Do you believe NBA is rigged?

[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.

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.

That is just a theory though but have basis if you look up the situation and might we can see more games in the finals, If the Lakers will finish and the out the champ on next game then maybe our discussion here is wrong, but I really had a feeling that this series will last until game 6 or 7 since for sure NBA is looking to get more money from the final games.

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[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.

That is just a theory though but have basis if you look up the situation and might we can see more games in the finals, If the Lakers will finish and the out the champ on next game then maybe our discussion here is wrong, but I really had a feeling that this series will last until game 6 or 7 since for sure NBA is looking to get more money from the final games.

Maybe if Heat were able to even the series it will last longer, it could last til game 7 but there's no time for Heat to come back, Lakers are just too good, they have a better players compared to the Heat who have good experience in winning the game especially in the current situation.

Rondo was big for the Lakers, he is not done yet, he made good decision down the stretch so there's no chance Heat would still one game, unless Lebron and Davis got into foul trouble and make a lot of turnovers.

[matchi2011]

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

With so many games that will take place that might be so hard to find out, rigging the games are unpredictable and can happen in a certain live games, we can't say or assess it right away unless you have insiders that will tell you exactly which games will be manipulated.

You have to extend your time doing deeper research to anticipate to possibilities of this claims.

[Finestream]

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

With so many games that will take place that might be so hard to find out, rigging the games are unpredictable and can happen in a certain live games, we can't say or assess it right away unless you have insiders that will tell you exactly which games will be manipulated.

You have to extend your time doing deeper research to anticipate to possibilities of this claims.

Even if you spend all your time researching, you can never convince people that NBA is rigged, maybe you can convince yours and you can use that in capping games you like, as they say, when in a certain game, one team is too public or getting more public bets, you go against them or bet against the public, that's a simple technique in betting believing that NBA is rigged hence public is wrong most of the time.

[ethereumhunter]

With so many games that will take place that might be so hard to find out, rigging the games are unpredictable and can happen in a certain live games, we can't say or assess it right away unless you have insiders that will tell you exactly which games will be manipulated.

You have to extend your time doing deeper research to anticipate to possibilities of this claims.

I am sure the referee will do their best to guard the match, even if some referees try to rig the games by giving punishment to some players. But if we want to do deeper research, that will not be easy, since that will need to watch closely for each of them. We can let the match run while we can enjoy the game without thinking about the rig because we are not sure about that.

[Sadlife]

How can it be rigged? Do you have any documents or video, so we can see and investigate and give our honest opinion to the matter because blindy accusing the game is rigged isn't really going to get us anywhere.
Just because Lakers is winning easily versus Miami doesn't mean that their cheating because of uncalled fouls, same goes for them sometimes referee's miss call a play with a foul without a player committing one. It also show that Lakers are better because of seasoned and veteran players they have.

[Natalim]

How can it be rigged? Do you have any documents or video, so we can see and investigate and give our honest opinion to the matter because blindy accusing the game is rigged isn't really going to get us anywhere.
Just because Lakers is winning easily versus Miami doesn't mean that their cheating because of uncalled fouls, same goes for them sometimes referee's miss call a play with a foul without a player committing one. It also show that Lakers are better because of seasoned and veteran players they have.

Search in youtube, you can see a lot of videos saying NBA is rigged, but it's up to you if you will believe or not, either way, no one has already proved that NBA is rigged, all of what we can read and watch are just theories based on their observation.

[matchi2011]

With so many games that will take place that might be so hard to find out, rigging the games are unpredictable and can happen in a certain live games, we can't say or assess it right away unless you have insiders that will tell you exactly which games will be manipulated.

You have to extend your time doing deeper research to anticipate to possibilities of this claims.

I am sure the referee will do their best to guard the match, even if some referees try to rig the games by giving punishment to some players. But if we want to do deeper research, that will not be easy, since that will need to watch closely for each of them. We can let the match run while we can enjoy the game without thinking about the rig because we are not sure about that.

Referees indeed will do that, especially the officials that will be blamed in any particular questionable calls that refs may call during the game. We are all assuming but we don't have any concrete proofs that will direct this in regards of any rigging the game.

You nailed it, we should enjoy the game rather than thinking of something that we can't really justify.

[Botnake]

With so many games that will take place that might be so hard to find out, rigging the games are unpredictable and can happen in a certain live games, we can't say or assess it right away unless you have insiders that will tell you exactly which games will be manipulated.

You have to extend your time doing deeper research to anticipate to possibilities of this claims.

I am sure the referee will do their best to guard the match, even if some referees try to rig the games by giving punishment to some players. But if we want to do deeper research, that will not be easy, since that will need to watch closely for each of them. We can let the match run while we can enjoy the game without thinking about the rig because we are not sure about that.

Referees indeed will do that, especially the officials that will be blamed in any particular questionable calls that refs may call during the game. We are all assuming but we don't have any concrete proofs that will direct this in regards of any rigging the game.

You nailed it, we should enjoy the game rather than thinking of something that we can't really justify.

I saw this one and you judge for yourself.

Look at the "2002 WCF Game 6 LAL vs Kings", there's plenty of videos online that says the game was fix for the Lakers to advance in the NBA Finals as that's what people really wanna see, and in this WCF series, it was the Kings who lead 3-2 going to game 6.

here's one of the videos.

Full Highlights 2002 WCF Game 6 LAL vs Kings - Bad or Fixed?

Judge it yourself.

[milewilda]

With so many games that will take place that might be so hard to find out, rigging the games are unpredictable and can happen in a certain live games, we can't say or assess it right away unless you have insiders that will tell you exactly which games will be manipulated.

You have to extend your time doing deeper research to anticipate to possibilities of this claims.

I am sure the referee will do their best to guard the match, even if some referees try to rig the games by giving punishment to some players. But if we want to do deeper research, that will not be easy, since that will need to watch closely for each of them. We can let the match run while we can enjoy the game without thinking about the rig because we are not sure about that.

Referees indeed will do that, especially the officials that will be blamed in any particular questionable calls that refs may call during the game. We are all assuming but we don't have any concrete proofs that will direct this in regards of any rigging the game.

You nailed it, we should enjoy the game rather than thinking of something that we can't really justify.

I saw this one and you judge for yourself.

Look at the "2002 WCF Game 6 LAL vs Kings", there's plenty of videos online that says the game was fix for the Lakers to advance in the NBA Finals as that's what people really wanna see, and in this WCF series, it was the Kings who lead 3-2 going to game 6.

here's one of the videos.

Full Highlights 2002 WCF Game 6 LAL vs Kings - Bad or Fixed?

Judge it yourself.

Some said it was just really that bad but most of the comments do say it was fixed which it is clear when you do really look carefully into those foul calls made by that fucking referee. Even on that Rockets and Suns game 2004-2005 said that it was rigged. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvKE5zDshS4 Until now there's still discussions about this event where it cant really be easily forgotten.
We can even see lots of conspiracies about NBA rigging games.

[Kasabus]

With so many games that will take place that might be so hard to find out, rigging the games are unpredictable and can happen in a certain live games, we can't say or assess it right away unless you have insiders that will tell you exactly which games will be manipulated.

You have to extend your time doing deeper research to anticipate to possibilities of this claims.

I am sure the referee will do their best to guard the match, even if some referees try to rig the games by giving punishment to some players. But if we want to do deeper research, that will not be easy, since that will need to watch closely for each of them. We can let the match run while we can enjoy the game without thinking about the rig because we are not sure about that.

Referees indeed will do that, especially the officials that will be blamed in any particular questionable calls that refs may call during the game. We are all assuming but we don't have any concrete proofs that will direct this in regards of any rigging the game.

You nailed it, we should enjoy the game rather than thinking of something that we can't really justify.

I saw this one and you judge for yourself.

Look at the "2002 WCF Game 6 LAL vs Kings", there's plenty of videos online that says the game was fix for the Lakers to advance in the NBA Finals as that's what people really wanna see, and in this WCF series, it was the Kings who lead 3-2 going to game 6.

here's one of the videos.

Full Highlights 2002 WCF Game 6 LAL vs Kings - Bad or Fixed?

Judge it yourself.

Some said it was just really that bad but most of the comments do say it was fixed which it is clear when you do really look carefully into those foul calls made by that fucking referee. Even on that Rockets and Suns game 2004-2005 said that it was rigged. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvKE5zDshS4 Until now there's still discussions about this event where it cant really be easily forgotten.
We can even see lots of conspiracies about NBA rigging games.

Thanks for sharing the video, it looks rigged though but the sacramento vs Lakers are closer since the questionable call and non call of fouls happen in the last 3 minutes of the game, we already know what they are after of, Lakers!!!! .. it seems weird watching the video that even the crowd does not look happy with the calls, it seems like they know games are rig that time.

[rodskee]

thinking that the NBA is just moving forward from the Pandemic effect in which this does not look good for the whole Basketball community right?

who's the reason behind this issues when we all need now is positivity for the whole NBA and basketball fanatic.


having all that is i believe NBA wasn't rigged and this issue will stop soon as the supporters will stay and continue for the sake of the association .

[ethereumhunter]

I am sure the referee will do their best to guard the match, even if some referees try to rig the games by giving punishment to some players. But if we want to do deeper research, that will not be easy, since that will need to watch closely for each of them. We can let the match run while we can enjoy the game without thinking about the rig because we are not sure about that.

Referees indeed will do that, especially the officials that will be blamed in any particular questionable calls that refs may call during the game. We are all assuming but we don't have any concrete proofs that will direct this in regards of any rigging the game.

You nailed it, we should enjoy the game rather than thinking of something that we can't really justify.

I think the investigation will help find that rigged, but it is too difficult to prove if the referee does that. We can say the referee rigged the match, but we cannot do anything as long as we can not prove it. That is what happens in many countries in which the match has been rigged. They can protest to the referee, but the last result will be from them. Maybe we need to have a higher authority to help the investigation to find who did that.

[jostorres]

With so many games that will take place that might be so hard to find out, rigging the games are unpredictable and can happen in a certain live games, we can't say or assess it right away unless you have insiders that will tell you exactly which games will be manipulated.

You have to extend your time doing deeper research to anticipate to possibilities of this claims.

I am sure the referee will do their best to guard the match, even if some referees try to rig the games by giving punishment to some players. But if we want to do deeper research, that will not be easy, since that will need to watch closely for each of them. We can let the match run while we can enjoy the game without thinking about the rig because we are not sure about that.

Referees indeed will do that, especially the officials that will be blamed in any particular questionable calls that refs may call during the game. We are all assuming but we don't have any concrete proofs that will direct this in regards of any rigging the game.

You nailed it, we should enjoy the game rather than thinking of something that we can't really justify.

Referee do a really thankless job because we get to see the replays and then we blame referees but they have to make calls in real time and it is never easy because players fake a lot of contact and it is really hard to tell from a distance whether a player made some physical contact with another player which is the root base of the foul call and then there are technical fouls so as easy as it looks from outside it is not actually that easy when you think from the perspective of the umpire and the pressure they are under to make calls on superstar players in the biggest basketball league.

I agree we should enjoy the game but if there is something that is fishy and needs attention then there is no harm in discussing it either because if we blindly watch that's shown to us then we would have been never able to catch referees like Donaghy who rigged so many games and admitted.

[Questat]

I am sure the referee will do their best to guard the match, even if some referees try to rig the games by giving punishment to some players. But if we want to do deeper research, that will not be easy, since that will need to watch closely for each of them. We can let the match run while we can enjoy the game without thinking about the rig because we are not sure about that.

Referees indeed will do that, especially the officials that will be blamed in any particular questionable calls that refs may call during the game. We are all assuming but we don't have any concrete proofs that will direct this in regards of any rigging the game.

You nailed it, we should enjoy the game rather than thinking of something that we can't really justify.

I think the investigation will help find that rigged, but it is too difficult to prove if the referee does that. We can say the referee rigged the match, but we cannot do anything as long as we can not prove it. That is what happens in many countries in which the match has been rigged. They can protest to the referee, but the last result will be from them. Maybe we need to have a higher authority to help the investigation to find who did that.

The higher authority is from the government side and they would not investigate if there's no complain and concrete evidence on the accusation. NBA has been existing for decades already, we have heard a lot of conspiracy stories but until now it's still not proven.

[Lucasgabd]

it's always tempting to believe in conspiracies but if we step back and look at the clearer picture:
it's much higher to fake a game result than it is to just leave it for randomness.

[matchi2011]

The league is still making a lot of money, the players' salary are still high I don't think people will believe in speculations and rumors that it is rigged these people spreading this should come out with a valid report, but so far there are none some of them are just hear say and human error.

Still hearsay indeed since there's no actual references and there's no clear evidence aside from everyone's speculative judgements. Regarding to that statement, it's still showing that fans are valuing the sports they still enjoying the game and supporting it.

Pandemic might affect the season as we see those reports regarding to the sales but everything still running smoothly.

[Finestream]

The league is still making a lot of money, the players' salary are still high I don't think people will believe in speculations and rumors that it is rigged these people spreading this should come out with a valid report, but so far there are none some of them are just hear say and human error.

Still hearsay indeed since there's no actual references and there's no clear evidence aside from everyone's speculative judgements. Regarding to that statement, it's still showing that fans are valuing the sports they still enjoying the game and supporting it.

Pandemic might affect the season as we see those reports regarding to the sales but everything still running smoothly.

Not for long because if we will see another bubble in the next season, that would mean the salary of the players will be affected, it will reduce to be specific. Gate entrance is where the main revenue is derived, without that, NBA might not able to survive on their expenses.

[agustina2]

Not for long because if we will see another bubble in the next season, that would mean the salary of the players will be affected, it will reduce to be specific. Gate entrance is where the main revenue is derived, without that, NBA might not able to survive on their expenses.

NBA does have millions to billions in savings. They can sustain the bubble setup I think for at least 5 years.

Their revenue got lessen but it's hard to think that we have to deal with the pandemic for 5 years.

And the salary of players is already at the talk when the NBA suspended. These are big men and they already have a big plan for it.

[Assface16678]

There is a chance that the NBA or any kind of sports can be rigged because we can't deny there are some money talks behind right here still there are some management won't gonna sell their players and the whole team just because of the money the NBA and each team represents their different country and also the reputation of their place.

I think they will not do this also this is too unfair to the bettors because they all know the player who wins the game but because of manipulation, there is possible loss might happen.