Do you believe NBA is rigged?

[Indymoney]

Poll has been added, please cast your vote so we can see what majority think about the NBA.

I'm sure we got a lot of voters here as this thread is so active.

Thanks, already voted, partially I believe it's rigged but the entire organization is not rigged IMO.
I guess we have discussed a lot here, more opinion less facts presented, I hope there's more posters who will share some interesting article or videos.

I also voted and I feel its rigged even its not all just very few matches and as many giving their own opinion its not in favour of betters because they done this all for just personal sack and give some good benefit to bookies for their own good stakes from this big profit.

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[chaser15]

1) Starting with Ayesha Curry's Tweet when Steph Curry's team The GSW lost on 2016

LOL. Warriors are on 3-1 lead on that series and they blew it.

Ayesha Curry just being a crybaby at that time. With that small incident, she easily said the game was rigged lol. Not acceptable reason to consider NBA as rigged.

2) If you know the Issue between James Harden and the Referee's calls that he said that the game might have been rigged, I know that the plays might have bad for Harden and the referee's are having technical difficulty in calling the right call, but this can be included in not proof but there is a gray area about it

James Harden just can't accept that his strategy didn't work on that game.

And throughout his career, he always got away from referees call. It seems effective in the long-run so he just continues. And when that time comes that he disagreed with the refs call, he voiced it out quickly.

[ingiltere]

I wouldn't say rigged completely, but on some levels you can see signs. Despite competitive part, in the end this is entertainment business so ratings affect some decisions. It's not only in NBA though, it happens on all major sports. You see every player is equal on book but some players are more equal, just like Orwell said.
If you are a high rank player you don't get fouled out easily or disqualified, you get easier calls etc. Referees need to cover players health and such.

It's good to see an underdog win but sometimes bigger teams need to be in finals to get more ratings. There are levels to this system like I said. Everybody can enjoy LeBron on the court but it would be a struggle to watch if unknown players take more time on TV.

[Naida_BR]

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.

Every event around the world can be rigged.
NBA has more opportunities of being rigged due to the fact that there are a lot of money involved in this competition.
However, we don't have anything to prove that it really is, and to tell you the truth if it was rigged, then Bucks would be already champions as Giannis is the most commercial player in the league right now and a ring would boost the NBA popularity more.

[Salauddin1994]

Not just the NBA but every game is rigged. The NBA is rigged to play but the demand is higher than other games it has been rigged so i can now explain the obstacles that must be overcome to overcome this kind of conspiracy. I can mention that every single person in the denver broncos organization has to accept that their team is going to throw away the biggest game of their lives by keeping their mouths shut in case of winning there is more chance to become a champion.

[Astvile]

Match fixing in sports is very common and I will not be shocked if one day the truth will be unveiled that some huge games in NBA history is match fixed.
There are some obviously rigged match ups in the NBA you can count in questionable calls from refs too as game being rigged. No sports in the world is not rigged trust me, there are still dark sides we haven't seen.

[Ucy]

I wouldn't say rigged completely, but on some levels you can see signs. Despite competitive part, in the end this is entertainment business so ratings affect some decisions. It's not only in NBA though, it happens on all major sports. You see every player is equal on book but some players are more equal, just like Orwell said.
If you are a high rank player you don't get fouled out easily or disqualified, you get easier calls etc. Referees need to cover players health and such.

it's good to see an underdog win but sometimes bigger teams need to be in finals to get more ratings. There are levels to this system like I said. Everybody can enjoy LeBron on the court but it would be a struggle to watch if unknown players take more time on TV.

Interesting.
Is that (the bolded) just an observation or it certainly happens? Will be disappointed if it does happen in major football/soccer leagues.
It's bad to prevent the most prepared/qualified from winning. Unfair "moderation/regulation" of a game could be the main cause of this unless the players agree to let their game end in a particular way they want.
 The latter is still bad because the fans or spectators think the game is real competition. You don't decieve in the name of entertainment unless you always and specifically tell the fans/spectators that it's not real.

[matchi2011]

Match fixing in sports is very common and I will not be shocked if one day the truth will be unveiled that some huge games in NBA history is match fixed.
There are some obviously rigged match ups in the NBA you can count in questionable calls from refs too as game being rigged. No sports in the world is not rigged trust me, there are still dark sides we haven't seen.

Even we all agree that there's something behind it we are just all speculating, none can show up the proof that the games are rigged. NBA is a big organization where money flows behind the scenes.

You said it right, there are obvious calls that really changes the game and make things unfavorable to other teams, but even things happened the call still a call and that can't changed the outcome once the games already ended.

[YuginKadoya]

1) Starting with Ayesha Curry's Tweet when Steph Curry's team The GSW lost on 2016

LOL. Warriors are on 3-1 lead on that series and they blew it.

Ayesha Curry just being a crybaby at that time. With that small incident, she easily said the game was rigged lol. Not acceptable reason to consider NBA as rigged.

2) If you know the Issue between James Harden and the Referee's calls that he said that the game might have been rigged, I know that the plays might have bad for Harden and the referee's are having technical difficulty in calling the right call, but this can be included in not proof but there is a gray area about it

James Harden just can't accept that his strategy didn't work on that game.

And throughout his career, he always got away from referees call. It seems effective in the long-run so he just continues. And when that time comes that he disagreed with the refs call, he voiced it out quickly.

Yup! he couldn't accept how the referee's have called it, but for saying that the game was rigged from that point he might actually have an idea that the game could be possibly rigged or the NBA games could be really rigged right? and at that point the referee's even says sorry to him for making a bad call, Well this is all just speculation but the controversial game rigged just got hype because of tweets and players reaction to some extend that they are exploiting the rigged possibility.

But it is for us to decide and I know there are many NBA fans out there including half of myself that are enjoying some of the action in the court even though it is rigged or not let's not be hasty enough in saying that the whole NBA is a big rigged because as an NBA fan let's just sit back and enjoy.

[Quintrix]

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.

There's a possibility that it is, but it will need to be documented and many people who is in the business needs to come out, and prove that it is really rigged, there are a lot of theories coming out but this can be considered speculation because these speculations are backed by people perceived as human errors by referees and players  

[judeafante]

Match fixing in sports is very common and I will not be shocked if one day the truth will be unveiled that some huge games in NBA history is match fixed.
There are some obviously rigged match ups in the NBA you can count in questionable calls from refs too as game being rigged. No sports in the world is not rigged trust me, there are still dark sides we haven't seen.

It's hard to prove that there are fixed games or rigging in the NBA because game fixers are also relying on the league to make money, and it's hard to prove there may be some but I don't think it's the whole team that's going to do that, maybe officials and some players will do that, but if these are proven those involved will be charged with multi million dollar suit.

[perfect999]

What I have noticed is that those saying that the playoffs is rigged are actually those people who don't watch regularly an NBA game.

But how do you know that? I mean if someone claims the NBA is rigged surely they must have watched something happened that was botched or something, right? One who does not watch NBA can't even make any claims.

NBA does have a big stand for that. Players will not throw away their reputation by participating in rigged games.

True and the salary for players is huge so risking their life and career over some money would not be a wise and viable option but there might be other parts of the NBA being rigged like the Referee might be botching a few calls intentionally and maybe sometimes can be other officials like the review center that might botch a play by showing wrong/inconclusive angles. A lot of possibilities are there but personally speaking, I don't think it was rigged just because players played after a long time and without crowd the games were below the average NBA quality.

[coin-investor]

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

I have read articles and allegations that there are games that are rigged but it's hard to prove that and it's hard to post proofs because you can be charged for giving the league a bad name, but if ever there are rigged games it could not be the play off and championship games because play off and championship are the most coveted standing in the NBA.

[ethereumhunter]

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.

There's a possibility that it is, but it will need to be documented and many people who is in the business needs to come out, and prove that it is really rigged, there are a lot of theories coming out but this can be considered speculation because these speculations are backed by people perceived as human errors by referees and players  

It is hard to prove if that match is rigged or not because many people can speculate about what happens. But we don't have to think much about that, and it is better we enjoy the game and let the officials investigate it if they found that the game is rigged. I am sure that if they found something strange, the officials will do something related to that, and they will search for the prove to know what causes that matter.

[peter0425]

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

I have read articles and allegations that there are games that are rigged but it's hard to prove that and it's hard to post proofs because you can be charged for giving the league a bad name, but if ever there are rigged games it could not be the play off and championship games because play off and championship are the most coveted standing in the NBA.

Yups and some of those are just strategy from someones who hates NBA or a advertising strategy to make NBA popular more.
actually this kind of stuff is common when we are talking basketball because in almost all part of the world their basketball association is going under this issue yet nothing is proven so let us close this topic because the Championship has already finished and we are waiting for another season to start.

[proTECH77]

Yes it was rigged.
The way the match was going, I knew it will go to be rig by the official of the game. I don't know why NBA match don't always favour my team  where ever we meet with the old team  hoping that the new team will defeat the old team 2:1 but it ended 2:2 which is making many people complaining that the old team didn't play well in second half.
I believe many official saw how the game ended but they where not happy the way they strategies to rig the game.  

[Maslate]

Yes it was rigged.
The way the match was going, I knew it will go to be rig by the official of the game. I don't know why NBA match don't always favour my team  where ever we meet with the old team  hoping that the new team will defeat the old team 2:1 but it ended 2:2 which is making many people complaining that the old team didn't play well in second half.
I believe many official saw how the game ended but they where not happy the way they strategies to rig the game.  

That's only based on what you saw but in reality there's no evidence that NBA is rig.

I sometimes think that some games could be rig but to say that officials are rigging the game, that's a big statement, that means the whole organization is rig, unfortunately, even if we believe it is, without an evidence, that's non sense and it will remain on us.

[ingiltere]

Interesting.
Is that (the bolded) just an observation or it certainly happens? Will be disappointed if it does happen in major football/soccer leagues.

Sure, it happens in major football leagues a lot. It's more like match fixing problem rather than ratings though. We know certified cases in Italian league etc., big clubs got relegated after that scandal was exposed.
I don't think NBA has that kind of problem because it's bigger platform and different challenge but I believe that happens occasionally and it's almost impossible to prove.

[Yamifoud]

Interesting.
Is that (the bolded) just an observation or it certainly happens? Will be disappointed if it does happen in major football/soccer leagues.

Sure, it happens in major football leagues a lot. It's more like match fixing problem rather than ratings though. We know certified cases in Italian league etc., big clubs got relegated after that scandal was exposed.
I don't think NBA has that kind of problem because it's bigger platform and different challenge but I believe that happens occasionally and it's almost impossible to prove.

It is a big shame for the NBA if does it happens. I can't tell or to believe that it actually exists in basketball, a sort of manipulation, well, it talks differently when it comes to money and how the business moving on but doubtedly it happens.

For a game that has been set-up already, will it sees to be boring. I'm not sure how both teams dramatically performing the game until the end which very unlikley to see when both teams wanted to gain winnings and championship. So for now, I'm holding the trust that NBA haven't rigged.

[Mahanton]

Interesting.
Is that (the bolded) just an observation or it certainly happens? Will be disappointed if it does happen in major football/soccer leagues.

Sure, it happens in major football leagues a lot. It's more like match fixing problem rather than ratings though. We know certified cases in Italian league etc., big clubs got relegated after that scandal was exposed.
I don't think NBA has that kind of problem because it's bigger platform and different challenge but I believe that happens occasionally and it's almost impossible to prove.

It is a big shame for the NBA if does it happens. I can't tell or to believe that it actually exists in basketball, a sort of manipulation, well, it talks differently when it comes to money and how the business moving on but doubtedly it happens.

For a game that has been set-up already, will it sees to be boring. I'm not sure how both teams dramatically performing the game until the end which very unlikley to see when both teams wanted to gain winnings and championship. So for now, I'm holding the trust that NBA haven't rigged.

We do have the rights and decisions on our own on what to believe and whats not but how can you explain about this game wayback in 2002 WCF?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITDJBr-iN1I

Try to watch the video of said finals and decide and see it for yourself if this is something normal that you do normally we believe?
Rigged games do exist as long theres money do circulate then these events are pretty norm.