Push R Truth
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Post by Push R Truth on Jan 31, 2013 13:46:40 GMT -5
Jordan travelled so much that he might as well have never dribbled the ball, let's be honest. Oh, I do agree that Jordan received superstar treatment. I am definitely not disputing that. But no one can say that the players then weren't allowed to defend him. If Jordan, in his prime, played in the NBA today he would most likely have 50 to 60 points every game. And everybody would hate him. He's just about the last of the pro athletes that could "hide" just about every fault with his influence. This day and age, the internet would have hundreds of pages about Jordan's epic gambling problem and his strong-armed tactics with the media. |
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Jan 31, 2013 13:49:44 GMT -5
Oh, I do agree that Jordan received superstar treatment. I am definitely not disputing that. But no one can say that the players then weren't allowed to defend him. If Jordan, in his prime, played in the NBA today he would most likely have 50 to 60 points every game. And everybody would hate him. He's just about the last of the pro athletes that could "hide" just about every fault with his influence. This day and age, the internet would have hundreds of pages about Jordan's epic gambling problem and his strong-armed tactics with the media. I can't really reveal my sources, but I can tell you that I know for a fact that pretty much every "rumour" you've heard about Michael is 100% truth. |
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riseofsetian1981
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Jan 31, 2013 13:58:18 GMT -5
And everybody would hate him. He's just about the last of the pro athletes that could "hide" just about every fault with his influence. This day and age, the internet would have hundreds of pages about Jordan's epic gambling problem and his strong-armed tactics with the media. I can't really reveal my sources, but I can tell you that I know for a fact that pretty much every "rumour" you've heard about Michael is 100% truth. What rumors? |
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Urethra Franklin
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Post by Urethra Franklin on Jan 31, 2013 14:02:14 GMT -5
I can't really reveal my sources, but I can tell you that I know for a fact that pretty much every "rumour" you've heard about Michael is 100% truth. What rumors? The ones related to his gambling. It's pretty awful. |
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Push R Truth
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Post by Push R Truth on Jan 31, 2013 14:03:32 GMT -5
I can't really reveal my sources, but I can tell you that I know for a fact that pretty much every "rumour" you've heard about Michael is 100% truth. What rumors? Gambling, Wilt Chamberlain/Magic Jonhnson levels of Women, notorious tipper (paying only the bill, no tip), getting banned from Basketball(not retiring to play baseball), notorious for getting sports-writers in Chicago blackballed for not sucking up... I could go on. |
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Post by BRV on Jan 31, 2013 14:13:40 GMT -5
If an undeniable, 100 percent true report came out tomorrow that the NBA fixed games by corrupting their officials, I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest.
So, yeah, the NBA has the worst officials and there isn't even a close second.
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Post by Lazy peon on Jan 31, 2013 16:43:55 GMT -5
NBA games aren't fixed, they're predetermined!
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Post by Red Impact on Jan 31, 2013 16:53:37 GMT -5
Yeah, Jordan was a bit of an asshole, we saw that in his Hall of Fame speech. And being a Utah Jazz fan growing up, he definitely got a ton of calls that others wouldn't have gotten. I think the natural speed of the game just makes it harder to keep up with everything to begin with, and to add the superstar and homecrowd biases that occur makes officiating in the NBA terrible.
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Post by drjayphd (feat. Pitbull) on Jan 31, 2013 21:21:47 GMT -5
Pro wrestling. I mean, come on, there's chunks of a table all over the ring, the fan favorite may actually be clinically dead, and you can't call a disqualification? COME ON, REF!
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Feb 1, 2013 12:02:49 GMT -5
The NBA.
The officiating is as on the level as pro wrestling
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Feb 1, 2013 12:45:08 GMT -5
the correct answer is figure skating. but of the 4 options I have to go with the NBA.
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Push R Truth
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Post by Push R Truth on Feb 1, 2013 13:24:58 GMT -5
This is the most lopsided poll I've ever seen on these forums.
Seriously.
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Post by Toxik916 on Feb 1, 2013 14:07:32 GMT -5
I still can't understand how Mike Bibby's face fouled Kobe's elbow in the playoffs that year. We were robbed of a world championship in 2002!
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Post by Error on Feb 1, 2013 21:06:57 GMT -5
The NBA. The officiating is as on the level as pro wrestling Nah, NBA refs aren't fit to wear the black and white of pro wrestling. |
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Post by Threadkiller [Classic] on Feb 1, 2013 21:09:13 GMT -5
Calvinball
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Feb 1, 2013 21:12:21 GMT -5
No votes for Olympic boxing?
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Post by ritt works hard fo da chickens on Feb 1, 2013 21:19:29 GMT -5
thefixisin.net/donaghy.htmldeadspin.com/5392067/excerpts-from-the-book-the-nba-doesnt-want-you-to-readIt should be noted that though the NBA called Donaghy a liar but never pressed any charges on him, the FBI didn't call him a liar and extend his sentence, instead it reduced his sentence for cooperating. They tend not to do that if you give them a pile of bs. And one of the only things the FBI said was that rigging a game was only illegal if it involved gambling. The fact that Donaghy remembers so many specifics of games and how they shook out is pretty damning too. Read those excerpts and then go rewatch any of those games and it's all there. The NBA is prowrestling still living in the Kayfabe era. Great athletes, good stories, all just a show.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2013 21:44:22 GMT -5
The NBA are the worse in fact I remember one NBA ref admit in an interview that he made sure star players never fouled out and I believe it. Michael Jordan and Shaq were two that were allowed to do just about anything and get away with it. This reminds me of an interview of a former basketball player whose name escapse but I believe he played for the Celtics. The interviewer asked about playing against Michael Jordan and what it must have been like to defend against him. The player said he didn't know what it was like to defend against Jordan because it wasn't allowed. I'm not sure if the Jordan aspect is true. When you consider the type of defense Detroit, Boston, Seattle, and Utah put on him he overcame it with the team concept and of course being a freak of nature of an athlete. No, Jordan very much got every preferential call that could be imagined. It was absurd and it was one of the largest reasons why the Chicago Bulls were so successful when he was with them. Subsequently, one of the largest reasons why the Bulls nearly killed the NBA and it still hasn't recovered from the rubbish that was early-mid 90's NBA. |
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Post by Jiren on Feb 1, 2013 22:34:40 GMT -5
Football (Soccer)
They're more corrupt than Nick Patrick
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Feb 1, 2013 22:51:59 GMT -5
The NBA. The officiating is as on the level as pro wrestling Nah, NBA refs aren't fit to wear the black and white of pro wrestling. I think if Charles Robinson joined the NBA, the league's officiating might actually gain a sense of integrity. |
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