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Old Fri May 23, 2008, 11:43am
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NBA mechanics/foul reporting

Question about NBA mechanics/foul reporting; when the # of the player is reported, they use two hands (i.e. i believe if they're reporting #32, they'll signal '3' with their right hand and '2' with their left hand). What happens with numbers like 47, 19, 9, etc....???
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Old Fri May 23, 2008, 11:56am
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who knows? The NBA refs take so long and are so cool and non-chalant in their reporting that I don't even pay attention anymore.

This isn't a knock against the refs or their abilities, it's a knock against what is apparently the preferred style the powers-that-be want the NBA officials to display. I've noticed it in all the refs during the play-offs (I don't watch the regular season).
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Old Fri May 23, 2008, 01:00pm
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For #47, they will use the right hand with 4 fingers and then use both hands to indicate the 7.
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Old Fri May 23, 2008, 01:53pm
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For #47, they will use the right hand with 4 fingers and then use both hands to indicate the 7.
so basically for #s with a digit above 5, they just signal twice (first #, second #) vs. both at the same time...?
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Old Fri May 23, 2008, 02:10pm
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Actually, all NBA refs are aliens from the planet Strom and have 10 digits on each hand. These digits come out only when needed. Here's a pic of one of them practicing before a game.

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Old Fri May 23, 2008, 02:50pm
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so basically for #s with a digit above 5, they just signal twice (first #, second #) vs. both at the same time...?
Correct. That's what I've seen when I've attended NBA games.
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Old Fri May 23, 2008, 03:00pm
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Actually, all NBA refs are aliens from the planet Strom and have 10 digits on each hand. These digits come out only when needed. Here's a pic of one of them practicing before a game.

Would make a good US football referee.
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Old Sun May 25, 2008, 07:50pm
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For #47, they will use the right hand with 4 fingers and then use both hands to indicate the 7.
Not necessrily true...

Most officals in NBA would signal 7 ( would look also like 52) for the foul. Very rarely do they ever signal the 4 and then the 7.

While signalling "7" they would be verball indicating 47. NBA scorekeepers have a pretty good clue on what's going on out there and who the fouls are on...
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Old Sun May 25, 2008, 08:38pm
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NBA scorekeepers have a pretty good clue on what's going on out there and who the fouls are on
You mean they're not teenagers, half watching the game, and half watching their friends in the stands, listening to their Ipods, or texting on their cell phones?
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Old Mon May 26, 2008, 02:01am
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You mean they're not teenagers, half watching the game, and half watching their friends in the stands, listening to their Ipods, or and texting on their cell phones?
Fixed it for ya.
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Old Mon May 26, 2008, 06:40am
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Fixed it for ya.
Thanks. I wish that I was as adroit at multi-tasking.

P.S. What are you doing posting at 3:00 a.m., unless your little pink house is in southern France? How did you like the Monaco Grand Prix?
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Old Mon May 26, 2008, 11:26am
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Thanks. I wish that I was as adroit at multi-tasking.

P.S. What are you doing posting at 3:00 a.m., unless your little pink house is in southern France? How did you like the Monaco Grand Prix?
Nah, not in France. Just couldn't sleep.
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Old Wed May 28, 2008, 07:19am
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Question about NBA mechanics/foul reporting;
NBA officials have accepted mechanics????

From what I've seen every official has his (or her) own mechanics.
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