NBE's Worst - Wizards vs Sixers

[ODog]

Grune, did you happen to see the technical foul assessed on the Philly player with 22.2 seconds left? I would've let that go even in a CYO game.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by ODog

Grune, did you happen to see the technical foul assessed on the Philly player with 22.2 seconds left? I would've let that go even in a CYO game.

No. Traditionally, I can't watch the NBA. I only watched for a few minutes in the middle of the 4th Qtr. With all the fouling it was a joke, not basketball as I know it.

[A Pennsylvania Coach]

I watched this game. I like the NBA rules are such that players are almost "required" to be good free throw shooters or suffer this fate. I also liked Brent Brown letting Simmons work through it and overcome it. The alternative was to risk his psyche by pulling him out.

Lastly, I'd hope nobody would let Saric's ball spike go, where the ball went 20 feet in the air. That's as easy a T as there is.

If you don't like that, then you don't like NBA basketball!

[FormerUmp]

Originally Posted by AremRed

If you don't like that, then you don't like NBA basketball!

Is the NBA really basketball? I've heard of it being described more as "sports entertainment" than the sport of basketball.

Of course that may have been a hearsay description of a conversation a friend who was being trained as a rec league official has with the official training him. I'm unsure of the trainer's background.

Off-topic... are adult rec leagues as painful to officiate in basketball as they seem to be in baseball?

[UNIgiantslayers]

Originally Posted by FormerUmp

Off-topic... are adult rec leagues as painful to officiate in basketball as they seem to be in baseball?

Yes. I quit in the middle of the season last year because it was so bad. My assignor was not supportive of the officials, so I told him to find someone else to be abused for $25/hr.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by FormerUmp

Is the NBA really basketball? I've heard of it being described more as "sports entertainment" than the sport of basketball.

...

Yes. And NBA officials are by far the best basketball officials in the country and provide the best training.

Originally Posted by AremRed

If you don't like that, then you don't like NBA basketball!

Originally Posted by FormerUmp

Is the NBA really basketball? I've heard of it being described more as "sports entertainment" than the sport of basketball.

Of course that may have been a hearsay description of a conversation a friend who was being trained as a rec league official has with the official training him. I'm unsure of the trainer's background.

It was a play on the Sacramento King's announcers tagline:

[JRutledge]

What am I missing? Boogie Cousins is not there anymore? Where is the play in question?

Peace

[ODog]

Originally Posted by A Pennsylvania Coach

Lastly, I'd hope nobody would let Saric's ball spike go, where the ball went 20 feet in the air. That's as easy a T as there is.

I'd pass. Who cares that the ball went 20 feet in the air? It wasn't to taunt, it wasn't to dis the officials and it didn't delay the game. Just a spaz move, nothing more.

And to whoever asked if adult basketball is painful to officiate, here's some advice: Don't try to find out. The worst.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by ODog

I'd pass. Who cares that the ball went 20 feet in the air? It wasn't to taunt, it wasn't to dis the officials and it didn't delay the game. Just a spaz move, nothing more.

Agree. I'm not calling that for those reasons.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by ODog

It wasn't to taunt, it wasn't to dis the officials ...

In my high school game, any sign that this was done to taunt, or disrespect, anybody, and I mean even a small sign, and I'm charging a technical foul. Absent those signs, I'm passing, but I will definitely warn the player that he barely dodged a bullet this time.

[SC Official]

There is nothing in the rules that makes spiking the ball an automatic T even though some officials apply it that way.