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Originally posted by rockyroad
There were several NBA/WNBA officials and an evaluator at a camp I attended...they talked about the PTS system, and were even laughing about the fact that the NBA tracks which one of the officials gets the clock started correctly the most often. I was never sure if they were just joking around about that or not...can the PTS track that kind of thing?
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Good question. I have conflicting, and potentially apocryphal data on that.
One ref in our area owns a PTS system and takes it to games with him. If both coaches agree, he uses it. I had a good look at it once and didn't notice any means for tracking or recording anything.
On the other hand, I've been told (heresay, for what it's worth) that the MWC went to PTS so that they would have record of which official's whistle stopped the clock.
Perhaps there are different PTS systems, ranging from basic to more sophisticated?
Perhaps the NBA tracking who pressed the button and who didn't. But if they're joking about who pressed it closest to the ball being touched, how could you track that? You'd have to correlate PTS "logs" with game film or something like that. Sounds far-fetched to me.