Ethan: This has been the greatest month for non-sports sports stories since O.J.  The only way this could get better is if Nicole Brown Simpson's real killer was Tim Donaghy wearing a Bad Newz Kennels shirt.  Has the NBA lost all of its credibility in the eyes of the public?  Did it even have any to begin with?

Amir:  We won't really know how much credibility is lost until the investigation ends. If somebody is threatening your life, is it illegal to call a late foul to push the game into the over? I don't  think our founding fathers had this in mind when they wrote the constitution, though I haven't read amendments 16-33 so correct me if I'm wrong.

Ethan: The I know the 27th Amendment bans poll taxes, but I think there's some gambling subtext about not doubling down with a seven against a dealer face card showing. 

Amir: The right to hit on Soft 17?

Ethan: Didn't we all sort of think the NBA was rigged before this?  We were comfortable with superstars getting all the calls, we only complained a little about the 2006 Finals, we basically didn't mind, I guess.  The NBA was always one hop from WWE, and nobody complained as long as we didn't have to see Oliver Miller in wrestling trunks.

Amir: Yeah, since when are people so upset about the NBA being "Unfair?" Isiah Thomas is the GM AND Coach of the New York Knicks. How is that fair to the city of New York? That's much less fair than two late Jamal Crawford free throws to cover the spread.

Ethan: What about Bruce Bowen taking a major paycut to play for the Spurs. How is that fair?

Amir: What about David Stern looking like an anorexic Alfred Hitchcock? Is that fair? God is the most corrupt ref of all...