Tim Donaghy on Becoming an NBA Referee, Making $300K a Year (Part 1)
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Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy discussed his journey in the industry leading up to his 2007 arrest for betting on his own games. Donaghy, who was inspired by his referee father and even followed him to games, only became a referee himself after several unsatisfying jobs after college. Through participation in an NBA training program, Donaghy climbed the ranks from high school leagues all the way to the NBA, where he officiated 772 regular games and 20 playoff games. Despite the thrill of success, he admitted the experience initially proved difficult as the 'new guy,' as he faced aggressive behavior from players and coaches. He also highlighted the ranking system among referees, which influences their advancement opportunities and the likelihood of being let go if they don't progress as expected. Overall, Donaghy reflected on his time in the NBA, citing the joy and excitement of his promotion and first playoff game as memorable highlights.
That was a crazy introduction 🤣
you can hear him smiling from ear to ear as he reading it 😂
I definitely had to run it back 😂 like damn straight to it
😂😂😂 vlad is pure hell
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This guy got Tim 😂😅😂😅. Hate Vlad or love him, his content is undeniable 🤷🏾♂️
He also went over the whole story on a Netflix documentary@TreeSnackz
Like Jesus Christ vlad
@TreeSnackz there was a Netflix episode on him too.
I agree
He’s a HIPHOP site Channel tho. Now being that rappers aren’t Fuckin wit him anymore due to figuring him out, he has no choice but to get Tom. Interview bout to be about beefs and drama tho.
One thing I’ll give vlad is that he knows how to get someone to talk about something they’ve done embarrassing in a comfortable way and setting.
Vlad is one of the most viewed if not the most viewed interviewer on CZcams. He must be doing something right.
@@MaccaveliPL I’m thinking he’s doing a lot of things right, even leaning into the things people talk shit about him for to boost content engagement 😂
It's became not so hard to do once he starting paying his guest. He went from C-list rappers, porn stars and old gangstas.
People criticize that but deep down that's what it takes =conversation not being quiet and letting the guest talk about what he whats to while smoothing music plays in the background
This guy is extremely open about what happened. He has done like 5 interviews about it.
Just when I think vlad can’t possibly surprise me with a unique guest he pulls out all the stops 😂
Facts. & for some reason I've haven't been watching the casual guest / repeating guest I normally like to watch. But this caught my attention fast. 😂
Hilarious thing is, the NBA tries to act like he was the only won fixing NBA Games 😂😂
David Stern killed that story real quick 😂
what's even more hilarious are the sheep minded BUFFOON/CASUAL FANS that still believe that sports isn't rigged
To this day these fuckers control games
He wasn’t fixing games tho he just knew what certain advantages were due to the NBA wanting certain teams and players to do well .
Won? What he win?
This sounds like AI vlad
ALRIGHT HERE WE GO, WEVE GOT TIM DONAGHY IN THE BUILDING, WELCOME TO VLADTV!!! So this is you first time here, so I wanna start in the beginning
The nba still has these guys you see the Boston ref who didn’t call the foul on Tatum on Lebron quit before he got caught lol
Tony brothers is big on it too. Perfect example is when he kept Wemby in foul trouble and under 18 pts its so obvious
@@BigA678 tony brothers a cheater he robbed Bron 51 vs warriors that year 2018 game 1
Can’t wait to check this out. I saw the documentary a few months ago.
As a huge Sacramento fan, this guy still haunts my dreams
2002 Western Conference Finals Game 6.
OH damn, the Lakers/SAC series. SAC should have taken that series.
I lived not far from mike bibby at lake Alhambra estates in davis,ca when they won 2002 nba championship 🎉🎉🎉🎉😂
Have the Kings been relevant since then?
During that time... that was the west coast team to root for in NY specially vs the lakers
Bruh the intro took me 🤣 bro just said straightjp
😂😂😂😂Vlad needs a statue for the intro HOLYY
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AI and sheed said he was cheating and David stern told them shut up
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Rasheed Wallace and Iverson was right the whole time!
About what
@@ledoughnoticing that something was off with the calls and calling him out during games for cheating them.
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Can I interview you
Been patiently waiting for this one thank you Vlad
Crazy intro 💀
Tim about to keefe d himself 😂😂😂😂😂
Tim “THE WHISTLEBLOWER” Donaghy! The ENTERTAINMENT LEGEND
This dude hated Iverson with a passion.
They all did
The 2002 Lakers should worship this guy
He ain’t have to do all that in the intro 😂🫠
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Great Doc On Netflex.... An This man was Great 😅😅😢... fr just the best wish he was still callling the games! 💯💯💯💯💯
You wish what? Are you okay?
I don't
Glad intro funny af
The intro statement was crazy.
That intro is f'd up haaaa
Been waiting for this interview my WHOLE life
Wow, get a new life 🍭
They released a documentary with him like a year ago on Netflix
@@everythingsports4581 I saw it. I just wanted to see a Vlad interview with him.
@@everythingsports4581what's it called?
Lol
VLAD GOT A NEW BACKDROP!!!
Why isn't Vlad fighting in the mother land??😂
Ngl vlad interviews be good asf
Did Michael Franzese buy this guy? 😂
You know vlad gone ask him 🤣
Oh oh.......this will be controversial. Especially how Vlad asks questions.
Straight cost Chris Webber a ring smh. His career would have been looked upon totally different smh.
Sacramento couldn't win a game 7 on their home court....they deserved to lose.
@@Damianoutlaw Don't mean you should cheat them in Game 6, your point?
@@rolliemosley my point is that if Sacramento were really the better team they would have won game 7 on their home court.
The Kings did not get cheated in game 6.
The Kings had every chance in the world to win Game 6 and 7 of that series and they did what Chris Webber teams always did in the clutch…..they folded.
How did he cost Webber a ring?
@@swissbeats2k Rigged game 6 with the Mob
It was so many refs that was exposed last year for gambling NBA didn’t do nothing, but make more FanDuel and DraftKings commercials
Just like Tim they fired the Celtics fan referee. Basically letting them take all the blame
Today that’s what: $600,000 yearly???
Damn you fumbled the bag!
Say what you want Vlad gets to it. The larger media outlets should take notes.
Here we go.
The NBA is going to be pissed about this interview
He doesn’t work for the nba and was the scapegoat
If this dude ever told the real shit. 😮💨
Oh yeah i remember this guy most infamous ref outside of joey crawford
Vlad is the goat of this interviewing shit.
Huge interview.
When a man has all daughters that's God way of saying we don't want another version of you 😂
Hell of an introduction Vlad 😭
Oh yes!! This interview will be lit!’
Surprised Vlad didn’t bring up the war situation with Israel 🇮🇱
Busted by the FBI Welcome to VladTV 😂 Perfect introduction 😂
I heard his story sn be prepared to listen. Basically every sport in the world is rigged somehow.. it ain’t just basketball
Facts
Boxing the most!
The interview I've been waiting for. Vlad ask him how are his legs
$300k/yr wasn't enough huh
Scott Foster is his best friend.
Yup I think Scott’s the mastermind and Tim the dummy they got caught lol
Dude I remember watching sportscenter and seeing the breaking news that he got arrested.
I used to play Runescape with Tim Donaghy
This is one thing I don't like how people that commit crimes can almost find fame lighter and I know he didn't go looking for it but after all that negativity here he is having all these positive interviews and probably even making more money I guess crime does pay
To this day you can’t tell me the Sacramento Kings vs Lakers Western Conference finals wasn’t rigged. Saw some of the most bogus officiating I ever seen to help a comeback.
I agree
You're so right, dude! All those bad calls that went against the Lakers. Sacramento had way more calls made for them check the numbers bro, I feel you, but good thing the Lakers pulled it out despite the bad officiating. Good thing this guy never refereed a single game that series in 2002.
Only way to beat the refs is to keep hitting your shots 🤷🏽♂️😂
The whole world knows at this point kings are the true champions.
Tim wrote a book called "Personal Foul" It is a MUST READ for ANY sports fan.
The first question should've been do you know about Keefe D and what ended him back in prison.
4:04 ..His delayed response to “eventually having 4 daughters” seemed a bit off.
Good one vlad
Really out here rigging them prize picks 🤣
I didn't know the Philadelphia area produced so many referees. We are passionate people.
cheaters too apparently 😂😂😂
Lol he smile 😁 when the intro was done meaning he proud of the bs he has done
I’ll be tuned into this one
This happens alot more then people! We all like to gamble and have had the fix help is and hurt us.
Lmfao that intro
The 2002 Sacramento Kings says, hello. You P.O.S
i wanna laugh hard as a laker fan but my raiders got screwed over by the tuck rule the same year
For real, he straight robbed the Kings
@@oscarmason3252 Robbed the hell out of them. Smh
@@qc7976 yes he did
“Who was busted in 2007 by the fbi for betting on his own games” well damn 😂
David stern still stressing this man out from the grave. He look like he been through it
This is the interview I needed!!! Yeeeessss major props Vlad
they Did A.I Dirty smh
Vlad is the Goat and the Godfather of this thing of ours
Aw yea this one finna buss
No way! 😮. Bravo glad! 😅
John Travolta right here wow
conspiracy heaven for the comment section
NBA really wants people to believe it was just one man. LMAO
Oh no glad about to have tim snitching 😂
Love u vlad
$300K is a really good salary for the early 2000s. Still just a drop in the ocean considering they're deciding the outcome of a game with tens of millions on the line.
Damn, where they found tim after all these years?!😀
@FUKZU 🥴😄
These refs definitely still around. It wasn’t a problem to the league he was doing it, it was just cause he did it so recklessly and got involved with the Mafia lol. Only reason they had to do something about him and even then they still barely wanted to cause of the media.
Oh he from the Philly area ? He definitely had mob ties
You got the most corrupt ref in history doin interviews thtz nuts 😅😂
Hey Tim can you give me some picks for the games this week? Or should I just start studying the refs?
Can I interview you?
I absolutely despise this Tim guy
Are they in the same room?
The 2002 Lakers worship this man
He makes more blowing calls 💀
Well the documentary told it all..he lied and said he didn’t get any money 😂😂😂😂
Sports are rigged
Nba is rigged anyway. Yall better wake up!!!
entertainment is rigged period from the music industry to sports its all about money and it has watered down everything its all about money and attention now instead of talent & respect
*sports
@@quincykhalifa yes, you right sports are rigged. I already stopped watching Nba. Not real basketball it's just entertainment!
Why does this interview sound off like vlad is doing voice over?
Ok so
OK so
OK so
Mans sounds like Chris Matthew's
Never get tired of this story the NBA threw him under the bus smh
Ok!
His mom suggest that he becomes a referee because she knows others that are successful referees. How many people do you know that are referees for any professional sport ? Sounds like "Nepotism" is prominent in pro sports. $150-300K to monitor a kid's game is not bad work if you know someone that can hook you up. 🤷♂🤷♂🤷♂
how many nba refs are sons of nba refs? probably 0.
Damn, so you can become a millionaire in 3-4 years refine in the NBA.
Vlad is going to have to put in work for this interview. Tim’s answers are like an A/B A/B rapper. No elaboration of answers unless Vlad drags the answers out of him. This is an example of an interviewer having to put in work to save the potentially trash interviewee.
Vlad be on some bullshit sometimes. But I’ll give him his credit. He will find some of the most obscure people. That I’ve wondered about. The USA should have hired Vlad to find BinLaden