This Is Why People Think The NBA Is Rigged

This Is Why People Think The NBA Is Rigged

It was rigged they cheated freaking referees these are the phrases is often heard from passionate NBA fans like myself whenever we see our team lose because of oh things like significant free throw disparities now don’t get me wrong I still love the NBA I live and breathe basketball and if I had millions

Of dollars and could afford it I too would be what they call a super fan but despite my unwavering loyalty like millions of others who tune in on a daily basis are moments that test my faith in the game’s fairness these incidents drive me me beyond crazy so I

Did what any insane NBA fan would do I dug through the darkest corners of the web I watched the most controversial games I listened to the man who was actually convicted and through all this I think I found an answer that might just shock you ladies and gentlemen this

Is why people think the NBA is rigged the first incident that sparked major controversy over potential NBA manipulation dates back to 198 5 at the time needless to say the NBA was nowhere near what it is today attendance rates were dwindling franchises were bleeding money and a story in the LA Times even

Claimed that 75% of NBA players were on drugs the situation got so bad that the league contemplated dissolving over a quarter of its teams Additionally the NBA’s television contract valued at 91.9 million over 4 years was set to expire after the 86 season casting further uncertainty over the League’s future in

Midst this crisis however the late great David Stern the MB commissioner at the time was determined to save the league and fortunately for him at this critical time a towering 7-ft giant who had just won the NCAA Championship was starting to emerge onto the scene Patrick euu was

Hailed as the next big thing when it came to basketball with Sports Illustrated even proclaiming him the most recognized athlete ever to enter a major professional League even today many still regard him as the NBA’s most anticipated Prospect surpassing even LeBron James and Victor wanyama in pre-draft hype at this pivotal moment

NBA Commissioner David Stern had just implemented the new draft lottery system and he had a critical decision to make he could ensure fairness potentially sending Yu into a smaller market like Sacramento and squander this opportunity of a lifetime or he could engineer a scenario to save the NBA a with Michael

Jordan Making Waves in Chicago Magic Johnson in Los Angeles and Larry Bird in Boston positioning Yu in New York could create another Major Market which would significantly impact the league such a move could potentially secure another lucrative TV contract Boost attendance and place the NBA on a path not just to

Financial recovery but Prosperity this leads to the notorious episode known as the Frozen envelope the way the lottery worked at the time involved placing several envelopes in a sphere which was then rotated to shuffle them David Stern was then tasked with selecting one envelope at random and this envelope would

Determine which team received the first pick in the 1985 draft the controversy here stems from the allegation that the envelope for the New York Knicks was intentionally chilled and Frozen allowing Stern to identify it by touch this action guaranteed the Knicks the top pick effectively creating a new Cornerstone market for the

NBA Stern vinant denied these accusations ations insisting that the lottery process was conducted fairly however Stan Casten who was the general manager of the Hawks at the time relayed a tale in which a high-ranking executive confided in him before the draft stating he’s going to the Knicks it’s all

Arranged now fast forward to the 2024 NBA draft Victor wanyama was entering the league amid unprecedented excitement paralleling the buzz around Yu’s debut Forbes even called him the single greatest Prospect in NBA history I mean standing at 7′ 4 with guard likee skills wanyama was something the NBA had

Never seen before and though the league is in a much better financial position than they were in 85 they sure weren’t about to just hand over this generation talent to sorry franchises like Detroit or Washington now the current lottery system is supposed to be foolproof the machine itself is

Manufactured by the smart play company a leading manufacturer of Lottery machines and to closely observe the lottery so there’s no foul play select media NBA officials and even representatives of the accounting firm earnst and younger in attendance seems foolproof right well the caveat is this all happens behind closed doors and isn’t

Televised some may say the theory of this Rigg draft is still just one big conspiracy but former All-Star Gilbert arenus doesn’t think so one bit right he is safe we agreed on that he is safe in Spurs under pop and that’s why he got the number one pick so you saying it’s

All rig is that what you’re trying to say we get to see the ball oh wait that’s right we do not get to see the ping pong we got to take our word NBA drafts this is one highly controversial topic when it comes to the question of is the NBA

Rigged game six of the 2002 Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Kings stands as the most controversial game in NBA history the Kings led the series three games to two and with just one more win they’d eliminate not just the most formidable one-w punch the league had ever seen but

Also its most marketable team at that time Shaquille O’Neal was the most dominant player while Kobe Bryant seen as the successor to Michael Jordan was the League’s most marketable figure leading NBA jersey sales for several years if the Lakers could secure a three-peat it would significantly enhance the NBA’s bottom line similar to

Jordan’s impact in the 9s and uh that’s exactly what was seemingly orchestrated on May 31st of 2002 which prompted widespread speculation and controversy now here’s what happened as the game entered the fourth quarter tied at 75 a piece the whistle shifted dramatically against the Kings it didn’t matter what

They did on either offense or defense the Kings found themselves getting pummeled by the refs in that decisive quarter Sacramento was limited to just nine free throw attempts compared to La’s staggering 27 this discrepancy was absolutely shocking because prior to the quarter the free throw count was actually

Relatively balanced at 16 for the Kings and 13 for the Lakers are we to believe that a team of the Kings Championship caliber suddenly lost their defensive prowess committing enough fouls to Grant the Lakers 27 free throws in a single quarter in my previous video I’ve often highlighted how the Lakers seem to

Benefit from significant free throw advantages notably over 20 free throws especially when facing the Warriors when I do so comments usually flood in saying that it’s because golden state is a three-point shooting team but in that notorious quarter against the kings in ‘ O2 Sacramento attempted merely one three-pointer debunking the usual

Justification for such a disparity in free throws the disgraced referee Tim Don also chimed in suggesting that the series was manipulated in favor of the Lakers interestingly it often always appears that it’s the Lakers who benefit from these questionable officiating situations I mean more recently they had

A 23-2 free throw advantage in the fourth quarter against the Raptors which was absolutely outrageous again people love to use the argument that it’s because their opponent is a three-point shooting team but in this particular matchup the outside shooting was pretty evenly matched now one might wonder why the NBA

Would allow such a thing well for starters it’s the Lakers one of the most popular sports organizations in the world and second it’s LeBron James who minip Peg as the second greatest player of all time right behind Jordan I don’t watch every NBA game because that’s

Impossible but as an avid fan and a YouTuber I do make it a point to stay informed about the League’s happenings by checking every box score on a daily basis and let me tell you something never never have I ever seen a team like the Lakers consistently shoot 20ish more

Free throws than their opponent to illustrate just check out these examples from the 2024 season alone on November 12th against Portland the discrepancy in free throws was 37 to9 following that on November 19th against Houston the disparity was 29-10 by the end of the same month against the Pistons on the 29th it

Widened to 38-13 then on January 9th facing the Raptors it was 36 to13 against the warriors on the 27th the difference soared to 43 to 16 and most recently on February 1st against the Celtics it was 26-7 as of today nearly 25% of the Lakers victories this season have

Featured a free throw disparity of 20 or more this doesn’t even account for games where the disparity was around 10 this consistent pattern raises eyebrows and really gets people thinking what the is this this [Laughter] the final piece of the puzzle that raises suspicions of rigging in the NBA is tied to the disgraced referee I mentioned earlier Tim donahe this individual who was convicted of felony charges confessed to betting on NBA games he officiated between 2004 and 2007 his actions went unnoticed until

The FBI busted him but not before millions of dollars were won from betting since this Scandal no other referees have been publicly investigated however the current landscape of online sports betting through platforms such as DraftKings and FanDuel presents very strong incentives for referees to manipulate games and on Gilbert Arena’s

Famous podcast which consists of former NBA players they actually talk about how this is still ongoing do you think it’s another rep that’s in the NBA right now that’s like him Club of them I think it’s a club of them we clearly see the discrepancies in certain games where the swing for

Hits the numbers yeah these are elements that bookies know about gamblers know about hey man this is a game we need Luca out he gets two technicals before halftime the initial examples of controversy I mentioned were driven by the League’s own actions aimed at enhancing its financial situation and

Crafting more compelling storylines that it could exploit controversially the last scenario was influenced by personal greed you know regardless of whether you believe that the league is rigged or not the evidence and hints scattered throughout NBA history suggests that something is a miss and ladies and gentlemen it’s this that fuels people’s

Beliefs that the NBA is Rigged

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