Do you believe NBA is rigged?

[serjent05]

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.

I don't believe NBA game result is rigged.  I wonder why people think that NBA game is rigged.  Little that we know that some losses by strong team is possibly due to their strategy or condition of the team players.  Players often travels from one city to others, the fatigue factor of traveling before the game may possibly affect the condition of players.  Sometimes even the best shooter of the league miss way too much and sometimes the least percentage shooter often hit the basket. So this little factor affects the overall result of the game which somehow disappoint viewer especially those who thought that their stronger team will win.

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[john_nautica]

For the most part I don't think it's rigged but whenever the players make questionable plays like fouling at the last second makes me want to say it's rigged.

If the NBA is indeed rigged I think it's still a 50-50 since you don't know which team would get more favorable calls. This reminds me of the news a week ago where the Lakers presented a case about their players not getting enough free throws during the Nuggets series.

NBA being rigged is a topic that I perceive with insufficient evidence. Although we cannot really know for certain what is really happening back there. I agree that whether it is rigged or not, it does not practically mean as an advantage or disadvantage to bettors since the team who will be favoured is yet to unfold.

All would really be just on presumptions but actually it can possibly happen on any sports for its game to be rigged.I agree on what majority been talking about referee calls which sometimes questionable
and when they do make out decision on most crucial part then that's where questions would be flying from its fans.

There are several scandals but so far it hadn't proven out that there are definitely rigged but tendency or chance will be always there.

Favorable calls or opposing ones? we had seen lots after all these years.

Indeed, any sports can be rigged. I would not reject that idea that there are really possibilities for this to happen. But as you have said, these scandals are still unproven and with the fact that NBA is a huge organization it will be really challenging to get it rigged. With the absence of facts and hard evidence about these issues, all we are going to have are pretty much assumptions.

[carlisle1]

The NBA is probably not rigged as others might imagine or suspect. The NBA is not just a domestic basketball league. Although it is basically made-up of American and Canadian teams, the league is an international league.

Simply but correct,NBA has been very popular and like their Dream team in Olympics the whole world is looking at the institution as world class.
so issues might happen sometimes but it doesn't necessarily means the whole team is rigged.

It is easy to rig local leagues or games but very hard when it comes to international leagues where players are popular superstars who are very influential and rich. Do you think owners, managements, and superstars in the NBA will accept rig pays? I don't think so. It is very expensive if that happens that it might not be worth to rig NBA games.

we cannot tell it totally but at least it is not tolerated?
reporting is needed for them to be cleared .

[Pamadar]

Well I would not be surprised if it were rigged. The only problem I see here is that we don't have the proof that it is so. Only the ones playing the game, refereeing the game, administering the games would know if there is rigging happening. Basketball can be rigged and one player with ill intent and a lot of cash will be able to do so. But of course, without evidence this is all just speculation and hear say that we here on this thread is sometimes very good at doing.

I don't think the NBA is rigged. There are just too many teams with so many players and other personal involved. So many people depend on the NBA, it would just need one of those people to come forward with some proof and everything would be over. Also what are the chances that all these people are working so close together? Usually if we see rigged matches in sports, it's 1 or 2 teams involved and the referees. The NBA is just too big to be rigged in my opinion.

There's part of maybe rigged but like what you have said it's too big to completely being rigged at all!

There are lots of involvements with those examples, players and managements plus the officials and commissioners who can't say
who's who but partly there are people behind who capable to control such matters.

[Oceat]

I would say it's rigged but not totally. What I mean is some part of the game is questionable even though audiences saw what happened but referees didn't do anything or suddenly called a foul or something when the other team is just purely acting(flopping). I think it's kind of common in all kinds of sports and probably the main reason is all about the money.

[Lanatsa]

For the most part I don't think it's rigged but whenever the players make questionable plays like fouling at the last second makes me want to say it's rigged.

If the NBA is indeed rigged I think it's still a 50-50 since you don't know which team would get more favorable calls. This reminds me of the news a week ago where the Lakers presented a case about their players not getting enough free throws during the Nuggets series.

NBA being rigged is a topic that I perceive with insufficient evidence. Although we cannot really know for certain what is really happening back there. I agree that whether it is rigged or not, it does not practically mean as an advantage or disadvantage to bettors since the team who will be favoured is yet to unfold.

All would really be just on presumptions but actually it can possibly happen on any sports for its game to be rigged.I agree on what majority been talking about referee calls which sometimes questionable
and when they do make out decision on most crucial part then that's where questions would be flying from its fans.

There are several scandals but so far it hadn't proven out that there are definitely rigged but tendency or chance will be always there.

Favorable calls or opposing ones? we had seen lots after all these years.

Indeed, any sports can be rigged. I would not reject that idea that there are really possibilities for this to happen. But as you have said, these scandals are still unproven and with the fact that NBA is a huge organization it will be really challenging to get it rigged. With the absence of facts and hard evidence about these issues, all we are going to have are pretty much assumptions.

There are indeed lots of assumptions or presumptions floating around into some particular games in the past about on being a rigged one but until now the organization haven't faced up any serious charges about those claims which simply means that those would just remained unjustified but for us fans we can really tell if theres something wrong.

Why would really need to stressed out ourselves to answer up the question if NBA games can be rigged? They wont just easily risk out this multi-billion kind of industry or business by just
letting these possible fixed games happen.

Of course its possible but you would really have a hard time on proving it.

[bisdak40]

As an NBA enthusiast for almost around 2 decades (if my memory serves me right), I will likely use the term "wrong officiating" on some games rather than to be called as a whole as "rigged" in general. Refs do a mistake, no doubt about that. I'm not new to these people calling NBA games as rigged but the speculation is only on few games which for me is a product of wrong officiating. NBA's reputation will be jeopardized if there's a thing called rigged here.

Also for players, it's difficult to be drafted in NBA so no way they will participate in dirty games. And even if we say, they want to involve, it's hard to do it in the actual game.

I will give 95% that all games are clean. For another 5%, I called it a different case which likely involves a wrong officiating.

Very true. NBA's reputation is at stake if ever they will do such a thing. For me, it's difficult nowadays to rig games as there are so many people watching and analyzing every player's move so players will have to be very careful to avoid losing their job.

Also heard this kind of accusation on our local league in the Philippines, the PBA but it's very hard to prove. 

[Yaunfitda]

As an NBA enthusiast for almost around 2 decades (if my memory serves me right), I will likely use the term "wrong officiating" on some games rather than to be called as a whole as "rigged" in general. Refs do a mistake, no doubt about that. I'm not new to these people calling NBA games as rigged but the speculation is only on few games which for me is a product of wrong officiating. NBA's reputation will be jeopardized if there's a thing called rigged here.

Also for players, it's difficult to be drafted in NBA so no way they will participate in dirty games. And even if we say, they want to involve, it's hard to do it in the actual game.

I will give 95% that all games are clean. For another 5%, I called it a different case which likely involves a wrong officiating.

Very true. NBA's reputation is at stake if ever they will do such a thing. For me, it's difficult nowadays to rig games as there are so many people watching and analyzing every player's move so players will have to be very careful to avoid losing their job.

Also heard this kind of accusation on our local league in the Philippines, the PBA but it's very hard to prove. 

NBA has already build it's reputation and there are referees who have been doing their jobs for more than 20 years, that's just one referee alone. So we all know that humans are prone to make mistakes and they themselves admit that sometimes they make the wrong calls in crucial times and people interpret this as cheating or referee rigging the games. So I don't believed referee are intentionally influencing the outcome of the game to give favor to someone or some groups because they have a huge bet in the game.

[STT]

Theres a good argument to never placing too large an amount on one bet because of this possibility but I dont believe most games are rigged though erratic performance can occur as if players had thrown which makes it hard to say, I do believe hard drinking and tiredness, poor performance which is not excusable for a professional is way more common then deliberately losing.    The other factor is to be careful of games where the result is not as important, on both counts that can more easily lead to erratic results and I would reduce size on occasions I dont think the team overall cares as much, motivation is a big factor imo.

[chaser15]

I would say it's rigged but not totally. What I mean is some part of the game is questionable even though audiences saw what happened but referees didn't do anything or suddenly called a foul or something when the other team is just purely acting(flopping).

If that's your only basis then you can't call it a rig.

A rigged game is 100% sure to win. What you are pointing was happening at both teams. And flopping is a tactic and strategy to trick the referees especially at their blind spot. It's not a tool for a rigged game.

Even how good the flop is, it won't give an assurance that the supposed winning team will win on that match.

[blockman]

I would believe with bias referees and obvious foul plays but never been called to be foul. They could be paid referees but not entirely the NBA management itself. Maybe in some league, just before the start of the season, there's already a winner and champion in the listing but I think NBA isn't going like that. One stain could be spread easily if it's real. This is an entire business and bread and butter of many NBA athletes and staff so if most fans will know that it is or if they do it as what we think, support for them will get lower and it could entirely lose them business gradual.

[Questat]

I would believe with bias referees and obvious foul plays but never been called to be foul. They could be paid referees but not entirely the NBA management itself. Maybe in some league, just before the start of the season, there's already a winner and champion in the listing but I think NBA isn't going like that. One stain could be spread easily if it's real.

Many said that Lakers will be champ this season as they offer that championship to Kobe Bryant the Mamba, and it looks like they are going to that path with the way they dominated the Heat. However, I don't think despite of the injuries of the Heat now, they will be sweep in the series, if Heat wins in game 2, then maybe you guys would think something about the topic.

This is an entire business and bread and butter of many NBA athletes and staff so if most fans will know that it is or if they do it as what we think, support for them will get lower and it could entirely lose them business gradual.

Not if no one finds out, what we are saying here is all about theories only as it's not proven they are rigged.

NBA + Bookies = BIG MONEY!

[AniviaBtc]

I would say it's rigged but not totally. What I mean is some part of the game is questionable even though audiences saw what happened but referees didn't do anything or suddenly called a foul or something when the other team is just purely acting(flopping). I think it's kind of common in all kinds of sports and probably the main reason is all about the money.

NBA is not rigged, it is just that the players are not that conditioned towards the situation and the sudden continuation of the season.

We didn't expect that the Miami Heat will enter the 2019-2020 NBA Finals because they are in a number 5 spot in the East. But they are underdogs and they really worked so hard as a team to defeat Pacers, Milwaukee (no.1 spot) and Celtics which was in a momentum that time. Still Miami Heat dominated them, some are saying it was rigged because we don't expect a certain team to enter the Finals that fast.

Also, Lakers is almost eliminated but still they handled Denver Nuggets easily.

[EdenHazard]

I have pretty much the same opinion about this! Bottom line is that this world has many dark places, and of course many things happens in there, we can only speculate about that. Some games here and there can be rigged, and it's a question how, by referees, or by some players, but in the same time every mistake they make can be unintentional! Mistakes happen after all, even to the best ones! When someone gets in conspiracy theories he sees them everywhere! Just to add that this is not the case just with NBA, if you type any sport - rigged you will get many results.

Impossible thing to do if there's someone looking for what so called 'justice' to prove the suspicion of certain competition being rigged and in this case it's NBA.

Sometimes when the event against you and inadvertently coincidence with something that you have found suspicious so wrong .. that time the conspiracy theory in your head pumping up to your brain and guess most of the conspiracy theory that ever existed just showing off their stupidity lol.

So yeah I'm not a big fan of those non sense theory/ speculation.

[blockman]

Many said that Lakers will be champ this season as they offer that championship to Kobe Bryant the Mamba, and it looks like they are going to that path with the way they dominated the Heat. However, I don't think despite of the injuries of the Heat now, they will be sweep in the series, if Heat wins in game 2, then maybe you guys would think something about the topic.

It's a rumor if the source is just those "many". We can see how the Lakers was performing with their last games and I think they're eager to get this season's finals. I mean, who's not eager to get the championship for this year and it's kind of unfair to Heat if that's like that. I don't really think that NBA is like that.

This is an entire business and bread and butter of many NBA athletes and staff so if most fans will know that it is or if they do it as what we think, support for them will get lower and it could entirely lose them business gradual.

Not if no one finds out, what we are saying here is all about theories only as it's not proven they are rigged.

NBA + Bookies = BIG MONEY!

Yes, it's all about speculations and rumors.

[wxa7115]

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.

Well there is always the possibility that some of the games are fixed, however I find difficult to believe that everyone in a team is on it, what most likely happens is that one or two players are in it and they lower their performance for that particular game to ensure the opposite team wins, this is not so difficult as some games are very close and just failing a few times can be the difference between winning or losing.

However when it comes to the big games I do not believe a single one of them to be fixed since there is too much at stake for the players to lose on purpose.

[pokeronlinestatus]

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.

I do not want to suspect any player of fixing games but I have often seen the players doing strange things and they might not be fixing for match winner but there can always be things like shooting poorly and playing the game slowly to cover the under-over bets.

Then I spare a thought that they are getting paid such massive salaries and even the coaches make a hefty amount of money so there is no reason for them to fix a game for extra bucks. I have seen strange things happen that often make me feel like the game is rigged and even at times the whole NBA is rigged but that is actually nothing but my anger at loosing a bet. Teams play a slow game at times like they would take all 24 seconds on the clock to make a shot and things like that but that might be fatigue or something.

[wiss19]

I would say it's rigged but not totally. What I mean is some part of the game is questionable even though audiences saw what happened but referees didn't do anything or suddenly called a foul or something when the other team is just purely acting(flopping). I think it's kind of common in all kinds of sports and probably the main reason is all about the money.

Referees are certainly fixed and actually there are some refs that don't like certain players as you might recall a ref was suspended after he handed over needless fouls to a player who was just sitting and laughing at the poor calls. I also often see that refs make very bad calls to make a particular team win which might be because they have bets on them or maybe they are contacted to make the team loose.

In the series Clippers vs Nuggets I saw some horrendously bad calls and although I did not bet on any of them I felt bad for those who bet on the Nuggets but somehow they actually won the series so I mean the teams are not fixing games but refs surely are rigged at times and the only possible way to remove these bad practices is actually including more replays and allowing team to challenge 5 calls per game.

[thesmallgod]

rigged as in being fixed ? just like soccer can also be fixed, I believe it is still possible for basketball too but it might be very rear in countries and league like the NBA. Unless the parties involve maintain a very high level of trust and secret. NBA have boards that monitor closely this and anyone found guilty of this might lead to a very strict sanction but all the same, this does not mean it is impossible

[Amel]

NBA, similar to each game association on the planet, has been blamed for being fixed on various occasions in its set of experiences. Longer than 10 years prior, the NBA was managing Tim Donaghy, a ref purportedly wager on games he administered and settled on decisions that influenced the point spread. All games are fixed, as cheating has been made illicit for quite a while. The games where it is close to difficult to find on the off chance that somebody is or isn't cheating are.. Tennis, Soccer, Basketball and Cricket. Almost three years after that scandalous tweet, James Harden and the Houston Rockets were reproachful of NBA authorities, calling them out for assumed terrible brings in the Playoffs against the Golden State Warriors a year ago and this year. who is one of the refs that will work the NBA Finals this year, is eminently at the head of the rundown for mistaken non-calls per game, averaging 2.5 INCs during the standard season.

While Kirkland positions easily among the broad rundown of officials, Zarba is directly in the last 25, and Tiven positioned second to last. That implies they fall under the refs who perceive fouls more than erroneously "allowing the players to players," as per the NBA's self-investigation.