Quick reminder that during the 2006-07 season— the same period Donaghy admitted to fixing games—records showed he made 134 phone calls to Scott Foster.

scott foster has to have some epstein shit on the league idk why he still has a job when everyone knows hes dirty

It’s actually wild that the NBA thinks this is what fans enjoy. Like yes it drives engagement, but it’s for all the wrong reasons.

I agreed man horrible calls

See you on Friday.

Come sail the seas, brother. You don’t have to give them your money.

Sounds like you won’t watch an NBA game until Foster passes away of old age

Mods aren’t going to keep this for long. So before it’s deleted let me just say-

Bro the fact that people know the officials names is enough. The fact their personalities come into play is insanity

I’m still not over Scott Foster’s blown goaltending call against the blazers in 2012

Scott Foster and other shit refs are a big reason why the NBA struggles to maintain and grow fandom. The refs are so bad and have so much influence on the game, that most fans who watch can name a bunch of ego tripping shit refs who routinely make questionable decisions with 0 repercussions. Other leagues flat out fire these refs or do not allow them to be in big games, but you can bet Scott Foster will ref some finals games and a bunch of playoff games and have a major impact on who is a champion this year. It turns off casuals and just serves to worsen the league.

The Extender so he has more games to bet on

We have been complaining for years.. dudes not going anywhere .. sadly

I can get you the inside info for the next fix.

he’s like that one really shitty old teacher at your high school that everyone agrees sucks but can’t be fired because he’s tenured

Fucking hate Adam Silver for Game 4. Corrupt little bitch

Love Kevin Pritchard and Rick Carlisle for going 0-16 after being fined for tanking. We all know we’re going to “have bad luck” in the lottery now, but fuck the NBA

Game 4 of the NBA Finals was a Scott Foster masterclass. They got what they wanted. Series went 7 thanks to him.

I’m with you. Not necessarily all by choice but to be in market with a cable package and still have to sail the seas most nights, fuck the shit. I’ll return for my team if they make a playoff run.

yeah. I’m done with the NBA for a while if that’s a charge.

This man is a terrorist against Orlando

Fun little stat, everyone know the feud between Foster and Chris Paul:

Chris Paul is 3-17 in playoffs game reffed by Scott Foster

And 73-56 otherwise.

The NBA allow a totally biased ref to still ref games.

goobye u/RemarkableCulture948 you will be missed

Lmfao I forgot he was called the extender.

I love social media sometimes 😭

I stopped fully watching and being a basketball fanatic like I was around 4-5 years ago. It’s almost unwatchable at this point. But I still keep track of the standings and outcomes of games. I’d say my life is better but it kinda just pushed me to be more of a football and baseball fan. Both of which have problems of their own with refs/umps.

Down with Scott Fucker

You’d think the Nba could at least quietly buy him out and keep him out of the playoffs.

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They would call you crazy conspiracist before admitting the league is crooked

Criminal. Scott foster belongs in jail

See you tomorrow night bud

Get in line behind those of us who had to watch 40 years of Dick Bavetta.

It’s obvious he is rigging games

NBA can’t fire Foster… he knows way too much.

He should only be allowed to ref games between 2 tanking squads!

He will be reffing Finals games.

He even looks like somebody the Mafia would hire in a movie to rig basketball games.

Its an issue with all sports, but I honestly think the NBA is worst in at least american sports. I thought Silver had a solid start as commissioner, but I think he grew to be the worst one in american sports. He has made the NBA figuratively and literally hard to watch. The amount of streams and blackouts are infuriating. The NFL is consistent with showing games on Fox, CBS, NBC, and prime. I barely watched my teams games this year cause I dont know how to find it.

Silver and the nba ownerships better tread carefully. The NFL is pushing hard for globalization, that was the biggest advantage the NBA had, if it continues to falter, itll get left behind. Is this exaggeration? I kinda hope not, but it probably is.

Hey, welcome to the club, I still haven’t watch a single game since making a similar post 7 years ago.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/a8qy98/im_not_watching_another_nba_game_until_something/

The NBA needs to purge any ref that fans know the name of. Scott and Ben are the worst with their ego, Sago is just flat out horrible in every game I’ve watched no matter the matchup.

Kennedy is the only exception. Gucci ref and the country accent guy are the best, so much so that I dont even know their names

Unfortunately he’s just getting warmed up for the playoffs

Chris Paul bunner?

Worst officiating I’ve seen ever…by far. Late foul calls(because they are too dumb to decide where their bets are), and lack of even knowledge of the game. Truly, I dont think they even understand traveling or double dribbles. Kid stuff

Completely understandable. The NBA is an unwatchable product for me at the moment, even with my Lakers playing well. There is absolutely no consistency in reffing and even the way calls are reviewed. It’s sad because I love basketball and used to love the NBA…

You can’t tell me game four of the 2025 finals was fair.

How much did op lose on a gamble?

see ya tomorrow

OP - take it up Albert Sanders.

He is head of NBA referee operations which means he Scott Foster’s boss.

https://official.nba.com/albert-sanders-jr-named-head-of-nba-referee-operations/

accepting that the nba has not been a sport for decades, and is merely a business driving towards specific financial outcomes, makes it a lot easier to check out

i no longer have a team, dont care who wins, and dont watch full games.

i find small joy watching 20 second highlights, and fan commentary.

thats all the nba can offer at this point, imo

You’re going to watch another game tomorrow probably.

Fun fact: Scott Foster is also the name of an accountant who got asked to play emergency backup goaltender in an NHL game and played better than both of the professional goalies that started the game and he ended up winning the game and never played in the NHL again.

Also a fun fact: the NBA is rigged.

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This is such a stupid rant. I bet your bitch ass is going to be back watching playoff games next week 🤣

They should try to push for performance-based officiating like the NFL execs.

Welcome to the club, tough sport to watch and get emotionally invested in

This stuff crops up infrequently enough that I kind of enjoy when there’s a Scott Foster shenanigans night

r/nbacirclejerk is that way

Refs wise NBA sucks NHLs dick all day long

Welcome to the club

NBA hasn’t recovered from when refs were fixing games for mob bosses. It’s more akin to WWE nowadays

See you tomorrow

Scott Foster: “Mr Silver please! You can’t fire me!”

Adam Silver “I’m sorry Scott, u/RemarkableCulture948 has left me no choice. Pack up your things and get out of here before he hits 1500 upvotes!”

Need to do similar with draymond green

It’s really hard not to question the integrity of the league and it’s been that way for a long time.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nbadiscussion/s/YAdR9p7PNn

Reminder that his nickname “the extender” came from a tweet that was an obvious lie.

He doesn’t extend series any more than any other ref does.  

Adam Silver will not sleep well tonight with this heavy a threat weighing on him.

He ruined Chris Paul so I don’t care

The NBA really thinks fixing tanking is more important than having dogshit refereeing

Not saying he’s any good. I will say they could EASILY have called a foul on randle when he was physically bodying sengun at the end there 1 on 1

“Hello?  Is this the referees employment thingy?  Hi, I’m Adam Silver.  A neckbeard on Reddit said he won’t watch another game until Scott Foster is gone.  So you need to fire him.”

“Holy shit!  I’ll get right on it.”

Honestly surprised Scott Foster hasn’t been picked by Trump for something in the White House. He would fit right in.

nba and silver are corrupt af. it’s pathetic

If you were watching the NBA in the early 2000s you’re old enough to know that Lakers Kings game six was fixed. Things were so much worse back then.

Foster should’ve been fired years ago during the referees gambling scandal.

You found your crowd OP. Most people here don’t watch games anyway, we only watch the highlights and read the box scores.

This is so me when i nearly blow a winnable game (I have a victim complex)

whatever you say, buddy.

Its about time we start bringing ai to replace the refs. All the refs care about is cooking people in the group chat.

Yeah I’m sure you’ll never watch an NBA game again. Would be funny if you actually keep your word and the Wolves win it all only for you to not watch a second of it lol.

funnily enough i think he’s actually one of the better refs as some refs are straight up blind but i 100% think he’s corrupt and does things out of spite.

You guys freak out about the NBA continuing to employ a guy nicknamed “The Extender” when y’all are the ones who nickname him that just to have a reason to complain. There’s not any evidence that he makes a series last longer with his refereeing. It’s become a parody at this point where whichever team loses when he refs works backwards to justify why he would be screwing them over. This shit only happens on Reddit. Yes the Donaghy scandal phone calls are shady for Scott Foster, but every complaint about him at this point is simply based on his name and people approaching his games with the idea that whatever the result was it must have been rigged to be that way.

Stop it. You’ll be back.

Never get rid of Goat Foster he gave my team a ring

He was very active in allowing the tide to turn in several close finals games in the suns bucks finals

Might want to get that NHL ticket my boy. Even the great CP3 couldn’t get The Extender out the paint

The league won’t get rid of him because they want longer playoff series.

Even if the Wolves play a game 7?

This is why KD to the warriors made sense. The only way to be good enough to persevere a great team and the refs together.

So you won’t be watching NBA for many years

 reffing doesn’t make a difference, and that a good team should be able to persevere regardless.

lol

good luck

I thought Scott Foster turned to ash and blew away in the wind like Voldemort when CP3 retired?

Imagine if refs did press conferences after the game. They would look like NASCARs from all the DraftKings and underdog merch they would have to wear because of all the money they’re making

Well you can always catch highlights on sportscenter

Oh

where’s your petition dude. you wanna change something? Mobilize.

Adam Silver notches another check mark in his diary, as a measure of his goal of making fans consume the league through highlights

I watch games that Foster refs as more of a comedy show than basketball. Once you have that perspective, it’s hysterical and you realize how incredible he is at shamelessly manipulating game outcomes.

guy that doesn’t enjoy basketball finding an excuse not to enjoy basketball

Kudos to you if you stick with it. I’ll say though, this has always been an issue, one we know, so I wouldn’t consider it gaslighting. And because it’s always been an issue, you do know you there’s a lot to enjoy about watching the NBA beyond things refs can impact.

In short, dude, chill lmao. Scott Foster sucks entirely. But him sucking shouldn’t suck the actual joy out of something you love and enjoy.

Same. You’re not alone.

He definitely has some info that can bring the league down with him. Otherwise there’s no reason he’s still reffing

Dude 99% has done something to fix games

See you tomorrow

What bugs me the most is when they give a star player 2 bogus fouls super early in the game so they have to play way less physical rest of the game. It’s so calculated

So you know the league is fixed but you need to keep watching?

When David Stern found out there was an investigation he immediately went to the media and leaked it so kill their momentum. They scapegoated Tim Donaghy as a singe, evil entity manipulating games for his own selfish, monetary, yet let his best friend and co-conspirator Scott Foster stick around. His best friend that he called 134 times right before games, between quarters, at half time and directly following games. Scott Foster knew where the bodies were buried.

This led me to believe the NBA is rigged. The athletes go out and try their best, MOST of the time, with a few exceptions over the years, but the referees will call fouls and miss fouls when they’re directed to do whatever they can to ensure a particular (big market) team wins va smaller market teams. Especially in the playoffs to ensure particular matchups that will draw more viewers (and more money!) to the product.

I don’t watch basketball like that but I’m with you. Poor reffing/judging totally killed my interest in UFC. Maybe I’m not a true mma fan, there’s other organizations, but this shit is just so fucking bad for sports. And basketball is probably most egregious. I feel for basketball fans cause I’d be super pissed if I was actually super into basketball. Players need to take more of a stand as well. These guys get paid tens of millions of dollars and are set for life but don’t have the balls to strike for better reffing? I’m sure it’s more complicated than that as it’s a business but my god it’s frustrating from an outside perspective

Good

I’m not sure which is worse - the officiating or the whining about officiating from its star players constantly. Highlights are way better than watching a full game.

😂😂😂 You’ll watch whatever Adam Silver tells you to

Maybe mention some games that don’t involve your team to sound credible? We have fans from every team complaining bias against their team, which makes it clear that that most biased people are the fans.

The NBA has bad and biased refs because the NBA perceives it benefits from bad and biased refs.