NBA Replacement Refs

[wanja]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

Is the "Micheal Henderson" on the list the same guy that was previously employed with the league, and wore #62. He was involved in an incident that caused all the other refs to wear their shirts backwards one/multiple night(s).

Yep, same guy. Some of the refs who stuck their neck out for him probably are not happy. See an article on the lockout including a recap of the incident.

[Raymond]

Well, Bill Kennedy, Leon Wood, Danny Crawford, Ken Mauer, Eddie F. Rush, Derrick Stafford, and Joey Crawford should have no problem at all with this year's replacement officials.

Originally Posted by from article

1995 Lockout by owners. The pre-season and the start of the regular season was covered by replacement officials. Bill Kennedy and Leon Wood are two of the current NBA referees who were replacements according to a New York Times article.

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1983 Lockout by owners. NBA referees Danny Crawford, Ken Mauer, Eddie F. Rush and Derrick Stafford started as replacements.

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1977 Payoffs strike by referees. 28 out of 30 regular NBA referees participated in the strike. Richie Powers and Earl Strom did not. Current NBA referee Joey Crawford was hired as an NBA referee during the strike.

[bbcof83]

Originally Posted by wanja

Yep, same guy. Some of the refs who stuck their neck out for him probably are not happy. See an article on the lockout including a recap of the incident.

Here's a breakdown of where they officiated during the 08/09 seasons.
Development League 27
NCAA D1 Men 28
NCAA D1 Women 27
WNBA 13
None of the above 4

From the article linked above by wanja. Who are the 4 "None of the above" and where did they come from? D2? HS?!?!?! Couldn't be... I'm guessing 2 could be the two fired by the NBA in 2007.

[wanja]

Originally Posted by bbcof83

From the article linked above by wanja. Who are the 4 "None of the above" and where did they come from? D2? HS?!?!?! Couldn't be... I'm guessing 2 could be the two fired by the NBA in 2007.

Yes the 2 refs fired in 2007 (Mike Henderson and Robbie Robinson) are included in the none of the above. The posted list of refs has grown and will continue to grow as the NBA provides more information. Replacement referees who did not work d1, wnba or dleague in the most recent season are likely to have done so in the past or recently worked other professional ball. For example, Tim Greene is a career navy vet from Philadelphia who has worked Japanese professional ball and in the NBA summer league in Las Vegas as part of a referee camp.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by wanja

Yes the 2 refs fired in 2007 (Mike Henderson and Robbie Robinson) are included in the none of the above...

Robbie Robinson worked games in the Southern Conference last year, if I'm not mistaken.

And I know he participated this summer in a NCAA D1 camp.

[wanja]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Robbie Robinson worked games in the Southern Conference last year, if I'm not mistaken.

And I know he participated this summer in a NCAA D1 camp.

Yea. statsheet has him working the following 8 d1 games last year. I've updated my nba preseason info.

2009-03-07 College Of Charleston 67 Western Carolina 48 Chattanooga TN
2009-02-28 Elon 66 North Carolina Greensboro 74 Greensboro NC
2009-02-07 Appalachian State 77 Elon 63 Elon NC
2009-01-31 Davidson 55 Samford 52 Birmingham AL
2009-01-24 College Of Charleston 63 Citadel 72 Charleston SC
2009-01-17 Davidson 89 Georgia Southern 68 Statesboro GA
2009-01-10 Georgia Southern 87 College Of Charleston 100 Charleston SC
2008-12-29 Davidson 79 College Of Charleston 75 Charleston SC

[wanja]

Add the following to the list of NBA replacement referees

James Buntin, Greg Dandridge, Wilson Holland, Victor Montgomery, Jaime Morales, Crathman Stephens (pictured below)

[Back In The Saddle]

Setting aside what are obviously some very real hard decisions some of these guys have had to make...

I think it would be completely awesome to get to work even a single NBA game as a replacement. Even if some of these good folks never get to work another NBA game, they will always be able to say that they've worked one. It's way more than I'll ever get to do.

My congrats to every one of them. I hope they have a great experience!

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by wanja

Add the following to the list of NBA replacement referees

James Buntin, Greg Dandridge, Wilson Holland, Victor Montgomery, Jaime Morales, Crathman Stephens (pictured below)

Greg Dandridge??? That's great for him. Just saw him this week.

His claim to fame? He was my co-conspirator the only time I've ever had a Blarge in a regulation game.

Also, NY@Boston tonight is featuring a semi-regular to our forum.

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Greg Dandridge??? That's great for him. Just saw him this week.

His claim to fame? He was my co-conspirator the only time I've ever had a Blarge in a regulation game.

Also, NY@Boston tonight is featuring a semi-regular to our forum.

Jurassic is working? Kewl, what time is the game on?

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

Jurassic is working? Kewl, what time is the game on?

Although he did say semi-regular, and I know Jurassic eats lots of prunes, I don't think that's who he meant.

[Nevadaref]

I'm sure that he means Ben "pro-philosophy" Taylor.

BTW there's a rather high number of names on this list from the State of Nevada, especially given the relatively low population of this state.

[wanja]

Add Michael Bobiak and Corey McCray to the list of NBA replacement referees

[wanja]

Add Dan Beauchamp and Mike DiRenzo to the list of NBA replacement referees

[tballump]

Add Tom Sterner to the list from the Thunder/Hornets game. Do not have a #
Add Monty McCutchen to the list from Bucks/Bulls game. do not have a #.
Will Assume Monty McCuthen is not the same person as Marty Mceachen