The FBI is investigating an NBA referee who allegedly was betting on basketball games - including ones he was officiating during the past two seasons - as part of an organized-crime probe in the Big Apple, The Post has learned. The investigation, which began more than a year ago, is zeroing in on blockbuster allegations that the referee was making calls that affected the point spread to guarantee that he -- and the hoods who had their hooks in him -- cashed in on large bets...
Yet another indication of the sad state of affairs in today's NBA. Declining TV audiences, terribly lopsided competition, arbitrary officiating, drugs and violence, a foolishly long season including a playoff system which rewards nearly half the league, a pattern of inconsistent and arbitrary officiating, this year's Joey Crawford escapade...and now this.
