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Iggyemu wrote:One more for the NBA orchestrating series. Lakers in trouble...Stern sends his lap dog to right things and ensure a Laker win. You know what that tells me...the NBA is worried we might actually be better than LA...or at the very least match up with them well enough to beat them.

Gotta love this league we are all fans of. Hardcore fans like the ones existing on realGM probably won't stop watching the NBA but the league continues to lose casual fans left and right and center b/c of things just like this.

PocketRockets wrote:

Iggyemu wrote:One more for the NBA orchestrating series. Lakers in trouble...Stern sends his lap dog to right things and ensure a Laker win. You know what that tells me...the NBA is worried we might actually be better than LA...or at the very least match up with them well enough to beat them.

I will not buy into the Stern-created Hype.....and this WWE-NBA

Iggyemu wrote:One more for the NBA orchestrating series. Lakers in trouble...Stern sends his lap dog to right things and ensure a Laker win. You know what that tells me...the NBA is worried we might actually be better than LA...or at the very least match up with them well enough to beat them.

Gotta love this league we are all fans of. Hardcore fans like the ones existing on realGM probably won't stop watching the NBA but the league continues to lose casual fans left and right and center b/c of things just like this.

In the 2009 Playoffs, Crawford created considerable controversy with questionable calls in the second game of the 1st round series between the Houston Rockets and Portland Trailblazers. Major outcry from Rockets fans came from the final 1.3 second of the game. The Rockets were down by two points, and Rudy Fernández tripped and fell down while attempting to take a throw in from out of bounds. Fernandez clearly knocked the ball out of bounds and was not touched by a Rockets player. Crawford who was only a few feet away automatically called the foul on Houston despite no evidence of contact, sealing the game for the Portland Trailblazers.[13]

The Rockets defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 1 of their 2nd round series. This victory was very surprising to most analysts, as they had all picked the Lakers to win the series in 5 (some said 6) games. On the morning of Game 2, Crawford was announced to be head referee of the game. The N.B.A., which has been under attack by claims of corruption, is in some ways validating the words of these conspiracy-theorists. Crawford has a well-known history of bad-calls and grudges against teams (see Tim Duncan incident). It has also been speculated that David Stern (N.B.A. Commissioner) is trying to make a "Lebron vs. Kobe" Finals. To many, the appointment of Joey Crawford for Game 2 is his way of helping this cause.

bballmaniac27 wrote:lol at his Wikipedia page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Crawford

In the 2009 Playoffs, Crawford created considerable controversy with questionable calls in the second game of the 1st round series between the Houston Rockets and Portland Trailblazers. Major outcry from Rockets fans came from the final 1.3 second of the game. The Rockets were down by two points, and Rudy Fernández tripped and fell down while attempting to take a throw in from out of bounds. Fernandez clearly knocked the ball out of bounds and was not touched by a Rockets player. Crawford who was only a few feet away automatically called the foul on Houston despite no evidence of contact, sealing the game for the Portland Trailblazers.[13]

The Rockets defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 1 of their 2nd round series. This victory was very surprising to most analysts, as they had all picked the Lakers to win the series in 5 (some said 6) games. On the morning of Game 2, Crawford was announced to be head referee of the game. The N.B.A., which has been under attack by claims of corruption, is in some ways validating the words of these conspiracy-theorists. Crawford has a well-known history of bad-calls and grudges against teams (see Tim Duncan incident). It has also been speculated that David Stern (N.B.A. Commissioner) is trying to make a "Lebron vs. Kobe" Finals. To many, the appointment of Joey Crawford for Game 2 is his way of helping this cause.

bballmaniac27 wrote:lol at his Wikipedia page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Crawford

In the 2009 Playoffs, Crawford created considerable controversy with questionable calls in the second game of the 1st round series between the Houston Rockets and Portland Trailblazers. Major outcry from Rockets fans came from the final 1.3 second of the game. The Rockets were down by two points, and Rudy Fernández tripped and fell down while attempting to take a throw in from out of bounds. Fernandez clearly knocked the ball out of bounds and was not touched by a Rockets player. Crawford who was only a few feet away automatically called the foul on Houston despite no evidence of contact, sealing the game for the Portland Trailblazers.[13]

The Rockets defeated the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 1 of their 2nd round series. This victory was very surprising to most analysts, as they had all picked the Lakers to win the series in 5 (some said 6) games. On the morning of Game 2, Crawford was announced to be head referee of the game. The N.B.A., which has been under attack by claims of corruption, is in some ways validating the words of these conspiracy-theorists. Crawford has a well-known history of bad-calls and grudges against teams (see Tim Duncan incident). It has also been speculated that David Stern (N.B.A. Commissioner) is trying to make a "Lebron vs. Kobe" Finals. To many, the appointment of Joey Crawford for Game 2 is his way of helping this cause.