The 2013-14 NBA season

81

The Fixer wrote:

81 wrote:

rumblings about the Rose draft as well.

great question about why they have to do the lotto behind closed doors.

stern is a shady elf-eared bastard

and of course, the cavs get the top pick when their home town star comes into the league. hmm....

stern needs to go....but the owners are making money

polaris_x

all aspects of the nba scream corruption ... heck ... even the players association ...

drinkbigredinstead

Go Spurs!

A win on the road would be great.

81

hopefully, the bobcats suck all way thru 2016 and up with the number 1 pick then

CROJAM95

C'mon it's not just the nba

I use to think boxing was only fixed, it's all fixed to some degree

Baseball/Selig knew who was taking roids..... Homers up, ratings up = look the other way

Soccer is fixed, hello Italian soccer federation :wave:

NCAA on a million levels

Lotta $$ to be made.

dougfloyd

They should just get rid of the lottery and go by record like the NFL. I know they want to avoid tanking but I think it's time to get rid of it.

81

dougfloyd wrote:

They should just get rid of the lottery and go by record like the NFL. I know they want to avoid tanking but I think it's time to get rid of it.

i'm ok with the lotto...

but if they want to make it more transparent, publish all the team combo's before the drawing online, and then slowly draw the balls so fans can follow along.

maybe they can get kids to come pull the balls so that there isn't the opportunity to mess with the balls either. sort of like a bingo drawing

dougfloyd

81 wrote:

dougfloyd wrote:

They should just get rid of the lottery and go by record like the NFL. I know they want to avoid tanking but I think it's time to get rid of it.

i'm ok with the lotto...

but if they want to make it more transparent, publish all the team combo's before the drawing online, and then slowly draw the balls so fans can follow along.

maybe they can get kids to come pull the balls so that there isn't the opportunity to mess with the balls either. sort of like a bingo drawing

Right, why don't they televise the lotto drawing? If they are going to have it on tv it needs some more excitement.

81

dougfloyd wrote:

81 wrote:

dougfloyd wrote:

They should just get rid of the lottery and go by record like the NFL. I know they want to avoid tanking but I think it's time to get rid of it.

i'm ok with the lotto...

but if they want to make it more transparent, publish all the team combo's before the drawing online, and then slowly draw the balls so fans can follow along.

maybe they can get kids to come pull the balls so that there isn't the opportunity to mess with the balls either. sort of like a bingo drawing

Right, why don't they televise the lotto drawing? If they are going to have it on tv it needs some more excitement.

maybe they could tie it into the mega millions or powerball drawing and use the numbers from one of those drawings.

dcfaithful

polaris_x wrote:

can the nba be more blatant in their fraud?

new orleans wins the lottery ...

The lottery really is a joke. They really should adapt the NFL's system like somebody mentioned.

It just makes sense in my mind to have the worst finishing team have the first pick in hopes of changing some things.

But, what difference does it make when a team like Miami is so blatantly favored.

norm

so davey overrules the paul trade to lakers

now, the hornets get the #1 pick

and why was tom benson there? he's technically not the owner yet and his nfl team isn't the most above board team going right now

This is the problem for Stern, and will always be: Within his own league, they're dubious about him, his underlings, about the centralized power structure in New York. Stern created the mayhem of the Hornets season – the vetoed Paul trade that disrupted the operations and balance of several teams – and the fallout never relented. Here comes Tom Benson now, whose NFL organization is mired in one of the great institutional scandals in pro sports history, walking into New York for the draft lottery with a bad team, in a bad arena, and leaving with a franchise star.

Yes, the Hornets are staying in New Orleans, and that's wonderful news for the people there, for the NBA. All around the league, though, everyone will forever wonder: At what cost?
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--nba-s ... 20531.html

petejm043

The refs missed the call. But if you look at it again Lebron was fouled when he was backing Rondo down and Rondo reached in. The refs called a jump ball.

Newch91 wrote:

FenwayFaithful wrote:

These fucking refs have the quickest goddamn whistle ive ever seen every time that bitch wade has the ball. Biggest load of shit ive ever seen.

It's awful. Rondo gets slapped in the head and no call, but that bitch Wade kicks KG and KG gets fouled. Another reason why the NBA has the worst officiating.

drinkbigredinstead

Spurs

Newch91

OKC went on a tear tonight.

81

Newch91 wrote:

OKC went on a tear tonight.

they have a solid squad....people thinking it would be a sweep were silly

eeriepadave

wow, wasn't really expecting that much of a dominant game from OKC.

RW81233

CROJAM95 wrote:

C'mon it's not just the nba

I use to think boxing was only fixed, it's all fixed to some degree

Baseball/Selig knew who was taking roids..... Homers up, ratings up = look the other way

Soccer is fixed, hello Italian soccer federation :wave:

NCAA on a million levels

Lotta $$ to be made.

re: italia serie a read the miracle of castel de sangro. for all these "fixings" has anyone actually won because of a 'fix" in the draft? it usually just happens because some guy gets all the calls like Wade against the Mavs, or the Lakes against the Kings.

RW81233

81 wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

OKC went on a tear tonight.

they have a solid squad....people thinking it would be a sweep were silly

what else were we supposed to think the Spurs hadn't lost in like a month+. either way these teams are sexier than the east.

81

very rarely does a sweep happen in a confrence finals

lot of poeple have the spurs in the finals, and while they are a very good team, i still wouldn't count out OKC.

heck, take a look at least years playoffs to see what can happen to the spurs. they are very beatable.

RW81233

81 wrote:

very rarely does a sweep happen in a confrence finals

lot of poeple have the spurs in the finals, and while they are a very good team, i still wouldn't count out OKC.

heck, take a look at least years playoffs to see what can happen to the spurs. they are very beatable.

true, but they had all the non-bron things going for them...they always found a way to win. what i'm wondering is how team USA fans will justify themselves rooting for the Spurs against the Heat (IF and only IF that happens).