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Disgraced ref Tim Donaghy knows where the NBA’s betting weakness lies

Saturday, March 23, 2024 12:33 PM
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  • Stefan Bondy, New York Post

As online sports gambling explodes and is intertwined with leagues, Tim Donaghy, the disgraced NBA referee and an expert in the pitfalls of corruptibility, doesn’t believe a player or referee will follow in his footsteps.

Instead, Donaghy sees the lower-level employees as the conduit of inside information to gamblers.

“I think the players make too much money. I think the referees, after my situation, I don’t think it would be a referee,” Donaghy told The Post. “I think it’ll come down to maybe a trainer or somebody that has information before it hits the open market about players being sick or players being injured. I think that’s how stuff is going to leak out.”