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Originally Posted by grunewar
As reported earlier, I went to Hawks vs Wizards NBE game last weekend and saw some "bizzarro" signals from the refs - a hip check signal, the hopping on one foot several times while hitting the thigh to show a trip, one that the official looked like a jumping banana (to show the coach the player was pushed while in the air - at least that was the play), and the old "two-handed shutting the door" signal to demonstrate a push to the players side. Unorthodox, but quite entertaining (at least to me)!  |
The NBA is not stringent with its signals like NFHS is and allows its officials to better describe (IMO) what happened on a foul call. Of course that doesn't mean some officials don't have better mechanics than others.
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