NBA Game 5- <i>Redux</i>

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by Dan_ref

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald...iherald_sports

Good article, Dan. The sad part is that if Miami lose the next 2 games, and if the games are close, you'll be reading stories in the same paper about how the officials screwed the Heat. You can take that to the bank.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Good article, Dan. The sad part is that if Miami lose the next 2 games, and if the games are close, you'll be reading stories in the same paper about how the officials screwed the Heat. You can take that to the bank.

To me the interesting thing is that every year the NBA officials become the center of all sorts of consiracy theories. The real consipracy is the NBA office encourages this publicity to keep the playoffs in the news. If they didn't want it it would stop.

[M&M Guy]

I may be going out on a limb here, but I have a feeling there will be a small transfer of wealth between Mark Cuban and the NBA's offices for his comment to David Stern, "Your league is rigged!".

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

I may be going out on a limb here, but I have a feeling there will be a small transfer of wealth between Mark Cuban and the NBA's offices for his comment to David Stern, "Your league is rigged!".

$250K- just announced.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

$250K- just announced.

Doesn't that put him at almost $1.5 million in fines to the NBA?

Maybe the money doesn't mean as much to him, but even I would learn after the first coupla' hundred thou.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Doesn't that put him at almost $1.5 million in fines to the NBA?

Maybe the money doesn't mean as much to him, but even I would learn after the first coupla' hundred thou.

Just shy of $1.5 mil, I think. Season ain't over yet though....if they lose another close game, watch out again. He's creeping up on Charles Barkley, I think, for the record. Of course Charles was hit mainly for throwing people through bar windows and spitting on fans. I remember reading in one of Barkley's books once that he gave up caring about fines when he found out that they were tax deductible.

Cuban supposedly matches each fine he receives with a charitable donation also- so you're looking at 3 mil or so to date.

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Cuban supposedly matches each fine he receives with a charitable donation also- so you're looking at 3 mil or so to date.

Oh! He matches the fines with a donation to charity! Why didn't you say so!

I guess that must add some class to his classlessness. Yoohoo..Mr. Grammar Guy...

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Oh! He matches the fines with a donation to charity! Why didn't you say so!

I guess that must add some class to his classlessness. Yoohoo..Mr. Grammar Guy...

All NBA fines go toward charities already from what I understand.

Peace

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by PWL

He does not do this, regardless of what he claims. When he first announced he would do this, his office was flooded with people looking for very useful donations. He decided that there were just too many scams out there with their hands out. Instead of checking out which ones were legit, he just blew the whole thing off as if it never happened. He is just a publicity seeking prick.

LOL! PWL, you're alright in my book!

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by M&M Guy

Doesn't that put him at almost $1.5 million in fines to the NBA?

Maybe the money doesn't mean as much to him, but even I would learn after the first coupla' hundred thou.

The last two alone amount to $450,000.