Donaghy is a freakin' liar. He fixed games from 2003-2007. The gambling data / spreads confirm it in the games he officiated. He was not blackmailed by the mafia. It was pure greed and arrogance.
They think the public is illiterate. The entire league is in on it. I bet NBA games for 15 years and I would need 300 peoples hands to count all the tickets I lost by the half of point!!!
If you've read his book, you would know that the FBI agent who was head of the investigation, wrote the foreword for Donaghy's book confirming that all of his claims regarding the NBA's game fixing were true. @@MrAmrmnabil
@@MrAmrmnabil True, his still a criminal, in the sense that he bet on NBA games, which at that time was illegal. But he did not bet on games, he himself reffed, which also was confirmed by the FBI, nor did they find any evidence that he influenced games he reffed. The FBI also confirmed that he won money on around 80 procent, of the bets he made. And if he didn't bet on games he reffed, but only on games reffed by his colleagues, how would you then explain such a high win share percentage? A colleague of Donaghy's Scott Foster received 134 phone calls from Tim Donaghy between October 2006 and April 2007. That was the same period during which Donaghy admitted to betting on NBA games. The report said that Donaghy called Foster more than any other ref and that he didn’t call any other official more than 13 times. Also, when Donaghy called Foster, he mostly used the phone that he dedicated to gambling-related phone calls, and the phone calls stopped abruptly when Donaghy said he stopped gambling. Scott Foster is still an active ref in the NBA.
Are you for real he was honest in his testimony he was a f****** crook Thief and a f****** rat but he but he was honest in his testimony what a freaking world we live in
Dude is right ... the nba knows they can’t touch him and sue him because owners and other refs would have to testify under oath and that would kill the whole league ... it’s obvious games are fixed especially big time games and playoff games.... it’s all sports .. it’s simply about the revenue !
All those claiming that the NFL would never rig a game (ie NFC Championship) to get a big market team in the Super Bowl should watch this! I think the most reliable indicator that Donaghy is telling the truth is that the NBA never tried to sue him (which would require all this to be discussed in court under oath).
Westside Buddy No you believe him because the FBI investigation 100% corroborated his story. A story that he told without any errors since he had a photographic memory.
You have to hand it to the NBA corporate machine - they did an amazing job of painting Donaghy as a lone wolf, a bad apple. There is no way he could have done what he did for so long unless other refs were in on the job. Its pretty obvious he was not acting alone.
It's an amazing feat. It's even come to the point, that when former players talk about the 2002 western finals, they mention Donaghy, who had no part in any of the games!!
This type of rigging is sanctioned from the top. Only the idiots believe that some low level referee has this much power. All legal though, because the NBA is defined as scripted entertainment. It may just be the NBA is behind releasing all this information to protect themselves from having more damaging information revealed.
The NBA got just as much help in that as the teams that the crooked refs helped. None of the media looked too hard at it because they all would have lost revenue from broadcasting NBA games if they exposed the truth and the league lost viewers. Even media outlets that didn't broadcast games wanted to stay on the NBA's good side so that in the future they wouldn't have a tarnished relationship with the league when they might negotiate a deal to broadcast NBA games. Every corporate entity tied to the NBA stood to lose money if they didn't try to hide the truth, and they all looked the other way.
@@jonathanwilson2363 oh yes they did. The Spurs got away with 1 against the Kings too. Just wasn't as noticeable because it wasn't a playoff game. Not only that, games were fixed to determine the Spurs opponent usually giving them the weaker team to match up against. Hell, they've been cheating for the Spurs dating back as the year they helped David Robinson win the scoring title. So don't try it. You can't possibly believe that basic boring ass team was as good as they were without help. They had to give the white fans what they want too. & the Spurs was that team.
Damn that is fascinating shit. I used to work for a wise old dude who always claimed all the pro sports leagues were rigged and I guess that is the kind of shit he was talking about.
Any sport that has big tv ratings gets rigged. NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, NCAA football and basketball. It’s all blatant coercion when you see the difference between straight games and rigged games. Refs will call fouls in key moments, make a player sit. The mob use to rig the games then tv money got involved and the leagues have to much to lose to let small market teams win. UNC vs Gonzaga blue blood vs mid major. Gonzaga couldn’t breathe without a foul being called. Seattle vs Pittsburgh Super Bowl, so many phantom bad calls vs Seattle it’s sickening. Warriors vs Cleveland, Green gets suspended, curry gets 2 quick fouls in the first quarter. I could go on and on. Another big factor is look at how Vegas is going to win. Seattle vs Denver super bowl, the only people that made money was Las Vegas. All of those miraculous comeback wins from the patriots. It’s all about the money and everyone is sucker for buying in on it. They’re not even classified as a sport to the government. They are classified as (Entertainment)!!!!
A lot of y’all don’t realize those terms we hear in the media like “the stars get the calls” and stuff like that is just low key verbiage that the game is rigged
cause most of us are brainwashed sheeple caught in the moment of the illusion. Sports are great but, you cant be deceived by moneys influence on the outcome.
Intel-Pick True indeed. It didn't even take this guy coming out to that for me to realize this. Too much money involve to let ballplayers mess it up. The biggest thing they make you believe is a championship matters more than100 Mill.
SDS Overfiend remember how angry everyone was when Gonzaga made it to the National championship. Little mid major playing a blue blood and everyone said it’s going to be the worst tv rated championship ever. Then the refs called every foul they could on ganzaga and wouldn’t even let them play. Something like a foul was called on average every 30 seconds. They’re all rigged for that big tv money.
this is why I'm telling people Anthony Davis is coming to the Lakers the NBA knows you can't win and New Orleans same thing with LeBron and Cleveland the first time around they want these guys and big Market areas
What Donaghy is telling you is absolutely true, this is nothing new it has been going on for years, an old NBA official who will rename nameless told me you never foul out Bird or Jordon fans pay to see them play not to watch a ref foul him out.
After suns bucks game 4 tonight, you can't say the league doesn't want Giannis to win but as a fan of neither team at the very least you will never convince me that the League office paying the officials isn't a conflict of interest
Sacramento... divac, Christie, Bibby, Webber, Peja supposed to have won that championship... I remember I was so fucking pissed and I knew the refs were cheating
LMAO this man straight up exposed the NBA I admit what he did was terrible and lost a lot of people money fans and honestly probably love for the game itself but he knows he can say all this stuff and the NBA will be hush because if u put them under oath dear lord the whole league would be disbanded in about a year. The $20 bet thing really got me like............. over $20 u not gonna call a damn foul Jesus money really is the root of all evil
All of the "small market" teams continually get screwed even to this day due to league/refs rigging the games. The Indiana Pacers had one of the best teams year after year during the 90's and were cheated out of a championship time and time again. I'm not getting into a pissing match with haters-- so save it. They had guys they could rely on but not the "G.O.A.T. franchise players" whose endorsement could sell millions and millions of jerseys which is what the NBA insisted on before they would arrange for a team to win a title. Sadly, "love of the game" in all of its honesty and integrity wasn't enough for the league and its officials to just leave well enough alone and let the players' performances decide the outcomes of the games. The NFL is just as bad-- the Colts were repeatedly screwed over in the post season. It takes far less effort for the NFL officials to change the outcome of a football game successfully and they can do it with far less exposure than the NBA officials risk (what actually seem like a minor miscall at the time can easily shift the entire momentum of the game drastically changing the course of the game within several plays). So, I'm done with all of them! I couldn't wait to be a father and avidly watch a basketball or football game with my kids like I did with my father growing up-- now... I really can't bring myself to inflict this type of disappointment on my children that these falsehoods create for their fans...
+Joe Lee - Not having the series go 7 games is how you defuse any controversy. The NBA can sit back and say exactly what you're thinking: "If the games were fixed, the series would have gone longer..."
0:10 - 0:41 that was the longest fucking introduction ever lolol.. I thought he was just going say, "My name is Tim Donaghy. I'm the former NBA basketball referee that was involved in the gambling scandal in 2007." But he kept going for another 25 seconds lol
Used to be an avid fan of NBA and NFL, read The Fix Is In, and this ref. I believe this ref, why should he lie, NBA and NFL writes out the best narrative every year to get most money. This year, was 4-0 Golden State, I think NBA was sensing the rigging talk is going around more so had to counter it laying off for a 7 game series... Wake up people, pro-sports is a business, they're not paying you shit, they don't even know your name, so why spend time and money on the scam...
Giving Draymond the suspension was to extend the series at least to Game 6. It went to Game 7, which the NBA made crazy money, also the owners made money. If you don't think an owner wouldn't want a Game 7, then you are ignorant.
A couple things to take away from this: -Anyone who knows anything about the way sports/life/money works, will know that this guy is OBVIOUSLY telling the truth -I'm honestly surprised jew boy David Stern hasn't gotten this guy killed yet, he completely exposed the integrity of the league -Even as a Kobe and Jordan fan, you have to admit that ALL their rings are NOT 100% valid
he said 2003 lakers verse kings but it was 2002, and man at 5:38, thats certainly an eye opener, if thats real that basically exposes the nba at the highest level
I stopped watching full games of nba nfl and all other sports.It’s been clear to me that referees manipulate games. Corporations at there worst, capitalistic GREED
Was the conference finals series between the Philadelphia Seventy Sixers and Milwaukee Bucks fixed in 2001?! Ray Allen at SG vs Iverson at SG (2001 MVP)
I'm a Blazer fan and Seahawk fan since the 90s. I will never understand how any fan of a low market team will watch or support the NBA or NFL. The last low market team to win an NBA championship were the Sonics in 1979. 12 different NBA teams have won sonce 1980. All big market (top 10 to 13) teams.
No I take the Portland Trail Blazers 1977 against my Philadelphia 76ers as being a low market team I think that was the only professional sports team they had at the time
I see travelling, carry (palming) calls and flopping in the NBA much like diving in soccer. The NBA didn't catch it when it started (or ignored it) and now it's too late. The integrity of the game is already damaged and the league doesn't seem to care
I always wondered about games getting stretched out in a playoff series in any sport. It seemed so obvious at one time. The only reason the fans got lucky on this one is because the FBI was wire tapping others in an unrelated case. It's the same way the IRS nails people: Not the guy that wrote the check but the one that cashed it. Then they work backwards. I think this guy is generally being truthful. But like any other convicted felon, there are parts to his story that simply aren't believable. Does it really seem NBA referees would lower the bar so low that they wouldn't call fouls at the beginning of a game because of a $20.00 tip to a ball boy? WTF? It seems like bullshit. And when you consider the paranoia about gambling in pro sports it's hard to believe tipping would be a reality with ball boys. What teenage boy do you know that's a basket ball fan that wouldn't love to be a ball boy for one minute in an NBA game, let alone the rich fathers willing to pay so their son/daughter could have the experience? Tipping? We know this, Tim is a convicted felon based on what he did, not why he did it or what the others involved did. His wife divorced him the same year he was arrested. I do agree with the NBA being a money making business and that practically anything will become baggage should the golden egg get messed with. Face it, and I mean this, the NBA has been operated by smart, educated Jews. The current commissioner has a law degree. I'm not complaining ............The former and current commissioner have done a fantastic job. Both pro's that understand branding and how important protecting it is. You better believe the NBA distanced themselves from this guy. I think the damage he did to the sport wasn't the money he made. He confirmed what many fans wondered............why was Jordan and now Curry allowed to travel, palm the ball, carry and do all sorts of other things that an average player would get called for. Watch Lebron James take three or four steps before a dunk..............it's embarrassing to the game. I often tell a buddy of mine that most of the current NBA players wouldn't last 10 minutes in a high school game with a competent ref. Fans need to understand, like Tim said, is entertainment. It's a hybrid between athleticism and entertainment. The fans don't want to watch as Lebron James gets called for travelling after he takes his typical three to four steps before he slams. Tim was dead on with his assessment of what NBA brass really want; the stars to shine and to be given preferential treatment as it's them the fans come to watch. In the end Tim stars in a low budget film shown at a film festival, visits his kids every other weekend. He has a history which will follow him to his grave. All this for telling the truth.
Sports is rigged the Pacer's were screwed out've an Nba finals appearance in 2013 ....the Celtics of Kevin Garnette were not allowed to win past 2008(Boston did not have a white team captain & Boston was complicit in their own supression)....the Houston Rockets in 1996 & 1997 were not allowed togo into the finals for fear they might defeat Chicago....
No reason not to believe him but one cannot help but notice how he conveniently glosses over the bit where he took matters into his own hands and conspired with gamblers to make even more money on the side... Betting 20 dollars, what about the 3000 per win he was receiving for the information and other services he provided. This guy didn't care about the game with his book, he cared about making more money.
@@jonathanwilson2363 over rated? Not a chance. Go look at his stats. He was an amazing pg in Dallas too. Think about every player he played with in Phoenix. Every single one of them had their best numbers playing with Nash. When they left they were not the same. Nash wasn’t the same when he left because he was old and injury riddled.
The way A.Iverson was treated by these referees,this person admitting that they were told 2 attack A.Iverson hurt his team as well.They r trying 2 appear that it's only a gambling bet 2 win.🐺🐦🔮🎥😀
I can tell you who is going to win lots of NBA playoff games without knowing any referees, NBA officials or organized crime members. I made some money this year by betting on Lebron James and the Cavaliers during the playoffs. I bet on the Cavaliers after they were already down 0-2 knowing the NBA would not let Boston make the Finals. Simple!
NBA can be ''rigged'' but in the end the best players do win. Who rigged anything for Spurs ? For Pistons ?As a player you have to realize is also a buisness and bottom line matters but again in the long run the best players and teams to get to win.
This guy rigged the spurs/suns games in 06 and 07. I’m not sure the nba really cared who won the championship but they sure as hell make fake calls to extend series etc etc.
Bell was fouling kobe alot. Also suns came back from 1-3 down vs LA you mean the refs couldn’t get LA one game if that was the case? BS... speaking some truth but lies as well
LBJ teams reaching 8 straight NBA finals should be looked at. Especially some of those Game 7's he has won. I wonder how they will manipulate the matches so that LAL reaches the NBA finals this year. I see KD and Steph getting foul outs by halftime. hehe
Will never forget the clippers OKC series. That game was rigged. Clips clearly had a better team. But to generate money, OKC vs Warriors would be better in the west finals. I think this was 15-16 season.
@@hiitsme3039 Doesn't make sense to protect Jordans greatness though. I mean the NBA goes on they need new stars to promote the game. I do not think they are protecting Jordan because it is not cost beneficial to them to do so.
@@larrymillikan1867 The longer they protect Jordan's legacy, the longer they can hype up who the next "goat" is going to be. I think protecting Jordan's legacy can actually be cost beneficial to the NBA.
As touching as it seems to watch a former crook redeeming himself, just say no. He is still a crook, don't let him profit from the exposure he is getting. Let me guess, he is writing a book or making a movie about him or some shit like that to monetize his "fame".
Im pretty sure most refs rigg some games if not most games especially in the playoffs lol. Remember that 2016 Finals lmao. Not a cavs or warrior fan but watching it and around games 5-7 it was kinda one sided lol. curry literally couldnt get a hard foul call
You can download or rent the complete film here: vimeo.com/ondemand/dirtygames
Donaghy is a freakin' liar. He fixed games from 2003-2007. The gambling data / spreads confirm it in the games he officiated. He was not blackmailed by the mafia. It was pure greed and arrogance.
I LOVE HOW THEY TRY TO ACT LIKE IT'S JUST THIS GUY...
Its all corupted and about money revenue
scrapegoat
They think the public is illiterate. The entire league is in on it. I bet NBA games for 15 years and I would need 300 peoples hands to count all the tickets I lost by the half of point!!!
Say whatever you want about Tim Donaghy but he was 100 percent honest in his testimony
As honest as a crook can be. He is just selling his book.
If you've read his book, you would know that the FBI agent who was head of the investigation, wrote the foreword for Donaghy's book confirming that all of his claims regarding the NBA's game fixing were true.
@@MrAmrmnabil
@@cockcockson7965so the system is corrupt, and he made use of it. That does not make him less corrupt.
@@MrAmrmnabil True, his still a criminal, in the sense that he bet on NBA games, which at that time was illegal. But he did not bet on games, he himself reffed, which also was confirmed by the FBI, nor did they find any evidence that he influenced games he reffed. The FBI also confirmed that he won money on around 80 procent, of the bets he made. And if he didn't bet on games he reffed, but only on games reffed by his colleagues, how would you then explain such a high win share percentage? A colleague of Donaghy's Scott Foster received 134 phone calls from Tim Donaghy between October 2006 and April 2007. That was the same period during which Donaghy admitted to betting on NBA games. The report said that Donaghy called Foster more than any other ref and that he didn’t call any other official more than 13 times.
Also, when Donaghy called Foster, he mostly used the phone that he dedicated to gambling-related phone calls, and the phone calls stopped abruptly when Donaghy said he stopped gambling. Scott Foster is still an active ref in the NBA.
Are you for real he was honest in his testimony he was a f****** crook Thief and a f****** rat but he but he was honest in his testimony what a freaking world we live in
Dude is right ... the nba knows they can’t touch him and sue him because owners and other refs would have to testify under oath and that would kill the whole league ... it’s obvious games are fixed especially big time games and playoff games.... it’s all sports .. it’s simply about the revenue !
karson Thorn this is facts
You have to have "standing" in order to sue someone ... the league doesn't.
NBA will never be #1 in the US anyway.....not even #2
Man the whole system was rotten and still is
Any league where your star players are officiated differently is subject to suspicion
At 1:48 Stern says "we're dealing with a single, rogue criminal. " Stern was referring to himself.
I knew Stern was dirty ever since he rigged the '85 Draft.
Can Steve Carrell star in his life movie please
or Adam Sandler, they look so similar
Or Seinfield
@@victormatthews3499 so true!
Adam Sandler g they look identical.
didn't know what you were talking about until i saw him at 9:00 lol holy shit they're twins from that angle
I feel so bad for C-Webb these people cost him a championship...=(
YES! That Sactown team was one of the greats! They would've stomped the Nets back then, too. Def deserved a ring.
Not just Webber but Steve Nash too
What about the suns they were suppose to win a championship 07 and 08 season. This fool Tim definitely fixed the series
Do championships have any merit with all this going on???
All those claiming that the NFL would never rig a game (ie NFC Championship) to get a big market team in the Super Bowl should watch this!
I think the most reliable indicator that Donaghy is telling the truth is that the NBA never tried to sue him (which would require all this to be discussed in court under oath).
Sue him for what?
I don’t think this guy is lying. He’s speaking pretty consistently and can tell by his tone he’s not making anything up
Westside Buddy
No you believe him because the FBI investigation 100% corroborated his story. A story that he told without any errors since he had a photographic memory.
@Westside Buddy Donaghy was a scapegoat. The problem still exists today.
You have to hand it to the NBA corporate machine - they did an amazing job of painting Donaghy as a lone wolf, a bad apple. There is no way he could have done what he did for so long unless other refs were in on the job. Its pretty obvious he was not acting alone.
It's an amazing feat. It's even come to the point, that when former players talk about the 2002 western finals, they mention Donaghy, who had no part in any of the games!!
I can show you examples of Referees every week, manipulating the score.
This type of rigging is sanctioned from the top. Only the idiots believe that some low level referee has this much power. All legal though, because the NBA is defined as scripted entertainment. It may just be the NBA is behind releasing all this information to protect themselves from having more damaging information revealed.
@@dissinfo6358 yeah agree, it would be worse than the malice in the palace
The NBA got just as much help in that as the teams that the crooked refs helped. None of the media looked too hard at it because they all would have lost revenue from broadcasting NBA games if they exposed the truth and the league lost viewers. Even media outlets that didn't broadcast games wanted to stay on the NBA's good side so that in the future they wouldn't have a tarnished relationship with the league when they might negotiate a deal to broadcast NBA games.
Every corporate entity tied to the NBA stood to lose money if they didn't try to hide the truth, and they all looked the other way.
Laker fans.. you still think Kobe has 5?
@@TheMiniSlimShady good argument puppet.
*, just like Tom Brady
Still has 5 on his fingers
*YEP*
Kobe has 1 mangina Guaranteed he called the league to cry.
I love Kobe but he and all us both know him and his Lakers got plenty of help
They sure did get a lot of help.
It’s not only the lakers. Spurs vs suns 2007, even bulls vs jazz 1998 game 6
Kings were better team that year. Lakers got lucky and the beat New Jersey that season
@@AD-fi6em The SPURS never got any help from the refs ... the league has always hated us. ...in 07 the series went 6 and the better team won.
@@jonathanwilson2363 oh yes they did. The Spurs got away with 1 against the Kings too. Just wasn't as noticeable because it wasn't a playoff game. Not only that, games were fixed to determine the Spurs opponent usually giving them the weaker team to match up against. Hell, they've been cheating for the Spurs dating back as the year they helped David Robinson win the scoring title. So don't try it. You can't possibly believe that basic boring ass team was as good as they were without help. They had to give the white fans what they want too. & the Spurs was that team.
Damn, he saw the drama at the workplace and placed his bets based on the situation. Genius!
Ppl aren’t really believing a word this guys says I hope lol.
Still happens today . And in all major sports
Saints-Rams game brought me here
Damn that is fascinating shit. I used to work for a wise old dude who always claimed all the pro sports leagues were rigged and I guess that is the kind of shit he was talking about.
This is what gave Kobe Bryant an extra ring! He only deserves 4!
Yep these guys made sure Allen Iverson couldn't win because they targeted him
@@ave383 In my win Kobe only has/had 4 rings.
Any sport that has big tv ratings gets rigged. NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, NCAA football and basketball. It’s all blatant coercion when you see the difference between straight games and rigged games. Refs will call fouls in key moments, make a player sit. The mob use to rig the games then tv money got involved and the leagues have to much to lose to let small market teams win. UNC vs Gonzaga blue blood vs mid major. Gonzaga couldn’t breathe without a foul being called. Seattle vs Pittsburgh Super Bowl, so many phantom bad calls vs Seattle it’s sickening. Warriors vs Cleveland, Green gets suspended, curry gets 2 quick fouls in the first quarter. I could go on and on. Another big factor is look at how Vegas is going to win. Seattle vs Denver super bowl, the only people that made money was Las Vegas. All of those miraculous comeback wins from the patriots. It’s all about the money and everyone is sucker for buying in on it. They’re not even classified as a sport to the government. They are classified as (Entertainment)!!!!
A lot of y’all don’t realize those terms we hear in the media like “the stars get the calls” and stuff like that is just low key verbiage that the game is rigged
People still dont believe this guy lol
cause most of us are brainwashed sheeple caught in the moment of the illusion. Sports are great but, you cant be deceived by moneys influence on the outcome.
Intel-Pick True indeed. It didn't even take this guy coming out to that for me to realize this. Too much money involve to let ballplayers mess it up. The biggest thing they make you believe is a championship matters more than100 Mill.
SDS Overfiend remember how angry everyone was when Gonzaga made it to the National championship. Little mid major playing a blue blood and everyone said it’s going to be the worst tv rated championship ever. Then the refs called every foul they could on ganzaga and wouldn’t even let them play. Something like a foul was called on average every 30 seconds. They’re all rigged for that big tv money.
@@khure711 fucking pathetic man it's real stupid people care about money
this is why I'm telling people Anthony Davis is coming to the Lakers the NBA knows you can't win and New Orleans same thing with LeBron and Cleveland the first time around they want these guys and big Market areas
What Donaghy is telling you is absolutely true, this is nothing new it has been going on for years, an old NBA official who will rename nameless told me you never foul out Bird or Jordon fans pay to see them play not to watch a ref foul him out.
Forget the NBA. I can't support it.
After suns bucks game 4 tonight, you can't say the league doesn't want Giannis to win but as a fan of neither team at the very least you will never convince me that the League office paying the officials isn't a conflict of interest
Sacramento... divac, Christie, Bibby, Webber, Peja supposed to have won that championship... I remember I was so fucking pissed and I knew the refs were cheating
How about the Lakers vs Kings in I think 2003? That's one of the most diagusting officiating in NBA history.
LMAO this man straight up exposed the NBA I admit what he did was terrible and lost a lot of people money fans and honestly probably love for the game itself but he knows he can say all this stuff and the NBA will be hush because if u put them under oath dear lord the whole league would be disbanded in about a year. The $20 bet thing really got me like............. over $20 u not gonna call a damn foul Jesus money really is the root of all evil
a $20 bet is not about money, it's about pride.
@@Bezmenov93 or love of money
I dont watch nba games anymore
All of the "small market" teams continually get screwed even to this day due to league/refs rigging the games. The Indiana Pacers had one of the best teams year after year during the 90's and were cheated out of a championship time and time again. I'm not getting into a pissing match with haters-- so save it. They had guys they could rely on but not the "G.O.A.T. franchise players" whose endorsement could sell millions and millions of jerseys which is what the NBA insisted on before they would arrange for a team to win a title. Sadly, "love of the game" in all of its honesty and integrity wasn't enough for the league and its officials to just leave well enough alone and let the players' performances decide the outcomes of the games. The NFL is just as bad-- the Colts were repeatedly screwed over in the post season. It takes far less effort for the NFL officials to change the outcome of a football game successfully and they can do it with far less exposure than the NBA officials risk (what actually seem like a minor miscall at the time can easily shift the entire momentum of the game drastically changing the course of the game within several plays). So, I'm done with all of them! I couldn't wait to be a father and avidly watch a basketball or football game with my kids like I did with my father growing up-- now... I really can't bring myself to inflict this type of disappointment on my children that these falsehoods create for their fans...
I’ll go to a game once a year but I stopped being an every day fan. It’s ridiculous that star players get all the calls.
Silver has now changed the style of rigging games but you can still see it.
Absolutely his target of choice is luka doncic
This is the reason why Gsw won in game 1...
i agree, but don't they want it to go to game 7? them doing that would more than likely bring about a sweep ..
Jack Boyon exactly
Jack Boyon. Exactly!
+Joe Lee - Not having the series go 7 games is how you defuse any controversy. The NBA can sit back and say exactly what you're thinking: "If the games were fixed, the series would have gone longer..."
Watch the first half of Game 7 with GSW vs HOU. The refs shaded HOU at least 16 points. It just didn't look right.
0:10 - 0:41 that was the longest fucking introduction ever lolol.. I thought he was just going say, "My name is Tim Donaghy. I'm the former NBA basketball referee that was involved in the gambling scandal in 2007." But he kept going for another 25 seconds lol
He's the reason LA beat Sactown and some other LA-involved games in the early 2000's
LOL! ... I had forgotten that Sacramento fans were the Phoenix Suns fans of the early 2000's !!!!!!!!
Used to be an avid fan of NBA and NFL, read The Fix Is In, and this ref. I believe this ref, why should he lie, NBA and NFL writes out the best narrative every year to get most money. This year, was 4-0 Golden State, I think NBA was sensing the rigging talk is going around more so had to counter it laying off for a 7 game series... Wake up people, pro-sports is a business, they're not paying you shit, they don't even know your name, so why spend time and money on the scam...
The 2016 NBA Finals was definitely rigged.
no its not.. gsw just blew it..
Giving Draymond the suspension was to extend the series at least to Game 6. It went to Game 7, which the NBA made crazy money, also the owners made money. If you don't think an owner wouldn't want a Game 7, then you are ignorant.
@@orinabrian But the cavs win it fair
imo the NBA wanted to extend it, but it hurt GSW in game 7 because of injuries
Kyrie got the winning shot and LeBron made that blocked. It couldn't be rigged.
A couple things to take away from this:
-Anyone who knows anything about the way sports/life/money works, will know that this guy is OBVIOUSLY telling the truth
-I'm honestly surprised jew boy David Stern hasn't gotten this guy killed yet, he completely exposed the integrity of the league
-Even as a Kobe and Jordan fan, you have to admit that ALL their rings are NOT 100% valid
DAVID STERN SAID I WANT LAKERS VS. LAKERS IN NBA FINALS
he said 2003 lakers verse kings but it was 2002, and man at 5:38, thats certainly an eye opener, if thats real that basically exposes the nba at the highest level
The NBA is as clean as we are!
- FIFA
Eventually theNFL will be dealing with a guy just like him.
Many. Dozens of bad calls against the Bill's this year when they played big market teams, it's criminal!!
now i will look the nba in a different way
I wonder how much of this still happens today
Very interesting to hear more of this from a ref. Feelings get involved and it obviously happens during games. Gonna watch the video on Prime.
I stopped watching full games of nba nfl and all other sports.It’s been clear to me that referees manipulate games. Corporations at there worst, capitalistic GREED
Was the conference finals series between the Philadelphia Seventy Sixers and Milwaukee Bucks fixed in 2001?!
Ray Allen at SG vs Iverson at SG (2001 MVP)
It was
Bucks got hosed, Stern wanted Kobe vs AI, 2 big markets
Sucked for Milwaukee they were good that year
So this is clearly happening in the NFL now? Cause clearly it shows in game.
I'm a Blazer fan and Seahawk fan since the 90s. I will never understand how any fan of a low market team will watch or support the NBA or NFL. The last low market team to win an NBA championship were the Sonics in 1979. 12 different NBA teams have won sonce 1980. All big market (top 10 to 13) teams.
wouldn't you agree that Cleveland is small market city and they won in 2016 , San Antonio even
Papa Bear lebron surpasses the small Cleveland market. That’s why they rigged the finals for him.
No I take the Portland Trail Blazers 1977 against my Philadelphia 76ers as being a low market team I think that was the only professional sports team they had at the time
@@justicewhite4739 sorry you're right about cleveland. Spurs are almost top 10. So I personally think they're a big market for the most part.
LOL ... San Antonio is the smallest market there is, but they've won 5 titles?
Where are the views on this?
Lakers vs The Lakers??? 7:16
Up top
70000 right now
King Morelli yeah
David Stern. Don't ever cut in front of him at a buffet. Terrible commissioner.
The leagues are getting worse at hiding the fact that games are fixed. I notice it all the time in the NBA & NFL.
It makes you wonder how many NBA championships have been fixed, and how many other sports does this corrupt BS leak into.
Lol the reason why allen iverson got punished in every game
I see travelling, carry (palming) calls and flopping in the NBA much like diving in soccer. The NBA didn't catch it when it started (or ignored it) and now it's too late. The integrity of the game is already damaged and the league doesn't seem to care
This cheating is been happening for years that's why I hate professional sports all are cheaters
Wow, certainly changes my perspective on things.
Just another reason to hate basketball.
Just like boxing.
Football is worse. Obviously rigged.
I always wondered about games getting stretched out in a playoff series in any sport. It seemed so obvious at one time. The only reason the fans got lucky on this one is because the FBI was wire tapping others in an unrelated case. It's the same way the IRS nails people: Not the guy that wrote the check but the one that cashed it. Then they work backwards. I think this guy is generally being truthful. But like any other convicted felon, there are parts to his story that simply aren't believable. Does it really seem NBA referees would lower the bar so low that they wouldn't call fouls at the beginning of a game because of a $20.00 tip to a ball boy? WTF? It seems like bullshit. And when you consider the paranoia about gambling in pro sports it's hard to believe tipping would be a reality with ball boys. What teenage boy do you know that's a basket ball fan that wouldn't love to be a ball boy for one minute in an NBA game, let alone the rich fathers willing to pay so their son/daughter could have the experience? Tipping? We know this, Tim is a convicted felon based on what he did, not why he did it or what the others involved did. His wife divorced him the same year he was arrested.
I do agree with the NBA being a money making business and that practically anything will become baggage should the golden egg get messed with. Face it, and I mean this, the NBA has been operated by smart, educated Jews. The current commissioner has a law degree. I'm not complaining ............The former and current commissioner have done a fantastic job. Both pro's that understand branding and how important protecting it is. You better believe the NBA distanced themselves from this guy. I think the damage he did to the sport wasn't the money he made. He confirmed what many fans wondered............why was Jordan and now Curry allowed to travel, palm the ball, carry and do all sorts of other things that an average player would get called for. Watch Lebron James take three or four steps before a dunk..............it's embarrassing to the game. I often tell a buddy of mine that most of the current NBA players wouldn't last 10 minutes in a high school game with a competent ref.
Fans need to understand, like Tim said, is entertainment. It's a hybrid between athleticism and entertainment. The fans don't want to watch as Lebron James gets called for travelling after he takes his typical three to four steps before he slams. Tim was dead on with his assessment of what NBA brass really want; the stars to shine and to be given preferential treatment as it's them the fans come to watch.
In the end Tim stars in a low budget film shown at a film festival, visits his kids every other weekend. He has a history which will follow him to his grave. All this for telling the truth.
Wow.. The NBE National Basketball Entertainment
I didn't get the part about his wife divorcing him the same year. To me, this guy has no credibility. Therefore i can't believe anything he says.
To this day, he’s still the most hated person in the city of Sacramento
His biggest mistake was calling travel on MJ. On another note the NBA should take a page from the NCAA and strip the Lakers championship.
they should make these refs take a polygraph test once a year and get asked questions about rigging games
He’s the real king of the NBA
All sports are rigged
Hiroyuki Heisosumi Rig an NHL game.... I dare ya!
Chris Dow ok anyone that hit Crosby gets a penalty. Don’t call Crosby for flopping. There you go fixed
Too much money involved for it to be left to chance. Sports are basically a television show about football, baseball etc.
@@chrisdow3999 You think Las Vegas magically became good in 1 year in the league? Lol.
Wow everyone in the league even players are in on games
Sports is rigged the Pacer's were screwed out've an Nba finals appearance in 2013 ....the Celtics of Kevin Garnette were not allowed to win past 2008(Boston did not have a white team captain & Boston was complicit in their own supression)....the Houston Rockets in 1996 & 1997 were not allowed togo into the finals for fear they might defeat Chicago....
Him and the NBA cost me about 2k in winnings with that bs series Lakers v Kings
Stern isn’t as good as we thought
No reason not to believe him but one cannot help but notice how he conveniently glosses over the bit where he took matters into his own hands and conspired with gamblers to make even more money on the side... Betting 20 dollars, what about the 3000 per win he was receiving for the information and other services he provided. This guy didn't care about the game with his book, he cared about making more money.
This guy is the reason Steve Nash is ringless
Steve Nash is the reason Steve Nash is ringless ... he was an over-rated system player.
@@jonathanwilson2363 over rated? Not a chance. Go look at his stats. He was an amazing pg in Dallas too. Think about every player he played with in Phoenix. Every single one of them had their best numbers playing with Nash. When they left they were not the same. Nash wasn’t the same when he left because he was old and injury riddled.
The way A.Iverson was treated by these referees,this person admitting that they were told 2 attack A.Iverson hurt his team as well.They r trying 2 appear that it's only a gambling bet 2 win.🐺🐦🔮🎥😀
He’s just the fall guy it goes all the way up to the commissioner
Today is the first time I hear him speak about the subject and I believe him.
He never actually lied about it at all
I can tell you who is going to win lots of NBA playoff games without knowing any referees, NBA officials or organized crime members.
I made some money this year by betting on Lebron James and the Cavaliers during the playoffs. I bet on the Cavaliers after they were already down 0-2 knowing the NBA would not let Boston make the Finals.
Simple!
Who gonna win the finals
This is really interesting. Trying to find the full documentary online.
It is available on Amazon Prime, if you are in the US or UK.
Still happen in 2018 n it ain't gonna stop just like nfl
NBA can be ''rigged'' but in the end the best players do win. Who rigged anything for Spurs ? For Pistons ?As a player you have to realize is also a buisness and bottom line matters but again in the long run the best players and teams to get to win.
This guy rigged the spurs/suns games in 06 and 07. I’m not sure the nba really cared who won the championship but they sure as hell make fake calls to extend series etc etc.
Shouldn't be illegal to pass information on other refs who aren't going to make honest calls.
NBA has always been rigged!
knew it all the time .. wtf
Bell was fouling kobe alot. Also suns came back from 1-3 down vs LA you mean the refs couldn’t get LA one game if that was the case? BS... speaking some truth but lies as well
Good vid
bucks 2001 ecf rigged
Same goes for the Suns-Spurs 2007 Western Conference Semi-Finals series!
2002 Kings vs. Lakers Western Conference Finals
I believe this person, NBA is a joke.
Look up Boston College
1978-79 Boston College basketball point shaving scandal
Nash got robbed by this clown
No he didn't ... Nash just got beat.
LBJ teams reaching 8 straight NBA finals should be looked at. Especially some of those Game 7's he has won. I wonder how they will manipulate the matches so that LAL reaches the NBA finals this year. I see KD and Steph getting foul outs by halftime. hehe
No wonder why warriors won those 3 rings they just want warriors to match celtics record in the finals warriors is overrated and some other teams
Another fact
Because of this dope, the Kings never got to become the champs they deserved to be. Also Iverson got hit by this guy as well.
"Lone, isolated criminal."
Bahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahaha
Ahahahahhahahahhahahah
Lolololllllllll
Lmaoooooo.
You wouldn't make a call because of twenty bucks?
Lol
Crazy. This guy has no cred anyway.
Donaghy's accusations are so vague . He always prefaces his points
He's just saying what the interviewer wants to hear.
He's probably more right than wrong.
I love MIke; but I would call a travel on him for eternity if that was my job.
Will never forget the clippers OKC series. That game was rigged. Clips clearly had a better team. But to generate money, OKC vs Warriors would be better in the west finals. I think this was 15-16 season.
you're crazy .... they would have killed to have an LA team playing.
So what punishments has Donaghy faced for the insider information? Jail time, penalties, or nothing?
He went prison
One of the many reasons why I don't watch the NBA.
LeBron is one star that those things go totally opposite
It’s a reason why nobody can be better than Jordan. Jordan was protected to the max.
Chris Hinds yup, I wonder why that is.?
@@hiitsme3039 Doesn't make sense to protect Jordans greatness though. I mean the NBA goes on they need new stars to promote the game. I do not think they are protecting Jordan because it is not cost beneficial to them to do so.
They cheat for LeBron too. A lot during his first few years. He had a very incomplete game yet he was protected
@@larrymillikan1867 The longer they protect Jordan's legacy, the longer they can hype up who the next "goat" is going to be. I think protecting Jordan's legacy can actually be cost beneficial to the NBA.
These refs built the Lakers. Look no further than 2023 Lakers vs Warriors
As touching as it seems to watch a former crook redeeming himself, just say no. He is still a crook, don't let him profit from the exposure he is getting.
Let me guess, he is writing a book or making a movie about him or some shit like that to monetize his "fame".
And you and 2 refs told on yourself for betting on fouls? How stupid does he think we are
Rigged or not the nba has become very predictable and extremely boring.
Im pretty sure most refs rigg some games if not most games especially in the playoffs lol. Remember that 2016 Finals lmao. Not a cavs or warrior fan but watching it and around games 5-7 it was kinda one sided lol. curry literally couldnt get a hard foul call
Why wasn't a travel called at 9:04 ?!?! 😂😆