kwo
2007-07-25 10:04:52
“David Stern stated yesterday that there was no way of knowing that this was happening.”
This is the real problem. Donaghy was given a rating of “above average” last year, good enough that he was tapped to officiate in the conference finals. The dude was intentionally cheating, and no one noticed. Meanwhile, how many incompetent refs are sliding by, earning positive marks for substandard play?
The NBA must find some objective standard for calling fouls. Curly Smith’s comment about Shaq is telling: even if he’s wrong, and O’Neal is not actually receiving preferential treatment, you still have a massive perception problem. (And btw, Curly is not wrong.) The Donaghy case is only going to exacerbate it.
