Potentially the End of the NBA (really)

[leehrat]

This might be all she wrote, if substantiated:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2979605

[EvanJC]

[doucy]

um no

[ThaSaltCracka]

End of the NBA? Doubtful.
End of the NBA as we currently know it? Possible.

This really is the beginning of something bigger, and I wonder if it will spill over to other leagues. The NBA has taken far to cavalier a stance on its own players gambling in casino's.

[leehrat]

Well yeah I agree that the NBA will still go on and be a viable product, but all of this will certainly have a significant impact. Donaghy alone-not that big a deal. But if 20 other refs are involved...that just forever changes the sport IMO.

[ThaSaltCracka]

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Donaghy alone-not that big a deal.

[/ QUOTE ] LOL disagree with this completely. Its a massive deal.

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But if 20 other refs are involved...that just forever changes the sport IMO.

[/ QUOTE ] Agreed completely. I mentioned in another thread, even the slightest hint of the integrity being compromised is a big deal. Donaghy [censored] this league for a while.

[tuq]

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This might be all she wrote, if substantiated

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So Donaghy saying that other refs went into casinos and gambled is a huge news story? Don't most of us do that? Should I be worried if Bennett Salvatore was spotted at a $5 craps table?

[kidcolin]

As long as KGPPRA hang up #17 in the rafters, I couldn't give two [censored] about what happens.

[biakabutukafan]

I love how in the article the refs are not allowed to gamble except on horses in the offseason.

[xxThe_Lebowskixx]

the nba suspended the suns players last year because they wanted the spurs to win the series. lol