Doug Christie Believes Games Were Fixed, Also Believes He Was 'Blackballed'

We've had plenty of reason to have some fun with Doug Christie over the years, and why not? The fact that he and his wife have no ordinary love is pretty hilarious, as is the way Doug used to gesture at her roughly 212 times per game during his playing days. Now that there have been some discussions about Christie's 2002 Kings team in relation to the whole Tim Donaghy thing, Doug wastes no time in attempting to get back in the spotlight.

Christie first comments (on his blog of course) about the injustices of that 2002 playoff series, but quickly rolls that into how he believes not winning a championship -- along with his close marital relationship -- have caused him to be "blackballed" from the league.

What really makes me mad in the turn of events since then is the fact that these events have turned into what I consider a black balling of myself in the NBA!! ...

A champion is treated in a whole different light. They are valued in the locker room and commercially on a whole different level. For years, my wife and I have been ridiculed and talked about like we are weird, all because we did not fit the "mold" of what the culture breeds in the NBA. It got to the point that these stories would precede us to the point that teams thought that I (i.e. we) would be a problem. That is bogus!!!!

It's a long, rambling post, which is more about Christie's personal struggles to get back into the league than it is about the conspiracy with the fixing of games. But since he does mention his disappointment with the situation, it's worth noting that he doesn't come out and say it wasn't true like say, the owners of the Kings did. It's just bad for the league to have former players giving any credence at all to a convicted criminal's statements, when there is zero evidence right now to back those desperate words up.