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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)

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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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[–] iKnockout@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Scott foster could shoot Chris Paul on 5th avenue and not lose his job

[–] OhlookSILLagain@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Maybe cp3 should've played better.

[–] Ilovethewomen@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Cp3 vs Foster seems way worse than the ref that was possibly favoring the Celtics… been like this his whole career but being spun up big now with the warriors

[–] thestereo300@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Scott Foster has compromat on the NBA.

[–] irrationalrapsfan@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Scott foster aka series extender for a reason

[–] Noiserawker@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Just think how hard it is to get a nickname like that. Like millions of people see stuff so egregious that they all start to agree to call him that.

[–] VoidMageZero@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Warriors are doomed lol, they need to trade CP3 before the playoffs or bench him for the games ref’d by Foster. Assuming they even make it to the playoffs this year. 💀

[–] MrRobotTheorist@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The NBA isn’t going to do anything because if they do it will admit there’s a problem. They will avoid it forever.

[–] TheyNeedLoveToo@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

This is the way

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[–] lialialia20@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

it should be noted cp3 is also a known playoff choker and a bitch

[–] eckliptic@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

This seems like an incredibly straightforward multivariable regression analysis with all the data immediately in basketball reference

What is the independent effect of Scott Foster on a win/loss for Chris Paul. What is the effect of Scott Foster on CP3’s PPG and fouls

[–] shirtsoffatmidnight@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

bruh, everybody knows this shit, gambling companies have complete control over the league and nothing is ever going to change unless some freak coincidence happens like it did with donaghy and some unrelated investigation

[–] sokka_irl@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I like how CP3 has been on so many teams so everyone is banding together on this.

[–] TornadoFury@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

crazy if he wasnt in the nba we probably have 3 new NBA champion teams. the amount of power this ref has is insane.

[–] Lottapumpkins@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

During the suns CP3 era I wouldn't watch games if I wasn't at them in person, if Scott Foster was reffing.

[–] EchoRespite@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Only way this stops is if the players do something about it. Players know when a call is BS so they should refuse to shoot the free throws or intentionally airball them or something. End of the day, players want to win so I doubt anything happens as the only time they care about calls is when its against them.

[–] Double-Armadillo-898@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

easiest money line 🤭

[–] EdwardJamesAlmost@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I’m curious if there’s a chance this began with Paul’s roles in the NBA off the court, specially as a team rep to the NBPA and later in leadership there.

[–] Raddish3030@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Adam Silver sends his regards to the Player's Union.

[–] trickyleg234@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Since I have a strong dislike cp3. Scott foster is good in my book

[–] Ophanil@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

134 phone calls in a 5 month span? That's about 4 calls a day. Either these two were committing crime together or they were in love.

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[–] OG3SpicyP@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Sounds like Paul is a choke artist

[–] mischief_scallywag@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

The first sentence makes it seem like Foster helped Paul’s team win. I think he could’ve used a different word other than the word ford lol

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