NBA Refs miss 5% of calls - David Stern
 

I guess you'll have to read this to believe it:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...v=ap&type=lgns

Must be improving. I've read several press releases from the NBA head office in the last few years that had quoted a league average of 7% misses on calls.

You don't agree with this. I would like to think that this is about right. By Stern saying "our officials miss about 5% of the calls," it sounds negative. But what if he had said "our officials are correct about 95% percent of the time. That sounds different. To say that anyone is correct about anything 95% of the time is a big statement. I would actually think it would be less in the NBA...lol. Take for instance the "spectacular move" that TNT kept showing of Labron James where he went up in the air with Haywood and held the ball til the last second before making the basket. HE WALKED WALKED WALKED. He took 2 to many steps. I think that Stern was refferring to the times when the officials DO blow the whistle, but they missing calls includes more than just the ones you call.

NBA misses 5% of calls
 

If they want to achieve 100%, they better start thinking of 5 Officials on the court.. LOL

I've seen statistics like this and really I think they're crap. I don't care how many different camera angles you look at, there is no way for certain to tell if an official is 95% correct. It's not like we're calculating batting averages or shooting statistics. There are too many different game situations etc. to give a statistical number to correct calls. More imporantly to me would be whether or not my partners felt I worked a solid game, my assignor felt I worked a solid game, and to a lesser degree that the players and coaches felt I worked a solid game.

And the fans think it's more....
 

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/sports...ion16285=66639

Note question #6.

every teams always wants to advance for the playoffs----that;s why they
intimidate,blaming officials--SCAPEGOATING!!! NBA REFEREES ARE THE BEST
IN THE UNIVERSE,NEVER INTIMIDATE,!keep up the good work!!!!

every teams always wants to advance for the playoffs----that's why they
intimidate,blaming officials--SCAPEGOATING!!! NBA REFEREES ARE THE BEST
IN THE UNIVERSE,NEVER INTIMIDATE,!keep up the good work!!!!

As much as I look for the approval of the Coaches and Players most of the time. Even my assignor, It's that one call they felt I should have made that they remember and sticks out most and then they give you a bad review. In general we have been doing this for many years, your crew will be honest to let you know if you've done a good job. My partner is who I look for. You hope!

I think Stern should fine himself $25k for these comments. :D

For an extra $10,000, he could get to grab Chris Kaman's nuts.:eek:

Still trying to figger out why that one ain't worthy of a suspenion......

Agreed. "Testicle Fouls" should always be flagrant :D

Groan...

I just don't don't have the balls to say something <B>that</B> bad.

I'm wondering (only slightly, mind you) what the approved NFHS signal would be for a "testicle foul". Yuck...

I'm sure Dan or JR or M7M have some clip-art picture they can supply, but I'm not really sure I want to see it.

I don't doubt the ability of these offcials but until they stop catering to the superstars and call things as they happen it will never improve. Giving veterans or stars extra steps or overlooking fouls is no way improve there image. I will give them credit for finally starting to call the fouls on Shaq that should have been called since he came into the league. They need to ignore the who the players are and concentrate more on the game.