Um, so? Just out of curiosity, why did you post this here? I mean it's certainly an interesting debate, and you've clearly thought about it a lot (a little
too much, maybe?). But this is "Officiating" dot com. We talk about officiating for the most part. Your post, while interesting, is probably better suited to a fan forum, rather than an officials' forum. Especially since many here will tell you that they don't really even care about the NBA anymore.
By the way. . . go Celtics!
Chuck