Chicago Bulls 96, Indiana Pacers 90
So you’ve probably been wondering what the title of this post is all about. I think David Stern is the worst person in the history of sports, so when it comes to talking about the NBA, I may be a little biased. With that said, when Tim Donaghy was busted for betting on games that he officiated, Stern should have – SHOULD HAVE – cleaned house and fired every ref in the NBA and started fresh as a means of telling his league’s fans that he will not tolerate that crap.
Instead, he continues to employ the worst officiating crew in professional sports with no apology. As I watched last night’s game, and watched the Bulls narrowly escape another embarrassing loss to the 8-seed that was 20-18 under an interim coach this season, it became more evident than ever that Stern has an agenda.
Call me crazy, call me a dumbass, call me a moron, call me whatever. The fact remains that in the closing minutes of last night’s second game, calls were made that embarrassed the NBA. There were two fouls in particular – the call against Roy Hibbert late in the game was ultimately ridiculous, and there was a foul against Derrick Rose – who is absurd and deserves a championship for the way he’s playing – that was horrible as well, but I don’t remember it because I was already drinking to forget. I’ve already lost my train of thought. This is why I can’t have nice things.
Bottom line – Indiana deserved to lose Game 1 but should have won Game 2. I blame the refs because Stern wants his premium market teams to win because his league lost $300 million last year and is heading toward a crippling lockout. But I also think Oswalt (Oswald, but I love the misspelling) acted alone, so who knows?
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Stern clearly wants the Heat, Knicks, Bulls and Hawks to get to the second round. Why the hawks you ask? Because he knows that Dwight Howard will lead the Magic to the NBA finals if given the chance to advance. David Stern hates Dwight Howard more than any other player in the NBA
I’ll do you one better, ChiCity. Stern wants anyone but the Magic to advance. Since opening day at Amway, when we booed him during his speech, I knew it was over. He doesn’t hate Dwight, he just wants him elsewhere. *cough* New Jersey *cough*
Roy Oswalt?
Orlando is just not allowed to have nice things. See: Shaq, Penny, Grant Hill’s corpse, T-Mac’s playoff record
Burnsy,
You have to admit the stadium is only 3 miles away from South Beach. This is nothing compared to people talking about the Dolphins who say that crap all the time.
Can’t wait for the Los Angeles Kings of Anaheim.
Why does Stern want these smaller franchises to exist if he’s just going to rig the system against them? Shit doesn’t make sense
Stern – The Worst person to oversee a major since Mountain Landis-check!
Donaghy – Terrible ref who was only the tip of the iceburg-check!
Orlando v Chicago in the Eastern finals?-I wish!
Lee Harvey Oswalt shot Kennedy?-Nope!
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i wonder how aj price grabbing rose’s shoulder and selling it as a foul from behind the arc with only a couple minutes left fits into Stern’s evil scheme?
I think Burnsy means Patton Oswalt. Who acts alone, even when he’s part of an ensemble like on that horrible US of Tara that the wife likes.
Oh, and @ChiCityHotdogger
“Why does Stern want these smaller franchises to exist if he’s just going to rig the system against them?”
You need numerous fixed playoff rounds to get the “Total Ratings Points” ESPN/TNT/ABC promise their advertisers. The Lakers, Heat, Bulls, and Celtics have to beat somebody, even though it doesn’t really matter who (whom?).
@Richard, that is the much better point, but I can’t even go to Dolphins games anymore. They’re like Dodgers games on meth.
@Alex, I completely agree. That foul was ridiculous and stupid, but there was a point in this game that it felt like a switch was flipped and the game just went in Chicago’s favor. Again, I’m completely biased against Stern because his hatred of Stan Van Gundy is about to send Dwight packing and crush the economy of my beloved Orlando, but there’s absolutely an agenda on the table to push the major market teams. If anything I’m just an echo.
Oh Burnsy