tim donaghy to implicate as many as 20 other NBA referees

[smurfing]

what difference does it make what difference does it make it makes none

[Kanan Road]

this might help the eastern conference rise from the ashes

[bardy]

isnt any human going to impose a bias when reffing, even if he doesnt mean to?

that being said, I think the game should be reffed by computers. ROBOTS!!!!!!!!!!

[silent_brian13]

Originally Posted by bardy

isnt any human going to impose a bias when reffing, even if he doesnt mean to?

that being said, I think the game should be reffed by computers. ROBOTS!!!!!!!!!!

robots or a better replay system.

this is going to ruin the NBA anyway.

[bardy]

yeah I GUESS a replay system would work but its not as cool as robots

[silent_brian13]

Originally Posted by bardy

yeah I GUESS a replay system would work but its not as cool as robots

what about robots who show replays on their chests and the real refs vote

[bardy]

now you are speaking my language, baby

[sppunk]

Originally Posted by silent_brian13

this is going to ruin the NBA anyway.

Thugs already ruined it.

[silent_brian13]

Originally Posted by bardy

now you are speaking my language, baby

robots would be cheaper than humans over time anyway, except for oil changes

sypunk wants the nba to be like hoosiers

[bardy]

sppunk is a NBA lobbiest for the Albino Equality Commissijfsodfjds iFUCK THAT JOKE

[silent_brian13]

thugs have ruined american culture. there was no worse time in my life then when my younger brother decided it was time to act and dress like 50 cent.

[bardy]

guys I think I am in love with silent_brian13

[sppunk]

Originally Posted by Graveflower

sypunk wants the nba to be like hoosiers

I didn't want the NBA to be like Baltimore.

[silent_brian13]

Originally Posted by bardy

guys I think I am in love with silent_brian13

im in love with those little fetus things.

so its like the same thing.

[Chuck=Zero]

If Donaghy starts naming names involved in activities against the rules of the referees David Stern could decide to "clean house" and get rid of all the current officials. Regardless of the outcome, I don't think this situation will do much more damage to an already damaged league. As much as some people, like sppunk, blame the downfall of the league on it becoming "a thug league," I don't think that's a main reason, especially when players from the NFL and MLB have had PR problems of their own. Today's NBA players might be faster and stronger than ever before, but it's becoming more evident that they're weaker in terms of fundamental skills (defense, ball handling, passing, and especially jump shooting) and this in turn has diminished the quality of play in the league. Because of this, the NBA enacts ridiculous rule changes that piss me off (illegal defense, defensive 3 second violations), not to mention that over the years the league has instructed the refs to call more fouls, something the officials have complained about for years.

And oh by the way, the Eastern Conference is still a JV League compared to the West, even after the Celtics' acquisition of Garnett & Allen. Remember that those players came from bad Western Conference teams, while all the good teams in the West didn't lose anyone. Actually, I'd maybe pick the Celtics to win the East if I knew who else was on the team besides the Big 3, I mean they had to trade away like 7 players (including future draft picks) to get Garnett & Allen, their bench has got to suck.

[The Omega Concern]

good points Chuck but Stern's got go to. He's meeting his creation. Getting rid of all the ref's is like firing an entire team instead of the coach.

David Beckham just had the L.A. Galaxy pull 60,000 in New York. If the NBA doesn't get through this well, which they may not if Stern's still in charge, the MLS has their best chance yet to make some inroads in the U.S. for real.

Much as I love the Warriors, looking at any NBA game right now wondering who could be on the take transcends all the other issues the game has had over the years and threatens to sink it below hockey and soccer.

the nhl recently cancelled an entire season and had the most visible personality in the sports history involved in a gambling scandal

lets not be hasty

[silent_brian13]

but.

the refs cheated. i may not like hockey as much as the NBA, but gretzkys wife and buddy (if thats what you meant) being involved in gambling is NOTHING like the refs being involved, the ones who control the games in a sense.

on that note i dont see MLS taking over...XFL had record audiences the first week too.

[Chuck=Zero]

Originally Posted by silent_brian13

on that note i dont see MLS taking over...XFL had record audiences the first week too.

Lol, good point there, Robot Chicken.

[silent_brian13]

Originally Posted by Chuck=Zero

Lol, good point there, Robot Chicken.

thank you...avatar of wishes

[The Omega Concern]

it would take a few more Premiership caliber players as well as the U.S. doing extremely well in a World Cup to give Soccer genuine momentum.

If Beckham can get the kids who do play soccer in the U.S. (which they do more than any other here) to come out and tune in and buy jerseys, MLS could gain some respectibility, not just some visibility from him.

anyway...if any of those other refs from the same Philadelphia high school as the bookie are named in this in regards to them betting on games they officiated, it's a meltdown scenario for the NBA.

[silent_brian13]

in the midst of all this, we forget, the NFL now needs another "most overrated player" since Vick isn't going to be around anymore..thank god.

[monkeyfritters]

fuck the post barkley nba

[silent_brian13]

while we are on sports...why'd they pull santana tonite?

what a game he was having...