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And for saying a ref called him and said the league told the refs to look at Yao Ming harder, because of pressure from MarK Cuban.
If this is true???
Not, the kind of news you wanna hear.
link?
just heard it on the radio.
When they invent links from the radio I'll let you know.
It's true.
Associated Press
DALLAS May 2, 2005 — The NBA fined Houston Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy $100,000 the largest amount ever for a coach on Monday, a day after accusing officials of targeting center Yao Ming this postseason and saying Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is to blame.
Speaking to three reporters at the team hotel in Dallas on Sunday night, Van Gundy said a referee not working the playoffs called him and warned that officials "were looking at Yao harder because of Mark's complaints" to the league office. He said that Cuban "has been hard on them," and "he's gotten the benefit."
"I didn't think that really worked in the NBA, but in this case it has," Van Gundy said, declining to identify the official he spoke to.
At a shootaround Monday before Game 5 of the series, Van Gundy said: "I stand by what I said. I believe it. I know what was told to me, and I've seen how it played out."
That was hours before the fine was announced. At the time, Van Gundy said he'd only been told not to say anything more about it.
"I didn't expect them to come out and say it was true, though," Van Gundy said.
The series was tied at two games each going into Monday's fifth game, which was to be attended by NBA commissioner David Stern.
Van Gundy said he got a call from his friend who is an official after Houston took a 2-0 lead. The coach said he was told the targeting of Yao was mentioned in an online evaluation from supervisor of officials Ronnie Nunn.
"No such directive was given to the officials regarding Yao Ming or any other player or team in the playoffs," NBA vice president Stu Jackson said in a statement released late Sunday to reporters from KRIV-TV, The New York Times and the Houston Chronicle, the three media outlets present when Van Gundy made his comments.
Cuban, who has been fined more than $1 million since buying the team five years ago, said in an e-mail that the accusations were "crazy" and "an insult to officials." He also noted that Dallas center Erick Dampier has picked up quick fouls in every game in this series.
I believe it.. I actually heard about this during game 4. Cuban is a little balding .. does he think that we cant see that his hair is incredibly thin, and his mouth is ridiculously large. i just hate him,.. i'll find any reason to. Kudos to him for discovering internet radio.. which would of been discovered sooner or later.. but F him for trying to persuade the officials.. which i guess he has successfully done.
as for Yao and the moving screens.. he does move.. and so does duncan... and everyone else in the league... cuban just had to target one player. Dont you just love mings expression when a foul is called on him.. you would think he never commits a foul.
They inveted couple years ago. But only army can use it.
It is Top secret.
ps. Maybe CIA Pop knows more about that
I said this to Exstatic the other night at the Spurs game.is a little balding .. does he think that we cant see that his hair is incredibly thin,
Dude's hair has VANISHED.
He has a little bald spot in the back same as Manu, and a line down the middle of his head that is going too.
He is loosing his hair quick and bad.
DAMN! now that's a fine
I hope the $100K out of their coach's pocket buys all the motivation the Rockets could ever use. Take the Mavs tonight and Thur night.
I'm so sick of TV showing Cuban's puss during the games.
Karl should be fined too for the stupid comments on the referrees and the white hat,black hat comment.He's trying to make this a black & white issue!
fools gold!
$250k !
If the league fined him that much.... It must be true...
Otherwise it would have been a "slap on the wrist" fine of 10 or 20K at the most....
But because it shed light on some shady business... they only made themselves look more guilty by exacting 100K out of the ugly Van Gundy...
I bet Gundy's wife is furious... the new Cadillac she wanted will no longer be purchased.
Brilliant move by Gumby.
He just out-Cubaned Cuban. The Fairy Benefactor will have to STFU for the rest of the series.
Hold up hold up....
Cuban ed about the refs and got nothing.
Van Gundy pointed out the fact that Cuban ed about the refs and that he was TOLD it was effecting the officiating and HE gets fined?
I am telling you guys, something aint right with the refs this year. I am not saying any one team has it better of than anyone else but the officiating this year has been terrible.
*cue timvp
Cuban most likely did do that
people with obscene amounts of money think it gives them extra rights as a human, and sadly it often does
Cuban has been awfully quiet this year, and the Mavs get a lot of calls. Those two charging calls on Yao were complete BS.
...although it might have helped Van Gundy to mention it BEFORE the two games at home if he was going to talk about it.
Maybe that's becuase Dampier can't guard Yao any better than I could!
Now that's what Melo deserves to pay...
What can be worse than Cuban trying to influence the refs?
the refs actualy listening to him!!!!
that's dissapointing
Oops, I missed this thread and posted in the NBA Forum. I even looked for one first.
Somebody shoot me.
Mark Cuban is a .
Can we get Cuban to call about Shaq if we play the Heat in the finals?
I'm sorry you are a paranoid freak.
You can shave my head bald and glue the hair to my ass for Cuban's money.
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