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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2011 11:57:52 GMT -5
After watching highlights of the Phoenix - LA Clippers game and seeing Stan Javie T-up Blake Griffin and laugh, I am convinced the NBA has the worst officials. Tim Donaghy taking bets, Joey Crawford picking fights, and many officials smiling and T-ing guys up.
The NFL's officials for the most part are anonymous, the NHL is anonymous and a majority of baseball umpires, minus Joe West's singing career, are unknown. But the NBA over the last few years has always been in the news for their officials.
Anyone agree or am I alone on this?
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Post by zcr57 on Mar 21, 2011 12:29:28 GMT -5
I've always felt that of the 4 major sports, the NBA has the worst officiating. This isn't because the officials are incompetent, but because the officiating is so inconsistent. I know that basketball is a difficult sport to officiate, but if officials would just be more consistent, it would be a lot different.
I think that there are some very good officials in the NBA. Scott Foster, Greg Willard and Monty McCutcheon are two officials that I've taken a great liking to over the last few years. Steve Javie is usually pretty good, so is Dick Bavetta. I'm not a big fan of Ken Mauer, Joe Crawford, Dan Crawford, Tony Brothers or Eddie Rush though.
Joe Crawford is way to confrontational and officiates like fans pay to see him sometimes. Dan Crawford, Mauer and Brothers are way to inconsistent and are pretty confrontational too.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2011 13:50:41 GMT -5
I respectfully disagree. The NBA players know what's going to happen when they go on the court. The "game within the game" in the NBA plays out quite clearly, unlike that in the NCAA tournament, where officials work quite different styles of games. Even though past directors of officiating tried to take personalities out of officiating and replace them with standardized officiating procedures that seem foolish, some NBA officials have managed to keep personalities and use them for the good of the whole game. On a staff of 57 officials you can;t have 20 Javie's and Crawford's, but the individuals keep the whole together and, considering their track record in post-season officiating, their supervisors consider them the cream of the crop. If the NFL first demoted, then fired Ben Dreith because of his personality, it was mistaken.
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Post by impz45 on Mar 22, 2011 21:55:23 GMT -5
Steve Javie is currently the Best NBA Official....you either like him or dislike him for his perceived personality on the Court....He is the Jake O'Donnell of 20 years ago...The Players know what kind of game and gam management they will get from him...He respects the game and the profession.... Off the court you will not meet a more cordial and upbeat human being.
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Post by JugglingReferee on Mar 22, 2011 23:23:00 GMT -5
Steve Javie has previously been described before as exactly what the league wants called. Until I hear about a "Forget Paris" meltdown by him, I will assume that he is still a great NBA official.
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Post by JAYJAYSTRIPES on Mar 23, 2011 7:08:05 GMT -5
Personally, the NBA could have a permanent work stoppage, and let the NFL get back on line.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2011 8:39:47 GMT -5
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Post by FredFan7 on Mar 31, 2011 8:55:16 GMT -5
That is out and out bizarre.
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Post by zcr57 on Apr 18, 2011 9:16:29 GMT -5
Here's a grievous mistake from last night's Thunder-Nuggets game: bit.ly/g2iGmM Situation: DEN was up 1 with about a minute left and the officials didn't call goal tending on this play. I know there was still a minute left, but this changed the complexion of the game down the stretch. Steve Javie, Bill Kennedy, and Zach Zarba were the officials. It would have been Zarba's call.
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Post by JugglingReferee on Apr 18, 2011 9:24:53 GMT -5
Here's a grievous mistake from last night's Thunder-Nuggets game: bit.ly/g2iGmM Situation: DEN was up 1 with about a minute left and the officials didn't call goal tending on this play. I know there was still a minute left, but this changed the complexion of the game down the stretch. Steve Javie, Bill Kennedy, and Zach Zarba were the officials. It would have been Zarba's call. Either C or T can pick up the BI or GT. Often, it should come from the guy where the shot didn't come from.
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Post by mike on Apr 18, 2011 10:40:34 GMT -5
I thought there were a number of questionable calls/non-calls late in the Knicks/Celtics game. First the offensive foul on Carmelo Anthony and then on the Ray Allen shot it appeared that the Knicks player going over to contest was either tripped by Garnett or there was an illegal screen. The Knicks also caught a break earlier on with a questionable illegal pick out of bounds call
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