Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Of course I did, but I'm making a point about how we think about accountability in basketball officiating.
We can't talk about professionalism, especially for those who work in the NBA, and then write off egregious errors as "it's only a game and mistakes happen" or whatever other line people want to use.
If we want officials to be seen as and treated as professionals, which the NBA officials certainly are and are paid as, then there needs to be actual accountabilty when they botch something.