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Rumor has it that Reggie Miller is coming out of retirement to help the Boston Celtics NBA team win a Championship! This could be huge!

Signing him would be an act of desperation on the part of the Celtics. (No disrespect meant here to Miller).

Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy surrendered Wednesday for his anticipated plea to gambling-related offenses, a person familiar with the probe told The Associated Press.

Donaghy surrendered early Wednesday for an appearance in Brooklyn federal court, the person, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the case, told the AP on condition of anonymity.

The charge to which Donaghy would plead was not immediately known.

NBA spokesman Tim Frank told the AP on Tuesday that the league was informed Donaghy would take a plea on Wednesday, but was given no further information.

Donaghy pleaded guilty to two counts on the indictment yesterday and faces up to 25 years in U.S. prison for conspiracy to engage in wire fraud and transmitting betting information through interstate commerce.

Read more: Tim Donaghy facing up to 25 years in prison

Like all other sports events, the National Basketball Association was born out of a group of people's passion for basketball. In 1946, a group of sports arena owners founded the Basketball Association of America. It became the first basketball league, which has games in huge arenas found in large cities.

It was in August of 1949 that the BAA merged with the National Basketball League and was later called as the NBA. The league had seventeen franchises that were found in cities and in various sports venues all over the country. In 1950, the NBA's number of franchises went down to 11 and it continued to go down to as low as eight by 1954. These are the Celtics, Knicks, Lakers, Warriors, Kings, 76ers, Hawks, and Pistons. But while contracting during the 1960s, the NBA's small franchises shifted to big ones found in large cities. Some of these shifters were Minneapolis Lakers who moved to Los Angeles Lakers, Syracuse Nationals to Philadelphia, and Philadelphia Warriors to San Francisco.

The NBA will also be remembered for the introduction of the 24-second shot clock. In 1954, the league came up with this rule to encourage their players to shoot and avoid stalling. It also showed diversity among its teams when players like Wataru Misaka, Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd, and Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton joined the league. Now, African-Americans comprise 80 percent of players.

In 1967, the NBA encountered a competitor in bidding for the best players. The American Basketball Association managed to snag Rick Barry, who is among the NBA's highest scorers, and some veteran referees like Norm Drucker, John Vanak, Joe Gushue, and Earl Strom. The NBA somehow got even when college football star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joined the league.

Today's NBA

There are now 30 franchises in NBA and the league continues to grow as it introduces more basketball legends from all over the world. The likes of Yao Ming, Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginobili have already shown their winning plays from the playoffs to the NBA Finals. Now, watching NBA games has become more exciting with American players playing against international players and more expensive with ticket prices going up.

An NBA ticket for a first row seat is no longer worth $14, so most NBA fans are now practical about buying tickets for live games. They're now forced to spend their money only on games where premier teams like the Chicago Bulls, San Antonio Spurs, Miami Heat, and Los Angeles Lakers play because they think these games with premier teams are definitely worth their money.

These NBA teams have already established their own celebrity status because of their legendary players. Some of them are Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant, Miami Heat's Dwayne Wade, Chicago Bulls' Luol Deng, Boston Celtics' Paul Pierce, and San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan. These elite teams have already won several NBA titles and their games are still the most frequently watched in any season. The number of popular players and famous teams in the bloc only proves that NBA stays as the most sought-after game in the country.

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I know this is somewhat off topic, but does anyone remember the ABA? I thought it was a cool league and the RWB ball was pretty cool looking!

How would you figure it to be desperation exactly?

I never see the "come out of retirement gambit" ever pay off all that well for teams that go that route.

David Stern acknowledged Thursday that more than half of his 56 referees had violated NBA policies about casino gambling, but said none will be punished because he felt the rules were outdated.

Instead, Stern said he is altering the policies, leaning toward allowing referees to gamble in casinos during the off-season - except for betting in sports books.

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The NBA paid McGuirewoods Consulting $280,000 in the second half of - 2007 - passing a total of $330,000 to the lobbying firm for the year. The firm lobbied Congress on federal decency guidelines, according to a form filed online Monday by the Senate’s public records office. NBA also lobbied to preserve the ban on sports gambling and to *strengthen prohibition against Internet gambling.*

Read more: National Basketball Association Into Lobbying

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The odds are out on who will win the 2007-08 NBA Championship. Oddsmakers at Bodog favor the L.A. Lakers at 11/4 odds to win it all.

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Some injuries are not tough enough to stop him

Even though Dirk Nowitzki is recovering from a high ankle sprain that typically sidelines athletes in all sports for several weeks; he had 32 points and 12 boards in 38 minutes in his last game!!

The fourth quarter was action packed and he just kicked some major @sss, the Dallas defense has improved a lot, and the things are bound to get better for them.

He is amazing, I have read some articles about him.

Besides wagering on the NBA point-spread, NBA team player props give sports bettors a chance to wager on how many points a team will win by and several other fun props for the NBA.

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The Phoenix Suns had their chance to take a stand, to defend their home court, to justify their bold mid-season trade for Shaquille O'Neal, to show why this group and this system should continue.

But we know what happened on the game against San Antonio.

Instead they fell, fast and hard, looking less like a cohesive unit and more like a mismatched collection of parts that the San Antonio Spurs easily dismantled, 115-99, in Game 3. The Suns never found something to stand by or stand on, and thus moved a step closer to extinction.

Is there still some hope for the Suns?

There's Always Hope! :bully:

The 2008 NBA Draft takes place this Thursday June 26th, 2008. The Chicago Bulls have the first overall pick and are expected to choose from Derrick Rose or Michael Beasley. Most NBA Insiders agree that the Bulls will choose the hometown player Rose.

Bodog Sportsbook has posted betting odds and props on the NBA draft including 6/1 odds on the Bulls selecting Rose which was 4/1 earlier in the week.

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Oh interesting, i didn't realize it was going to happen this week. Thank for the info!:thumbsup