Is the NBA Rigged? Toronto Raptors Coach Fined for comments on Lakers game

Is the NBA Rigged? Toronto Raptors Coach Fined for comments on Lakers game

One [Applause] Shot is the NBA rigged the NBA like every other sports league in the world has been accused of being rigged multiple times in its history whenever a team needs help to extend a playoff series that’s typically when we’ll see Scott Foster or Tony Brothers ref that game I feel like

That’s happened tons of times but joking aside over a decade ago the NBA was dealing with a um cheater Tim Don a referee was betting on games that he officiated and made calls that affected the point spread so that he would win bets um which is just obviously super

Super shady and the Shady thing going back to Scott Foster who I obviously hate and most NBA fans dislike not as much as Chris Paul obviously but Scott Foster is someone that Tim Donnie he called more than 130 times over a 6mon period while he was rigging games he was

Calling referees apparently to get some tips and advice or they were friends apparently but I I think there was a report stating that he reached out to like three other refs during the year um and those calls tallied up to like 20 total versus 130 to Scott Foster so

Super super Shady in my opinion while poor officiating has seemingly gone through the roof over the past several seasons there’s no evidence to support claims that the NBA is actually scripted or actually rigged referees do have the ability to influence the outcome of a game and it

Doesn’t mean that the games are truly rigged um especially the way Tim Donnie he would do that um to affect scores and point spreads but it’s hard to imagine or Envision players that dedicate their entire lives to reaching the professional stages like the NBA would be willing to follow a script um

Particularly when it’s not in in their favor so I think that’s just ridiculous but um there was um a a podcast with Evan Turner ever but there was a podcast with Evan Turner and Andre Iguodala a few months back that suggested that the NBA is rigged they had a conversation and let’s

Play the clip Andre talks about how winning a game s is one of the hardest things to do and then Evan Turner here talks a little bit about his direct EXP and I can’t say I can’t say but I’m like no fam listen like this is the hardest game

You’ll ever play in your life and EB told you yeah it’s it’s [ __ ] no I’ll tell it go ahead you got to be the the vehicle the vehicle you got to be the vehicle no it’s real though not I remember we about to play game seven uh

2012 so we’re about to play the Celtics or whatever game seven so I’m hyp as hell I’m like yeah bro we got a gain seven like we out the BAM like this going to be lit so elden’s like you know we going to have to win by 15 just went

By one so I’m like what you mean he’s like bro this is the NBA is entertainment like LeBron is in a heat or waiting would you rather watch the Celtics or the Sixers play the Heat I’m GNA be honest with you I’m on the team I wouldn’t even watch the Sixers play the

Heat type [ __ ] like you got to appreciate but mind you I’m young 22 23 I’m like damn Dam you know what I mean so it’s like so we get in this game you know how much money the NBA is going to lose like this you know type [ __ ] I’m

Like I guess like a decent amount like would you watch that game next week if it was a Heat versus Sixers I’m like nah like okay then so like that’s why I’m telling you take M and M from this I’m like what he’s like millions of memories because this is entertainment damn

That’s a bar so they talk about how the NBA is a form of entertainment which would obviously is so some people believe that there is influence from the refs or higher above that can influence in rig games or script games if you will for entertainment sake obviously they

Want better ratings they have an agenda possibly um where they want specific star players and Superstars or teams to be represented in the playoffs and who knows we might be dealing with that again I bring up this this video because the Raptors recently played against the Los Angeles Lakers a few

Nights ago and their coach Darko um rakovic was super pissed and went off on it uh postgame interview with the media when his team had three free throws I believe two or three in the fourth quarter and the Lakers had 23 free throws and the Lakers barely won the game

And let’s watch this clip of the Raptor coach Darko talking about the poor officiating shot 23 free throws in that fourth quarter what you thank you Doug thank you Doug that’s that’s that’s outrageous what happened tonight this is completely BS this is shame shame for the referees shame for the league to

Allow this 23 free throws for them and we get two free throws in in the fourth quarter like how to play the game I all I understand uh respect for all stars and all of that but we have star players on our team as well how’s possible that

Scotty Barnes who is Allstar caliber player in this league he goes every single time to the rim with force and trying to get get to to the rim without flopping and and not trying to get foul calls he gets two uh free throws for a whole game how’s that possible how you

Going to explain it that that to me they had to win tonight if that’s if that’s the case just let us know so we don’t show up for the game just give them a win but that that was not fair tonight outrageous that the referees were um how

They were allowed to take that many free throws how players like on his team weren’t getting the appropriate calls like Scotty Barnes um he was just basically saying like you should have told us that we had no chance of winning we wouldn’t have just showed up if you

Really wanted the Lakers to win which I think is funny because the Lakers I think were 17 and 19 10th seed like barely in the playin race and so you know they want LeBron in the in the playoffs you know they want the Lakers you know ESPN all they could do is talk

About the Lakers and the Celtics and the Knicks um and those big Market team so I thought it was hilarious that um he called out the the referees which is good but the funny thing is he just got fined 25k for criticizing referees after the loss which I think is is kind of

Hilarious but a fine was surely going to come for the Raptor head coach and it did happen um and yeah they announced that it’s going to be $25,000 for publicly criticizing the officials following his team’s 132 to 131 loss to the LA Lakers um yeah he’s like they had

To win tonight right if that’s the case just let us know so we don’t have to show up for the game I thought that was funny when he said that um the Raptors have been struggling they’re a middling team so I understand why he said it and

I thought it was funny they did so I don’t know let me know what you guys think in the comments do you think the NBA is rigged I don’t think it’s rigged but I think there is a lot of influence from referees and I hate referees like Tony brothers and Scott Foster um

Because the heat also led to Scott Foster a lot more than they do compared to any other ref so screw Scott Foster he’s the ref I hate the most by far but I don’t think it’s actually like rigged rigged but sometimes there’s shady [ __ ] that happens and it’s sucks when your

Team has to deal with it anyway thanks for watching everybody have a good one bye

The NBA has been accused of being rigged in the past and some are asking that again as the Raptors recently lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in a controversial manner. Toronto Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic fined 25k for criticizing the refs after the Lakers lose.

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