Craaaaazy Excerpts from Donaghy's (upcoming?) Book

[jdpapa3]

I think he'll have a lot of trouble publishing this thing.

http://deadspin.com/5392067/excerpts-from-the-book-the-nba-doesnt-want-you-to-read

One example

Two weeks before the 2003–04 season ended, Bavetta and I were assigned to officiate a game in Oakland. That afternoon before the tip-off, we were discussing an upcoming game on our schedule. It was the last regular-season game we were scheduled to work, pitting Denver against San Antonio. Denver had lost a game a few weeks prior because of a mistake made by the referees, a loss that could be the difference between them making or missing the playoffs. Bavetta told me Denver needed the win and that it would look bad for the staff and the league if the Nuggets missed the playoffs by one game. There were still a few games left on the schedule before the end of the season, and the standings could potentially change. But on that day in Oakland, Bavetta looked at me and casually stated, "Denver will win if they need the game. That's why I'm on it."

[Brickowski]

Great stuff!  If he publishes it, I'll but it.

You knew it was all true anyway, didn't you?  Did you really think these guys are squeaky clean?

[Kwhit10]

From ESPN

Donaghy book canceled over liability

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4603209

[Mr October]

Donaghy's character is at the absolute bottom for trying to rat on everyone. Wanting to take everyone down with him is completely dishonorable.

If I can't have cookies, no one gets cookies. What a jerk.

[Mr October]

Donaghy's character is at the absolute bottom for trying to rat on everyone. Wanting to take everyone down with him is completely dishonorable.

If I can't have cookies, no one gets cookies. What a jerk.

However, i think i would be in favor of the officiating getting more exposed. No more star treatment. A foul should be a foul. The best team wins. That is the entertainment I want.

[Celtic]

Donaghy's character is at the absolute bottom for trying to rat on everyone. Wanting to take everyone down with him is completely dishonorable.

If I can't have cookies, no one gets cookies. What a jerk.

However, i think i would be in favor of the officiating getting more exposed. No more star treatment. A foul should be a foul. The best team wins. That is the entertainment I want.

TP, very concise and exactly how I feel, the best entertainment is the true sport.

I would be more interested if his cousin Jack had a book coming out.

[lon3lytoaster]

Donaghy's character is at the absolute bottom for trying to rat on everyone. Wanting to take everyone down with him is completely dishonorable.

If I can't have cookies, no one gets cookies. What a jerk.

Snitches get stitches.

But I've heard he already got some.

[fairweatherfan]

A lot of these things fit very closely with NBA fans' suspicions about the referees, but some of them are a little too off-the-wall for me.  Bets on waiting the longest to call a foul?  That seems unbelievably callous and unprofessional, and like something the league would reprimand referees for (not the bets, obviously, but not calling clear fouls early). 

Superstar treatment is not news, nor is the refs being aware of stars in foul trouble, though I don't know if they'd discuss it so openly on the court.

What's interesting to me is that some of his specific allegations could be statistically tested: Bavetta preferring closer games, or differences in Iverson drawing fouls when Javie vs Crawford was reffing.  Someone will probably do this fairly soon and I'm really curious to see the results.

I also do believe Bavetta is in some fashion crooked, regardless of whether Donaghy's specific allegations are true. Whether it's for the league's sake or for his own personal interest in a closer game or a longer series, he's been associated with far too many big games with questionable reffing to be coincidental.  Donaghy's a scumbag, but Bavetta should've been out of the league a long time ago.

[nickagneta]

Someone needs to publish that book. I can't help think that way too much of that book is 100% true and the only reason for a lawsuit coming from the NBA is because the can't have the truth come out to keep the little integrity their product still has.

[Scribbles]

Donaghy's character is at the absolute bottom for trying to rat on everyone. Wanting to take everyone down with him is completely dishonorable.

If I can't have cookies, no one gets cookies. What a jerk.

Well, I could care less if he rats every ref out. Why? He got all the blame for what every [dang] ref in the league was doing.  Of course most people already know the NBA is crooked, so its not a big deal if the book gets published or not.  

[Brickowski]

Well, the truth is an absolute defense against libel and slander.  So if he tells  the truth, there's no liability.

[Eja117]

Donaghy's character is at the absolute bottom for trying to rat on everyone. Wanting to take everyone down with him is completely dishonorable.

If I can't have cookies, no one gets cookies. What a jerk.

Not if they don't deserve cookies either.

I look at the guy as the potential Jose Canseco of NBA refing.  It's not MLB's fault Canseco is the most honest baseball player of the last decade. Oh wait. Yes it is.

Publish this book already!

[butterbeanlove]

Some of those excerpts have too much detail not to have a ring of truth.

Such as Mikki Moore committing the foul that was too blatant to ignore, settling the bet.

[NextCeltic34]

This would be the first book that I'd actually pay to read. This needs to come out ASAP.

[NextCeltic34]

Read all the excerpts on that site. Wow, that is crazy. I am officially convinced that the NBA is rigged.