Mark, I saw the same thing you did yesterday. It happened a lot in one game in particular. I don't even want to mention the game because that could single out three people. One of the officials in this game looked crisp and solid. The other two looked like they were a wig and red nose away from a circus. I watched objectively to see if there was a formula to what they did. Maybe they
pr-gamed something different for some reason. I couldn't come up with anything. The two of them were physically all over the court and I mean all over the court. They were peaking, leaning and jumping around. Plays occured above the three point line literally 8-10 feet from the trail and the lead had a whistle! The trail coming all the way below the free throw line for no apparent reason and then getting beat back. The C stepping onto the court about 8 feet, which is fine if the players are on the other side of the court, but isn't if there are players on the C side that have to go around the ref! This is while one of the players had the ball! I know it might not be right for me to criticize since they are there and I'm not but as a reference there are officials that we all know and see all the time that do not do this and call a great game. I just don't see why some guys do this sort of thing. Maybe they are trying to get noticed so they can move on. I noticed them.