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Tim Donaghy

(1967) Basketball Official

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Tim Donaghy is a basketball official.

Quick Facts About Tim Donaghy

Born: January 7, 1967
Profession: Basketball Official

About Tim Donaghy

[Wikidata] American basketball referee... | [Wikipedia] Timothy Francis Donaghy is an American former basketball referee who worked in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 13 seasons from 1994 to 2007 until he was caught in a gambling scandal. During his career in the NBA, Donaghy officiated in 772 regular season games and 26 playoff games.

Quotes by Tim Donaghy

The big question on everyone's mind is, 'Did Tim Donaghy fix games?' The answer is no. I didn't need to fix them.…

Big

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Any time that you have a sporting event with a Vegas line to it, there's always going to be somebody involved in…

Always

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The craft of officiating is taught that people come and pay top dollar to see people like Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, LeBron…

Go

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I think there's a lot of successful referees to come out of the Philadelphia area because the basketball is so good.

Basketball

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If you're fixing a game, you're making calls up against star players to get that star player to the bench so that…

Bench

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At some point, you're going to see the ability for a fan sitting in a seat to bet, swiping his credit card,…

Ability

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The bottom line is the NBA is going to do whatever they can do to create more revenue.

Bottom line

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When you see an article it always has 'disgraced NBA referee.' It's embarrassing and it's never going to be okay. Unfortunately, I…

Forward

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It's mostly the coaches the refs don't like. Like Phil Jackson and Gregg Popovich. Jackson is a master at setting up refs,…

Always

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I wanted to be a part of the NBA because I enjoyed the Sixers games when I was young.

Because

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In the future you're going to be able to go into a 7-Eleven and buy a ticket on a game, and people…

Future

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If you're going to advance as a referee and make that $75,000 to $100,000 a year in the playoffs, you're going to…

Give

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I got caught up with gambling at the golf course, the backroom card games at the casinos with buddies there, and eventually…

Events

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I just loved the game of basketball growing up and my goal was to somehow be a part of it.

Basketball

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When you talk about gambling and the euphoria that comes with it, making winning picks is what excites you.

About

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I'm not saying the games are fixed, because they are not. But they definitely program and train these referees to go out…

Go

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I was in a unique position to predict the outcome of NBA games. Some of my picks included games I had been…

NBA

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Not only did I not like officiating his games, I was afraid at times he was going to knock my block off...…

Gentleman

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Obviously I bet on games I officiated. I passed on information based on the meetings that the referees were having, and based…

Betting

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On the golf course, playing cards, running to the casinos, betting on college and pro football, it keeps spilling over to the…

Cards

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Did I go out and make calls in those games that the NBA wanted me and the crew to call? Absolutely. Did…

Go

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I lived with my parents until I was 27.

Lived

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I was a target. There was a guy who took a paint roller extension pole and blasted me in the knee a…

Goals

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I had a great job, living a great lifestyle... and just started doing the wrong things, getting a little bit cocky.

Cocky

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I truly believe that at some point they're going to have kiosks in every NBA arena, like they do at the airport…

Airport

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