NBA Voodoo: David Stern Fixes the Playoffs

A Different Drummer ^ | 5 June 2002 | Nicholas Stix

[headsonpikes]

"...I piss people off for a living..."

You're a trial lawyer?

[Sir Gawain]

I only talk facts and logic.

To: FreeTally;knews_hound; mountaineer

Next time we would appreciate your not poisoning Kobe. Maybe that had something to do with this series even getting past Game 4? HMMMMMM?

115 posted on 6/4/02 11:19 AM Central by diamond6

To: mountaineer

Silly, huh? Just like Jordan against Utah. Why is that 1500 meals were served that night and only one involved food poisoning? You can't defend what happened in Game 5 though, can you?

189 posted on 6/4/02 1:13 PM Central by diamond6

In your own mind, I'm sure you do.

[diamond6]

Yes, I am.

[diamond6]

I reported to you what is documented. You report only rumor and innuendo. No, I can't prove that Kobe was actually poisoned. Since I myself have handled such cases, I know first hand that's almost impossible to prove. But it is a fact that he ate the hamburger at the hotel the night before the game and was sick before the morning. It's also a fact that Kobe is one of the two best players on the Lakers.

[headsonpikes]

I'm a good downwind tracker. ;^)

[SoCal Pubbie]

Well, if you must drag Led Zeppelin into it, I prefer these lyrics:

"Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good, Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good, When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move."

-When the Levee Breaks, Led Zeppelin IV

[diamond6]

What do you detect?

[knews_hound]

It is like argueing with pigs huh?

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

The problem with Kings fans (I live in the Bay Area and listened to Sacramento sports station KHTK for the last 3+ weeks) is that they had nothing to say about the officiating until their team got screwed in game 6. Meanwhile, the Lakers were pointing this out starting in game 2, and the reaction from Kings fans was predictable, Lakers are whiners and crybabies and should just shut up and play. Funny how when the shoe was on the other foot, it was not only 'ok' to complain, its suddenly the IN thing to do.

Hey guys, LA fans were pointing out early how the NBA was fixng this series to go 7 from the get-go, and all you could do was mock and be smug. You didn't want to hear about it then, so shut up about it now. The refs flat out stole game 5 from the Lakers so what did you expect in game 6? Game 7 was officiated straight up, and judging by that last second call that sent Bibby to the line to tie it up, the NBA was obviously more than willing to have a New Jersey-Sacramento Finals so you had your chances.

[GrinFranklin]

There are 10 fouls committed for every 24-second clock.

Picking which 9 to ignore and which one wins the sweepstakes is the way this ruse works.

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

1. allowing Webber to hit the ball out of bounds and then give it to the Kings;

I was so shocked that the Kings had possession after that. I was pretty pumped up at that time going into commercial break, so when the game returned and the Kings were in-bounding, my jaw dropped.

3. allowing Jackson to undress Kobe and hold his arm, preventing him from driving and disrupting his shot;

An obvious on-the-ball foul that the refs NEVER call at the end of a game...oh, wait, they did send Bibby (on an off the ball foul call) to the line with 8 seconds left in game 7 (game FRICKING seven!!) to tie it up. Christie did the same thing to Kobe on the very next play, no call...

How about the one foul shot Shaq had the entire game,even though he made 9 total dunks with people hanging all over him, and 17 shots made total for the game inside the key? How about the fact that Shaq and Kobe were in foul trouble for some ludicrous foul calls, ultimately resulting in Shaq fouling out?

That game was a joke. Try and find a game in the last few years where Shaq was reffed like that. Find a game where he played so little, fouled out taking only 1 FT the whole game and his defenders had so few fouls. You won't find one. Shaq fouls out every now and then, but his defenders usually get their share of fouls and he gets to the line pretty consistently.

The thing is, the Kings were warned, that series was going 7 no matter what. Even Jim Rome called it, saying last Friday that the Kings were not going to get any calls in game 6. By that point it was slightly obvious.

[Fausto]

I don't like Phil's politics, but he's an awesome coach.

Correction: Phil is an awesome babysitter. Tex Winter has been the Bulls and Lakers real coach.

[FreeTally]

It is like argueing with pigs huh?

Yup! I'm just wondering how long this diamond6 chracter is going to drag this thread out with hysterical rants.

[headsonpikes]

The spoor of sophistical prevarication.

It's nasty; sort of like grizzly scat, but without the berry-seeds.

[diamond6]

Okay?!

[mafree]

Thanks for the ping.

I get tired of the Lakers easily but, IMO, things looked fair throughout the series.

[Jay W]

How are the NFL Rams doing?

[mrustow]

Did you see how Stix just had an article appear in Insight magazine (the Washington Times's weekly affiliate)?

Yeah. I stumbled onto it last night, while linking to a Don Feder column. Ebonics. Kind of dry, compared to his usual style, I thought.

[mrustow]

Thanks for the ping.

I get tired of the Lakers easily but, IMO, things looked fair throughout the series.

Well, on such a divisive issue, I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.