Uncalled Cheap Shots

[VaTerp]

Originally Posted by fiasco

As would I and the rest of us. That would tell us a lot.

I'm just always hesitant about making blanket statements like "any competent official would have had him on the bench" based on a few short edited clips from a 32-minute basketball game.

Stuff happens, even with the most competent officials in the world out on the court.

I love how people keep talking about these "edited" clips as if somebody used camera tricks to make it look like #34's fouls were worse than they were.

I'm sure there is tape of the rest of this 38-37 contest that will show #34 moving his feet beautifully, going above the rim to block shots, and gracefully executing pick and rolls.

Let's be real folks. There is enough video evidence there to show how #34 was playing defense and what he was bringing to the court that night. And regardless of what else is on the game tape, nothing changes the fact that in the exact situations shown on tape, the officials were incompotent in their duties IMO. In fact, I'm quite confident that the rest of the tape could only lead to a lower opinion of the competency of these officials as it likely would point out other opportunities they missed to get #34 out of the game or control rough play in general.

But we can keep playing this game and acting like this video is some sort of fictional short story and not what it is. Indisputable video evidence of officials not properly using the tools at their disposal to control rough, and dangerous, play.