Consistency and Transparency be Damned

by JSun on Jun 11, 2008 12:24 AM MDT

Here's the third email I've sent to the NBA. Do you think anyone cares?

Don't let them forget. Kind of like the old lady from The Princess Bride.

"This is my third request for clarification on the non-suspensions of Perkins, Garnett and Williams from the Atlanta-Boston series. I still have had no response on why the "bright line" rules were not followed given the precedence of the San Antonio-Phoenix Series.

This is particularly disturbing given Donaghy's new allegations, the forgiveness given to the referees who were found to have violated league gambling policy over last summer and the obvious bias in the free throw shooting during Game 2.

Where is the 'transparency' we were promised? Why hasn't anyone responded to my last two emails?"

For anyone who cares, here are links to some of my other thoughts:

An open letter to the NBA.

No suspensions?

A plea that fans use logic.

Why no news for the first sentencing?

How the NBA killed its Golden Goose.

There's probably other stuff around there.

Which season was it that the first round became 5 games instead of 7? Wasn't that the ploy to make sure the lower-seeded Lakers had a better chance of getting out of the first round?

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Stern and the NBA have done NOTHING to improve confidence in the league since the scandal broke.

Wondering what the skip-2-my-loo to do next with my empty summer

by ZonaFlash on Jun 11, 2008 1:35 AM MDT reply actions

Hilarious

I get a kick out you – JSun – thinking that they might actually respond to you…

Blogging Suns Basketball

by Seth Pollack on Jun 11, 2008 3:12 PM MDT reply actions

LOL

Damn… that was mean Stan…
No sweat J.. they read it.. that’s the important part.

"Basketball doesn't build character. It reveals it"

by PanamaSun on Jun 11, 2008 3:19 PM MDT up reply actions

Two Things

1. I have free time

2. The squeaky wheel gets the oil

Years from now, when we’re retired and sitting together sipping whatever fashionable hot beverage is being served in the pavilion/lobby/whatever it is at the arena, I’ll still be sending emails (or whatever form of correspondence is most used) to the league.

Maybe, though, if more fans had the gumption to shoot off an email that takes three minutes to write every month or so … somebody would get an answer.

Mmmmm ... Guinness

by JSun on Jun 11, 2008 5:17 PM MDT up reply actions

Garnett pushed an official and didn’t even get a slap on the wrist. I thought that was automatic a 2 game suspension. Why did that not receive more coverage?

I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, "I wanna grow up and be a critic." - Richard Pryor

by DennardC on Jun 11, 2008 4:11 PM MDT reply actions

If Suns fans (and others such as the Kings) do not feel that they have been wronged, then the accusations of yesterday have certainly changed the minds of many.

JSun is right. How come those aforementioned Celtics players were not suspended as per league rules, just like STAT and Diaw were? The league has not put aside any of our concerns, nor have they made officiating more transparent. They have only proved themselves to be duplicitous and devious bastards who seek to do as much as they can to raise revenues and ensure the “right” teams and players get what they need. So for now the league front office will try to sweep this all under the rug, but as the polls have shown their credibility is shot.

We are getting closer to a great change in the league, and Stern wont be the one going forward with it.

"Troops in desperate straights know no fear. Where there is no escape, they stand firm; When they have entered deep, they persist; When they see no hope, they fight." Sun Tzu The Art of War

by Turambar on Jun 11, 2008 11:31 PM MDT reply actions

I am fearful that a bunch of talk will occur

but nothing will change. The NBA is heading straight for MLB type ignominy.

Does anyone think this is a situation of “where there’s smoke there’s fire?”

As I said elsewhere, I believe the genius is that the tampering is subtle, giving it plausible deniability.

All the league needs to have done is give selective officiating critiques and that’s that. There will be no evidence and no smoking gun now that Elliot Spitzer is no longer running prosecutions.

Wondering what the skip-2-my-loo to do next with my empty summer

by ZonaFlash on Jun 13, 2008 11:01 AM MDT reply actions

Smoke and Fire?

I really did not think that there was much fire and that Donaghy was rather isolated.

However, the failure to keep promises about transparency, some potential lies from the league office, inconsistency from the Bosto-Atlanta series and a few other things sure do make one question how widespread it is.

If there’s nothing, why isn’t the league more open about this thing? That’s the curious part.

Mmmmm ... Guinness

by JSun on Jun 13, 2008 11:16 AM MDT up reply actions

It reminds me of those old tv shows

Where the bad guys always keep a file cabinet of documents with all the evidence about the crimes and all the good guys need to do is break in and steal the file.

I can’t believe anything so overt would have been necessary. Selective enforcement is sufficient and just a slight tilt in favor of the teams one likes.

Besides, SA is the counterexample the NBA can always trot out. No full-fledged conspiracy can explain them. An implicit conspiracy of selective subtle tampering might.

Last, what I have the most trouble with is how buddy-buddy Stern and Colangelo should be, but that the Suns should be so cursed. Either their is not a strong conspiracy, or Stern and Colangelo are not really close buddies. Despite all the friendly gestures, the USA basketball, Colangelo did not get the NYK job. I’m beginning to think Stern and Colangelo are more rivals than buddies.

Wondering what the skip-2-my-loo to do next with my empty summer

by ZonaFlash on Jun 13, 2008 12:27 PM MDT up reply actions