NBA Voodoo: David Stern Fixes the Playoffs

A Different Drummer ^ | 5 June 2002 | Nicholas Stix

[L.N. Smithee]

Bob Fitzgerald's observations and suspicions about Game 6 officials go back years, before Shaquille O'Neal signed with the Lakers.

Since you like songs, how about this one, Queens' fan: "We are the champions, my friend. And we'll keep on fighting to the end. We are the champions. We are the champions. No time for losin', 'cause we are the champions of the world!"

I am not a Kings fan. I am a Warriors fan -- barely. They are so awful year in and year out it's hard to care. The Clippers have now passed them in promise for the future.

I was rooting for the Kings not only because I have despised the Lakers ever since I became a Warriors fan, but because they -- like the Yankees of the past decade -- are heralded as conquerors before they have earned the distinction. Even if they turn out to be right, it is profound disrespectful to the other competitors to suggest that they shouldn't even bother playing. And here you are, singing "We Are The Champions" before game 2 of the Finals. Typical.

Fans like yourself are part of the reason I root against teams like the Lakers, the Yankees, the Red Wings, Miami University, Notre Dame, and the Williams sisters.

[SoCal Pubbie]

"My plan for the Nets to win is different."

Your plan is doomed to failure!