Why would other team's fans be spending so much time on a Rockets fan board unless it was classy? Hey, Nelson. Quit trying to be this objective opponent fan observer to keep us in line, when all you are really tring to do is fit in on a sports bbs. Nice article pull. I appreciate it.
I always thought the same was true for Magic. Dude would never have been able to be a NBA PG (at least in the latter part of his NBA career) if he hadn't been allowed to use his @ss as a lead blocker.
Dear Mr. Nader, Please use your influence to have the NBA review the Draft Lottery. Sincerely, Up In Smoke
I'm joking. If anyone thinks the NBA favors one team over another (Lakers over Kings) then we shouldn't have won the lottery. I'm pretty sure the league could have rigged it if they wanted to.
Just because three officials fix one game doesn't mean the entire league would have to be fixed. Also, with the journalists attending the live draft lottery drawing and the high speculation of the Knicks needing Yao Ming, this would not be the year to fix it, if they wanted to do so.
how much does nader actually know about basketball anyways? quotes like this don't give me much confidence: "They called 27 fouls on the Kings in the fourth period? Come on, that's a joke." see, i would agree with him if that were true. but they didn't call the kings for 27 fouls in the fourth quarter. they were called for 31 fouls in the entire game. plus, when i reviewed my tape, there were about 6 intentional fouls committed by the kings, so the ft discrepancy wasn't quite as bad. the game still obviously favored the lakers, of course, but then so did games 2 and 5 favor the kings.
About that 'non-call'...even though it would have been a double foul the referee still should have called it. Some people say, "So what? The call wouldn't have made a difference.". But then, it ruins the integrity of the referee and gives a perception of favoratism when a foul is committed directly in the referee's line of sight and he doesn't do anything about it. We wouldn't be arguing about it either.
