Donaghy speaks...

[riverman]

Just thought it's worth mentioning that making refs and their blown calls media front page news after one game in the playoffs really cheapens the NBA product into reality TV BS. In baseball you could do that for every 6 pitches or so. They could review all 4qtrs and the overtime and probably find dozens of blown calls including the elbows to the groin by Howard against Rolo. The idea is play on! There were so many great stories to write about after the Portland win that this call on Howard is just making the game ugly, taking the excitement out of the series and fueling the refs to scrutinize game 2. These things should be handled in house from the NBA front office to the refs front office and fine these guys for blowing calls, not make it about Joel Freeland and Dwight Howard.

 

[Nhawz]

Just thought it's worth mentioning that making refs and their blown calls media front page news after one game in the playoffs really cheapens the NBA product into reality TV BS. In baseball you could do that for every 6 pitches or so. They could review all 4qtrs and the overtime and probably find dozens of blown calls including the elbows to the groin by Howard against Rolo. The idea is play on! There were so many great stories to write about after the Portland win that this call on Howard is just making the game ugly, taking the excitement out of the series and fueling the refs to scrutinize game 2. These things should be handled in house from the NBA front office to the refs front office and fine these guys for blowing calls, not make it about Joel Freeland and Dwight Howard.

This.

 

[jlprk]

Unless I'm missing something, "Donaghy" is the only reply to that blog post by that old guy.

http://www.csnnw.com/blazers/ex-ref...1665566330:s=showShareBarUI:p=facebook-like"]

Do you think that comment at the bottom is from the real Donaghy? Quotes in articles is what I expected from him years ago. He has stuck to his betting site, but for our series, seems to be coming out of the woodwork.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Interesting... from Tim's wiki page: "Donaghy attended Cardinal O'Hara High School in Springfield, Pennsylvania along with three other NBA referees: Joe Crawford, Mike Callahan, and Ed Malloy."

All four of those guys are shit refs. Not a single one is even passable.

 

[HailBlazers]

Just thought it's worth mentioning that making refs and their blown calls media front page news after one game in the playoffs really cheapens the NBA product into reality TV BS. In baseball you could do that for every 6 pitches or so. They could review all 4qtrs and the overtime and probably find dozens of blown calls including the elbows to the groin by Howard against Rolo. The idea is play on! There were so many great stories to write about after the Portland win that this call on Howard is just making the game ugly, taking the excitement out of the series and fueling the refs to scrutinize game 2. These things should be handled in house from the NBA front office to the refs front office and fine these guys for blowing calls, not make it about Joel Freeland and Dwight Howard.

Repped. The 2014 playoffs have been really really good thus far, some of the most competitive matchups top to bottom ever. Why the NBA would go out of its way to cheapen a great product is beyond me.

$$$$

 

[Boob-No-More]

This forum is unbearable to read right now after a WIN.

Then please do yourself a favor and stop reading it. Your holier-than-thou act grew tiresome years ago.

BNM

 

[Boob-No-More]

The only reason I'm still talking about it is because the NBA for some reason decided to cast doubt on the result of one of their own playoff games. That's just so bizarre to me as a consumer of the NBA.

They are pandering to their largest fan base - the Chinese.

BNM

 

[PapaG]

Just thought it's worth mentioning that making refs and their blown calls media front page news after one game in the playoffs really cheapens the NBA product into reality TV BS. In baseball you could do that for every 6 pitches or so. They could review all 4qtrs and the overtime and probably find dozens of blown calls including the elbows to the groin by Howard against Rolo. The idea is play on! There were so many great stories to write about after the Portland win that this call on Howard is just making the game ugly, taking the excitement out of the series and fueling the refs to scrutinize game 2. These things should be handled in house from the NBA front office to the refs front office and fine these guys for blowing calls, not make it about Joel Freeland and Dwight Howard.

I've already posted this in 3 different threads, but, I agree!

 

[BlazerCaravan]

They are pandering to their largest fan base - the Chinese.

BNM

The Chinese love a paternalistic organization that passes judgment on the decisions made by middle-level bureaucrats that keep the common man down.

 

[Boob-No-More]

The Chinese love a paternalistic organization that passes judgment on the decisions made by middle-level bureaucrats that keep the common man down.

Thanks to Yao Ming and Jeremy Lin, they also love the Houston Rockets. Nothing wrong with that, until the NBA decides pandering to the collective buying power of 1.4 billion people is more important than the integrity of the sport.

BNM

 

[BBert]

The objective is clear to me. It's so that nobody will say anything when they completely fuck us in game 2.

Clearly.

 

[jlprk]

The Chinese love a paternalistic organization that passes judgment on the decisions made by middle-level bureaucrats that keep the common man down.

Silver's just a puppet for this guy.

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

How anyone could think that the NBA wants Portland of all teams to win a playoff series against a Houston team led by Dwight Howard is beyond me.

 

[blue32]

Wow, interesting and scary article. I hope it doesn't devolve into ref antics tonight...

 

[maxiep]

Wow, interesting and scary article. I hope it doesn't devolve into ref antics tonight...

If it does, we simply have to not allow it to get to us. I actually think the Rockets are doing themselves a disservice letting them get that last call so deep in their heads.

This may be the game where Stotts gets himself chucked to make a point. I don't think I've ever seen him do it before as a Blazer coach, and this crew isn't a crew of strong personalities, so going Popovich just may work.

 

[tester551]

What crew do we have reffing tonights game?