how many people think the basketball games are fixed?
612030
The NBA is a business, so the officiating is most likely favoring the stars to get more stats or remain in the game by not calling fouls on them.  I mean, Shaq has gotten away with offensive fouls for over a decade and Jordan got away with traveling and palming during his days.  From what I hear, it's the NBA with Vegas oddsmakers that some conspiracy theorists think fix the games.
1184163
Too many. The refs are deciding too many games and it's a shame. Nobody goes to see the refs.
845600
No they will fix it. Someone got to happy on the ponits ranking and posted it.
1083922
Absolutely impossible to fix more than 1 match let alone a whole competition, you cant stop deflections, luck ( good or bad)\nduno where u heard it  but more chance of a team from venus winning it than it being fiXed ..\nAbsolutely riddiculous
472118
Maybe, maybe not...I just think Lebron has more to ijmprove on like his jump shot.for me it's still not perfect. You can't slash to the basket everytime so you got to have versatility in your game. Well for me Lebron will not put the same number in the era of Jordan. A lot of players that played that era have retired when Lebron came into the picture. He will be left out iof that happened...Not even enter the playoffs
801178
Depends. There are usually 6 players on the court.\nMy school team had about 12.
1024009
A combined total of 64 fouls were called in game :\n\nhttp://www.nba.com/statistics/player/Fouls.jsp?league=00&season=42005&conf=OVERALL&position=0&splitType=20&splitScope=SEASON&qualified=N&yearsExp=-1&splitDD=Yesterday\n\n\nThrough the first 5 games a combined total of 259 fouls have been called:\n\nhttp://www.nba.com/statistics/player/Fouls.jsp?league=00&season=42005&conf=OVERALL&position=0&splitType=444&splitScope=SEASON&qualified=N&yearsExp=-1&splitDD=NBA%20Finals
625818
it shouldnt be a big deal.  things like that make teams a tighter unit and make all the players feel their teammates have earned theyre spot
424804
good game??? i am tired of watching the lakers, no... wait kobe play. i dont see a team effort in the lakers team. they have no chance if the keep playing for one player. every guy in that team as soon as he gets the ball checks out where kobe is. when he is on the bench they dont know who to give the ball to. suns in the other hand oh my got.. what a wonderful team. i like the spurs but i would have loved if the suns had amare this year and have gone all the way. tooo  bad maybe next year. this seems like it is going to be detroits year. lakers need kobe to start all the plays not finish all of them. he needs to look at his teammates and pass the ball more. enogh with the record brakings kobe; this is not a one man sport it is a team sport.
326453
I think that they should have a vote for it.\nthis whole thing about the "rising stars" slam dunk contest was ok when Vince Carter was entering the league, because it was exciting\nnowadays, whenever you watch a dunk contest it's always people that aren't very good players\n\ni think it would be better for the ratings and the fans for them to have a vote for who's in it\nit would be more exciting, and the ratings would go up because everyone would actually know who's in it - not some no-name rookies
642318
ME!!!!It is B.S. the Suns now won the frickin' series. No way the Clips can come back from that heartbreak. Watch now as the Spurs get all the calls; so the series can extend. NBA is B.S. I like how the Cavs and Clippers are fighting but NBA sucks from here until I say it doesn't.
745859
While you make some good points, I think the game should really stay the way it is. It is exciting!!
59314
Games over!!!!!!! \n\nI'm sure you already Know!
1062614
Ihe NBA officials should get the MVP! In a matter of 8 seconds, Dwyane Wade commited a backcourt violation, pushed off on THREE players, got a phantom foul and Josh Howard calls a time out between his foul shots when any ref that has been in the NBA for any period of time knows that no one would take their last time out then when they could advance the ball!  \nTerry should take the ball at Shaq and foul him out quick in game 6.\nStackhouse has averaged about 12 point per game in the series. The Mavs lost by one. Do the math.\nI'm a dude so I will stick with the cheerleaders.
418611
I used to be a fan of the NBA in the late 80's into the early 90's.  The Larry Bird/Magic Johnson rival along with Michael Jordan's dominance was a great time for basketball.  Since then it seems as though the game has gotten away from the team concept.\n\nLook at the scores, they isolate one-on-one matchups with the big stars (kobe, iverson, shaq, etc) and NO ONE plays defense.  If they got back to a team game, like the college style, it would be a lot more interesting.  There seems to be no intensity in the game any more.
405386
You bring up a good point, but yeah the NBA isn't so much about the sport now, its about how much money the people make off entertaining people. If they lose that ability it will go down the drain.
740927
3 point shot never used to exist.\n\nBasketball used to be about 5 men working as a team. Now, the basics are lost and there is too much showboating.\n\nWhen did traveling cease to be a violation? Today, they allow 5,6,7,8,9 running steps while carrying the ball to the layup!\n\nYears ago, blacks never played Basketball. Today, whites rarely play basketball.\n\nYears ago, 6'4 was tall. Today, 6'4 will get you stepped on!