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Originally Posted by ocreferee
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From what I have gathered in listening to guys who have wanted to chase the idea of officiating as a full time job (NBA guys especially) they should consider moving somewhere where there is quality year round baskeetball. In his court club interview Monty McCutchen talks about moving from Texas to Los Angeles in order to pursue both school (a Masters at UCLA) and basketball (eventually in CBA and then the NBA). This year's two new NBA hires (Ben Taylor and Steve Anderson) both live in Orlando. Ben moved to Orlando after completing college in Tennessee. I have heard that a couple of other NBA guys have lived in Atlanta for a time as young officials in order to be in a "hot bed" area.
Hope this helps.
Chris
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Right now, North Carolina and Virginia seem to be hotbeds for the D-League. NC has Joe Forte supervisiong a D1 & D2 conference. Virginia is home to George Tolliver and Donnie Vaden.
I believe Dr. Jake Bell likes guys who have NBA aspirations; he supervises the SEC and the A-Sun, which fits in with the Atlanta/Orlando locations. Dr. Bell is close with JB Caldwell, who supervises a few lower division conferences in Florida. Atlanta is a holdover from the days of John Guthrie being a college supervisor. He was a really close friend of Ronnie Nunn, from what I understand. A high number of NBA officials went through Guthrie's conferences before becoming NBA officials.
Also, the Philly area seems to be heating up. I noticed a few newer officials from that area on the D-League roster. Joey Crawford has an instructional camp which uses only NBA refs for observers.