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Originally posted by Dribble
Speaking of taking your eyes off players too soon, Ron Garretson took his off Paul Pierce and Ron Artest while retrieving the OOB ball and Pierce pushed Artest to the ground.
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The problem with that play is that Artest's fall was worthy of an Academy Award. But b/c the official turned around too soon, all he saw was the fall out of the corner of his eye and didn't see that Pierce barely nudged him. So he gave Pierce a T.
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by adding alternates you're introducing less qualified individuals into the mix and paying them for not reffing.
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Officials are already paid for not officiating. Every NBA official that does not receive a playoff assignment gets a "Non-playoff Share". It's not as much as working the play-offs, but they still get a cut of the post-season pie.
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That being said, it's still probably better having 2 officials and the alternate ref than just 2 officials,
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The issue is whether to have
three officials and an alternate, b/c the NBA will never intentionally go back to 2-whistle crews. The only time you'll see 2 officials on the floor is when there has been an injury to the 3rd official. My guess is that they will not add an alternate to the preliminary rounds. They'll just trust the best officials in the world to work a 2-whistle game.