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.
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.
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.
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