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[Haberstroh] Chris Paul’s teams have been favored in 15 of 20 playoff games with Foster officiating. They went 3-17 and lost by an average of 11.2 points. (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Handcuffed@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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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.

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[–] ljrubbo@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I think the only way anything will ever be done about Foster is if fans ruin the TV product with chanting. If every time Foster does anything, the entire stadium starts chanting “Donaghy”, then the NBA will be forced to do something. The NBA cant afford to lose credibility, so if Donaghy trends on twitter after every game and people start googling Donaghy bc they heard the chants, its going to damage the league’s reputation. Once casual fans start to learn about Foster’s connection to Donaghy, mainstream sports media is going to jump on this storyline and presumably make a ton of money off of it.

[–] WryKombucha@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

This is absolutely the way. Lead on captain.

[–] RRJC10@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I forgot how many children post on here.

That is a ridiculous idea. It's in the same vein as someone telling a story and it ends with "and everyone applauded as they told off the mean person".

"Casusal" fans are well aware of Donaghy. It was a huge story when it happened. There are books on it. There was Netflix documentary released last year.

People want the NBA to be rigged so bad they can't even fathom the idea that it's not. It's hilarious and sad at the same time.

[–] Bpump1337@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

#Donaghy

[–] Feeling_Anteater_560@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

This is the way.

[–] MrJack0000@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Let’s start a hashtag at least

[–] fukdatsonn@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The thing is, this could be one of those many instances where this sub cares about something that majority of fans that go to the games don't care much about. /r/nba is a major echo chamber, and we tend to forget that sometimes. Of course given that the Warriors are affected this time, it may reach many more people than when CP3 was a Sun or a Clipper lol.