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Post by nrichardsonref on May 13, 2019 18:09:15 GMT -5
My 12 for the finals:
1. Foster (CC) 2. Mauer (CC) 3. Callahan (CC) 4. Davis (CC) 5. Capers 6. Zarba 7. Malloy 8. Brothers 9. Phillips 10. Goble 11. Guthrie 12. Lewis
Alternates: Tiven, Wright
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Post by russ on May 15, 2019 0:34:02 GMT -5
Specifics from the Conference Finals Games- Number of games at each position in parenthesis.
CC's: Mike Callahan (3) Marc Davis (2) James Capers (2) Zach Zarba (2) Scott Foster (1)
2 Spot: ****Ken Mauer (2) Tony Brothers (2) David Guthrie (2) Ed Malloy (1) Jason Phillips (1) John Goble (1) Eric Lewis (1)
3 Spot: Pat Fraher (2) ***Tom Washington (1) ***Sean Wright (1) ***Kane Fitzgerald (1) ***Eric Lewis (1) ***Josh Tiven (1) *Rodney Mott (1) **Tony Brown (1) **Kevin Scott (1)
Alternates: Josh Tiven (2) Kevin Scott (2) Tom Washington (1) Sean Wright (1) Kane Fitzgerald (1) Pat Fraher (1) Rodney Mott (1) Tony Brown (1)
Replay Center:-Number in Parentheses is Days Spent in Replay Center David Guthrie (2) Mike Callahan (1) Zach Zarba (1) Tom Washington (1) Sean Wright (1) Kane Fitzgerald (1) Eric Lewis (1) Josh Tiven (1) Pat Fraher (1)
Notes: *Returning to this Round after not working This Round last season **First Time on the Court in the Conference Finals ***The Official was a Regular Season CC ****Was a CC in the Second Round *****Has not Appeared on the Court yet this Round
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Post by wjl on May 15, 2019 5:45:00 GMT -5
Round 2 - Scott Foster has 3 games - I have him with Phl -Tor Th May 2 and Su May 12, Hou - GS - Tu Apr 30 and Por- Den Su May 5 which would be 4
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Post by russ on May 15, 2019 11:50:14 GMT -5
Round 2 - Scott Foster has 3 games - I have him with Phl -Tor Th May 2 and Su May 12, Hou - GS - Tu Apr 30 and Por- Den Su May 5 which would be 4 You are correct, thank you. Post has been updated.
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Post by tj on May 16, 2019 9:26:01 GMT -5
Interesting that Capers is the Crew Chief tonight and Mauer is not. Also - no alternates outside of the assigned 20 so far. Maybe Monty decided to do away with them for this and succeeding rounds.
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Post by russ on May 16, 2019 9:42:13 GMT -5
Interesting that Capers is the Crew Chief tonight and Mauer is not. Also - no alternates outside of the assigned 20 so far. Maybe Monty decided to do away with them for this and succeeding rounds. That is interesting indeed. Zarba was the CC Yesterday and there are usually 5 CC's in the Confernece Finals so unless they went up to 6 this year Mauer (Was a Finals CC last year) fell a bit while Zarba had a big rise (Only was a CC in the first round last year). If Mauer is indeed a 2 throughout the Conference Finals that probably opens up Capers to be the 4th Finals CC.
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Post by js on May 25, 2019 16:16:38 GMT -5
My guesses WITH game predictions
Game 1 - Scott Foster (CC) - Zach Zarba - David Guthrie
Game 2 - Mike Callahan (CC) - Ed Malloy - Eric Lewis
Game 3 - James Capers (CC) - Tony Brothers - Jason Phillips
Game 4 - Marc Davis (CC) - Ken Mauer - John Goble
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Post by russ on May 28, 2019 9:15:07 GMT -5
I agree with others who have these as the 12 Finals Referees:
Foster (CC) Callahan (CC) Davis (CC) Capers (CC) Zarba Mauer Malloy Brothers Phillips Goble Guthrie Lewis Fitzgerald (ALT) Fraher (ALT)
I am expecting to see all 11 Officials from last years Finals back this year. If anyone were to drop out my guess would be Phillips. Goble has worked 2 Game 7's and Guthrie has worked 1 Game 7 and 2 Game 6's (including one in the Conference Finals). While Phillips has worked 1 Game 7 he didn't work a whole lot in the First Round or Conference Finals. However it is possible he was scheduled to do more games but with a number of series ending early he didn't get a chance. Lewis being on the court for a Game 6 in the Conference Finals signals to me he will be the new on court Official in the Finals.
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Post by tj on May 28, 2019 10:53:41 GMT -5
I agree with this list. It will be interesting to see if there are alternates at all!
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Post by russ on May 28, 2019 15:08:17 GMT -5
official.nba.com/nba-announces-officials-for-the-2019-nba-finals/NBA Finals Officials announced. Biggest surprise is no Ken Mauer. Clearly he had some struggles in the Playoffs as he wasn't a CC in the Conference Finals for the first time since 2011 and now is missing the Finals for the first time since 2005. Lewis and Fitzgerald on the court for the first time with Wright and Tiven as the alternates. Congratulations to all Officials selected and an extra congrats to Lewis and Fitzgerald for their first Finals appearance.
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Post by zebrastripes on May 29, 2019 12:12:04 GMT -5
We can only speculate, BUT you'd have to think there's more to the Mauer story. Normally once you're at the point where you're "in" every year (Foster, Callahan, Capers, Crawfords /McCutchen before they retired, etc.) you don't get bumped out unless you retire, get suspended and/or have a major f*** up. It's incredibly rare (perhaps unprecedented?) to go from being a Finals crew chief to being a non-CC in the conference finals the next year and not getting chosen for the Finals. I don't recall Mauer having any "poor" games or other issues this season. His Game 1 of last year's Finals was controversial but he didn't do anything "wrong" there.
I suppose if this is "it" for Kenny, he's had an outstanding career that most officials don't dream of.
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Post by FredFan7 on May 29, 2019 12:52:53 GMT -5
We can only speculate, BUT you'd have to think there's more to the Mauer story. Normally once you're at the point where you're "in" every year (Foster, Callahan, Capers, Crawfords /McCutchen before they retired, etc.) you don't get bumped out unless you retire, get suspended and/or have a major f*** up. It's incredibly rare (perhaps unprecedented?) to go from being a Finals crew chief to being a non-CC in the conference finals the next year and not getting chosen for the Finals. I don't recall Mauer having any "poor" games or other issues this season. His Game 1 of last year's Finals was controversial but he didn't do anything "wrong" there. I suppose if this is "it" for Kenny, he's had an outstanding career that most officials don't dream of. Officials can slowly regress. Dick Bavetta went from Finals regular all the way down to first round only, to no playoffs. Skills erode. Or, maybe the brass wanted to reward some officials who are good enough for the finals but have been shut out in a numbers game, thus the numbers game strikes a finals regular this year. We might see Mauer right back in the finals next year.
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Post by russ on May 29, 2019 12:54:59 GMT -5
We can only speculate, BUT you'd have to think there's more to the Mauer story. Normally once you're at the point where you're "in" every year (Foster, Callahan, Capers, Crawfords /McCutchen before they retired, etc.) you don't get bumped out unless you retire, get suspended and/or have a major f*** up. It's incredibly rare (perhaps unprecedented?) to go from being a Finals crew chief to being a non-CC in the conference finals the next year and not getting chosen for the Finals. I don't recall Mauer having any "poor" games or other issues this season. His Game 1 of last year's Finals was controversial but he didn't do anything "wrong" there. I suppose if this is "it" for Kenny, he's had an outstanding career that most officials don't dream of. I think it might just be the new Officiating Office regime being more open to changing things up. We saw that this year with 3 healthy Officials going from Second Round in 2018 to nothing in 2019. Usually the drop would not be that steep. We also saw 7 new Officials in the Playoffs, and 4 who had never even been an alternate, and saw 4 of them immediately work the second round in their first playoffs. We also saw one Official working their second playoffs already make the Conference Finals. Many of these additions had to do with the high number of injuries to playoff veterans but even still we saw new guys working the second round over an Official who had worked the second round 4 years in a row. My point is times appear to be changing. While many of the same names were still around for the Conference Finals and Finals it is no longer a mortal lock if you work a certain round one year you will work that same round the next year. And that is how it should be. The last time I can remember an Official having the same trajectory as Mauer is Dick Bavetta. In 2008 he was a Finals CC, as he almost always was. But then in 2009 he was only a CC in the First Round and was done after the Conference Finals. The next year he was not a Playoff CC and was done after the Second Round. The next 2 years he only worked the First Round and even lost his regular season full time CC position. I am not saying Mauer will continue down that same path but the start is basically identical.
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Post by russ on May 31, 2019 11:13:38 GMT -5
Specifics from the NBA Finals Games- Number of games at each position in parenthesis.
CC's: Marc Davis (2) James Capers (2) Scott Foster (1) Mike Callahan (1)
2 Spot: Jason Phillips (2) David Guthrie (2) **Zach Zarba (1) Tony Brothers (1)
3 Spot: Ed Malloy (2) John Goble (2) *Kane Fitzgerald (1) *Eric Lewis (1)
Alternates: ***Sean Wright (2) ***Josh Tiven (2) Kane Fitzgerald (1) Eric Lewis (1)
Replay Center:-Number in Parentheses is Days Spent in Replay Center James Capers (2) Scott Foster (1) Marc Davis (1) Kane Fitzgerald (1) Eric Lewis (1)
Notes: *First Time on the Court for The NBA Finals **Was a CC in the First 3 Rounds ***Has not appeared on the court yet this Round
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Post by marvin on May 31, 2019 22:58:44 GMT -5
I think there is way more to the Mauer omission than meets the eye. His trajectory is really not similar to Dick Bavetta - at least not yet. Consider this - Mauer was a crew chief for rounds 1 and 2. That would have placed him in the top six of officials - well within the range of selection for the finals. Very curious. Something happened.
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