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Fellas, this is one of the most interesting and in depth articles I have ever read involving the Donaghy Gambling scandal - Enjoy!!

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/2598 ... 07991118=1
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i concur
I get it....first rule of fight club.
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Most thorough by far. Thanks for posting.
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thanks for posting, I saw a promo for the article on ESPN this morning and was excited to read it...but totally forgot about it until I signed into this board and saw this thread lol. thanks for the reminder

horrible and shameful story. cant imagine being a player effected or a part of a team that was on the bubble and fell victim to him. im sure those guys cant help but have a lot of "what ifs" and "if onlys..."

its not so bad now, but for a while between Donaghy and the Crawfords, the NBA could have stood for "No Betting Allowed" or "Never Bet Always"
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I personally always thought Donaghy threw NBA games he officiated and that the NBA swept it under the rug. I’m glad ESPN dived in and investigated for two years and found out all the info. Which is surprising because ESPN/ABC has TV rights to NBA so I am shocked they published this. Maybe there really is still credible journalism out there!!
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Of course David Stern and theNBa wanted it to
Go away. If testimony got out that games were that easily rigged then all credibility in the league would be lost and it would be a massive scandal and vulnerability to the NBA
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They’re making it into a movie coming out in November!

https://youtu.be/9_yBcNFYv8o
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Interesting how they haven’t really been able to connect the dots very much to the philadelhphia Crime family or to more organized crime than a Gambino profit center...
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Mason_dixon wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:52 am Interesting how they haven’t really been able to connect the dots very much to the philadelhphia Crime family or to more organized crime than a Gambino profit center...
whats there to connect?
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Cheech wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:09 pm
Mason_dixon wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:52 am Interesting how they haven’t really been able to connect the dots very much to the philadelhphia Crime family or to more organized crime than a Gambino profit center...
whats there to connect?
Maybe nothing I just find that hard to believe.
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Mason_dixon wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:13 pm
Cheech wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:09 pm
Mason_dixon wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:52 am Interesting how they haven’t really been able to connect the dots very much to the philadelhphia Crime family or to more organized crime than a Gambino profit center...
whats there to connect?
Maybe nothing I just find that hard to believe.
you find it hard to believe, why?
Salude!
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Cheech wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:20 pm
Mason_dixon wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:13 pm
Cheech wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:09 pm
Mason_dixon wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:52 am Interesting how they haven’t really been able to connect the dots very much to the philadelhphia Crime family or to more organized crime than a Gambino profit center...
whats there to connect?
Maybe nothing I just find that hard to believe.
you find it hard to believe, why?
The amount of money potentially at stake/involved.
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Mason_dixon wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:15 pm
Cheech wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:20 pm
Mason_dixon wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:13 pm
Cheech wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:09 pm
Mason_dixon wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:52 am Interesting how they haven’t really been able to connect the dots very much to the philadelhphia Crime family or to more organized crime than a Gambino profit center...
whats there to connect?
Maybe nothing I just find that hard to believe.
you find it hard to believe, why?
The amount of money potentially at stake/involved.
they wrote 2 books and numerous articles. believe me if philly mob were involved someone would have reported it. mob = fixed games = interest. i just dont think there was any connection.
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Cheech wrote: Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:04 am
Mason_dixon wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:15 pm
Cheech wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:20 pm
Mason_dixon wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:13 pm
Cheech wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:09 pm
Mason_dixon wrote: Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:52 am Interesting how they haven’t really been able to connect the dots very much to the philadelhphia Crime family or to more organized crime than a Gambino profit center...
whats there to connect?
Maybe nothing I just find that hard to believe.
you find it hard to believe, why?
The amount of money potentially at stake/involved.
they wrote 2 books and numerous articles. believe me if philly mob were involved someone would have reported it. mob = fixed games = interest. i just dont think there was any connection.
Actually I watched some of the YouTube videos including a interview of Donaghy and he does say the philly mob came to his hotel room to talk to him and made a threat then left. Also the guys who were pulling the strings didn’t cooperate so I think we will never know the full story.
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