>>I'm not much of an NBA fan, but really, it will be difficult to get excited about any playoffs after reading this:
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>>http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080611/D917RFNG0.html
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>This is a HUGE story around these parts with the bitter disappointment of the 2002 season and the seeming disparity of calls in game 6. The conspiracy types have fresh meat to chew on but I wouldn't put too much stock in a guy in this much trouble who's trying desperately to make a deal.

I remember when Detroit beat Boston 4-2 in 1988, the pistons were doing everything except (and sometimes including) tackling the boston players, and the refs just didn't seem to be interested in calling fouls on them.

You have to wonder when you watch some games and the calls are incredibly lop-sided.

Mostly I think the refs in the NBA are honest, but sometimes I wonder how they can be so incompetent.