The Spirit of Tim Donaghy

[dude12]

I don’t think it’s hard to have a select few refs who will help”influence” the outcome of games. Doesn’t have to be all refs. I’m certain that in the notorious Lakers Kings playoff game the instructions were to get this to a game 7. Kings, IIRC, got a majority of the calls in that game but they sucked at FT shooting for that game and it cost us.

The refereeing in the Denver game was super bad, bad enough that it continues the thought that the games are influenced by refereeing. Looking at the Kings record with Ed Molloy working the games is kind of glaring.

 

[fansinceday1]

Donaghy said in his interview that the NBA had a stable of company men and that the other refs knew if you needed something in particular, like extending a series, you would assign Dick Bavetta. Stern probably didn’t even have to tell him what he wanted.

if the NBA was legit, they would have people going over ref stats for/ against certain teams and they would have eliminated Malloy. Not only was he prone to not blowing the whistle for the kings, he was probably gonna give the benefit of the doubt to the nuggets. A legit league wouldn’t assign a ref like that to that particular game, cause it looks suspect.

 

[Caccia]

Donaghy said in his interview that the NBA had a stable of company men and that the other refs knew if you needed something in particular, like extending a series, you would assign Dick Bavetta. Stern probably didn’t even have to tell him what he wanted.

if the NBA was legit, they would have people going over ref stats for/ against certain teams and they would have eliminated Malloy. Not only was he prone to not blowing the whistle for the kings, he was probably gonna give the benefit of the doubt to the nuggets. A legit league wouldn’t assign a ref like that to that particular game, cause it looks suspect.

Wait, that make too much sense. Silver would never run an analytics chart like that.

 

[admira1]

Tim Donaghy is a convicted felon douchebag who is desperately trying to find a way to make a buck and survive. Do you realize the level of conspiracy that it would take to have some sort of league mandate to referee crews about how to call a certain game? Also, why would there be some huge significance on a Nuggets-Kings regular season game?

The reality is the refs last night just collectively had a horrible game. They get graded on each decision they make so I seriously doubt they are happy with the amount of missed calls in that game. Is there a tendency for referees to favor certain superstars, home teams, or franchises? Yes, maybe, but to think it's some sort of secret orders from the NBA is crazy talk.

Sure, in isolated incidents and one game results, it would be ridiculous to make these assumptions. But look at the stats posted above, look at the GAME you obviously didn't watch, look at Demar's history of FTA and his FTA since joining the Kings, I'd imagine look at Fox's also now that he's off the team. You can point to one game and call BS, but I point to the history of my eyeballs and the shared fan experience over the last 20 years, I know which I'm gonna believe.

 

[The_Jamal]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1898064137298592197

Props to Deebo for letting the refs have it, even though he knew this was coming.

 

[New Era]

Sure, in isolated incidents and one game results, it would be ridiculous to make these assumptions. But look at the stats posted above, look at the GAME you obviously didn't watch, look at Demar's history of FTA and his FTA since joining the Kings, I'd imagine look at Fox's also now that he's off the team. You can point to one game and call BS, but I point to the history of my eyeballs and the shared fan experience over the last 20 years, I know which I'm gonna believe.

What game did I "obviously" not watch? I watched the entire Denver game and stated here that it was a horrible night for that crew.

 

[Joshyjosh31]

Donaghy said in his interview that the NBA had a stable of company men and that the other refs knew if you needed something in particular, like extending a series, you would assign Dick Bavetta. Stern probably didn’t even have to tell him what he wanted.

if the NBA was legit, they would have people going over ref stats for/ against certain teams and they would have eliminated Malloy. Not only was he prone to not blowing the whistle for the kings, he was probably gonna give the benefit of the doubt to the nuggets. A legit league wouldn’t assign a ref like that to that particular game, cause it looks suspect.

Who is that one ref that hates CP/Harden and they assign him in game 7 vs GSW

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Wait, that make too much sense. Silver would never run an analytics chart like that.

It's not a bug, it's a feature

 

[ESP47]

The censorship around criticizing the officiating is essentially proof that the NBA uses the officials to manipulate the outcome of the games.

 

[hrdboild]

The censorship around criticizing the officiating is essentially proof that the NBA uses the officials to manipulate the outcome of the games.

Yeah, it's not a good look. I guess they see this as defending their employees but it also reads as them silencing criticism in lieu of actually addressing it.

 

[The_Jamal]

The censorship around criticizing the officiating is essentially proof that the NBA uses the officials to manipulate the outcome of the games.

I could see if a player was like "**** these refs, these guys are a bunch of ****ing idiots" sort of tirade, but literally any sort of criticism is met with a fine. Not a good look at all

 

[New Era]

I could see if a player was like "**** these refs, these guys are a bunch of ****ing idiots" sort of tirade, but literally any sort of criticism is met with a fine. Not a good look at all

Pretty sure it's been this way as long as I've been a fan (35 years).

 

[Jc121]

Have the ownership tell the league not to schedule certain cheating referees and list them by names. They like to fine to protect and silence people. How about the fans treat certain referees like we do players we don’t like. What could they do to thousands of fans yelling the name and call them cheaters and say such and such is on the take all game.

That should cause concerns for their tv rating’s and be the talk of the nba news.
Players getting fined is money we pay.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1899213794037129359

 

[ESP47]

I recall two separate times when Harden got sent to the line after being fouled before he could even attempt to fake that he was shooting. In both instances, his arms never even went vertical at all and he was awarded 4 FTs.

Keegan gets called for a blocking foul on a charge attempt against the Clips when he was set and then we see Payne do the exact same thing yesterday and get awarded the charge.

Zero consistency. The rules are so vague that the officials can just decide when the blow the whistle or overturn a call based on how profitable that team is for the NBA.

 

[Joshyjosh31]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1899513239282888784

Just fast foward the lakers to the finals I feel for okc fans if they don’t win by 10+ they’ll lose