Good job FIBA officials

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by RonRef

RockyRoad, if you moved to Ireland even you could work the Worlds and the Olympics!

Dude, RockyRoad has officiated in an NCAA Womens Final. Wtf have you refereed in?

[mick]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

Dude, RockyRoad has officiated in an NCAA Womens Final. Wtf have you refereed in?

Rocky only refereed there cuz there werem't no jobs in his state that day.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by mick

Rocky only refereed there cuz there werem't no jobs in his state that day.

Shhhh...that was supposed to be a secret, Mick...guess if I want any good games this winter I'm gonna have to move to Ireland!!

[dave30]

I'm not on dope! I just didn't have a chance to get on the computer today. All I'm saying is I think the FIBA refs have been very consistent and managed the games very well. You don't see the constant whining and crying like you do in every NBA game and many college games. Even the USA fans I've talked to had no problem with the way the game was called against Greece. When is the last time an NBA team lost a playoff game and there weren't ten thousand people on the internet blasting the officials for "screwing us outta that game!". I work overnight so when I get off work, I am able to catch all the games on TV. I've watched quite a few of them and enjoyed the games very much. I feel like the officials are working hard and calling a fair game. Sure they miss a few, we all do, but the refs are solid for the most part and stay in the background. You don't see the refs becoming bigger than the game like you do at times in the NBA. There wasn't a single game in the Spurs/Mavericks or Mavericks/Heat or Pistons/Heat that didn't have major controversies.

Greece had a player slide over and attempt to draw a player control foul against Dwayne Wade. He was called for the block. He just calmly got up and raised his hand even though it was a very close call. It is refreshing to watch..

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by dave30

You don't see the refs becoming bigger than the game like you do at times in the NBA. There wasn't a single game in the Spurs/Mavericks or Mavericks/Heat or Pistons/Heat that didn't have major controversies.

It's not very professional to try and make your point by sh!tting on another group of officials.

Methinks you and Ron Ref might have a lot in common.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

It's not very professional to try and make your point by sh!tting on another group of officials.

Methinks you and Ron Ref might have a lot in common.

JMO, but I think you may have narrowed the field as to who the board jumper is.

And I did an image search for JMO and came up with this....

[bcma]

Hello!
Some of refs working in the World Championship in Japan are some of the best referees in the world.
I have no doubt about it. I have seen NBA, NCAA, Euroleague and FIBA games and I think FIBA referees are outstanding.
And I think also that some of the refs in the World Championship could easily work in the NBA.
Some of them are better than the majority of NBA referees.
We have to see that the rules are diferent and the level of contact permited in the game is diferent also. So the "strange" things that some of you refer are only the FIBA interpretations that are given to the refs. Ed F. Rush is a good example. One of the best NBA referees and works in the FIBA WC alongside some other outstanding referees. There is no visible diference.
But guys like Brazauskas, Fachini, Arteaga, Martin Bertran, Carlos Renato dos Santos, Sudek, Belosevic and Zavlanos are at the level of Steve Javie, Danny Crawford, Joe Crawford, Dick Bevetta, Ed F. Rush and Bennet Salvatore.
And some of the FIBA referees are not professional referees and in the NBA everyone is a full time professional.
Thanks for your time.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by dave30

I'm not on dope! I just didn't have a chance to get on the computer today. All I'm saying is I think the FIBA refs have been very consistent and managed the games very well. You don't see the constant whining and crying like you do in every NBA game and many college games.

DUH! Have you considered that's because nobody gives a $hit about this?

[dave30]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

DUH! Have you considered that's because nobody gives a $hit about this?

Sorry to have ruffled feathers here. I didn't know it was that big of a deal. Also, I'm not ****ting on another group of referees to make a point as another poster said. ALL I'M SAYING is: I am looking at this championship from a basketball FAN'S point of view, not as a referee. I am also an NBA FAN. When I watched the NBA playoffs, I saw controversy in every game. In the WC games, it seems like the players just play the game and let the referees do their job. It could work in the NBA too, but the mentality of players and fans causes every game to have a lot of controversy. I'm not saying the refs are good or bad in either league. I am saying that I like the LEVEL OF CONTACT ALLOWED IN FIBA, compared to the NBA. I don't like seeing Dirk Nowitski or Dwayne Wade on the foul line to win games in the final seconds on touchy foul calls. I would rather see the games called much more like international play. The games have a nice flow to them and I enjoy watching. I like the way the FIBA refs manage the game as well.....that's all.....excuse me for living !!!!!!!!!!!! DAMN !

[BktBallRef]

Sorry partner, but if you think the FIBA guys are on the level with the top NBA officials, then you show a tremendous lack of credibilty. No offense intended, JMHO. You haven't seen the game played with the same passion as the NBA playoffs, nor have you seen the same passion from the fans. And if you truly think that there's controversy in every NBA playoff game, then you truly have a lot to learn about officiating.