Chalk this one up to “oops”.
The NBA official online shop was momentarily selling t-shirts touting an Oklahoma City Thunder – Miami Heat NBA final last night, the shirts featured the Thunder logo with the words “BEAT THE HEAT” next to it.
While it’s clear this is nothing more than a NBA.com Shop employee’s error, this hasn’t stopped Boston Celtics fans from already claiming the league has pre-determined the result of their Eastern Conference Final, which of course is still being played.
As someone who has seen the Boston Celtics 2012 Eastern Conference Champions merchandise I can assure those fans that there is no such conspiracy.
The offending t-shirt above was removed shortly after it’s discovery.
The Celtics and Heat will finish up their series tonight, the game gets underway at 8:30pm ET.
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EbroLon
Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 19:56Wow. the worst part id that this isn't like models or something this is the actual NBA DOING THIS
Marcus
Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 19:57Well the celtics just gained a lot of fans
Doug
Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 20:42come on now, everyone knows the nba is like wwe. it's all scripted. lebron gets his title this year and in a few years durant get his.
Steve
Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 21:14NBA is the only rigged major league sport...
ingmar66
Sunday, June 10, 2012 at 12:16Been saying for years that the NBA is All Star Wrestling with a ball. It is all scripted to get the most out of the television/merchandising buck. Like it was stated above: LeBron gets his ring this year, if Durant does not mess up his personal life and keeps a clean profile he will get his next year with OKC or sometime later after being traded to the Lakers or the Celtics (for more visibility and merchandising sales purposes). David Stern and the owners like to keep things predictable, agreeable and profitable. Corrupt Italian soccer should learn how to fix matches from the NBA. I really hate seeing my favourite sport, hoops, being scripted and twisted on the highest level by the NBA. Nothing against the players, both Durant and LeBron (and all the other players in the League) are world class athletes. But they are part of a scam and they know it. Should be a mental burden for them, despite the big salaries, unless they are totally devoid of a true sportsman's attitude to winning and losing in an unscripted way...
Jay
Sunday, June 10, 2012 at 16:26Yeah, 4 teams representing the Western Conference in the last ~10 years is such dramatic scripting.