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Old Thu May 11, 2006, 06:41am
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You're a day late. Old news.
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Must've taken him a while to get out of his tutu last night, so he didn't catch the story till this morning.
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Old Thu May 11, 2006, 07:27am
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Must've taken him a while to get out of his tutu last night, so he didn't catch the story till this morning.
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Old Thu May 11, 2006, 09:06am
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in case anyone wants to read what Cuban said...
http://www.blogmaverick.com/entry/1234000970073680/

some of his comments are pointless and his idea of having only 12 officials working the 4 second rounds series is utterly ludicrous but he doesn't really say anything inflammatory, IMO.

Has anyone seen any video of Cuban being a jack@$$ after Game 1???
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Old Thu May 11, 2006, 10:35am
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Cuban should have been blaming Jerry Stackhouse for that ill-advised shot instead of the officials. JMO
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Old Thu May 11, 2006, 01:12pm
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After reading Mark Cubans' blog comments on the NBA playoff officials, I did not find anything insulting or degrading about them. I can understand the NBA is not happy about any criticism of its' officials, but what Cuban said is factually true. Isn't it the same thing that coaches/fans at every level say? - "we want the absolute best officials working the playoffs!"....

In the NBA, they grade the officials over the course of the season - have the best available officials working the game (not sitting at home). At the college/HS levels, those officials deemed to be worthy get the assignments (grading/evaluation procedures vary). Because it's less defined, those with more experience (college/HS levels) tend to get the games - although younger officials may be better. I realize officials can't work every game or every day - but they certainly should be working the most games possible.

In any case, what is so wrong with expressing the desire to have the absolute best officials working the games in rounds 1, 2, and 3. Once you reach the Finals - the top 7 or 8 guys should work (rotate 'em a little).

Anyway, I just think that what Cuban said wasn't that egregious or deserving of the $100k fine......
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Old Thu May 11, 2006, 01:54pm
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After reading Mark Cubans' blog comments on the NBA playoff officials, I did not find anything insulting or degrading about them. I can understand the NBA is not happy about any criticism of its' officials, but what Cuban said is factually true. Isn't it the same thing that coaches/fans at every level say? - "we want the absolute best officials working the playoffs!"....
Whether you or Cuban consider it true or not, he's not allowed to make such comments. Based on his previous behavior, $200K is appropriate.
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Old Thu May 11, 2006, 02:50pm
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In the NBA, they grade the officials over the course of the season - have the best available officials working the game (not sitting at home).

I realize officials can't work every game or every day - but they certainly should be working the most games possible.

In any case, what is so wrong with expressing the desire to have the absolute best officials working the games in rounds 1, 2, and 3. Once you reach the Finals - the top 7 or 8 guys should work (rotate 'em a little).
Jeff, like it or not, or agree with it or not, there's another factor in play here also. NBA officials are unionized, as are officials in all major sports- ex. baseball, football, hockey. The unions do have input into playoff assignments, staffing, wages, etc. I sureasheck could be wrong, but I doubt very much if the NBA could just unilaterally tell it's officials that 9 people are gonna work and the rest are gonna sit.

Also, from a training aspect, doing it that way doesn't make any sense either imo. When one of your top 9 officials retires, you have to replace him with an official that has no experience on playoff games. The whole idea of breaking people into playoff games is to get them the experience and have them ready to take over when they are needed. I think that the same idea is being used now in high school and college games too. You want your up-and-coming officials to stay up-and-coming. Telling 'em to take a hike at playoff time isn't helping anybody imo.

Besides, what better time is there to get a new official blooded than to get him out there in a playoff game with two experienced officials that are gonna have his back?
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