This Is Why People Think The NBA Is Rigged

Do you think David Stern rigged the 1985 draft?

Even if it isn't rigged, officiating over the last few years has been unacceptably inconsistent. If the NBA wants to keep the league credible in the eyes of their fans, they need to do a better job at training, standardizing and overseeing their officiating crews.

27 free throw attempts in a quarter is obvious bias. A team back then probably averaged 23 points a quarter

Their sponsors are literally legalized bookies. Every other commercial is about gambling and the announcers do promos about sports betting every break after a quarter ends or during a live timeout.

When I saw Tim Duncan get a technical foul while sitting on the bench (not even standing) for laughing, let's just say I had my suspicions. 🤔

All you need to know about Tim Donaghy is that the FBI went to David Stern, showed him their evidence, and told him that there were more refs that they wanted his cooperation to help uncover. David Stern then held a public press conference and outlined what evidence the FBI had against Tim Donaghy, destroying the rest of their investigation and putting the other refs on notice. Scott Foster is a senior NBA official.

"This is why people think the NBA is rigged." Nah, people just dont think people KNOW it's rigged.

Ya know, it only takes a couple of "bad calls" at crucial moments of any game to disrupt a team's momentum and change the outcome of the game.

Particularly egregious in that Kings-Lakers game--Mike Bibby (Sacramento's best player during that series) was elbowed by a Laker. No call. Bibby's nose started bleeding. The rule at the time was that if there was blood, the team is charged a time out. The Kings were charged with their LAST time out. The Heat-Mavericks finals (Wade before LeBron got there) was so clearly rigged. The refs just kept calling fouls on the Mavericks. They weren't allowed to play defense against Wade. And frickin' LeBron. He just gets every call. Flop-offensive foul. Drive to the basket-foul on the defense. The refs have coddled him since he was a rookie.

Don’t forget Ayesha Curry calling the games rigged and the fact there is an nba ref that has beef with Chris Paul. This is unacceptable officiating by the NBA and I’m glad you are bringing awareness to it. There needs to be a change to the integrity of the NBA

Funny thing about Lakers FT disparity is that they are at the bottom in attacking the paint but still, the Ft disparity next to the 2nd is 200+.

The FBI dropped the ball when they told the NBA they were investigating one ref rather than keeping their trap shut and investigating the entire league.

Don't forget that phantom foul called for Kareem (on Bill Laimbeer) in the Finals of 88 too. Since we're talking about The Lakers "always getting advantages."

That’s why I don’t really watch sports anymore, the older i have gotten, the less I believe that it’s fair and balanced. The referees have ultimate control over the game and you (the player or coach) can’t question anything or else you get fined and (or) suspended. It’s a bunch of BS. That’s why nowadays I just check out box scores and if my team wins I might watch the condensed version on YouTube or not at all.

Bill Cooper said that every major sport in America is 100% rigged. I have to completely agree. I watch too much wrestling to know better smh

Watching the Timberwolves try defending Embiid earlier this season was crazy. You can’t touch him, 18 free throws by himself. While the box score looks comparable, the Wolves 3 big men had 2 infractions in the first 5 minutes. The game was over immediately…

here's another theory. The envelope doesn't have to be frozen. You just have to make sure all of the envelopes say New York Knicks inside. Extremely simple and please be aware that an envelope won't stay cold for very long which raises the risk that it doesn't work

Look, I stopped trying to understand NBA officiating around 2013. I have no idea what a travel is anymore, what an illegal screen is, what a foul in motion is, what a tech is, what taunting is... No clue. I can describe you basically every offensive and defensive system. I can explain the most obscure trade exceptions and cap rules. But what a simple shooting foul is? No clue! That changes from posession to posession, from player to player. So is it rigged? As long as there are no clear rules and no accountability for refs, if they call things differenty, I have to asume it is. Other sports like Football (the real one that is played with the foot) get it done. If the NBA cant, they just dont want to.

Adam Silver is a snake.

Great video bro. I'll never forget watching that lakers kings game and was beside myself. This is coming from massive fan of basketball from Toronto, Canada. So I had no bias in that game, however I was cheering on the kings because I thought they had great chemistry all Season as a team. Not just 2 dudes.