Like I said earlier, it's not a true sport by definition. It blurs the line between sport and entertainment. It's a storyline league, and they've actually done quite well marketing themselves that way.
On top of that the league is not on the up and up in terms of officiating. Similar to when you find one mouse in your house there's likely a lot more - when you have to admit that an NBA final was fixed by a ref, it wasn't one bad apple.
Officials are likely in gambler and underworld pockets on a pretty big level. Toronto will never be part of the NBA storyline, and likewise they're likely not part of reffing fixes either.
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