Do you believe NBA is rigged?

[Darker45]

I don't think it is. The worst possibility is that there are a handful of fixed games. But even that is hard to believe. There are definitely a number of unfair calls. I don't know if we could consider them evidences of specific games being fixed. What I know for sure is that even if a game is being fixed, it must involve majority of the players and not just those in the management or coaching staff. Otherwise, it might not turn out as agreed.

There are so many stories of this kind. I can remember the story revolving around the death of the father of Michael Jordan. It was said that some mafia group killed him because Michael didn't perform the way they agreed and a huge amount of money was lost in the process.

Anyway, bettors like us who don't have access to the terms and agreements of these fixed games, if there are any, won't be affected much. We still choose according to our own analysis.

[Saisher]

There are so many stories of this kind. I can remember the story revolving around the death of the father of Michael Jordan. It was said that some mafia group killed him because Michael didn't perform the way they agreed and a huge amount of money was lost in the process.

I don't think its true Michael Jordan is bigger than anything in the basketball he can expose this and he can run after these so called mafias it's just all rumors, if you are Jordan and you have the money and the influences no mafia can get away with you and if you are a good son you will not get a revenge if you are capable to give justice to your love one.

[Questat]

There are so many stories of this kind. I can remember the story revolving around the death of the father of Michael Jordan. It was said that some mafia group killed him because Michael didn't perform the way they agreed and a huge amount of money was lost in the process.

I don't think its true Michael Jordan is bigger than anything in the basketball he can expose this and he can run after these so called mafias it's just all rumors, if you are Jordan and you have the money and the influences no mafia can get away with you and if you are a good son you will not get a revenge if you are capable to give justice to your love one.

No one run after mafia, that's a big illegal organization, you can get killed if you go against them with the deal, if Michael had a deal, he has to follow, and if he followed the deal, that would say that NBA is fix or rigged.

[hahay]

Whatever it is that is rigged, of course it will be detrimental to many parties, I personally don't know the issue, but if I remember where there are some NBA teams that I think are suspicious. For example, in the last season team A went down and team B was very successful, but after the season changed something very drastic happened, such as the reverse of team A was very successful and team B went down.

From that incident, it seemed impossible for a team to change drastically like that so quickly. Indeed, I don't know the problems that exist in the NBA but I just feel like it's something weird in the NBA I think. I'm sorry if this statement is a mistake, it's just something I experienced when betting on the NBA, maybe it's just my suspicion and I hope no one is rigged there.

[EdenHazard]

You can't call the whole competition is rigged , too much factor needed to consider NBA as a whole being unfairly played. It's just general conception no matter it was MLB, NFL or any other well known competition where betting takes part ... anybody could claim it's as rigged with only few evidence, pointing this and that incident, correlating each of them and there you go a package of MAKES SENSE theory while actually nothing but several fixed matches which you can't control over that sometimes .

So, no. I believe it's BS.
Rigged sometimes? Yes possibly. This world has a dark place.

I'm not really a big fan of NBA but i think I've watched some Hollywood movies where the story telling about how a bookies or a big bettor approached influential players that could make a huge difference in the game and offered them loads of money in exchange of to not scoring much and play as awful as possible.
Could be true in the real life though, idk.

[bitbollo]

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 have just seen sometimes "strange matches" were players try to make only 3-pts meanwhile other team continue to make 2-pts on every play.
But I am not able to judge their gaming strategy.... and however I don't think it's easy to rig a multibillionaire industry like NBA since you should involve too many people.
Ok there is always the possibility that someone can take advantage from a specific situation as described before by other posts.
Corruption is everywhere we are all aware of it. but this doesn't mean an entire competition can be rigged.

[freedomgo]

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 have just seen sometimes "strange matches" were players try to make only 3-pts meanwhile other team continue to make 2-pts on every play.
But I am not able to judge their gaming strategy.... and however I don't think it's easy to rig a multibillionaire industry like NBA since you should involve too many people.
Ok there is always the possibility that someone can take advantage from a specific situation as described before by other posts.
Corruption is everywhere we are all aware of it. but this doesn't mean an entire competition can be rigged.

The idea is, if the top management is trying to rig the NBA, the whole competition will be rigged. Players doesn't need to be involved as it's hard to dictate them, and it's not safe for them, but we have the referees, if you also see some strange calls, then that prove somehow this league could be rigged.

[bitbollo]

I remain skeptical about these possibility since it's a very big competition, a lot of interests, sponsors, camera everywhere, replays, tv shows etc etc
Always the top management could be able to rig a match or an entire competition, but without any evidence it's just a conspiracy for my point of view.

PS in Italy (my country) we had in the past some matches rigged in Serie A football by the same Team.
It was very clear that something was going to happened since the proof collected were to strong to be just a casualties like "a strange call" made by a referee

The idea is, if the top management is trying to rig the NBA, the whole competition will be rigged. Players doesn't need to be involved as it's hard to dictate them, and it's not safe for them, but we have the referees, if you also see some strange calls, then that prove somehow this league could be rigged.

[acroman08]

with all the times that I have watched NBA there are times(a lot) where players would make very questionable plays(just like what ralle said) or referees making questionable calls that would eventually cause the other team to lose the game. I myself don't really believe that it is rigged but would really make you wonder sometimes especially if players making too many questionable plays or referees making questionable calls.

[iTradeChips]

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.

[iv4n]

You can't call the whole competition is rigged , too much factor needed to consider NBA as a whole being unfairly played. It's just general conception no matter it was MLB, NFL or any other well known competition where betting takes part ... anybody could claim it's as rigged with only few evidence, pointing this and that incident, correlating each of them and there you go a package of MAKES SENSE theory while actually nothing but several fixed matches which you can't control over that sometimes .

So, no. I believe it's BS.
Rigged sometimes? Yes possibly. This world has a dark place.

I'm not really a big fan of NBA but i think I've watched some Hollywood movies where the story telling about how a bookies or a big bettor approached influential players that could make a huge difference in the game and offered them loads of money in exchange of to not scoring much and play as awful as possible.
Could be true in the real life though, idk.

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.

[robelneo]

I don't believe such drama but if it's true then it's advantageous to bettors who knew it and not for those who don't. There are many accusations of it being rigged and some have even deep analysis, you can find it on the web. Here's an example of it: Is the NBA rigged? Yes and no. Deep data analysis of the Last Two Minute Reports

If it's really rigged then it matters not to the small bettors but to those high rollers.

It's hard to prove if the NBA is rigged just because of referee's errors and it's not only NBA other sports have their own share of referees error, although there were reports in the past that the league has insinuated that they favoured team that were trailing in the league, but it's just all hearsay, the NBA will crumble if there are verified reports that the NBA is indeed rigged.

This is a billion dollar business and reports of NBA rigged will definitely harmed the league, and if it's rigged then the high rollers and those who gets tipped will be favoured.

[tsaroz]

I don't believe such drama but if it's true then it's advantageous to bettors who knew it and not for those who don't. There are many accusations of it being rigged and some have even deep analysis, you can find it on the web. Here's an example of it: Is the NBA rigged? Yes and no. Deep data analysis of the Last Two Minute Reports

If it's really rigged then it matters not to the small bettors but to those high rollers.

It's hard to prove if the NBA is rigged just because of referee's errors and it's not only NBA other sports have their own share of referees error, although there were reports in the past that the league has insinuated that they favoured team that were trailing in the league, but it's just all hearsay, the NBA will crumble if there are verified reports that the NBA is indeed rigged.

This is a billion dollar business and reports of NBA rigged will definitely harmed the league, and if it's rigged then the high rollers and those who gets tipped will be favoured.

NBA used to be a center for match fixing in the past. After several players being suspended for points shaving and as the income of players kept on rising, the fixing of points by player is on decrease as it's not worth the effort for the risk. Basketball is a fast paced, team game which is hard to be fixed by individual players. There had been individual cases like of referee Tim Donaghy who used to bet on matches he was referee on.
Another opinion for it to be called a rigged game is it's becoming more like an entertaining event rater than a real competition where players and officials would try to make a show for the viewers more from activities not related to the game. Some people even argue that some of the drama there are pre-planned.

[Mauser]

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.

[Taskford]

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.

Don't think either but still have possibilities and although it's impossible but still there are article showing about those rumors check it below.

Here: https://www.quora.com/Have-any-NBA-games-been-fixed
And also here:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/calvinayre.com/2019/02/20/sports/nba-didnt-want-find-match-fixing-donaghy-scandal/amp/

But I don't believe this totally since nothing has been proven yet so best not to bought those stories while there's no verification given if the said fix matching event really happen.

[Reatim]

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.

Exactly correct mate,the Organization is too big to be controlled perfectly so things will happen badly sometimes.
either intentional or not,the thing is there are so many things need to prioritized and these rigging thing must be bring into
 attention to make accurate actions.
yeah we cannot prevent issues but at least there is a necessary action for violators.

[swogerino]

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 think that any sports can be rigged.Serie A in Italy a major competition in Europe was badly rigged in the 2006 scandal.Even NBA can be rigged through corrupting players,coachs and referees.These last ones have a lot in their power to make the game end as their liking,I have always said that and I believe this is still the case in all sport betting incuding NBA where a lot of money is bet on.

[Fundamentals Of]

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.

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.

[Bttzed03]

The question should be "Do you believe NBA is still rigged?" because it already happened before with the case of former referee Tim Donaghy. After that huge scandal, I think NBA has tightened up making it difficult to influence the outcome of the game. Someone brought up the issue on Lakers not getting enough fouls during the West finals and it's just one of those days where calls could be 50-50. Sometimes I think NBA have their own rule book of what is a foul or travelling and what isn't.

[Latviand]

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 think that NBA is rigged because Miami is an underdog team and they came from the bottom, and maybe they're just lucky to reach the Finals because the Raptors was out.

On the other hand, Lakers has the no.1 spot in Western Conference, and this is obviously a mismatch in the Finals.

If you think that it is an easy to win to LA Lakers the try place your bet on it because that is really an advantage to us bettors. We already had an perception towards what team will become the Champion in 2019-2020 NBA season. This is probably an easy money for us bettors if you put your trust on the LA Lakers coaching and roster.