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Jeffpea, you are definately drinking the Kool-Aid. Thornley is a very nice man with a passion for the game. He is a good official too. However, he is one of the best officials at getting into the WORST position to see plays. Instead of going top-side, he constantly goes low - almost to the endline. Why squat when looking at a play? Why move to the hoop with a play instead of stepping up so the play opens up? Why not take a step onto the court to see between players in the corner? Squating down, putting hands on knees, etc., is all very cute but it does nothing to help with angles. If those practices are so great, why don't the NBA officials do it? Some of them have their habits, but they spend at least $400 per game in evaluations, the price of laptops and the officials have to watch the entire game when they are done. That is training, number crunching and work to get the best angles on all the plays.
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