Honestly he should have deleted that account the minute he got a serious job with the NBA, by now everybody’s taken screenshots of the old tweets

Do people think that refs emerge from pods fully formed? Like maybe I’m just not cynical enough but I’d expect an NBA ref to have been an NBA fan at some point in their lives.

I don’t find that damning on its own, but I still find it gross that leagues and broadcast companies are so in bed with sportbooks that I don’t think sports will ever beat the allegations. Even the Donaghy stuff was a thing of the past 10 years ago lol but still, they all dove right back in to that noise head first.

tweet is from 14 years ago who gives a shit

half of you weren’t even alive yet

Ironically, he’s a Lakers fan. Which is fine – it would be weird to hire someone who doesn’t like basketball.

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2024-12-25/albert-sanders-jr-nba-officials

Like many L.A. kids born in 1980, Sanders made sure the “Showtime” Lakers were on the television whenever “Matlock” was off it. He’d go to parks with his father, Albert Sr., who taught him how to put the proper spin, “some English,” on a finger roll layup and mimic Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s skyhook.

They attended some Lakers games where Sanders would stand on his seat and occasionally yell “Bad call!” when he thought the home team was wronged.

But along with “amazing memories” of his dad and basketball — including always watching the Lakers’ Christmas Day games on television — there was “a time in my life where he was not there and he couldn’t be there.”

…

The routine for the Sanders family on Christmas usually consisted of three things — food, presents and Lakers basketball on television. But last December, the Sanders were going to see Lakers in person, together.

“This was full circle for us,” Sanders said.

He has also supported the Lakers lmao y’all are deranged

He’s posted about the lakers too, lol.

u/Dat_Boi_John there’s no conspiracy in favor of OKC. Enjoy watching Luka get bounced while sitting on the bench.

This sub is so bad after an okc win

Imagine an NBA employee liking basketball, smh, the audacity.

This has got to the most shameless overblown false narrative. The guy had lakers posts as well as thunder in 2012 mind you. Dude probably just enjoyed basketball. The funny thing is all the okc haters will eat it up without doing 0 research.

He posted about liking the Lakers multiple times too lol delete this nephew

Do people think refs weren’t fans of teams before becoming a ref lmao. They weren’t just some robots who just happened to spawn in the NBA

I knew this lakers series was going to bring out the worst, most insufferable, fucking losers.

But this is pretty funny. It’s a new low for you fuckin nerds.

NO SHOT LMAOOOOOO

If you are a nba ref, you prob like basketball. If you like basketball you probably grew up watching NBA. If you watched NBA, you probably had favorite teams or players

eh im not surprised someone involved in basketball has a favorite team. as someone that works in an environment that needs to be extremely unbiased, like, you can say things 14 years ago and still do your job neutrally when you’re in your professional capacity when it comes along. it’s part of the gig. nobody is switzerland, including switzerland.

Assuming this is real, every single NBA ref was a fan of an NBA team at some point. The better question is what incentive does the nba have to make the 2nd smallest market, the smallest fan base, the most unassuming Canadian superstar and Oklahoma City of all places the face or darlings of the NBA? This is exact opposite of money making.

It’s no coincidence that NBA started losing tons of money and viewership when the Spurs of the 2000s became a dynasty.

If they were gonna rig it, it’d be for at least one good reason.

Lmao. He’s a Lakers fan.

All part of Presti’s operation zebra to install this diehard fan in the league refball operations

Bro is a Lakers fan loool

I am so glad the Lakers fanbase has to deal with the Thunder’s officiating. This is what happens when someone younger and better steals your crown of being the refs’ favorite

As a neutral, watching Lakers/Lebron/Luka fans argue with OKC fans about friendly officiating is hilarious. Both these teams have always benefited from how they are officiated, the Thunder are just also really damn good at basketball while the Lakers are only kind of good

refs love okc confirmed

You guys are all nonces. Forreal.

Luka stan account pushing a made up narrative as if this guy isn’t on the record for being a literal Lakers fan. You meme franchise casuals are so deranged 

Am I supposed to take 14 year old tweets seriously? Get a grip

#thunderup

From 2012… Imagine going 14 years back to find shit.

That means that he was a good professional since 2012.

When you state at least one post since June of 2012, not like yesterday, or last year.

One post lol. Break out the pitchforks.

People complain about the thunder all the time despite the lakers having a well documented favourable whistle for eternity. This narrative gotta go

wait did he delete it just now after this game, or was it deleted a long time ago and people just brought it up again?

This is beyond copium post at this point.

Albert Sanders needs to be held way more accountable because ultimately he’s accountable for NBA refereeing.

Wait, he liked the kd harden westbrook okc and we are supposed to care in 2026?

[ Removed by Reddit ]

League is a joke

This is how you know that this sub is insane and can’t even use it’s brain when it comes to OKC. This is deranged behavior.

He also had tweets rooting for LeBron and other teams btw but people, specifically Luka and Jokic fan accounts, only tweeted the okc screenshots when this went viral on twitter a few weeks ago. I wonder why?

Edit: he was literally a Lakers fan LOL

I’m really surprised that this is only going viral now, since it was already being discussed during the series with the Suns. I guess playing the Lakers was enough.

Wow

Probably because of the abusive messages he got because dumbass posts like this one. Nice one, OP. Keep the pointless witch hunt going

It’s only a conspiracy until it’s proven

It’s all rigged. Nothing you can do, losers #ThunderUp

:::gasp:::

The Smoking Gun!!!! We’ve been found out!

Ycumfuckery okc sga cunts

Deleted it after it got found today?

This happens when the internet witch hunts you yes

The mistake they did is they thought lakers are like suns and they can get away with anything. LeBron is not booker. Okc borderline fouls on every possession and i am not gonna start on how dirty dort plays where he is intentionally try to take out other team’s best players by hook or crook.

Do you legitimately think that he is/was able to convince every ref to blindly give OKC favorable calls because he was in support of the team? Like wha does the NBA get out of that? Wouldn’t it make more sense to rig games for a team in a bigger market?

OKC fans putting in overtime on this sub

I can’t read, I can’t write but that don’t really matter
Because I am a thunder fan and I can drive a tractor

Flair checks out lol

He also posted multiple times about being a Lakers fan. Keep coping though.

Edit: crying at how this went from +7 to -6. Cry more pathetic Laker fans https://imgur.com/a/xhi2W24

Ah yes the mastermind that has managed to rig the league to favour big market OKC with the power and resources to threaten any of the thousand employees of the NBA that could expose the bias.

Y’all are weird for stalking his socials