NBA Referees are incredible...

The National Basketball Association has a problem. It isn't players toting guns into locker rooms, it isn't tattoos, and it isn't young guys with lots of money doing various stupid things.




No, the number one problem plauging the "assocation" are the refs.

And they are not incredible in the good way.

The referees in the NBA are terrible, giving competitive advantage to whomever they see fit. The game is not played on an even keel when certain teams, players and coaches have the officials in their back pockets. The "Jordan" rule has never been more in effect than it is right now, giving certain players preferential treatment and changing the outcome of games. Breathe on Kobe, look at Lebron the wrong way and the ref will blow the whistle. Hammer the average player while he is going up for a layup and the whistle is swallowed. Allow a player, say Ron Artest, to physically impose his will on a star, Carmelo Anthony, and do nothing about it. Yet when Melo gets physical back he is given two quick fouls and sent to the bench for the remainder of the game. Without Melo, there is no way the Nuggets can retake the lead and there is no way that the NBA would let the Lakers lose 3 of 3 to the Nuggets. They cannot allow that to happen...Not with so much riding on the Lakers.

Bad calls, no calls and the like have become commonplace in the NBA. But when challenged on it, David Stern simply says that it is part of the human element of the game. Bad calls happen and there is nothing that can be done. I hate to burst the bubble of the Commish, but what is going on isn't "human element" it is cheating. The referees are changing the outcome of games. But it is all part of the larger plan.

Somewhere in the league office, head honcho David Stern and his cronies sit every offseason, determining who the next champion will be. Oh, they'll allow for some drama, like Game 7 in certain series, but they will do anything they can to make sure certain NBA "assets" like Lebron James and Kobe Bryant are given maximum exposure. That is why trades like the one that brought Pau Gasol to Los Angeles, why the lotto balls are fixed and the envelopes to be stuffed to ensure Lebron ends up in his hometown. And why the "stars" are jammed down our throats. Last year as the playoffs were just beginning, we were introduced to the puppets of Lebron and Kobe.

In other words, we were introduced to the players we'll have the "pleasure" of watching in the Finals for years to come. This year it has gotten even worse, with ESPN going on and on about how exciting it will be to watch Lebron and Kobe face off for the title. Oh, but that is pure speculation of course. Or they are in on it, which is the more likely scenario.

Stern had decided that Lebron and Kobe should face off for a title this year, that is what we'll get...because the "fans" want it. Get Lebron a ring before he leaves for New York, and that gives him some credibility, pushing his star status well beyond anything we've seen so far. Well I am a fan of basketball, and seeing those two assclowns battle it out is the furthest thing from what I want to see. I know that I am naive but I would just like to see competitve basketball with no superstar calls and no nonsense. Call the game the correct way, with nobody getting more preferential treatment over anyone else. A foul is a foul and if it is a foul on one team, it is damn sure a foul on the other.

So you don't believe me? Think that this is all just paranoid ramblings and conspiracy theory? What about Tim Donaghy? Oh you remember Donaghy, 13 year ref, company man, soldier on the NBA front lines turned whistle blowing disgraced former ref who admitted that he bet on games he officiated. Stern has done a lot to silence his rather loud voice, including blocking a potential tell all book that exposes most of what I am writing.

He has also gone on a smear campaign to paint Donaghy as a "lone gunman". Stern has said Donaghy acted alone, case closed, no need for further investigation.

We aren't buying it Stern! How can 1 official on a team of 3 be the only bad seed? They can't and everyone knows it. Time to C.Y.O.A. (cover your own ass) to ensure that the writings of someone who has seen the inner circle don't get out. We all know it is scripted David! So either start making the officials call a clean game, hold them accountable for their actions or ditch the script. Give us a legitimate sport or add steel chairs, make the players wear singlets and start calling it National Basketball Entertainment.