Shame(s) on you, NBA commissioner David Stern.
Just because you have a Napoleonic complex since you run a league in which everyone towers over you doesn't mean that you have to manipulate the system to get what you want. Don't look at me like that. You know what I'm talking about.
For years the NBA has come under fire for questionable moves ranging from allegedly fixing the draft lottery results when the Knicks got Patrick Ewing and the Cavaliers got LeBron James to having officials make calls to have certain teams advance in the playoffs. And this year their shady tactics have come under scrutiny more than ever before.
Obviously, the NBA is a star laden league and they take advantage of that and promote their star players. When you see a commercial for an upcoming game it's never the Cavaliers versus the Heat. It's the Cavaliers and Lebron James taking on Dwayne Wade and the rest of the Miami Heat. Which is why come playoff time the NBA wants teams with big name players to make it to the NBA Finals and not necessarily the best teams. A Detroit versus San Antonio final is murder on ratings. Cavaliers versus Suns? Now that's a ratings bonanza. And don't think for a second that the NBA wouldn't manipulate the games to get the results that they want.
That is exactly what they do. It's who they are. They are manipulative, money hungry, sell outs who care more about the bottom line than they do the integrity of the sport. They are no better than the heads of major corporations who down size employees out of jobs to save a few cents per widget. The only difference is that they get to skate by undetected because there's no one to check up on their misgivings primarily because most of them could never be proven.
But don't worry because I'm on to their schemes. And they won't get by with manipulating playoff games much longer. Not if I have anything to say about it.
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