NBA Referee Association & NBPA to meet over tensions

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Thoughts? Some interesting things I found:

For example, players expressed frustration with referees holding up a hand -- like a stop sign -- when approached on the floor.

..."There have been four or five occasions when a player has gone to say, 'Hey, what's up with that?' and the official holds his hand up like a stop sign, like, 'I don't have time to talk to you.' ... Lee [Seham] told me, 'That's what they're trained to do.'

"I think it's a horrible idea. I hope someone over in [NBA] basketball operations will maybe reconsider that, because it doesn't serve to be a de-escalation of things -- it really pisses guys off. I don't know whose idea it was, but I hope they revisit the wisdom of it. I mentioned to players who specifically complained, and they weren't happy to hear that it was a part of the training.



NBA referee association, players union discuss growing on-court tensions