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Embiid > Jokic
Why would the NBA rig the 2006 Finals?
I understand WHY people think it was rigged, my question though is why would the NBA WANT to rig that series in the first place? I could understand them wanting to rig Game 3, as they wouldn't want the Mavs to go up 3-0 and essentially end the series. But if you look at Game 3, the Heat shot 8 more free throws in that game, and only 3 more in the 4th quarter, a time where you would think the rigging would be most likely to take place.
Game 4 was a blowout, so no rigging would be necessary in that. So now that the series is tied 2-2, why would the NBA continue to rig things in favor of Miami? Is Miami a more lucrative city? If anything, I'd say that would be Dallas, it has nearly 3x as many people than Miami does. Would the league want Wade to be the "next Jordan"? Maybe, but they already had Kobe and LeBron to fulfill that, would they really want another Jordan type player THAT BADLY over promoting their most talented foreign player, especially when they're trying to promote their game to a global audience?
Again, I'm not saying I don't understand WHY people think it's rigged, I just honestly don't understand why the league would rig that specific series. I don't see their motivation to do so.
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King of LA
Re: Why would the NBA rig the 2006 Finals?
cuz they wouldn't want dallas to win. So much more satisfying for wade and the cheat to win.
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Decent college freshman
Re: Why would the NBA rig the 2006 Finals?
They didn't. Greatness just happened.
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Local High School Star
Re: Why would the NBA rig the 2006 Finals?
Hatred toward Cuban? A better chance to go 7 games if Miami is up 3-2, as opposed to Dallas up 3-2 with two games at home?
I don't know.
I thought it was poorly officiated but I don't know about it being rigged.
It would be such a big risk for the NBA to rig games...The fallout if they got caught would be so drastic. I'm not talking about some gamblling addict convict saying the NBA rigged it, I mean real proof that they do.
Last edited by Stringer Bell; 08-14-2014 at 01:40 PM.
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Great college starter
Re: Why would the NBA rig the 2006 Finals?
I don't think many people seriously think it was "rigged". That has become a blanket term used anytime someone questions officiating. It's supid really. As far as that series, had Dallas made their freethrows they win. That's what's so ironic about all these conspiracy theories.
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Embiid > Jokic
Re: Why would the NBA rig the 2006 Finals?
In light of the rigged Finals thread, would definitely like to hear from other people on this
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Banned
Re: Why would the NBA rig the 2006 Finals?
After reviewing the calls it's obvious it was not rigged. Wade was fast as shit.
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Re: Why would the NBA rig the 2006 Finals?
Because Stern was the commish, and he was Jewish, so a team lead by a quintessential Germanic man like Dirk would not be allowed to win a trophy in a League commissioned by a Jewish man and with many Jewish owners.*
*you might ask why Mavs and Dirk got a ring in 2011, it is because Stern forgot Cuban is also Jewish. In 2006 he thought he was just Cuban.
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Bear Chested Da Brawn
Re: Why would the NBA rig the 2006 Finals?
you have to put it into context, this was right after the colorado incident and the kobe/shaq fallout. NBA was hell bent on displacing Kobe as the premiere guard and the face of the league. So they wanted to manufacture a superstar in Wade.
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National High School Star
Re: Why would the NBA rig the 2006 Finals?
As with any of these theories, it's just bad officiating. Or in some cases over-managing. Each game is reviewed by a separate ref and notes are given to the next team for what to watch out for and what mistakes are made. If x player is getting away with something then they'll tell the next team to watch for it. If y player is getting called for fouls when they're not, there will be a note saying that. How the next ref team handles those notes is completely up to the discretion/ego of the lead ref for that game. When the refs consistently give a player the benefit of the doubt it's usually because past history has shown them that he deserves it.
Playoff and finals positions for refs are based on their personal rating (# of mistakes per game) and seniority. (A couple of times they've put the female ref in for promotional purposes even though she rated low.) Most of the senior refs have insane egos.
Consider the supposedly rigged 2002 WCF between the Lakers and the kings. Game 6 was terrible right? What about game 5? The game where Shaquille o'neal the league leader in free throws got mauled all game and shot only one free throw before fouling out? A game where an obvious last second shot after the half time buzzer was credited to the Kings in a game they only won by one point? It seems more likely that the next ref crew were told how bad game 5 was and to look for fouls against sacremento creating the bias for that game.
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I rule the local playground
Re: Why would the NBA rig the 2006 Finals?
Im not saying it was rigged, but if it was, it probably was between miami and the refs, not the league and the refs.
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Re: Why would the NBA rig the 2006 Finals?
Whether or not it was rigged, Wade put on the greatest Finals performance ever, and I can't imagine anyone ever out-performing him.
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I rep the Celtics
Re: Why would the NBA rig the 2006 Finals?
i do not think the league "rigged" the game, but simply that for some reason they may have nudged the refs to slightly favor miami. sometimes as a staff, you kind of know what your boss wants so you would want to lean over that way, it is what it is. as for the reason, im sure there are always some behind the scene stuff that we dont know about. since im not a fan of either team, i can say objectively that the heat were in fact favored, but wade put on such a spectacular performance that i think more credit should go to the heat winning, and not them winning because of reffing.
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GOAT
Re: Why would the NBA rig the 2006 Finals?
Originally Posted by masonanddixon
Whether or not it was rigged, Wade put on the greatest Finals performance ever, and I can't imagine anyone ever out-performing him.
You missed the 1993 Finals, didn't you?
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Decent playground baller
Re: Why would the NBA rig the 2006 Finals?
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