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I don’t understand what either one has to do with the other tbh

Flip bodying Cooper all the way to the basket was pretty sick.

I don’t see any reason why Ace couldn’t develop into a positive defensive player

Best few possessions of Cody Williams career right there

Or course Trump has to insert himself into the middle of this tragedy. What a gigantic POS.

I guess it depends on what you mean by "deeper than that." Donaghy was probably not the only referee in the history of the NBA to bet on games, and the league obviously bears some blame, organizationally speaking, for allowing it to go on as long as it did. On the other hand, I'm not convinced...

Well, that’s what we have evidence for and at the end of the day that’s what the scandal amounted to. Even if the rot was actually deeper than that, the league was able to sweep it under the rug by pinning it on Donaghy. I don’t think they could run that same playbook on a lottery rigging...

Yes lol, there is an ocean of difference between a rogue referee influencing games he’s gambling on and the league rigging their supposedly impartial draft lottery as a standard practice.

I agree that this kind of scandal wouldn't end the NBA, but it would be worse than the Donaghy scandal by orders of magnitude.

Hilariously stupid theory

Unfortunately he’s Russian so Hardy would probably hate him

I really don't know, but it could have been this maybe? View: https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1ph4wgj/will_hardy_chews_out_his_jazz_players_during_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

That’s definitely not the only reason. I can assure you the Lakers would have found a way to get that deal done without Utah being involved if necessary.

Nah, he changed how he prefers it to be anglicized.

Right, my only point was that it’s ****ed up that the league incentivizes their fans to prefer outcomes like tonight over the alternative. It takes a lot of the fun out of being a fan. Rooting for losses is soul sucking, and you can’t really enjoy a win without constantly being reminded about...

I think you’re trying too hard to find a disagreement here bud.

It was pretty obviously implied. Ok, so we agree then. Of course that world doesn’t actually exist, it was a hypothetical. To be clear, this is also what I want. My original post was intended to bemoan the perverse incentive structure the league has built, not call out people who are pro tank.

Vs losing the pick? Absolutely those fans exist. They’re the ones panicking in game threads/on social media every time the Jazz have a lead in the fourth quarter.

Sorry, that just doesn’t make any sense. It’s part of the game to have the league rig your team’s ability to acquire talent against it?

I don’t know about “most” but it is certainly true for some. I’m not even saying they’d be wrong to do so, it’s just unfortunate is all.