 series certainly wasn't the first or last time Bavetta weighed in on an important game. He also worked Game 7 of the 2000 Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Trail Blazers. The Lakers were down by 13 at the start of the fourth quarter when Bavetta went to work. The Lakers outscored Portland 31–13 in the fourth quarter and went on to win the game and the series. It certainly didn't hurt the Lakers that they got to shoot 37 free throws compared to a paltry 16 for the Trail Blazers."
ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS OF ALL TIME:
NBA: Where Rigged Games Happens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4t5R...layer_embedded
Note - You can hear the voice of Ralph Nader in the background. The ref, Bob Delaney, who lets Kobe Bryant take Mike Bibby's head off, is a former undercover FBI agent.
The anti-small market NBA conspiracy against teams like the Kings, Spurs and Bucks has been exposed!
This book sounds awesome. It needs to be published.
Or the Spurs.
The NBA wouldn't rig games for house teams though thus why only some teams have been beneficiaries
Donaghy either has a mental disorder or his claims are legit. I'm gonna go with his claims being legit. Besides, what does he have to lose? I think it's sad but hilarious how the NBA and Lord Stern are trying to sweep this under the rug. Personally, I love what Donaghy is doing. He's just proving what we all had su ions about. I hope he takes down as many refs as he can. If other refs go down like he did, then it will make me feel a little better about the 2006 NBA Finals.
Nobody believed Canseco, they questioned his credibility, etc. Turns out Canseco was right about everybody, including A-Rod.
I'm willing to believe this guy. I can understand if he was lying to cover his ass and avoid jail time. But that's come and gone and he's probably taking it up the tailpipe in the prison showers at this very moment. What reason does he have to make this up now?
His excerpts make perfect sense. Bavetta is the egotistical nutty attention we all thought he was, and that officials make calls way too much on emotion and bias. He didn't say anything extremely radical.
At this point, all it takes is one more ref to validate Donaghy's claims, and this whole thing becomes a true storm.
I always said that the David Stern era of the NBA would end in the same fashion as the Warden from Shawshank - Feds pounding on the door to the Commisioner's office, and David Stern panicking and putting a shotgun into his mouth and pulling the trigger as they break in.
http://deadspin.com/5392067/excerpts...nt-you-to-read
did you read all the excerpts? pretty interesting stuff
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.
Fire all the refs and get new ones, if they dont everybody will keep questioning the officials
Probably lying. Dude's a felon about to get out of prison, he isn't getting a job that pays anywhere near what he got his ref days. A nice book deal will get him a check and open up other avenues.
Regardless, I wouldn't be surprised that it's true. No way another ref confirms the stuff unless they get busted too. But the guy's a crook, I'd take his word with a grain of salt.
the NBA has already validated it by trying to shut down the book
Considering the outrageous made-up half truths people put into books that actually get published, I'd say that if the publisher declines to release the book for "liability" reasons, it's because they figure they're going to get their asses handed to them in court. It's not like the NBA has been sending out threats or silencing witnesses. In truth, they have pretty much deferred to the federal investigation in all matters relating to this. I have a really hard time believing anything he says is worth the time it takes to read.
The officiating in the last seven or eight minutes of the Denver/Portland game were about as bad as officiating gets, and it would be easy for someone to make a case that they refs were trying to influence the outcome, but there's no way in the NBA's doing that for a game at the beginning of the season, so you kind of have to accept that the refs are going to have bad nights just like the players do.
Yeah don't let facts or anything slow you down.
"After a close legal review of the final manuscript of Blowing the Whistle by Tim Donaghy, and our independent evaluation of some of the author's sources and statements, Triumph Books and Random House have decided not to go forward with the book's publication. Our decision is wholly our own and was made without consultation with any outside parties or individuals," Random House spokesman Stuart Applebaum said in a statement.
"In 2008 Mr. Donaghy's allegations were thoroughly investigated by the FBI and the U.S. Attorney's Office. We are reassured that the U.S. Government completed its investigation finding that the only criminal conduct was that of Mr. Donaghy," Elizabeth Ventura, senior vice president of communications for the NBA, said in a statement.
yeah they cant seen to be corrupt like everyone knows they are
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