To those in the poker know, you've heard of Haralabos Voulgaris. You probably didn't know, however, that Haralabos is an avid basketball bettor, to say the least. Voulgaris granted TrueHoop a rather lengthy interview on the new Donaghy claims.
What do you think about how the NBA has handled the Tim Donaghy investigation?He's right. Stern is a clever sonovabitch. All we heard about was the Wiz-Grizz game where he overheard injury information before a game and called it into his "crew," overlooking the fact that he worked many games which he bet on.
From a league perspective they have done a great job sweeping this scandal under the rug, and downplaying it.
I keep on reading how Donaghy "provided information" as though this was the crux of the scandal.
The guy fixed games. He didn't "provide information" he bet on games he was working, and made calls to insure he would win those bets. It's pretty basic stuff but the NBA has somehow turned the focus of the whole investigation away from this and instead focused on the "inside information" angle.
I understand what the league is trying to do, I think in this instance the truth doesn't jibe with the league's best interest. In that respect the League and the Commissioner have done a great job of downplaying the scandal.
Lesson learned: Destroying videotapes is a much bigger conspiracy.
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