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Originally Posted by mcuban
In this area, you have no idea what you are talking about. I got fined for saying that we should use the best refs in the playoffs, not use the playoffs as a means of promoting refs (37 of 60 refs officiated in the playoffs this year).
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I have no idea what that means. I didn't address why you got fined.
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Blame the refs. no. You dont see me blaming joe or danny crawford or javie Even Bavetta. They all called GREAT games. GREAT GREAT games.
Not everyone is up to their standards.
Thats a shame, because with the resourcesavailable to the NBA, we could get the rest of the staff far, far closer.
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So it's only certain refs who are out to screw you, to cheat you, that are part of the conspiracy?
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have you ever tried to make it to the NBA ? talked to those who have ?
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I've talked to plenty of them. Several post here. What would you like to know?
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Do you realize there are about 10x as many officials in the NBA that have called Belmont vs Winthrop as Duke vs UNC ? Why do you think that is ?
Im curious from to hear about it from someone in the business ?
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Yes, what you say is true. But those that work Belmont vs. Winthrop are the newest officials in the league. And those officials aren;'t working the NBA FInals. Joe DeRosa worked in the SEC and the old Metro Conference before coming to the NBA. Joe Forte was an ACC and Final Four official. Violet Palmer worked Women's FInal Fours before coming to the NBA. Most of the guys who have been in the league for more than 20 years have their college careers in their distant past.
Veteran college officials have no desire to work in the NBA. Jess Kersey's son Brian is a top notch college official who works Duke-Carolina or Kentucky-LSU as much as he wants. But he has no desire to work the NBA. I guess that's the guys that you're wanting instead of who's being promoted but those guys aren't interested. October to June. No thanks. Go to a camp held by NBA officials. Young guys, not 20 year college vets, trying to make the NBA. NBDL, WNBA, that's who you're complaining about, those that you don't want in the playoffs.