NBA officials have got to be stopped

[dcar00 14155]

On 2/1/2024 at 11:03 AM, Mitch Cumsteen said:

 

Totally agree. If they called the playoffs like regular season, we wouldn't be having this discussion. Most of the games are played around the 105-110 point mark, which to me is the right balance between good offense and good defense.

This is remarkable, to me:

 

 

the 2007/8 peak was completely caused by Dwyane Wade

[dcar00 14155]

3 hours ago, Pam Cummings said:

I am so damn sick of every time someone lightly brushes someone elses face with their finger, now we have to go and review it and see if it's a flagrant. This is happening in college and the pro's.

 

Here's a crazy thought....if a foul is flagrant, it's obvious in real time. Either call it or don't. We don't need to fucking review every single time contact is made above the neck. Nobody asked for this.

you don't CTE do you?

[Fastbreak 3983]

Bad Refs and replays are a decently big reason why ratings are super low. The elephant of course is watching countless 3s being shot at a 35% rate.

This play had the trifecta.

[TonyTexas 10508]

Nm. Wrong thread. 

Edited February 14 by TonyTexas

[Js1 85287]

A thumbs up gets you ejected 

[Tommy Shelby 188]

On 1/31/2024 at 10:02 PM, NorthLoop said:

I remember when the all star game was laughed at because they played zero defense. That's basically every NBA game now. I saw the writing on the wall in the 06 finals. Have barely watched any NBA since. 

That 06 finals game suuucked. 

[Herpa Derpa 6123]

On 2/13/2024 at 1:17 PM, Pam Cummings said:

I am so damn sick of every time someone lightly brushes someone elses face with their finger, now we have to go and review it and see if it's a flagrant. This is happening in college and the pro's.

 

Here's a crazy thought....if a foul is flagrant, it's obvious in real time. Either call it or don't. We don't need to fucking review every single time contact is made above the neck. Nobody asked for this.

10000000% 

adjective. shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring

If you have to go to the video to tell, it is definitively not a flagrant act.

[ztejas 43411]

What even is this?

Edited February 15 by ztejas

[shadow_operative 15932]

13 minutes ago, ztejas said:

What even is this?

the persecution complex is so strong with these officials. it’s beyond embarrassing.

[gofuckyourself 8205]

 

 

Lead ref, who was right there, admitted the blown call after the game and that DiVincenzo fouled him (no shit).

I don't give a shit about either team, but this would be a personal foul in football.

The whole last sequence is actually about 3 missed fouls.

[Pam Cummings 9639]

Enraging given the soft ass shit they call in every other scenario. But a dude getting tackled? Nah that's fine.

[Dutchrudder 11135]

So the Knicks are getting the Lakers treatment now? Lame.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

I watched it live on LP and it was just as wild then as rewatching. Absolute chaos

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

[Dutchrudder 11135]

If that had been a QB in the NFL, it would be roughing the passer, 15 yards and a first down. 

[Pato del Muerto 52486]

Basketball is too easy. Ball goes in 100 times a game. Let’s lose the physical contact fouls, keep goaltending and 3 seconds, and see what that looks like.  

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

[Brian Fantana 6681]

Seriously, they have to be deliberately telling them to act this way to get more clicks.

[gsoda3 3247]

 

That's ridiculous.

[Braff Zacklin 13553]

Naw, Tony Brothers has it all figured out. HE'S the reason fans go to the games. HE'S the reason they buy season tickets. HE'S the reason we watch.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

Ftmfw. Costed the wolves the lead and perhaps the game

[threesheets 1672]

On 3/3/2024 at 11:50 AM, shadow_operative said:

 

His middle name is "I thought we were."

[shadow_operative 15932]

 

[gofuckyourself 8205]

On 3/3/2024 at 11:50 AM, shadow_operative said:

 

Maybe he pulled a Joey Crawford and asked him "Do you want to fight?" and when he didn't laugh or say anything - TECH!

If he laughed like Duncan did, he would have been tossed.

 

Then again, the NBA actually suspended Crawford. I doubt they're suspending Brothers. Probably award him with the NBA Finals.

[Chewbacca 7767]

3 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

 

And people still try to claim the refs aren't fully in the bag for the Lakers.

[Braff Zacklin 13553]

2 hours ago, Chewbacca said:

And people still try to claim the refs aren't fully in the bag for the Lakers.

Just @UpperWestside.

[UpperWestside 6161]

4 hours ago, Braff Zacklin said:

Just @UpperWestside.

I don’t think they are in the bag for anyone. Conspiracy theories on this are nonsense. Nothing more and nothing less. The human mind, when the truth does not satisfy what it is looking for in the way of an answer, turns to whatever sounds the best.

Officials can be bad at their job and that’s fine. The older I get the harder it is to imagine trying to call a game with the skill and athleticism on display and how fast the game is played. I do not necessarily care much for officials, but it is a tough job. Thinking there is a vast conspiracy to benefit one team that is going nowhere this year is beyond laughable. 

[Braff Zacklin 13553]

It doesn't have to be a "vast conspiracy." Just a simple matter of bias/star treatment.

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The human mind, when the truth does not satisfy what it is looking for in the way of an answer, turns to whatever sounds the best.

This is ironic.

[UpperWestside 6161]

2 hours ago, Braff Zacklin said:

It doesn't have to be a "vast conspiracy." Just a simple matter of bias/star treatment.

This is ironic.

There is no irony here. Just a whole lot of exceptionally laughable conspiratorial claims. It’s fun to read more than anything because of the sheer silliness in the belief that the refs are in the bag for one team, a team barely holding onto a play-in spot that won’t do a thing of note for the rest of this season.

[Pam Cummings 9639]

Hell, the Spurs beat them(the "Lumbergh fucked her" of basketball wins)

[Chewbacca 7767]

11 hours ago, UpperWestside said:

I don’t think they are in the bag for anyone. Conspiracy theories on this are nonsense. Nothing more and nothing less. The human mind, when the truth does not satisfy what it is looking for in the way of an answer, turns to whatever sounds the best.

Officials can be bad at their job and that’s fine. The older I get the harder it is to imagine trying to call a game with the skill and athleticism on display and how fast the game is played. I do not necessarily care much for officials, but it is a tough job. Thinking there is a vast conspiracy to benefit one team that is going nowhere this year is beyond laughable. 

And empirical evidence clearly means nothing to you.

[UpperWestside 6161]

1 hour ago, Chewbacca said:

And empirical evidence clearly means nothing to you.

I do not think you grasp a basic understanding of why there is a difference of that size. Actually no you just don’t understand it.  Then again you believe in conspiracies. You share that in common with another section of the board. 

[Chewbacca 7767]

11 minutes ago, UpperWestside said:

I do not think you grasp a basic understanding of why there is a difference of that size. Actually no you just don’t understand it.  Then again you believe in conspiracies. You share that in common with another section of the board. 

Yep, that's it.  Nobody but Lakers fans can truly comprehend it.  But hey, at least you guys won the in season tournament! Hang the banner!  Maybe we can get a Lakers/Nuggets matchup in round 1 and take the win streak to 12.

[UpperWestside 6161]

Anyone with a rudimentary understanding of basketball can do about 15 minutes of research and find out why the Lakers shoot so many free throws compared to opponents. Again you continue to bang a conspiracy drum over a team IN NINTH PLACE. That is just all kinds of humorous. The other people that believe in them on this board in other places come across as being just as crazy as you are right now. Those people do not provide any humor though so you have that on them.

[aggie08 21491]

11 minutes ago, UpperWestside said:

Anyone with a rudimentary understanding of basketball can do about 15 minutes of research and find out why the Lakers shoot so many free throws compared to opponents. Again you continue to bang a conspiracy drum over a team IN NINTH PLACE. That is just all kinds of humorous. The other people that believe in them on this board in other places come across as being just as crazy as you are right now. Those people do not provide any humor though so you have that on them.

To be fair, LAL is currently 4th in FGA inside 5 feet. 5th inside of 8ft. So, sure, they drive to the basket more than most, but not by nearly as much as their FTA indicate. I don't think it's a conspiracy, but it's pretty blatant star power favoritism (which isn't unique to the Lakers).

[Huckleberry 32848]

A rudimentary understanding of basketball would say that they need to be a clear number one in those categories for that to be argued as a clear and obvious reason for the discrepancy. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

if the lakers lineup was SGA, jimmy butler, luka, giannis, and embiid those FT numbers would still be indefensibly skewed in LAL’s favor.

[gofuckyourself 8205]

The Bucks are 2nd in the league in free throw disparity vs opponents, but not against the Lakers.

No LeBron also.

Davis and Russell played 102 minutes and committed one foul.

 

 

 

[Bartles 769]