NBA Conspiracy Theories

[ATB]

Bring back the ABA!
Red, white and blue basketballs, big 'fros and loud sportcoats on the coaches. And the birthplace of the 3-pt. shot. That was an entertaining league!

Didn't the Utah Stars ABA team win a championship? ... I love the Idea of bringing it back .. sadly I never got to see a single ABA game or the Jazz in the Salt Palace
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EDIT: this got me curious so I decided to read up on the Stars
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an excerpt from their championship run!
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*The Kentucky series was a long, drawn-out affair which came down to a decisive Game 7 at the Salt Palace. 13,260 screaming Utah fans were present on May 18, 1971 to see whether Utah could claim the ABA title. Utah would not be denied. The Stars dominated the Colonels en route to a 131-121 victory. It took 20 minutes to clear the court of all the rabid fans who stormed onto the floor at the final buzzer. Both Willie Wise and Zelmo Beaty were carried off the floor on the shoulders of Stars fans (photo below). It was a satisfying end to a magical season that Utah fans will never forget.

why can't the NBA be more like this? let the players decide who wins

 

[Stifle Tower]

^^^
I was a little boy when the Stars won the ABA title. My favorite player on the Stars was none other than Ron Boone. I followed his career after the ABA merger (and the demise of the Stars franchise). Also followed a rookie the Stars signed straight out of high school. I remember when we first saw him play, my father, who was a local sportswriter at the time, and I both said he was going to be pretty good. Of course, we were right about the first man named Malone to play in Utah (Moses Malone).
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It's a tragedy not much was saved from that Stars franchise. I heard the jerseys were thrown in a box and later just donated to a church league. Can you imagine how much those would be worth now?
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There used to be a "Stars Avenue" downtown. Heard that sign ended up in one of the radio stations after the city re-re-named the street once the memories of the ABA championship had worn off.

 

[Harambe]

But Dwight DID shoot 22 FT's for the game. Obviously, when a guy has a low %, EVERY time you can foul him before he can make a bucket, you do so. That appears to have been GS' strategy throughout the game. And Kobe had his usual number of FT attempts: 16. Gasol had 8.
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I don't see a conspiracy: nearly every player is outmatched by Kobe and Ezeli, Biedrins and Landry are no match for Gasol and Howard.

I'll see your "But Dwight/Kobe DO get fouled a lot" with several specific instances of video evidence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MhmGyZ7KF0

 

[Gameface]

I'd like someone to do basically a video review of each and every foul called for the last 12 games of the season for and against LA, with several critical no-calls against LA thrown in. I bet it would be staggering to watch because I don't think there would be any question that something is amiss.

It's hard because as a fan there's a lot of emotion involved, so I often question my own perception of ref bias, but it's there. It's there. I want someone to expose it and bring the ****ing house down.

 

[MoreFeasts]

And Kobe had his usual number of FT attempts: 16.
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I don't see a conspiracy: nearly every player is outmatched by Kobe

Kobe looked like a hobbled old man.
I'm surprised he was able to drag himself to the free throw line all those times without carrying a respirator .

 

[Stifle Tower]

Well, no conspiracy needed for tonight. I guess we can only be suspicious if the Jazz win one of the top-3 lotto spots and a mysterious deposit ends up in Ty's bank account.