Do you believe NBA is rigged?

[Viscore]

The last game shows that there is something that happens in the NBA system. It was a straight accusation talking about that it was cooked already, and yeah they can deny it for sure but we know and somehow the reality prevails.
If we take a look into their 1st and 2nd game, we know already that this is a mismatch, not only just 5 points gap but more and we can surely predict that Heat can't even win any single game if there is no manipulation happens.

But anyway, this is just a game. This is for entertainment and we know whos gonna win this, just keep betting...

[Lorence.xD]

Big games have have a chance of being rigged but I think it is more of a small scale, maybe players are involved in the rigging but the entire organization is unlikely. There is still a possibility that NBA will rig their games given their executives are hungry for money, remember when NBA apologized to China when one of their executives put a tweet that supports Hongkong during the protest. Given that they had kissed the ass of China means that they will do anything for money.

[traderethereum]

Big games have have a chance of being rigged but I think it is more of a small scale, maybe players are involved in the rigging but the entire organization is unlikely. There is still a possibility that NBA will rig their games given their executives are hungry for money, remember when NBA apologized to China when one of their executives put a tweet that supports Hongkong during the protest. Given that they had kissed the ass of China means that they will do anything for money.

But it will not be easy to rig the games on a big scale because many eyes will see the match itself.
And if some people know that the game is the rig, they will report to the association and protest about that to get punishment or even they will not allow leading the games.
There is a possibility to see the rigged thing in any game, but if before the competition starts, the association can select the right person to lead the game, I think that can minimize that the game will be rigged.
We hope that there is a way to minimize that thing, so the player can play without bothering it.

[btc78]

Big games have have a chance of being rigged but I think it is more of a small scale, maybe players are involved in the rigging but the entire organization is unlikely. There is still a possibility that NBA will rig their games given their executives are hungry for money, remember when NBA apologized to China when one of their executives put a tweet that supports Hongkong during the protest. Given that they had kissed the ass of China means that they will do anything for money.

This same thing happen in local basketball like ours,when there are many rumors that star players of some team are rigging the game for cash value.

there are investigation about them that in a short time become richer above from their payments and businesses recorded.

But due to respect in the whole organization as i believe the management will never allow this kind of bad action towards Basketball .

[famososMuertos]

Certainly basketball in the United States has not been and will never be far from the supposed fixed games, but the issue is the level where it happens. And this applies to any league in the world, the NBA is something else, in fact everyone is so closely watched, from the one who carries the water to the CEO, it is forbidden to be involved in any type of bet.

These guys (everyone involved) make so much money based on their performance qualities that it's unnecessary, unless you have a gambling problem. In this sense, there may be specific but not general situations.

It is not the same to say by the way that such "x" game is fixed or that a certain move was controversial, it may be that at a specific level there is "remotely" the possibility that the adjective of rigged may exist. But at a general level, the whole NBA, No, there is no such thing.

Now the suggestion may exist for certain things that are seen, but I would invite anyone who took a look at the seasons of the 80s, all that decade, you are going to find exceptionally incredible matches in the most unlikely situations, fouls that should not happen, failing two free throws when just one hit would give them win, turnovers, standard baskets that were missed, each and every one of those plays and those involved have been studied over the years, everything remains only suspicions.

That has to do directly with the game, but there are other situations related to external things such as the draft, the selection of players, the lottery, etc.

Who is believed when the lottery was given twice for the Orlando Magic (e.g.). This team won the right twice in a row, but it was incredible to two of the best players of the time and one in the top 5 of all time. Shaquille O'neal 1992 and Chris Webber 1993.

Anyway, everything stays in the "maybe". Perhaps.

[wxa7115]

Based on the report we can read like this one https://basketballforever.com/2019/02/19/disgraced-nba-referee-tim-donaghy-admitted-he-would-fail-polygraph-if-asked-if-he-fixed-nba-games

It was only the referee can rig games not the organization, but who knows if Tim Donaghy was just the fall out guy to save the reputation of the NBA, imagine how big of a money they will lose if it's proven they are rigging games by directing the refs to handle the business.

The viewers aren't idiots in this sense, and if any kind of such referee were to pop out again, a controversy would once again pop up so I doubt there would be a repeat of such blatant rigging. Still, I found a few articles that argue that referees actually make questionable judgements, just to make the season last so they can be paid more so who knows. At the very least, they won't be able to rig a game so much that one side would win, but a few bad calls here and there and they can just blatantly suck it up to making a "mistake".

Still, if you were to view it in an objective way, why would referees need more money when they officiate such games with big salaries right? I'm not particularly familiar with the amount exactly, but officiating especially in NBA should net you quite a lot already, doesn't make sense to risk getting kicked out and your reputation getting blemished to add a bit more to that.

Articles I read:
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/asqkjq/serious_you_guys_really_think_the_league_is_rigged/
https://media.thinknum.com/articles/nba-last-two-minute-reports-dissected/#:~:text=The%20NBA%2C%20like%20every%20sports,that%20affected%20the%20point%20spread.
https://www.quora.com/Is-the-NBA-rigged

The amount of money that is moving on the sports gambling market is huge and even if they are being paid good salaries there is no guarantee those people have their finances in order, and if that is the case those that want to fix matches could always come up with an offer they cannot turn down and they will begin to fix matches that way, after all if you know who is going to win beforehand then you can make a fortune relatively quickly no mater what is your starting capital.

As such the incentive to fix matches will always be there, not only for the gamblers, referees and players but even the league itself could be interested in letting certain teams win more games though fixing matches because the market in which they are located is really important and the NBA cannot afford for those teams to not get to the post season.

[dunfida]

Big games have have a chance of being rigged but I think it is more of a small scale, maybe players are involved in the rigging but the entire organization is unlikely. There is still a possibility that NBA will rig their games given their executives are hungry for money, remember when NBA apologized to China when one of their executives put a tweet that supports Hongkong during the protest. Given that they had kissed the ass of China means that they will do anything for money.

This same thing happen in local basketball like ours,when there are many rumors that star players of some team are rigging the game for cash value.

there are investigation about them that in a short time become richer above from their payments and businesses recorded.

But due to respect in the whole organization as i believe the management will never allow this kind of bad action towards Basketball .

For local games then its possible but for an international ones like NBA? then i dont see for them to do such thing or allowing it to happen.
Reputation is at stake and when people do find out or notice it out that its been rigged then trust and interest will surely vanished.
Its hard to tell but when it comes to possibility then it can really happen but for sure it would really be remain unnoticeable.
There are really times where players arent really doing their best or play and bad referee calls.

[DarkDays]

Big games have have a chance of being rigged but I think it is more of a small scale, maybe players are involved in the rigging but the entire organization is unlikely. There is still a possibility that NBA will rig their games given their executives are hungry for money, remember when NBA apologized to China when one of their executives put a tweet that supports Hongkong during the protest. Given that they had kissed the ass of China means that they will do anything for money.

I would be wary of any games even if the probability of it being rigged is small, as there can always take on a different turn caused by people attraction to money. In that effect, I'm not surprised to see that NBA is getting on the list of rigged games. At the end of the day, there are people at the centre of each game and with that comes both opportunities and risks.

However, at the same time people also need to be made aware that others just like becoming the light of the show whereby they spread their own conspiracies until these take off and get implanted into other peoples heads, propagating what it once was just a 'theory'. That's to say that with the internet a lot of info can also be nothing but a bunch of false claims with little evidence backing it up. Just to provide the other side of the argument.

Of course, there's little weight to either side without proper hard evidence which btw I was not able to find (Google search) to support the NBA rigging 

[Finestream]

Is it possible that NBA will try to rig the game tonight and will give this game to the Heat. I know everything is all about business, if Heat wins here the series will be tied and it will be an exciting game to watch. The longer the series, more money will be generated and that makes the business successful.

Remember than NBA is an entertainment, it's not built like the competition between country to country and its only under one management or commissioner, so anything is possible, they can rig the game.

I don't want to judge but I have the same feeling to that games could be rig just like any sports.

[Reatim]

Is it possible that NBA will try to rig the game tonight and will give this game to the Heat. I know everything is all about business, if Heat wins here the series will be tied and it will be an exciting game to watch. The longer the series, more money will be generated and that makes the business successful.

Please dont because i will surely loss ,maybe Give the Game to lakers instead for sure more will be happy 

Remember than NBA is an entertainment, it's not built like the competition between country to country and its only under one management or commissioner, so anything is possible, they can rig the game.

yeah it is an entertainment but states are looking for popularity thats why games are serious  for them.

I don't want to judge but I have the same feeling to that games could be rig just like any sports.

exactly the point,maybe it is not the whole management do things but at least there are some who is responsible.

[peter0425]

in every Basketball association there is always rigging but it is not from the whole association instead it is from some greed members.

and hope this will not happen in this championship because the match is really doing good.

[bbc.reporter]

I am presently watching the NBA final. Yes, I do believe that it might be rigged. There are some referees who do not call an offensive foul on the Lakers and another one is calling an offensive foul on the Heat that did not occur.

There is also a contrarian commentator who is also agreeing with the referees to make it appear that it was the correct call hehehehe.

[ReiMomo]

Well well, here is my opinion. NBA is more involved with business than sports nowadays. And when the business people handle the game and have the hands to move the pieces like chess, then guess what? Manipulation is mandatory. That is how business works, right?

Going back, there is still no proof that the NBA is rigged. And this is just one of the perspectives I have in mind and wouldn't be considered as valid. Peace to everyone!

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

Well well, here is my opinion. NBA is more involved with business than sports nowadays. And when the business people handle the game and have the hands to move the pieces like chess, then guess what? Manipulation is mandatory. That is how business works, right?

Going back, there is still no proof that the NBA is rigged. And this is just one of the perspectives I have in mind and wouldn't be considered as valid. Peace to everyone!

You have a point because the NBA is becoming more of a business than a sport. I sometimes see and observe that the NBA is only focusing on teams and players who can be a superstar. Other NBA players don't have any chance to show their true talents and full potential because the game is being manipulated, so more people or fans would watch the game and have better earnings.

[BuNga_cute]

I believe the NBA has been rigged, because the circulation of money is very much in the NBA. I agree that the NBA is not just
a basketball competition, but the NBA is already a business field. So there are parties who are trying to take advantage here,
and this doesn't happen in the NBA alone, but it happens in almost all other sports. Therefore we have seen several times the
referee's leadership is unfair and siding with one of the teams. There are even some NBA players who play with mistakes on
purpose, it is very obvious there is rigged in the NBA.

[Ucy]

I have read a lot of theories about NBA being rigged and a little portion of me were convince, so I would like to ask you.

If you believe it's rigged, is it a disadvantage or advantage to us bettors?

Share your opinion and if you have some proof, kindly post.

Rigging will certainly affect the accuracy of bets. A good bettor who doesn't factor in rigging will likely be affected by rigged results.
 I don't know much about NBA(I'm used to football), but I think you could factor in the rigging before participating in the bets to see if it's true, then avoid betting on certain games/teams/referees that will likely be rigged or encourage rigging...and bet more on games with teams/referees that consistently look fair

[Taskford]

I believe the NBA has been rigged, because the circulation of money is very much in the NBA. I agree that the NBA is not just
a basketball competition, but the NBA is already a business field. So there are parties who are trying to take advantage here,
and this doesn't happen in the NBA alone, but it happens in almost all other sports. Therefore we have seen several times the
referee's leadership is unfair and siding with one of the teams. There are even some NBA players who play with mistakes on
purpose, it is very obvious there is rigged in the NBA.

I also notice that and look what happen on this final series the Miami heat win which make the game prolong until game 5 and for sure they collected more money for that and I wonder why the performance of Lakers by that time slowdown while we see that the past remaining games they are dominating the Miami and can able sweep them. Maybe there's a sort something like that happen by now since imagine how many months they are out on the business so provably they are doing the shit to earn a more profit this time around.

[btc78]

Big games have have a chance of being rigged but I think it is more of a small scale, maybe players are involved in the rigging but the entire organization is unlikely. There is still a possibility that NBA will rig their games given their executives are hungry for money, remember when NBA apologized to China when one of their executives put a tweet that supports Hongkong during the protest. Given that they had kissed the ass of China means that they will do anything for money.

This same thing happen in local basketball like ours,when there are many rumors that star players of some team are rigging the game for cash value.

there are investigation about them that in a short time become richer above from their payments and businesses recorded.

But due to respect in the whole organization as i believe the management will never allow this kind of bad action towards Basketball .

For local games then its possible but for an international ones like NBA? then i dont see for them to do such thing or allowing it to happen.
Reputation is at stake and when people do find out or notice it out that its been rigged then trust and interest will surely vanished.
Its hard to tell but when it comes to possibility then it can really happen but for sure it would really be remain unnoticeable.
There are really times where players arent really doing their best or play and bad referee calls.

Either local or international things can happen mate because we know in any part of system there will be a Greedy member that will do the things.
I know this is very isolated case yet it is happening.
If there is a smoke surely there is a fire,and this issue has been in the air for how many years now so we must at least give it a concern because even i am not from U.S yet i am one of the NBA fan and this hurt knowing that there is some rigging happening.

[Questat]

I believe the NBA has been rigged, because the circulation of money is very much in the NBA. I agree that the NBA is not just
a basketball competition, but the NBA is already a business field. So there are parties who are trying to take advantage here,
and this doesn't happen in the NBA alone, but it happens in almost all other sports. Therefore we have seen several times the
referee's leadership is unfair and siding with one of the teams. There are even some NBA players who play with mistakes on
purpose, it is very obvious there is rigged in the NBA.

I also notice that and look what happen on this final series the Miami heat win which make the game prolong until game 5 and for sure they collected more money for that and I wonder why the performance of Lakers by that time slowdown while we see that the past remaining games they are dominating the Miami and can able sweep them. Maybe there's a sort something like that happen by now since imagine how many months they are out on the business so provably they are doing the shit to earn a more profit this time around.

Good theory, lol..even if we believe that NBA is rigged, there's nothing we can do as it can never be proven that they are rigged. Yes, that's a good point that they need more money since they are still playing the salary of the players and yet they are already losing the income from the crowd.

[rhomelmabini]

I believe the NBA has been rigged, because the circulation of money is very much in the NBA. I agree that the NBA is not just
a basketball competition, but the NBA is already a business field. So there are parties who are trying to take advantage here,
and this doesn't happen in the NBA alone, but it happens in almost all other sports. Therefore we have seen several times the
referee's leadership is unfair and siding with one of the teams. There are even some NBA players who play with mistakes on
purpose, it is very obvious there is rigged in the NBA.

Pure speculation but really hasn't proven yet because if we think it's rigged we have a lot of theories and moreover it will not end there we will make another one and that never ends. If we believe they are then we believe other sports would do as well. Whether really it's rigged or not it's there much the speculators could do? I think it's not and it will just create a FUD among NBA enthusiasts.