Deadspin and Donaghy: Be Careful What You Believe

by Seth Pollack on Oct 28, 2009 5:47 PM MDT in Phoenix Suns Commentary

I am not saying everything that convicted felon Tim Donaghy wrote is automatically a lie but I would highly advise taking all of it with a big lick of salt.

Lets also not forget that reputable publishers turned down this book and left it to Deadspin to publish online. Online! Everyone knows you can't believe anything you read ONLINE! (especially from online outfits who thinks it's cool to publish wild ass rumors about a competitor)

I am not even going to link to this trash. You can find it yourself and feel free to use it to look back and find more reasons why the Suns were victimized by the league, or the officials, or the evil empire if that's what floats your boat.

We now return to celebrating the opening day of the Suns 2009/10 season.

F$%k You very much, Tim Donaghy.

[Note by Phoenix Stan, 10/28/09 6:09 PM MST ]

Of course, with anything this..explosive there's going to be a wide variety of opinions. Here's another take

The Sports Retorter: Maybe the NBA did have it in for the Phoenix Suns | Fanster.com -
Stories of the NBA telling their referees how to officiate certain games, what players to call fouls against and what teams they wanted to win, are as old as

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Well here is the problem.

Ask yourself this question.

Would you really be shocked if anything the man said was true?

My answer would be no.

That is the problem.

TO THE NBA - " Yeah, you have created a rift within me ; Now there have been ; several complications ; that have left me feeling nothing ; I might say, you were ; wrong to take it from me ; Left me feeling nothing " - Disturbed, "Numb"

by antiw0rm on Oct 29, 2009 8:08 AM MDT reply actions

Totally disagree

I’ll take the work at face value, mainly because the Commish has failed to disclose anything about the opaque, KGB-esque officiating process.

What kind of operation is it, where criticizing the officiating is a fineable offense?

Donaghy is a sideshow, because nothing has been done to shine the light of day on the officiating process.

Nothing has been gained from the Donaghy affair, except a few more doubters about the quality of the NBA game, including me. Thanks Commish, for doing nothing.

Wondering what to drink to during suns games...

by ZonaFlash on Oct 30, 2009 2:07 PM MDT reply actions

Two words: Jose Canseco..

Similar situation.. He was proven to be totally vindicated when Rafael Palmiero, who he named in his book, testified in front of congress that he had never taken steroids, but later tested positive.

"True glory consists of doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read".

by Pliny the Elder on Nov 5, 2009 3:30 AM MST reply actions