Posted by Cosmic:

Interesting idea and entirely plausible.

I was also think that when Stern intervened the other day he might have said "Settle Anucha and I'll help you get rid of Zeke in arbitration."

Or maybe:

"Settle this chit or your team will never get a call from a ref ever again!"


Since we all know it's a corrupt league, a shaped product through intentional biased refereeing, such theories do have merit.