Well, Bill Kennedy, Leon Wood, Danny Crawford, Ken Mauer, Eddie F. Rush, Derrick Stafford, and Joey Crawford should have no problem at all with this year's replacement officials.
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1995 Lockout by owners. The pre-season and the start of the regular season was covered by replacement officials. Bill Kennedy and Leon Wood are two of the current NBA referees who were replacements according to a New York Times article.
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1983 Lockout by owners. NBA referees Danny Crawford, Ken Mauer, Eddie F. Rush and Derrick Stafford started as replacements.
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1977 Payoffs strike by referees. 28 out of 30 regular NBA referees participated in the strike. Richie Powers and Earl Strom did not. Current NBA referee Joey Crawford was hired as an NBA referee during the strike.
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