The Knicks Reportedly Fixed Games For Their Drug Dealer In The 80s
There may have been a very good reason why the 1981- 82 New York Knicks finished the season with a record of 33 – 49. According to FBI documents in a new book, the Knicks were purposefully losing for their drug dealer, who bet on the games.
The New York Post reported that:
The feds probed whether three Knicks, reportedly “heavy users of cocaine,” and their supplier, “one of the largest dealers on the East Coast,” shaved points, according to FBI documents cited in Brian Tuohy’s book, “Larceny Games: Sports Gambling, Game Fixing and the FBI.”
The dealer was a degenerate gambler who usually bet $300 a game, informants told investigators, but in January 1982 he began laying $10,000 wagers on Knicks’ opponents — and winning them.
The Knicks have declined to comment.
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