Do you believe NBA is rigged?

[Botnake]

The league would not risk their billions of revenue just to rigged games, what would that help them? If they got caught, the entire organization will be shut down and that revenue will stop, let's be realistic here, refs, players, or one of the officials could influence the game but the whole organization is not making it, that's for sure.

i think you are right with this they won't destroy their reputation that easily and lose revenue just to rig the game i agree that if there would be a rig here the organizations have nothing to do with it.

Therefore they have to ensure that they will penalized heavily those who are caught rigging games as the reputation of the league is at stake all the time. Billions of money will be loss due to one mistake only, I think they cannot afford that.

[Jackl87]

No, it would help, what if refs would make bad calls to favor a certain team, that would help a certain team to win as refs decision is final, they can call a foul even without a foul and every points in basketball matters a lot especially if the game is close.

I agree that a bought referee can of course have an impact on a basketball game, but i also think that impact is very limited he can call a foul here or there which wasn't one but not to often or it becomes to obvious that something is fishy.
So it has to be a really close game that those few bad calls of the referee can make the difference, as someone who wants to manipilute a game to have a sure bet that would be way to uncertain for me.
If you look at football (soccer for americans) 1 goal can make the difference there, so if the referee calls a penalty without someone fouling then this definitely has a huge impact.
The higher leagues have the video assistant referee now so i don't think it's doable there anymore but in lower league it's still possible.

[Golftech]

The league would not risk their billions of revenue just to rigged games, what would that help them? If they got caught, the entire organization will be shut down and that revenue will stop, let's be realistic here, refs, players, or one of the officials could influence the game but the whole organization is not making it, that's for sure.

i think you are right with this they won't destroy their reputation that easily and lose revenue just to rig the game i agree that if there would be a rig here the organizations have nothing to do with it.

Looking to that persfectives, The league established their reputations and there are lots of fans and advertisers who already working the business, it's a billion dollar revenue that they are protecting those people behind the organization may need to think twice before taking this kind of illegalities around it.

With some allegations that provides solid evidence everything will fall apart, they will value what they've already established.

[just_Alice]

Of course, if it were rigged, it would be a disadvantage to us bettors. All our attempts of researching would become pointless. But the good news is that it's not rigged. And my vote went for NO.

Since the 2007 NBA betting scandal there were no serious accusations against the NBA, and even that case didn't imply the games were rigged.

[Hamphser]

Of course, if it were rigged, it would be a disadvantage to us bettors. All our attempts of researching would become pointless. But the good news is that it's not rigged. And my vote went for NO.

Since the 2007 NBA betting scandal there were no serious accusations against the NBA, and even that case didn't imply the games were rigged.

Its really a disadvantage for us yet this wont really be going with the path on what you had analyzed since its been rigged.So far i agree that aside on that 2007 event where

there are no other incident about possible rigging or shady calls.We cant completely say NO that it isnt rigged if it happened in the past but those were just allegations but

theres no solid proof that had been presented so it can be still considered on not to be a valid one.We can have our own insights though but majority is believing on the same thing.

[wiss19]

The league would not risk their billions of revenue just to rigged games, what would that help them? If they got caught, the entire organization will be shut down and that revenue will stop, let's be realistic here, refs, players, or one of the officials could influence the game but the whole organization is not making it, that's for sure.

i think you are right with this they won't destroy their reputation that easily and lose revenue just to rig the game i agree that if there would be a rig here the organizations have nothing to do with it.

The only way the games can be rigged is through referees because look the players playing the NBA game are young and talented but they are paid way beyond what a fixer would pay them and they know if the match fixing is caught their contracts will end, their careers will come to a halt and most important they even will have to forfeit the money they took from the fixer/gambler.

Referees on the other hand play a big role like they also play a big role in MLB for calling Strike and someone who watches these leagues know how crucial a single strike call can be and what impact it has on the entire game. Similarly they can make a bad call or a no-foul call in the last moments of an NBA game and change it completely and they are not paid close to what players earn so they are the soft target.

[Finestream]

Of course, if it were rigged, it would be a disadvantage to us bettors. All our attempts of researching would become pointless. But the good news is that it's not rigged. And my vote went for NO.

It would be if we are following what the public think, if games are rigged, that should be in favor against the public as public bets are bigger, or we can expect that it's the favorites that will lose if games are rigged. There's a lot of ways of rigging games, it could be in the straight up result, point spread, and even in total.

Since the 2007 NBA betting scandal there were no serious accusations against the NBA, and even that case didn't imply the games were rigged.

I still see some of the conspiracy theories in youtube videos, but it remained that way

[kayvie]

The league would not risk their billions of revenue just to rigged games, what would that help them? If they got caught, the entire organization will be shut down and that revenue will stop, let's be realistic here, refs, players, or one of the officials could influence the game but the whole organization is not making it, that's for sure.

i think you are right with this they won't destroy their reputation that easily and lose revenue just to rig the game i agree that if there would be a rig here the organizations have nothing to do with it.

The only way the games can be rigged is through referees because look the players playing the NBA game are young and talented but they are paid way beyond what a fixer would pay them and they know if the match fixing is caught their contracts will end, their careers will come to a halt and most important they even will have to forfeit the money they took from the fixer/gambler.

Referees on the other hand play a big role like they also play a big role in MLB for calling Strike and someone who watches these leagues know how crucial a single strike call can be and what impact it has on the entire game. Similarly they can make a bad call or a no-foul call in the last moments of an NBA game and change it completely and they are not paid close to what players earn so they are the soft target.

I don't think the issue with the referees is considered as rigged. It is just they have their favorable team that's why they make a way to give advantage to that team. If you say rigged, it means that the winning team is already set but since it is just the referees who are making a way to do that, it is not considered as rigged at all.

[FlightyPouch]

I really can't imagine there is match fixing at this level. Those players who all earn a fortune in the NBA. then why would they participate in such a thing? keeping in mind that if anyone finds out, they could be suspended for life or at least end their career.

They don't care about the money anymore, that is the only explanation for that. Winning the NBA Finals is one of the greatest achievements an NBA player could have. As far as I know, there is a lot of match-fixing in the past and I think that is not just the talk including the players but also some names that are maybe, betting huge money on the game.

[Ziskinberg]

I really can't imagine there is match fixing at this level. Those players who all earn a fortune in the NBA. then why would they participate in such a thing? keeping in mind that if anyone finds out, they could be suspended for life or at least end their career.

They don't care about the money anymore, that is the only explanation for that. Winning the NBA Finals is one of the greatest achievements an NBA player could have. As far as I know, there is a lot of match-fixing in the past and I think that is not just the talk including the players but also some names that are maybe, betting huge money on the game.

There's an speculation but there's nothing proven yet, only one referee though, but that was a long time ago, in fact he was jailed for years IIRC.
Well, because of what happen, we can't prevent people from thinking that some games are rigged or the organization is, but that is their right, they are a fan they love basketball so they care about it.

[akirasendo17]

I don't believe in game-fixing in the NBA although there were rumors that there is a syndicate that is inside the NBA doing such a thing although there was concrete evidence about it, when I was in high school there are rumors circulating that the reason MJ father died is that MJ refuses to drop the game, which I think is speculation, I'm not sure.

[stadus]

I don't believe in game-fixing in the NBA although there were rumors that there is a syndicate that is inside the NBA doing such a thing although there was concrete evidence about it, when I was in high school there are rumors circulating that the reason MJ father died is that MJ refuses to drop the game, which I think is speculation, I'm not sure.

We can't talk about evidence because there was really no evidence, otherwise NBA would not anymore exist now.

As big as they are, they also have big influence and they will do everything to keep their good reputation as that is the only thing that makes them attract people to like their league, everything is just a speculation, but it's good to see some speculation as it makes the league exciting to bet.

[fiulpro]

Long before when I was a kid I used to believe that WWE is real 🤣 now we all know the reality. When we talk about NBA , there for sure have been accusations but at the same time I do believe that not all matches are rigged and therefore game fixing only works when the players and the team alike decides to actually go through with it and it's a long and hard Task.

Therefore there is a possibility BUT not all matches are for sure fixed.

As long as it's a central body and there is option of winning millions there will for sure be a way where people will try and find loopholes and use them for their advantage.

-match fixing only works when the players and the teams agree which is a long task and statically possibility is very less.

[just_Alice]

Of course, if it were rigged, it would be a disadvantage to us bettors. All our attempts of researching would become pointless. But the good news is that it's not rigged. And my vote went for NO.

It would be if we are following what the public think, if games are rigged, that should be in favor against the public as public bets are bigger, or we can expect that it's the favorites that will lose if games are rigged. There's a lot of ways of rigging games, it could be in the straight up result, point spread, and even in total.

Since the 2007 NBA betting scandal there were no serious accusations against the NBA, and even that case didn't imply the games were rigged.

I still see some of the conspiracy theories in youtube videos, but it remained that way

The conspiracy theories sometimes fun to read/watch about, but I can't seriously consider them when there are no real proofs. In my opinion, there's too much money involved, hundreds of millions USD, in advertising during NBA games to risk losing it by trying to rig the games.

[Noctis Connor]

Of course, if it were rigged, it would be a disadvantage to us bettors. All our attempts of researching would become pointless. But the good news is that it's not rigged. And my vote went for NO.

Since the 2007 NBA betting scandal there were no serious accusations against the NBA, and even that case didn't imply the games were rigged.

it is true that it was totally disadvantage to us who analyzing the game it self, and search for the news who will be the team player , and if it's really rigged then those who already knows what will happen it will be advantage to them to bet big money and earn money from different gambling site or people.
And yet so far there's since i am fan of basketball i didn't hear anything about this kind of issue maybe there is a time that game reach it into game 5 ang some of score is 3-1 and sometimes it will become tie to 3-3 but this kinda of exciting for us bettors to choose the real team who will win.

[Wexnident]

The conspiracy theories sometimes fun to read/watch about, but I can't seriously consider them when there are no real proofs. In my opinion, there's too much money involved, hundreds of millions USD, in advertising during NBA games to risk losing it by trying to rig the games.

Well it's all fun and games until one dude takes it seriously and delves into so much info that is probably closely fabricated and then proceeds to talk trash of the entire community. And imo, it's not a matter of money at that kind of stage tbh. Ofc, it doesn't mean that they'd ignore the money, but they could still rig small things while being unseen, especially since fame have the same importance as money when you have enough of one of them. It's like how people spend money to become famous, or they become famous to obtain money.

We can't talk about evidence because there was really no evidence, otherwise NBA would not anymore exist now.

As big as they are, they also have big influence and they will do everything to keep their good reputation as that is the only thing that makes them attract people to like their league, everything is just a speculation, but it's good to see some speculation as it makes the league exciting to bet.

Well if there was any evidence, even if NBA would still stand, a few teams here and there would've come and go, and a lot of players would've been banned from joining NBA permanently. Not that impossible imo, after all, rules are rules.

[john_nautica]

The conspiracy theories sometimes fun to read/watch about, but I can't seriously consider them when there are no real proofs. In my opinion, there's too much money involved, hundreds of millions USD, in advertising during NBA games to risk losing it by trying to rig the games.

Yes so far there's no still an evidence about their claim about the rigged games of the NBA I also don't think they will let it happen since if the community knows that it was rigged I don't think any people will be interested anymore on this game.

[proTECH77]

 Many gambler never still believe NBA match was not rigged, just that the game look, as if it was rigged for their advantage until the officials really analysis the details of the match before they now believe the match was not rigged which is disadvantage to them.
It hard the officials to identify the winner of the match because the last goal didn't look like goal for their eyes, until they really investigate the game to discover is a clear goal for the team to become winner of NBA.

[clickerz]

The conspiracy theories sometimes fun to read/watch about, but I can't seriously consider them when there are no real proofs. In my opinion, there's too much money involved, hundreds of millions USD, in advertising during NBA games to risk losing it by trying to rig the games.

Yes so far there's no still an evidence about their claim about the rigged games of the NBA I also don't think they will let it happen since if the community knows that it was rigged I don't think any people will be interested anymore on this game.

I think it's hard to rig this game since you see players playing on the basketball court. You may be suspicious about referred acting erratically favoring some teams , or a star player no playing well in favor of their opponent, etc., but it is hard to justify this because sometimes it can be human error.

[ethereumhunter]

I don't believe in game-fixing in the NBA although there were rumors that there is a syndicate that is inside the NBA doing such a thing although there was concrete evidence about it, when I was in high school there are rumors circulating that the reason MJ father died is that MJ refuses to drop the game, which I think is speculation, I'm not sure.

If we don't know about rigged or not, maybe we don't have to think about that because that will need evidence and not just rumors. We can not prove that because I think if that really happens, any high-level officers will hide that from the public because that can make the organization will get critics. As a popular game, I guess there will be a syndicate inside the games, even if we don't know if that is real or not.