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Message: [QUOTE="Cowtown, post: 3007449, member: 2350"] The NBA is less about basketball than it is about [I]making money[/I] with a basketball. The NBA's stock in trade is the star system. The stars get the calls because that's what sells tickets, licensed properties, beer, TV ad revenue, etc. It's easier to hide the warts during the regular season because there are just single games. It's more difficult in the playoffs, when two teams play each other for 4-7 games. So when they try to manipulate their games in full view of the entirety of NBA fandom, it doesn't work. Because many of those watching actually know something about basketball, and they can see something's not right. They're pretty much becoming victims of their own success. :D [/QUOTE]