Suns Tweet-up Time! R U N?

I wonder how Robin Lopez is doing. Might he play this week or next?

I am going to give away two tickets to this tweet-up game just as soon as I come up with a good contest idea…

stay tuned

Source: 13 refs involved in NBA gambling scandal
 Doug Thonus on 11.25.09 | 12 comments |
Per some NBC TV Affiliate in Boston:

BOSTON — A source tells 7Sports that the gambler at the center of the 2008 NBA betting scandal says 13 referees were involved.

Jimmy “The Sheep” Battista pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transmit wagering information in connection with disgraced NBA official Tim Donaghy and served 15 months in federal prison.

The source also tells 7Sports that Battista claims he has the phone records to prove his contact with these 13 referees.

If this pans out the reffing scandal may break like the steroids one in baseball. More and more info coming out in a negative way for the league. I’m interested to see how the league responds to this.

Personally, I never believed in refs fixing games, so this would be extremely disappointing to me if it turns out to be true.

As a side note, it’s a day later, and the story hasn’t been picked up by any major news outlet. It makes me wonder if a small network affiliate is out headline grabbing without much legit information.

If this is true David Stern should be fired and investigated per congress. I feel this is worse then baseball ever was, I don’t like congress getting involved but this could go all the way back to the Larry and Magic days. My heart is still broke because I felt for years the Suns, Kings, Trailblazers, Pacers, and Malone and Stockton’s Jazz were a victim one series or another. The 2001 Lakers Championship, 2002 Lakers Championship, 2006 Spurs championships, and going all the way back to 1997 eastern conference championship where the Bulls beat the Pacers, I thought key games were fixed in order to set up championships.

The source also tells 7Sports that Battista claimed to have a “Big 5” of “dependable” referees and that Donaghy was the “King,” delivering a winning bet in 78 percent of the games he officiated.