Lettuce Be Cereal Here: NBA Wanted Cavs To Win For 3 Obvious Reasons

[Euroleague]

1. They could not have the legacy of Jordan (their marketing created NBA God) ruined, by the Warriors winning back-to-back championships after a 73 win regular season.

2. They could not have LePlugs (their current day marketing created NBA God) lose in the finals for a 3rd straight season.

3. They could not have Space Jam 2 (another obvious attempt by the NBA to recreate the next Jordan through propaganda), be ruined by LePlugs losing in the finals again.

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[Springsteen]

Did Adam Silver telepathically command Green to give Lebron a good tap to the nuts or mentally distract Curry from getting off a shot on Kevin Love of all people?

[Sarcastic]

If they wanted to protect Jordan, why did they let the Warriors win 73 in the first place? Shouldn't they have just fixed it so they win 71 or less?

[kamil]

They definitely rigged the outcome of that flagrant call to push it to 7 games for ratings/advertising revenue, but either way, the outcome didn't matter a whole lot, either;

a) the NBA got a historic 73-9 championship team

or

b) LeBron* not being turned into a complete colluding joke of an 'all time great'.

Still, GSW choked and LeBron* and company did a hell of a job on the 3-1 deficit comeback. Definitely deserves credit and respect.

[Euroleague]

If they wanted to protect Jordan, why did they let the Warriors win 73 in the first place? Shouldn't they have just fixed it so they win 71 or less?

It's very obvious. It's called marketing gimmicks, AKA propaganda. By having the Warriors lose in the finals, after winning 73 games in the regular season, it makes both Jordan and LePlugs seem to be that much more mystical and legendary - with the help of their typical marketing propaganda BS.

[Funktion]

Could see a rubber match next year also.

[STATUTORY]

the plot armor on the Cavs was very strong this season

can't wait for the next episode.

[chosen_one6]

It's very obvious. It's called marketing gimmicks, AKA propaganda. By having the Warriors lose in the finals, after winning 73 games in the regular season, it makes both Jordan and LePlugs seem to be that much more mystical and legendary - with the help of their typical marketing propaganda BS.

Conspiracy theorists are funny. People will try to find something between the lines no matter what, because they have nothing better to do. Don't you have some shitty European sports to watch or something?

[HylianNightmare]

Cry more

[Living Being]

Don't care.

Cavs winning was more epic. Curry might be a good enough shooter to purposely miss all those threes, so maybe he was paid off.

[Euroleague]

Conspiracy theorists are funny. People will try to find something between the lines no matter what, because they have nothing better to do. Don't you have some shitty European sports to watch or something?

In current day USA, "Conspiracy Theory" is the label given to anything that is true and factual.

People that label things a "conspiracy theory" in order to "debunk them", obviously have no rational thinking skills, no deductive reasoning capabilities, and also zero tact of any kind.

If you actually want to debunk something that is true, the last thing you should do is claim that it is a conspiracy theory. But you clearly don't possess the critical thinking skills required to be able to grasp that.

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[Kiddlovesnets]

I thought Euroleague only watches European basketball?
:rolleyes:

[Euroleague]

Cry more

I'm not a Warriors fan. I'm not a Curry stan. I have been saying here for years that the NBA, some FIBA tournaments, the Olympics, and some European basketball leagues are manipulated by the refs.

I am not crying about it. I don't give a damn about it actually, as I have seen the NBA do this for years, and I already know it's just sports entertainment and not actual sports competition.

I am merely pointing out the obvious reasons why the NBA wanted the Cavs to win. I have no reason to cry about something I don't care about. I still think we should always point out though that we know this stuff is entertainment, and not real competition.

[Hey Yo]

In current day USA, "Conspiracy Theory" is the label given to anything that is true and factual.

People that label things a "conspiracy theory" in order to "debunk them", obviously have no rational thinking skills, no deductive reasoning capabilities, and also zero tact of any kind.

If you actually want to debunk something that is true, the last thing you should do is claim that it is a conspiracy theory. But you clearly don't possess the critical thinking skills required to be able to grasp that.
How is it true, when you're doing nothing but speculating??

[SCdac]

Conspiracies abound. ****ing Euroleague lol. How is "rewarding LeBron" not a threat to Jordan's legacy in this conspiracy?

[warriorfan]

1. They could not have the legacy of Jordan (their marketing created NBA God) ruined, by the Warriors winning back-to-back championships after a 73 win regular season.

2. They could not have LePlugs (their current day marketing created NBA God) lose in the finals for a 3rd straight season.

3. They could not have Space Jam 2 (another obvious attempt by the NBA to recreate the next Jordan through propaganda), be ruined by LePlugs losing in the finals again.

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Pressures from Nike to legitimize the legacy of their 1 billion dollar investment :applause:

[grantz]

Not a GSW fan but there were a few phantom foul calls on Curry that looked suspicious. If we're doing conspiracy time here I think it's more gambling/Vegas through refs than the NBA because you can bet that the majority of the money in the betting pool were on GSW to win.

[Euroleague]

Not a GSW fan but there were a few phantom foul calls on Curry that looked suspicious. If we're doing conspiracy time here I think it's more gambling/Vegas through refs than the NBA because you can bet that the majority of the money in the betting pool were on GSW to win.

I believe even ESPN admitted that the NFL earns $16 billion from its regular revenue sources, but over $100 billion from connections to gambling.

And when you have a 73 win team, and they lose, that means a huge pay out to the people that bet on them to lose, or that plan for them to lose (bookies). Way higher than normal.

The same exact thing happened when the Patriots lost in the Super Bowl to the Giants, after going 16-0. The pay out to the people that picked the Giants became much bigger.

[Spurs5Rings2014]

They definitely rigged the outcome of that flagrant call to push it to 7 games for ratings/advertising revenue

Which ended up dictating the series since Bogut ended up getting injured and Iggy got hurt. They didn't really plan for it to happen, but they did seal it for the Cavs at that point. That BS suspension doesn't happen and Warriors win in 5 quite easily at full strength.