Haberstroh wrote an article about CP3 and Foster on his substack but he tweeted out this stat and it’s astounding.

https://twitter.com/tomhaberstroh/status/1727596935534559437

reddit wants me to add more thoughts so I’ll just add that Scott Foster is closely tied with a corrupt gambling ref and shouldn’t have been allowed to officiate for the last 20 years.

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/scott-foster-recipient-of-134-tim-donaghy-phone-calls-refereeing-celtics-heat-game-3/

Foster is the official who received 134 phone calls from disgraced referee Tim Donaghy between October 2006 and April 2007, as originally reported by FOX News. That was the same period during which Donaghy admitted to betting on NBA games. The report said that Donaghy called Foster more than any other ref and that he didn’t call any other official more than 13 times.

  • SelfAwareLitterBox@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Not only do they do nothing about it, but if a player criticizes the reffing after the game, they’ll fine that player for it.

    • limark@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I can understand why the league doesn’t want players to bad mouth the refs in public, but for all that they claim that there’s a system in place for teams to file complaints against the refs, nothing happens.

      Jokic and Malone getting ejected the other day was a joke and there’s no way complaints weren’t filed and now we’ve got this just days later. Not to mention that the most egregious offenders are often the ones reffing the finals.

      • SnarfSniffsStardust@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        They’ve gotta be able to handle their refs if they want to keep the players quiet. You can’t just fine them and tell them to keep quiet and then trot out a corrupt crew. NBA has proven they can’t keep a leash on the refs so it’s up to the players and coaches to make a big enough stink about it

    • KnowlesAve@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Makes you wonder if there’s quid pro quo with the NBA and NBA Refs somewhere down the line. Lotta money in sports gambling now.

      • Edogawa1983@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Probably like if the league does anything the refs say they all bet on the games and the league gets destroyed

      • Worstname1ever@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        After 06 the nba promised Cuban they’d give him one later. Come 2011 dirk plays out of his mind plus gets the calls plus lebron plays like shit. Then mavs get their ship