John Maloney of nykfanpage.com has some thoughts on the impact the official’s scandal has on the NBA.
For the NBA, and basketball in general, its demon has been officiating. Out of all the team sports, basketball is the most susceptible to how a referee calls a game, more so than soccer, where screwy officiating just lends [...]

Disgraced ex-ref Tim Donaghy admitted yesterday some things that I’ve always speculated on, going back to the Knicks/Bulls battles of the early 90s, that the league is more about marketing than it is a competitive entity.
“Tim gave information on how top executives of the NBA sought to manipulate games using referees to boost ticket sales [...]

Earlier today NY Daily News NBA columnist Mitch Lawrence made another appearance with Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts. The majority of the conversation was about the Conference Finals, but he did delve into the Knicks and his thoughts on what they may do with the #6 pick. To hear the interview go over at WFAN.com [...]

Ah, a night off, finally. But of course, if I’m not working, that means there aren’t many games on, so what is there to watch? Well, the Detroit and Philly series was on, but it ended almost exactly the way I expected it to: disappointing.
Don’t get me wrong, Philly is one of the most exciting [...]

So here I sit, after completing one of the most miserable post games of the year in Boston, waiting for the clock to strike 2:45 AM so I can get out of here and start my hour-long commute back home. For those of you who didn’t catch either of tonight’s games, here’s a little recap:
The [...]