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TAMPA, Fla. -- Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy arrived at Tampa halfway house Wednesday from a federal prison camp in the Florida Panhandle to serve the rest of his 15-month sentence in a gambling scandal, his spokesman said.
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Prison officials put Donaghy on a bus that left Pensacola about midnight instead of the usual procedure of moving inmates between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. to prevent him from having contact with the media, said Pat Zaranek of Executive Prison Consultants.

"They just don't want to deal with it," Zaranek said.

A New York judge sentenced Donaghy last year to 15 months after the referee said he took thousands of dollars from a professional gambler in exchange for inside tips on NBA games -- including games he worked. Donaghy said he was a gambling addict.

He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in wire fraud and transmitting betting information through interstate commerce in the tips-for-payoffs scheme. Donaghy started serving his sentence in September and is scheduled for release in October.

Donaghy is a client of Zaranek's firm, which helps federal defendants -- mostly white collar criminals -- prepare for prison and adjust back to society when they are freed.

Zaranek said Donaghy will be required to look for a job while at the halfway house. He has a degree in sales and marketing from Villanova.

"Finding a job for anybody right now is tough," Zaranek said. "I'm sure he'll grab whatever he can get."

Donaghy has begun working on a tell-all memoir about his 13-year career in the NBA while he's been in prison.

He plans to detail his involvement with underworld figures in the betting scandal, disclose how he'd pick winning teams and discuss the relationship that players, coaches and referees have with each other.

While at the prison camp on Saufley Field, a Navy base, Donaghy was attacked by another inmate claiming to have to ties to the New York mob, Zaranek disclosed last week.

He said Donaghy was hit in the right leg and knee with a stick or club, still has pain in the knee and will need surgery.
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Ugh...

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/11865350
 
This is the same guy who claimed that the mob had sent death threats to his family?

Writing a "tell all" book about the mob seems counterintuitive. :crazy:
 
He already was "Nancy Kerriganed"...might as go all the way. They probably already want to kill him.

It my understanding that a prisoner cant make a profit by talking, writing about their crime...I sure hope thats true for him
 
He has no credibility IMO. But good luck to him with the book and all. I'm sure ESPN will be over it.
 
DaRizzle said:
He already was "Nancy Kerriganed"...might as go all the way. They probably already want to kill him.

It my understanding that a prisoner cant make a profit by talking, writing about their crime...I sure hope thats true for him
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I don't think they can profit either but considering he continues to mess with the mob he's probably not all that bright.
 
Well, seeing as how he probably can't get any jobs, he will need some sort of income.
 
alex42083 said:
He has no credibility IMO. But good luck to him with the book and all. I'm sure ESPN will be over it.
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that sort of criticism reminds me of another sports author. Jose Cansenco was up to his eyes involved with baseball's dirty secret making millions of bucks. But dude spent it all and found himself broke and desperate shortly after his playing days ended. Everyone laughed at his tell all book and revelations as he was clearly just a bitter dumb jock with no credibility.

Since the league doesn't have any dirty secrets about manipulating game results, I'm sure they have nothing to worry about and this will all blow over. Unlike steroid use in baseball, the general public hasn't long suspected a thing was wrong with the credibility of the NBA.

:stirthepot:

STOMP
 
His book is going to be a problem for the NBA simply because he will be saying stuff a huge number of people already suspect.

The fact that it will contain some truth isn't going to help much either.

No one can have watched the 2002 or 2006 playoffs without feeling they were rigged. At least, I don't know how you could.
 
STOMP said:
that sort of criticism reminds me of another sports author. Jose Cansenco was up to his eyes involved with baseball's dirty secret making millions of bucks. But dude spent it all and found himself broke and desperate shortly after his playing days ended. Everyone laughed at his tell all book and revelations as he was clearly just a bitter dumb jock with no credibility.

Since the league doesn't have any dirty secrets about manipulating game results, I'm sure they have nothing to worry about and this will all blow over. Unlike steroid use in baseball, the general public hasn't long suspected a thing was wrong with the credibility of the NBA.

:stirthepot:

STOMP
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First thing that came to mind. Stern has painted himself into a corner on this one saying Donaghy acted alone.
 
He will go in the witness protection program, move to Wyoming and become Carol Patterson.
 
I am actually hoping it forces the NBA to bring in a bunch of new blood. I actually thought when we had the replacement refs a few years ago the reffing was much better than now.
 
Me too... but I am sure NBA is already practicing the line "you can't believe anything he says... he is a convicted felon"

Now about new blood... you have a good point... I have long thought that NBA officials get worse the longer they are around... they start calling situations instead of actually watching the game closely. I am not sure how you can avoid that other than rotating them out... and then who would want to be an NBA official in the first place when it is only a 5 year gig.
 
I think Donaghy will have plenty of credibility. He doesn't have credibility as a referee, of course, but as a corrupt referee? All sorts of cred. I'm sure he knows a ton about any corruption in the system.

Connected to STOMP's point, after the Canseco tell-all book, I think people are pretty willing to believe a corrupt individual about the corruption of the society he was a part of.
 
Just playing devil's advocate here, BUT...

Many of the same things were said about Jose Canseco when he wrote Juiced. It's since been proven that no one has been more honest, accurate, and forthcoming about steroids in Baseball than Jose.

Who knows, maybe this will have a similar effect...

EDIT... hmm, looks like my point was already made...
 
For the record, the "mob ties" referred to in the posted article is the Stern/Silver/Granick Family.

The NBA is as dirty my son's diaper pail. I hope these dealings are brought to light. Oh, yeah, Fuck Jess Kersey.
 
STOMP said:
Since the league doesn't have any dirty secrets about manipulating game results, I'm sure they have nothing to worry about and this will all blow over. Unlike steroid use in baseball, the general public hasn't long suspected a thing was wrong with the credibility of the NBA.

:stirthepot:

STOMP
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Hello...McFly...anybody home? Am I missing your sarcasm? :crazy:
 
maxiep said:
For the record, the "mob ties" referred to in the posted article is the Stern/Silver/Granick Family.

The NBA is as dirty my son's diaper pail. I hope these dealings are brought to light. Oh, yeah, Fuck Jess Kersey.
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I agree with you Maxiep! I think I just heard Gabriel's trumpet too!

But seriously, what is the crime family thing you are talking about can you elaborate?

I too believe the NBA is as dirty as my son's diaper pail. See we have more in common then we thought. My son is 7 months old.
 
Many current NBA refs already were busted years ago for turning their first class tickets into coach and pocketing the money as income without paying taxes on it. Slap on the wrist, sentenced served, and we'll forget about how they compromised their integrity as they continue to make the WWE look legit by comparison.

Why anyone would think that Donaghy was an isolated case baffles me.
 
I wonder if he is going to expose what color of lipstick he wore while in prison...:devilwink:
 
PapaG said:
You miss a lot of things, Thermite.
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careful lets not bleed that thread into this one...

P.S. funny where people see conspiracies Donaghy, Global Warming and where they don't...
 
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