Good job FIBA officials

[kiwiref]

You would expect anyone doing something full time to be better at that activity than a person doing the same thing part-time.
I am sure that, given the opportunity to do it full time, most FIBA officials would make it in NBA. Then again, I am sure there are NBA officials who, if they could not commit to it full-time, would not cut it at FIBA competitions.
The fact remains that overall, this WC has probably seen the best officiating yet.
I would agree with those who say that you don't pour crap on one group of officials in order to make another one look better. This goes as much for dave as it does for bktballref.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by kiwiref

You would expect anyone doing something full time to be better at that activity than a person doing the same thing part-time.
I am sure that, given the opportunity to do it full time, most FIBA officials would make it in NBA. Then again, I am sure there are NBA officials who, if they could not commit to it full-time, would not cut it at FIBA competitions.
The fact remains that overall, this WC has probably seen the best officiating yet.
I would agree with those who say that you don't pour crap on one group of officials in order to make another one look better. This goes as much for dave as it does for bktballref.

Who cares who is better? None of us are full-time officials unless you work in the NBA or some pro league somewhere in the world. This debate is about as silly as "My dad will beat your dad" discussion.

I will say this. I do not know that I saw a lot of calls from officials during the tournament called things outside of their area if you are using standards from the other major mechanics sets. I saw the Lead official calling all over the area. It made me wonder who was watching off-ball and who was watching on-ball. Also I did see a pretty basic over and back violation missed during the USA and Greece. That was a pretty basic call (my understanding the rule is the same, I could be wrong as it relates to FIBA rules) that a HS Freshman official would not miss.

I just did not get a good understanding of what guys were calling. When I would see the replay sometimes what was called and what should have been called did not always seem to match. Then again, I was sitting on my couch and they were on the court. Easy for me to say.

Peace