An Excerpt From Tim D's Killed Book

[Ben_Hecht]

Everything you wanted to know -- and more!:

http://deadspin.com/5392067

 

[novelist_wannabe]

We'll be hearing of mysterious deaths before Mike Slive allows any SEC officials to write a book like this.

 

[mustangj17]

This is great!

 

[DanOregon]

Sports officiating has to be one of the few vocations where the more you suck the better known you become.
I don't know if any of this stuff is true - but I have heard of most of these NBA refs - and it is always in terms of "oh crap X is reffing the game tonight."

 

[Small Town Guy]

Looking forward to Phil Cuzzi's 2014 book.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

I don't know if any of this stuff is true - but I have heard of most of these NBA refs - and it is always in terms of "oh crap X is reffing the game tonight."

Hang around the halls of MSG a few nights. It's better than a Ph. D.
The Bavetta stuff's been a classic case of "you can learn a lot by watching", for years.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Looking forward to Phil Cuzzi's 2014 book.

Angel Hernandez should write one too.

Somebody will have to read it to him though.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

Wow. I read every word of that. Didn't think I would.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Looking forward to Phil Cuzzi's 2014 book.

There's always Eric Gregg, but that wasn't dishonesty -- he was just so large,
he couldn't get a good view of the zone, so he called far more strikes than
he should have. One of the great "under" umpires in MLB history.

 

[mustangj17]

Wow. I read every word of that. Didn't think I would.

And I no longer think this stuff is the truth. If this type of stuff was so routine, why would Donaghy remember mundane details about one time when a ref thought about calling traveling on Kevin Garnett. I don't think that's the type of thing someone would remember.

 

[Football_Bat]

If the Son of Sam Rule applies, why write a book?

 

[Ben_Hecht]

You remember when you have life-and-death control of something -- as these guys did, if they chose to.

 

[CitizenTino]

I'd love to read the rest of this. God only knows what other dirt he could spill. He didn't even touch on Bennett Salvatore, for example, and that guy is arguably the biggest homer ref in the league. Need a home team to win Game 3 of a series to avoid falling behind 3-0? Time for the Bennett Bump!

(Quick aside: I drank with Salvatore in a hotel bar after he reffed Game 4 of the Cavs-Pistons series in 2006. Really nice guy. But yeah, if he's not flat-out crooked, then he's just easily influenced by home crowds.)

 

[Armchair_QB]

Anybody know what crew worked the Pistons-Pacers brawl game a few years ago?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Like I needed another reminder of why I don't watch the NBA anymore.

He pretty much confirms what anybody with a clue has known about the 2002 Western Conference Finals.

I'm not saying the refs are perfect in other sports, but I think the NBA and SEC football are the only places where it's consistently obvious that the fix is in.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

A hundred times more explosive than the Canseco book.

 

[Yodel]

Like I needed another reminder of why I don't watch the NBA anymore.

He pretty much confirms what anybody with a clue has known about the 2002 Western Conference Finals.

I'm not saying the refs are perfect in other sports, but I think the NBA and SEC football are the only places where it's consistently obvious that the fix is in.

Don't lose your aluminum foil hat.

 

[Stoney]

If this type of stuff was so routine, why would Donaghy remember mundane details about one time when a ref thought about calling traveling on Kevin Garnett. I don't think that's the type of thing someone would remember.

Stang, you need to read a little closer. He didn't talk about the time a "ref" thought about calling travelling on Garnett. Instead, he was talking about the League's Director of Officials suggesting to them that they should have done something like that as a make up call. There's a big difference between the two, and I'd say it's fairly obvious why words like that would be more memorable coming from your boss.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

A hundred times more explosive than the Canseco book.

It should be, but as we've seen since this story came out, ESPN and the NBA will do everything in its power to bury this story.

 

[RickStain]

Like I needed another reminder of why I don't watch the NBA anymore.

He pretty much confirms what anybody with a clue has known about the 2002 Western Conference Finals.

I'm not saying the refs are perfect in other sports, but I think the NBA and SEC football are the only places where it's consistently obvious that the fix is in.

Don't lose your aluminum foil hat.

We've got an ex-ref whistleblowing and clearly claiming games are fixed in the NBA.

Whether the ref is lying or not, it is no longer the territory of tin-foiled hats to think the NBA is fixed.