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Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by MystikArkitect, Oct 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM.

  1. J.R.

    J.R. Member

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    Rigged lotteries
    Corrupt refs
    Players & coaches gambling
    Kawhi/Clippers

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    Thunders fouling their way to a Championship
     
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  4. T for 3

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    Ngl, my mind went here for a split second when KD missed that first free throw
     
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    Harden in the playoffs needs to get investigated
     
  6. Dobbizzle

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    That is actually believable tbh, just because nobody else has ever had that many monster games at that age and still been a bust. I could definitely believe he was throwing games with how much his talent just completely disappeared all of a sudden.
     
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  7. Dobbizzle

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    Yeah this is a fair point too. Lock his ass up for not beating that shimmying goblin by having a "bad game."
     
  8. TimDuncanDonaut

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    Illegal gambling and sports betting.

    (oh my) :eek::D
     
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  9. TFP

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    And forced trades.
     
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  10. tehG l i d e

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    I wonder how many joe schmos got rich off this while I was busting my ass in the office

     
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  11. A_3PO

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    This has Adam Silver a whole lot more worried than the Clippers/Kawhi scandal.

    After the latest media deals, the NBA is obscenely profitable and scandals like these are the one and only thing that can knock it off the upcoming 11-year run of sickening riches.
     
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  12. lnchan

    lnchan Sugar Land Leonard
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    Now do a federal sting of Magic, Worthy, and Kareem of drug use in the 80s.
     
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    Anybody else think the administration may have waited until just AFTER the season started because they wanted to maximize damage to the NBA?
     
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  14. lnchan

    lnchan Sugar Land Leonard
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    JAIL BLAZERS ARE BACK!
     
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  15. lnchan

    lnchan Sugar Land Leonard
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    Oh no doubt. Good chance everyone is 100% guilty, but also 100% likely to get as much attention as possible in front of the cameras to stick it to a 'woke' league.
     
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    I think these will have a synergistic effect if the arbiter decides there is no cap circumvention. Silver needs to hope the arbiter decides it is cap circumvention. Laying down the wood, Goodell style, would save a little face. I'm sure Silver would rather there not be a Kawhi situation, but it would be bad optics if Blamer got off gently (whether Clippers are innocent or not).
     
  17. Dobbizzle

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    "Open your mouth when you speak young man, this is a court of law!"
     
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    Lol. Word
     
  19. RB713

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    Hopefully this gets Adam Silver fired.
     
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  20. Hank McDowell

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    Just because you watch a guy play a game on TV doesn’t mean he’s a good guy. The league is full of scumbags just like in any other profession. These dudes ain’t special.
     
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