The NBA used to have the crew chief, referee, umpire designation that also was part of the rotation. That changed. The calling official always becomes trail and the other two officials switch (basically) this makes more sense in that the calling official goes out high enough to clear the table then doesnt have to go back in the middle like college. It does put the trail out near the coaches as well but that was not the intent. If the foul happens in the back court..and the ball is going to go the other way the officails generally dont rotate. ( i think) I forgot its been almost a year since I worked NBA three man rotation.
The NBA roatation is designed to be simple.
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