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.
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That was a crazy introduction 🤣
@RS-kb2lt
7 ай бұрын
you can hear him smiling from ear to ear as he reading it 😂
@cortrellhonor8839
7 ай бұрын
I definitely had to run it back 😂 like damn straight to it
@benbarson2810
7 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 vlad is pure hell
@jesusbarajas4840
7 ай бұрын
😅😅
@kevinperry5430
7 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
This guy got Tim 😂😅😂😅. Hate Vlad or love him, his content is undeniable 🤷🏾♂️
@TreeSnackz
7 ай бұрын
No lies determined, only time Tim talked about this was on 60 minutes
@pavinb1738
7 ай бұрын
He also went over the whole story on a Netflix documentary@@TreeSnackz
@romellochapman
7 ай бұрын
Like Jesus Christ vlad
@kenfoke08
7 ай бұрын
@@TreeSnackz there was a Netflix episode on him too.
@sdreese-qd6et
7 ай бұрын
I agree
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.
@MaccaveliPL
7 ай бұрын
Vlad is one of the most viewed if not the most viewed interviewer on KZread. He must be doing something right.
@joojoobaw
7 ай бұрын
@@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 😂
@TreeSnackz
7 ай бұрын
Money does that to 99% of people
@jusdef07
7 ай бұрын
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.
@artkid9279
7 ай бұрын
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
Just when I think vlad can’t possibly surprise me with a unique guest he pulls out all the stops 😂
@johno713
7 ай бұрын
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 😂😂
@marby.
7 ай бұрын
David Stern killed that story real quick 😂
@TheExclusiveOne720
7 ай бұрын
what's even more hilarious are the sheep minded BUFFOON/CASUAL FANS that still believe that sports isn't rigged
@JEnriquez50
7 ай бұрын
To this day these fuckers control games
@rxskrilla
7 ай бұрын
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 .
@on2wheels378
7 ай бұрын
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
Watch the full interview now as a VladTV KZread Member - kzread.infojoin
@Realclouttelevision
7 ай бұрын
Can I interview you
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
@TreeSnackz
7 ай бұрын
Sports are entertainment, no different from your favorite musical artists or actors !
@BigA678
7 ай бұрын
Tony brothers is big on it too. Perfect example is when he kept Wemby in foul trouble and under 18 pts its so obvious
@Creamcity414
7 ай бұрын
@@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.
Bruh the intro took me 🤣 bro just said straightjp
Been patiently waiting for this one thank you Vlad
As a huge Sacramento fan, this guy still haunts my dreams
@KillaKRS1988
7 ай бұрын
2002 Western Conference Finals Game 6.
@brucesmith1754
7 ай бұрын
OH damn, the Lakers/SAC series. SAC should have taken that series.
@TreeSnackz
7 ай бұрын
😂
@bobbobsin3202
7 ай бұрын
I lived not far from mike bibby at lake Alhambra estates in davis,ca when they won 2002 nba championship 🎉🎉🎉🎉😂
@d.i.g.i.t.a.l.9268
7 ай бұрын
Have the Kings been relevant since then?
AI and sheed said he was cheating and David stern told them shut up
@A-Kings-Cut
7 ай бұрын
🎯
😂😂😂😂Vlad needs a statue for the intro HOLYY
@jesusbarajas4840
7 ай бұрын
😅😅
Rasheed Wallace and Iverson was right the whole time!
@ledough
7 ай бұрын
About what
@user-sk9sp7pe4y
7 ай бұрын
@@ledoughnoticing that something was off with the calls and calling him out during games for cheating them.
Tim “THE WHISTLEBLOWER” Donaghy! The ENTERTAINMENT LEGEND
Crazy intro 💀
The 2002 Lakers should worship this guy
Tim about to keefe d himself 😂😂😂😂😂
This dude hated Iverson with a passion.
@cibida1
7 ай бұрын
They all did
Oh yes!! This interview will be lit!’
I’ll be tuned into this one
The intro statement was crazy.
Huge interview.
Glad intro funny af
Great Doc On Netflex.... An This man was Great 😅😅😢... fr just the best wish he was still callling the games! 💯💯💯💯💯
@commonsense3921
7 ай бұрын
You wish what? Are you okay?
@oscarmason3252
7 ай бұрын
I don't
I support all his favorable calls for the LakeShow
@catdaddy2643
7 ай бұрын
The Lakers need him now! Labron needs assistance. Can’t win a game.
@swissbeats2k
7 ай бұрын
TF, are you talking about he didn't even work that series??
Been waiting for this interview my WHOLE life
@vancouverviking4652
7 ай бұрын
Wow, get a new life 🍭
@everythingsports4581
7 ай бұрын
They released a documentary with him like a year ago on Netflix
@identityMF
7 ай бұрын
@@everythingsports4581 I saw it. I just wanted to see a Vlad interview with him.
@Alien_DNA_
7 ай бұрын
@@everythingsports4581what's it called?
@josemv25
7 ай бұрын
Lol
That intro is f'd up haaaa
Ngl vlad interviews be good asf
Good one vlad
Say what you want Vlad gets to it. The larger media outlets should take notes.
This is the interview I needed!!! Yeeeessss major props Vlad
VLAD GOT A NEW BACKDROP!!!
He ain’t have to do all that in the intro 😂🫠
@jesusbarajas4840
7 ай бұрын
😅😅
This happens alot more then people! We all like to gamble and have had the fix help is and hurt us.
It was so many refs that was exposed last year for gambling NBA didn’t do nothing, but make more FanDuel and DraftKings commercials
@HooodClassicsTV
7 ай бұрын
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!
Love u vlad
Here we go.
The interview I've been waiting for. Vlad ask him how are his legs
Oh oh.......this will be controversial. Especially how Vlad asks questions.
Hell of an introduction Vlad 😭
Oh yeah i remember this guy most infamous ref outside of joey crawford
Vlad is the goat of this interviewing shit.
Why isn't Vlad fighting in the mother land??😂
When a man has all daughters that's God way of saying we don't want another version of you 😂
If this dude ever told the real shit. 😮💨
Tim wrote a book called "Personal Foul" It is a MUST READ for ANY sports fan.
Aw yea this one finna buss
Did Michael Franzese buy this guy? 😂
@quincykhalifa
7 ай бұрын
You know vlad gone ask him 🤣
I used to play Runescape with Tim Donaghy
Dude I remember watching sportscenter and seeing the breaking news that he got arrested.
Straight cost Chris Webber a ring smh. His career would have been looked upon totally different smh.
@Damianoutlaw
7 ай бұрын
Sacramento couldn't win a game 7 on their home court....they deserved to lose.
@rolliemosley
7 ай бұрын
@@Damianoutlaw Don't mean you should cheat them in Game 6, your point?
@Damianoutlaw
7 ай бұрын
@@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.
@swissbeats2k
7 ай бұрын
How did he cost Webber a ring?
@rolliemosley
7 ай бұрын
@@swissbeats2k Rigged game 6 with the Mob
Busted by the FBI Welcome to VladTV 😂 Perfect introduction 😂
The NBA is going to be pissed about this interview
@pleaseshutup7053
7 ай бұрын
He doesn’t work for the nba and was the scapegoat
Really out here rigging them prize picks 🤣
Lmfao that intro
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.
Vlad is the Goat and the Godfather of this thing of ours
No way! 😮. Bravo glad! 😅
Lol he smile 😁 when the intro was done meaning he proud of the bs he has done
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.
@oscarmason3252
7 ай бұрын
I agree
@swissbeats2k
7 ай бұрын
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.
@berlingray8058
7 ай бұрын
Only way to beat the refs is to keep hitting your shots 🤷🏽♂️😂
@user-sk9sp7pe4y
7 ай бұрын
The whole world knows at this point kings are the true champions.
I didn't know the Philadelphia area produced so many referees. We are passionate people.
@bankrollswol9320
7 ай бұрын
cheaters too apparently 😂😂😂
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
$300k/yr wasn't enough huh
I heard his story sn be prepared to listen. Basically every sport in the world is rigged somehow.. it ain’t just basketball
@quincykhalifa
7 ай бұрын
Facts
@user-sk9sp7pe4y
7 ай бұрын
Boxing the most!
David stern still stressing this man out from the grave. He look like he been through it
John Travolta right here wow
Surprised Vlad didn’t bring up the war situation with Israel 🇮🇱
Scott Foster is his best friend.
@HooodClassicsTV
7 ай бұрын
Yup I think Scott’s the mastermind and Tim the dummy they got caught lol
Ok!
Oh no glad about to have tim snitching 😂
$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.
Hey Tim can you give me some picks for the games this week? Or should I just start studying the refs?
Okay
The 2002 Lakers worship this man
Damn, where they found tim after all these years?!😀
@kendrickbell8525
7 ай бұрын
@@FUKZU 🥴😄
“Who was busted in 2007 by the fbi for betting on his own games” well damn 😂
💯💯💯
they Did A.I Dirty smh
Oh he from the Philly area ? He definitely had mob ties
Can I interview you?
NBA really wants people to believe it was just one man. LMAO
Mans sounds like Chris Matthew's
He makes more blowing calls 💀
The 2002 Sacramento Kings says, hello. You P.O.S
@texmexman1
7 ай бұрын
i wanna laugh hard as a laker fan but my raiders got screwed over by the tuck rule the same year
@oscarmason3252
7 ай бұрын
For real, he straight robbed the Kings
@qc7976
7 ай бұрын
@@oscarmason3252 Robbed the hell out of them. Smh
@oscarmason3252
7 ай бұрын
@@qc7976 yes he did
You got the most corrupt ref in history doin interviews thtz nuts 😅😂
Are they in the same room?
Oh shit this is the homie from Orange County’s uncle !
conspiracy heaven for the comment section
That’s crazy I’m bout to be a dirty reff for Halloween & then u interview Tim 🤣
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.
Yeah vlad the mf goat mane
Well the documentary told it all..he lied and said he didn’t get any money 😂😂😂😂
Never get tired of this story the NBA threw him under the bus smh
Why does this interview sound off like vlad is doing voice over? Ok so OK so OK so
I absolutely despise this Tim guy