Disney CEO Robert Iger: David, what the f***? You promised me 6 games!
NBA Commissioner David Stern: Oh not this again. I told you rigging NBA series isn’t as easy as it used to be. Plus, if you watched game 4 you’d notice we did just about everything we could, if the Magic could make a free throw, you’d have your 6th game.
Iger: You also promised a Kobe-LaBron series, and gave me Kobe-Rafer Alston…not exactly the match-up we were looking for…
Stern: Dwight Howard is not slouch you know…..
Iger: Viewer say otherwise….you owe me $86 million
Stern: For what?
Iger: That’s what we would have earned for a game 6
Stern: That seems like a lot, but I don’t have the money…
Iger: It would have been more if I hadn’t saved the Kobe-Labron puppet campaign for the finals. You know how many strip joints I had to take those guys to?
Stern: How many? I would have come along…
Iger: You’re missing the point. The series fell short, and was still rife with obvious officiating inconsistencies…..did I mention you own me $86 million?
Stern: Listen, buy next year’s series and I’ll make it up to you. I’m reinstating Tim Donaghy
Iger: Oh, just like you reinstated Joey Crawford?
Stern: We had him in our pocket…we needed him to, umm, make the calls for us.