If you haven’t been over to Deadspin lately, whether you’re taking a political stand in protest of their horndog dossier or you don’t care for the commenters, you may have missed this post: excerpts from Tim Donaghy’s new book.

If you’re new to MLJ you might not remember how happy each and every one of us was when we found out that Tim Donaghy was physically assaulted in prison resulting in a busted knee and stretched anus.  The only thing upsetting about the whole ordeal was that there wasn’t a video of the assault leaked to the press so that the we could all celebrate his humiliation with one voice.

[Ed. Note: I just watched that video again and I want to be sick.  I fucking hate the NBA.]

Here’s one excerpt that makes me want to stab a baby:

My favorite Tommy Nunez story is from the 2007 playoffs when the San Antonio Spurs were able to get past the Phoenix Suns in the second round. Of course, what many fans didn’t know was that Phoenix had someone working against them behind the scenes. Nunez was the group supervisor for that playoff series, and he definitely had a rooting interest.

Nunez loved the Hispanic community in San Antonio and had a lot of friends there. He had been a referee for 30 years and loved being on the road; in fact, he said that the whole reason he had become a group supervisor was to keep getting out of the house. So Nunez wanted to come back to San Antonio for the conference finals. Plus, he, like many other referees, disliked Suns owner Robert Sarver for the way he treated officials. Both of these things came into play when he prepared the referees for the games in the staff meetings. I remember laughing with him and saying, “You would love to keep coming back here.” He was pointing out everything that Phoenix was able to get away with and never once told us to look for anything in regard to San Antonio. Nunez should have a championship ring on his finger.

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