NBA playoffs (NBA haters stay away)

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by ronald

Have you ever met any of the observers and evaluators of the NBA? .

Yes, actually I have. I know one of the evaluators for the NBA fairly well. Former D-1 official and now an assignor for some small college ball out here. I asked him if he had ever had a game he evaluated where he graded the officials as low as what you are claiming, and he laughed. He said if it was that low, they would no longer be working in the league.

[Nevadaref]

I have as well. There are 60 officials in the NBA. They are divided into four groups of 15 and each has a group supervisor.

Guess where one of those group supervisors lives?

[ronald]

The grade was for college not NBA. That was the reference I understood.

The game the official graded was a D1 conference championship.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by ronald

The grade was for college not NBA. That was the reference I understood.

The game the official graded was a D1 conference championship.

Then why did you ask if anyone knew any of the NBA evaluators? What does one have to do with the other???

[ronald]

Question was for Nevada.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by ronald

Question was for Nevada.

And now that I have answered, what is your response?

[ronald]

I learned the part about the number of officials.

You argument using one changed call per game by the league office in the last week does not significantly affect the grade of a crew unless we are talking 10 to 20 calls in a game. Then it could range from 5 to 10 pts. It sounds good and looks good and may have provide a perception issue but it is not statistically relevant. Argument was week at the foundation. Extrapolation was flawed.

You stated you know people and have talked to them but failed to mention any strong evidence to counter Mr. Rush's statement that NBA refs need to grade out much higher than 68% and that actually they need to be higher than 90%. You just stated that it could not be with no proof. If you have some, cite it or comply with the thread starter's request.


Mr. Rush was in charge of officials for some time so his info and expertise qualifies him as a expert and so your argument needs to cite another expert with similar credentials.