NBA reffing: so subjective that worst team could be made best w/o raising suspicion?

I expect several Grizzlies players would have to go.

My memory confers with Iggins – here’s the quote in SI from Chuck Daly describing his Jordan Rules:

Mine too. In fact, favoring popular, well-established players over those who aren’t is hardly anything new. Wilt, Bill Russell, Lew Alcindor (Kareem later), etc., all were “protected.” Jordan was not the first to get calls go his way. IMHO, Shaq is the beneficiary of more phantom calls than anyone else in the league… he has been his whole career.

I wouldn’t be surprised if this favoritism isn’t the result of a very vague directive from the commisioner’s office, which could be counstrued as, “If the players are well-liked and they’re who the people buy tickets to come and see, make sure you do not penalize them for fouls more than 5 times per game.”

“If the player is Rasheed Wallace, T him up if he just LOOKS at you.” :slight_smile:

I totally agree. It has made the NBA only slightly more competitive than the WWE.

Hilarious, because it was true.