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  • nigger ball

  • FINALLY... let's look at the ref scandal in the playoffs last year. The Suns are one of the more popular teams in the NBA... and Steve Nash has one of the more popular Jerseys. If there was an Nba conspiracy the conspiracy would have been against the SPURS not the Suns... but it was the SUNS who were harmed by the calls of that gambling ref.

    Again these theories don't stand up to scrutiny.

    I'll come back at you with some stats from the Heat vs. Mavs final if I can find some.

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  • I dont like there moveS haha

  • marcdaddy, you're so deluded. go fuck yourself. you're an embarrassment to sane fans of the game.

  • I'm so deluded because I brought you FACTS that you can search online for YOURSELF???

    Please... why would Kevin Martin's FTA be higher than Kobe... NO ONE accepts REAL NBA fans know who he is... and check the rest of the list I provided... There is not DAMN CONSPIRACY... if you can't bring EVIDENCE to prove it SHUT THE HELL UP... You probably also believe that all the world leaders are reptiles and rule the world and that there is some Planet X coming to destroy earth. GO WHERE UR TINFOIL HAT.

  • You keep coming back with the same argument... I said that the refs give the good players calls, not that every single foul call is fixed. I guess Kevin Martin is really good at drawing the foul, so he gets the calls he deserves, that doesn't mean that other players (KObe) don't get calls handed to them... I love how you assume that I believe in planet X... and I think you mean WEAR ur tinfoil hat

  • that planet X comment wasn't directed to you Manda... only ONE of the comments were directed to you... but it's my fault for not specifying the particular youtuber I was referring to.

    The ONE comment where I mentioned your name was the ONE comment i directed toward you... the others were directed to other posters who commented on what I said... since you never insulted me, i have no need to insult you.

  • Lets not forget where this whole argument started though, with the fact that the 06 finals were FIXED. 100%. From David Stern not wanting a loose cannon like Mark Cuban to win, to the refs trying to create the next MJ out of DWade, how do you do that? You hand him bogus calls. And that's what they did.

  • Manda, if david stern wanted to fix the NBA the Pistons wouldn't have been going to the Eastern Conference Finals and Finals so much... same with the Spurs..

    Question: do you think the NFL refs were fixing the the Super Bowl against the Seahawks for the Pittsburg Steelers... or fixing it against the Patriots???

    REFEREES ARE HUMAN... and I took a good hour of my time to provide FACTS which show that there is NO correlation between Jerssey Sales and Free Throw Attempts.

  • But the correlation was there, maybe not exactly equivalent, but it was there. I do not believe that any superbowl that I have seen was fixed... I think that some of the Patriot's regular season games were fixed (against baltimore and Philly) and i know why...

  • NFL network had exclusive rights to the Patriot's last regular season game (they later gave up the exclusive rights, but that was after they fixed the Ravens game) Nobody was going to watch an average game between NE and NYG if NE wasn't going for an undefeated season. Back to the Pistons and the Spurs, they both have the kind of pushover owner that David Stern wants....

  • Not to mention the Spurs are the league leader in foreign players, which is something that Stern wants. David Stern isn't satisfied with all of the fans in America, he wants fans from all over the world to give him money.

  • Manda, two of the LOWEST rated NBA finals involved the Spurs... David Stern is a business man first... there's NO WAY that he would be willing to jeopardize making money simply because he might have a totalitarian desire for control.

    REMEMBER the controversy over the new basketball? If david stern SO wanted to control everything about the NBA he would hav NEVER changed his mind about having players use the new ball...

  • and lets look at Collective Bargaining Agreements... like I said before, David Stern is a businessman first, and as a businessman he recognizes that players jumping high school to the NBA has hurt the NBA product. As such, he wants players to come out of college and stay in school for as long as possible... were he such a dictator, he would've forced to Union to accept that players HAVE to stay in school for 2 or 3 years... but he COMPROMISED for only ONE mandatory college season.

  • If you want to talk about a league owner looking for pushovers, check out ROGER GOODDELL. Shoot u could even say the same thing about Bud Selig... David Stern allowed Mark Cuban to own the mavs... there is no way in hell bud selig will allow Cuban to own the Cubs like he wants to do...

  • FINALLY... let's look at the ref scandal in the playoffs last year. The Suns are one of the more popular teams in the NBA... and Steve Nash has one of the more popular Jerseys. If there was an Nba conspiracy the conspiracy would have been against the SPURS not the Suns... but it was the SUNS who were harmed by the calls of that gambling ref.

    Again these theories don't stand up to scrutiny.

    I'll come back at you with some stats from the Heat vs. Mavs final if I can find some.

  • Yeah, they didn't get viewers then, but now look at it... Stern's already working on teams in Europe, and soon enough Asia.... It started with the Spurs.

    I'm not saying that Stern wants to totally controll all of the players, he understands that the players bring him money, so when they complained about the ball, he changed it back.

    What he does want to control though is the owners, which he does a pretty good job of, with the exception of Mark Cuban.

  • Like you said, Stern is a business man, which means he looked at the big picture of a worldwide NBA market, and that's how he was able to overlook poor ratings for the Spurs. I don't have facts to back this one up, but I will bet that the most popular NBA teams in countries other than USA are the Spurs and the Rockets. The Spurs in The Caribbean (Duncan), France (Parker), and South America-namely Argentina (Ginobli) and the Rockets in China

  • I'll look up all the stats later but I DO remember that KOBE has the number one selling Jersey in China and I think Yao's Jersey ranked fourth.

  • Well, the whole teams in Europe thing is PURE BUSINESS.. David Stern is looking for extra revenue streams to increase the financial growth of the NBA. He doesn't think it is possible only in the U.S. What he's trying to do is the SAME THING with the NFL having the Giants and Dolphins play in Europe, NFL Europe, MLB sending teams to play in Japan, and NASCAR allowing Toyota as one of the cars on the track.

    In the end, these attempts will NOT WORK because NO ONE CARES about Europe or Asia.

  • that's why Hockey isn't popular in America... most of the players are foreign... people want to root for players/teams that they have an emotional tie to- and it's kind of hard rooting for a player who's from a different country

    Part of the reason why the ratings have been decreasing for baseball and basketball is because of the increased foreign presence in those leagues.

  • Top 15 players in jersey sales and where they rank in terms of Free Throw Attempts/Game

    1. Kevin Garnett-- 43

    2. Kobe Bryant-- 8th

    3. Allen Iverson-- 3rd

    4. LeBron James-- 2nd

    5. Steve Nash-- 96th

    6. Dwyane Wade-- 6

  • 6. Dwyane Wade-- 6th 7. Gilbert Arenas-- 5th 8. Dirk Nowitzki-- 13th 9. Stephon Marbury-- 42nd 10. Carmelo Anthony-- 12th 11. Kevin Durant-- 22nd 12. Paul Pierce-- 17th 13. Tracy McGrady-- 33rd 14. Dwight Howard-- 1st 15. Chris Paul-- 49th So your THEORY, Manda just DOES NOT stand up to the FACTS... If there was a conspiracy to give calls to players with the most popular jerseys Garnett would go to the FT line more than any other plane- same goes with all the other players.
  • It's like I said before, the players who shoot the most shots AND attack the basket are the ones who get to the line the most. Dwight Howard's ENTIRE game is inside the paint, just like it was for Shaq when he was in his prime... and lebron when he attacks the basket he attacks like a MACK TRUCK.. Allen Iverson HAS NO FEAR despite his size... so it's no surprise these players get to the Free Throw line more than any other players... THERE IS NO CONSPIRACY.

  • But there is a conspiracy, out of the people that drive the hoop the most, the NBA posterboys are the ones who get the most calls. somebody like Jerry Stackhouse could drive the hoop and get stabbed and there wouldn't be a call. Watch tape of some of the fouls given to Kobe DWade or LeBron, and you will see that half of them involve NO CONTACT whatsoever. You can't argue with something right in front of your face.

  • are you trying to tell me that I went THROUGH ALL OF THAT STATISTICAL NON-EVIDENCE OF A CONSPIRACY FOR NOTHING.... please. All you have is CONJECTURE.. I brought you FACTS...

  • I think its funny that Stephon Marbury's jersey is 9th. Thats really amazing.

  • I have the Super Bowl Commercial with some NBA stars in it.

    Can you guess which video it is?

  • Pistons the Best!

  • celtics are like the patriots in basketball.

  • Man.... Can't believe Rockets actually won 22 in a row. Now they're going to drop back down to shit place.

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  • check out this video

  • too bad the rockets lost, theyre y favorite team!

  • magic magic rulessssss they are better tthe then detriot

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  • Detroit is the team of destiny

  • magic rule

  • this a good video

  • cletics rule

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  • good

  • kobe for president '08...sad KG, cp3 who?

  • KG for MVP? You wish, Boston was still winning games without him, idiot... I think Kobe Bryant deserves MVP more than Kevin Garnett, and I hate Kobe Bryant!

  • I hate kobego too, but tell me.. who is the idiot when Garnetts first season with Boston turn around from last year.. is a plus 40 wins...(BIGGEST DIFFERENCIAL IN NBA HISTORY by a player in a single season).. search it up fool, and let me know who idiot is

  • Well, Ray Allen was also new

  • Ray allen has been injured in a lot of games and his impact is not as near as Garnett

  • im not a boston fan at all, lol im a die hard lakers fan, but i agree with u. Garnett was missed alot more then rey allen is being missed now

  • I understand that Garnett is a better player, but you can't credit the Celtic's entire turnaround to just Garnett. Sure, Garnet is the better player, but he isn't the only new player making a difference.

  • GARNETT MVP 08

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  • Very good video!!

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  • that was great

  • hell yessss

  • go sacramento yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Go Boston!

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  • did he say "8 game losing SKEET" lol

  • you're right...lol!

  • i guess the celtics had the luck of the irash

  • learn to spell Irish

  • Drew Good is the new ZZToP

  • hahaha

  • Dammit Boston.

  • lakers are my favorite team but dirk coulda easily drawn the foul when luke and odom jumped

  • hhaha the rockets lost finally, they wont make the playoffs

  • you idiot they are in first place in the west

  • no they are not you idiot, go check your facts dipshit

  • HAHAHA Chicago in Green!

  • rockets showed more sac than other nba team

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  • awesome i was at the lakers vs mavs game i had my kobe jersey on and like every1 was standing for the last play and when dirk fumbled every1 was screaming their heads off and when dirk missed all the laker fans inlcuding me were like YES!!!!!! YES!!!! lol we rocked

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  • boston pwned the rockets there goes ur 22 game winning streak xP

  • yeah

  • YES LAKERS WON!!! Take that Mavs. So much for the wining streak for houston.

  • that wasnt vince carter that was stromile swift but it was cold

  • yay..

    i knew the celtics were gonna win..

  • wow u see that carter dunk?

  • SPURS=check Houston=Check Dallas=Check Check!

    BOSTON!!! LAKERS BLOW!

  • Amen

  • yo some one tell mandalajusto to shut the fuck up... stop bitchin cause your on your menstral cycle...damn.

  • Nice to know that you can make a valid argument against my points... oh wait...... this is awkward..... I guess I'm right......good try

  • BTW- that last comment was a reply to kws0113

  • I want a poster of that dunk !

  • CELTICS WON! knew it. we gonna become the NBA Champs. sience for a very long time. its almost like a dream team

  • I have never seen a worse covered game than the Lakers Mavs game was in this video. Dirk had a better game then Kobe, but all they talk about here is Kobe, because he's more marketable. The NBA needs to start doing highlights based on who had a better game, not who looks better in a commercial. Makes me sick.

  • rockets got bitch slapped back to reality...lets see how they do with the formidable schedule coming up. The NBA needs to do a better job of scheduling. 22 game fluke where they still aren't the dominant team

  • They're rank 1 in Western. Rank 2 all together, and theres no such thing as a 22 game fluke"

  • ??????? WHO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

  • Tyrus Thomas was posterized!

  • whats with the bulls green uni's?

  • St.Patty's Day!

  • ahh i see

  • im a lker fan but i didn't understand dirk's shot over lamar when he faked,and lamar jump he should just hit his body on lamar so the referee will think that it is a foul then nowitzki can have a 3point opportunity at the free throw line

  • Dirk knew the ref wouldn't call a foul. The only way the ref would have called a foul if the actual foul was really noticeable.

  • Amazing streak by Houston,but am I the only one that cannot understand how they keep winning? I know they are playing good team ball and TMac is..well..Tmac,but still,I just dont see them as one of the top 3-4 squads. I think the next few games(now that the emotion and momentum of the streak is gone)will tell us just how good Houston really is or was this streak just an example of a good team playing great or is this really a great team? I wouldnt be surprised to see them lose 2 of their next 5

  • You won't be disapointed. Houston is going against a few hungry-winwise western teams trying to get a few more wins before seasons over.

  • that was like the NBA Championship game to me Celtics vs. Rockets

  • why dont they ever do raptors?

  • cuz the raptors suck and they have lost 5 in a row

  • dang i would love the see the Rockets beat the Celtics

  • no the worriors are gonna upset celtics in first round just like they did last year with the mavs

  • you idiot

  • .__. Please sir dont post if you dont know what you are talking about.

  • no the worriors are gonna upset celtics in first round just like they did last year with the mavs

  • @evo656

    The Warriors could never upset Celtics in the 1st round because Warriors are not good enough, and the teams dont even play in the same conference.

  • will they might if they both go to the finals

  • no the worriors are gonna upset celtics in first round just like they did last year with the mavs

  • Lakers are going to the championship with detroit and the laker are going to likk them in each game.

  • Laker/Spurs/Suns vs Detroit

    I will decide after season ends between the three.

  • @chrahum

    The Suns wont even make it to conference finals, so you might as well quit.

  • I disagree on you on this. Suns future looks bright.

  • NBA 4ever!!!

  • Tony Parker is french ...

  • holy shit KOBE is fucking amazin.

  • Lakers arent the best team in the league, every lakers fan says that every year, their not the best, celtics have been doing way better then the lakers, no one is the best in the league, we'll find that out when one of the teams wins the title.

  • Uh, I don't think so. That team's defense sucks, as was the case in Houston, & at Dallas, giving up 100+ points once again.

  • somebody brushed my asshole

  • Tony Parker is an European, isn't he?

  • From france...and going to be final mvp (again) this year, as spurs will win nba championship!!!

  • Can't u read? I said "NO EUROPEAN will win an NBA title so long as they re the go-to guy" Key word being "GO TO GUY"... Duncna is the leader of the team and the go-to guy. But Parker IS the toughest of the Europeans as he isn't afraid of going to teh basket- especially considering that he is a point gaurd. Steve Nash is tough too... but ONLY because Canada is right next to America... Europeans are a bunch of sissies... that's why their centers shoot 3-pointers, they're afraid of getting hit

  • "but ONLY because Canada is right next to America..."

    Stupid remarks like those makes you look like an idiot. Next thing youll say Mexico has a chance to bring Mvp candidates becuase "they are next to America." Please re-read what you will post before posting it, makes me not lose 2 seconds of my life reading ignorant comments. Sorry, I dont like to name call but I just got frustrated by seeing the above quote. .__.

  • are you REALLY going to assert that cultures don't affect each other when those two cultures are bordering each other? Europe is culturally isolated from Aemrica... so (outside of the media) European culture doesn't affect American culture and vice versa. Canada and America have similar cultures rooted in the British past... Mexico's culture is far different.. and they ar playing soccer not basketball... But a mexican would have a better chance LEADING a team to aa tile than a european.

  • I see your point but I completely disagree. Europe has a far better chance of producing a Leader. Why? Because Europe actually dedicates time and money to produce quality players. Mexico's sport is soccer. Canada's sport is Hockey, despite they have a Nba franchise in Toronto, I still say Hockey. Lets go into Europe, they have produce Mvp candidates and All Stars. EX. Nowitski, Parker, and Gasol, plus many more. Please look into facts before you try to make sense in what you are trying to say.

  • first you say "I see your point..." then you say "please look into facts before you try to make sense..."? Contradiction.

    But let me illustrate my point further: The maves should have swept the Miami Heat in the finals but htey didn't. Why? because Dirk was too PUNK to work the post. Game 3 (I believe) the Mavs were about the go up 3-0. ALL GAME Dirk was posting up players and the mavs were winning. THEN in the 4th for NO REAASON he wants to be a shooting guard... THAT'S when the heat won

  • If dirk would've kept with posting up players the heat would've lost the series. And when attempts to post up,he ALWAYS shoots fade aways which menas he gets fouled less, meaning he gets to the line less. Even last night Charles Barkley was scolding Dirk for shooting AWAY from the basket on the last second shot to win the game. Dirk's spine is noodles- just like most other Europeans. Hell, EVEN Yao is tougher than dirk and Yao is softer than jello.

    European players have 2b sidekicks.

  • I noticed some people talking about why the mavs lost to the heat in the finals. The refs, and the NBA as a whole lost that series for the mavs, and I will explain. David Stern didn'[t want Mark Cuban to win because Cuban is rebellios and doesn't fit the old-guy-in-a-suit-who-only-car­es-about-money mold that Stern wants all the owners to fit in. Secondly, the NBA suspended Stackhouse for an entire game over an average foul... even if it was flagrant, it wasn't suspension worthy.

  • I noticed some people talking about why the mavs lost to the heat in the finals. The refs, and the NBA as a whole lost that series for the mavs, and I will explain. David Stern didn'[t want Mark Cuban to win because Cuban is rebellios and doesn't fit the old-guy-in-a-suit-who-only-car­es-about-money mold that Stern wants all the owners to fit in. Secondly, the NBA suspended Stackhouse for an entire game over an average foul... even if it was flagrant, it wasn't suspension worthy.

  • Also, the NBA wanted Wade to become their new poster player, and that's why he got all the calls that no other player (besides Michael Jordan) would have gotten. The mavs couldn't breath near Wade without the refs calling a foul! Not to mention the rediculous calls against the Mavs, or the time when the Mavs were on a fast break, and the ref GOT IN JERRY STACKHOUSE'S WAY. The ref knocked over stackhouse, ended the fast break, then GAVE THE BALL TO THE HEAT. That whole series was a load of crap.

  • The REASON why wade gets alot of calls is because HE TAKES THE BALL TO THE BASKET and he's quicker than most players... simple as that. Two types of players go to the FT's a lot... post up players and very quick gaurds who take it to the basket... which is hwy DIRK doesn't go to the FT line often. Let's look at the players with the highest FTA/g this season:

    1. D. Howard- 11.4

    2. Lebron - 10.6

    3. Iverson- 9.8

    4. Corey Magette- 8.7

    5. G. Arenas- 9.6

    6. Wade- 9.2

  • Do you think it's a coincidence that 5 out of the top 6 of those players are NBA poster boys (all except Magette).... it's not, the people who look better in commercials are the people that get the calls. The NBA doesn't want their top advertisers and ticket sellers to do bad, so they give them a little help. BTW thanks for doin the research to prove my point.

  • my computer froze. let me continue... 7. Kevin Marin 9.0 8. Kobe 8.9 9. Richard Jefferson 8.8 10. Chris Bosh 8.3 11. Amare 8.3 12. Carmelo 7.7 13. Dirk 7.5 14. Yao 7.4 15. Gerald Wallace Now, if your theory was right, Lebron would be ranked first, Kobe 2nd, and maybe Carmelo or Wade third. Kevin Marin and Richard Jefferson would not rank ahead of KOBE, Dirk, Yao, or KG. The reason why you see these names in the top 10 is cause 1) the shoot the ball alot and attack the basket
  • e.g., ya don't see T-Mac or Ray Allen high on the list cuz they likes to shoot outide shots more than attack the basket. The only things that surprised me about the FT Attempts/g list is that Yao and Dirk are ranked so high and that Duncan, Tony Parker, and Shaq are ranked so low (despite shaq's game falling). I'm not surprised at all that AK47 is ranked 69 but I CAN'T BELIEVE that Steve Nash si ranked 96th in FTAs. Nash is a popular player and if ur theory was coorect he'd be ranked higher.

  • OK, so your list shows that some players actually get to the free throw line without the help of the refs, that doesn't mean that they all do. Of course the players that rank high on the list will drive the hoop more, even the ones getting help from the refs, because the refs have to have a reason to call a foul. But just because you drive the hoop does not mean that you automatically get 2 foul shots.

  • Here's how it works- If your on an NBA commercial, and you sell tickets and jerseys and what not, and you have a tendency to drive the hoop- you will get a foul call, regardless of whether or not there actually was a foul on the play.

  • Manda, youa re still pushing that tripe? Read THIS from the NBA Website:

    The NBA's Most Popular Jersey List... listed below.

    1. Kevin Garnett

    2. Kobe Bryant

    3. Allen Iverson

    4. LeBron James

    5. Steve Nash

    6. Dwyane Wade

  • 7. Gilbert Arenas

    8. Dirk Nowitzki

    9. Stephon Marbury

    10. Carmelo Anthony

    11. Kevin Durant

    12. Paul Pierce

    13. Tracy McGrady

    14. Dwight Howard

    15. Chris Paul

    Now compare THIS with the list I provide earlier about the players who attempt the most FT's per game... just to make sure you get the point I will list each player listed according to the popularity of their jerseys and where they rank on the Free Throw Attempts per Game list.

  • That's a retarded statement... if the NBA and refs REALLY were fixing games then there is NO WAY the nba would allow the Spurs and Pistons to be so successful in the playoffs let alone win championships.  so your agrument here is NULL and VOID.

  • DIRK IS SOFT.... HE WILL NEVER WIN AS TEAM LEADER... as a matter of fact, NO EUROPEAN will win an NBA title so long as they re the go-to guy because Europeans are TOO SOFT... That's why Pau was droppped.

  • aight tough guy stfu u dont no shit

  • oooooooooooo, I'm shaking in my boots... das boots, das boots, das boots.

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  • BYE BYE STREAK

  • DEROIT YEARS HERE 2004 All OVER AGAIN THE ONLY TEAM THAT STANDS A CHANCE IS BOSTON THE EASTERN SEMI FEINALS SHOULD BE INTERESTING

  • lakers!!best team in the league!kobe=MVP

  • The dude below me..

    How you can say that Rockets have more experience..

    Celtics has 4 straight out play offs veterans!

  • The dude below me..

    How you can say that Rockets have more experience..

    Celtics has 4 straight out play offs veterans!

  • Rockets Haters remember: Dallas last year was the best team in the league...what happened?!!

    i guess that u know!

    Boston is n°1 yes, but that doesn't mean they're gonna make it!

    TMAC and his team are more experienced in playoffs!

    we'll see ...

  • ass boston already in da playoffs

  • I can see your point, but the fact you're an angry Rockets fan just overthrows the argument.

  • Bulls in green shirt...A bit strange..

  • yeah the raptors looked much better in green vs utah...

  • I hate desperate teams like Boston. I hope that the "#1 team not winning the championship" continues this season. I think the last #1 team (of the entire NBA not just conference) to win the title was the 2000 or 2001 Lakers.

  • I think Pistons are going to upset the Celtics on the eastern conference finals.

  • I think Pistons are going to upset the Celtics on the eastern conference finals.

  • ooohhhh maaaannn.Iverson has lost the ball??????unbelievable!!!!!!

  • detroit year! u know

  • you shut your mouth 2!

    boston fucking fun!

    remember this man,

    celtics will not get the crown until there are teams like the spurs,detroit,mavericks, and also maybe my OrLando!

  • bulls wearing green is so strange...