"Go Ahead, Make My Day!"

[Jurassic Referee]

I'll believe that when I see a star like LeBron james get fined for his whining about the officials. Case in point---> last night's game in Chicago. He got called for a charging foul with just over a minute to go. He was absolutely amazed........amazed, I tell ya.... as was everybody else in the building who naturally expected him to get the call. His comment on the call, reproduced verbatim below, is absolutely priceless and should tell tell you all that you need to know about the crediblity of the NBE pro game.

BronBron: "I saw him back-pedalling. Me, as a driver, I'm watching the defender's feet. I'm seeing if he's stationed or still moving. To me I felt that he was still back-pedalling. That's when I decided to take off, but I knew exactly what I seen on the court with the defender right in FRONT of me."

Yup, you got a back-pedalling defender directly in FRONT of you and because he's not stationary, you can legally run him over. And the sad part is that if you're a star in the NBE, that statement is probably true. Hell, for all I know, the NBE rules might actually require defenders to be stationary to take a charge. Their rules don't really resemble real basketball rules anyway. Staionary defenders and crab-dribbles are de rigeur.