'point to shot clock' mechanic

[so cal lurker]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

I think such mechanics for officials are awful because they provide extra information to a team which may have been unaware of the situation. It is not the job of the officials to help the teams have clock awareness.
The coach or a player on the court could easily see the officials doing this and key off of it. My opinion is that the officials should not be doing anything to give away the situation.

1. I'm really dubious that players notice anything about refs when the ball is in play.
2. The point of a shot clock is for the team to shoot the ball and keep the game moving, not to create turnovers, so who cares if if, like the visible clock, happens to give a team a clue?
3. Its the same for both teams.

That said, it still seems pretty stupid to me (the non ref). If the point is just to increase shot clock awareness by the refs, it could be a lot more subtle.

[JRutledge]

The shot clock is not a secret, so if they notice us saying something that is not my issue. We are instructed to tell them other things in relation to the shot clock like when the backcourt time runs out. So why would we care if we point up to the clock? It is not something you use every time, you use maybe when you have seconds and maybe the clock has not reset for the most part. I think I have used it like 5 times in 4 games. So just like anything you can overuse the signal or not use the signal hardly at all.

Peace

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

It is not something you use every time, you use maybe when you have seconds and maybe the clock has not reset for the most part. So just like anything you can overuse the signal or not use the signal hardly at all.

Peace

I thought it was to be used every time. I did it 4 or 5 times just last night.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I thought it was to be used every time. I did it 4 or 5 times just last night.

If I'm able to take the time to do the mechanic, that usually means my partners have competitive matchups and aren't paying attention to me.