RIGHT CALL...But Wrong time!

[Toren]

I have heard the saying, but where I've heard it, team is up 30 points and the losing team commits a traveling violation 70 feet away from the rim with no pressure. tweet.

Right Call...wrong time.

Your case is more about patient whistle, but just from the OP, it's hard to say it wasn't warranted. So ask yourself, did the game benefit from that call? If you are thinking the player would have played through and scored 2 points and you just took that away, then it's probably not a benefit. But if there were other circumstances that it required a quick whistle, then the game did benefit from it.

[Adam]

Just because a player gets hacked on the arm does not necessarily mean there is a foul. What movements was he hindered from? What advantage was gained?

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Just because a player gets hacked on the arm does not necessarily mean there is a foul. What movements was he hindered from? What advantage was gained?

While I agree, if the answer to those questions is "none", then it wasn't the right call at the wrong time, it was the wron call, period. OTOH, if the answer is "some", then you can't assume the player would have had an uncontested layup, and it was the right call at the right time.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

While I agree, if the answer to those questions is "none", then it wasn't the right call at the wrong time, it was the wron call, period. OTOH, if the answer is "some", then you can't assume the player would have had an uncontested layup, and it was the right call at the right time.

I agree. I also agree with Toren's comment regarding the phrase. I've heard it in reference to traveling calls against the losing team in a blow out.

I think maybe this official was trying to use a catch phrase to do two things; encourage the new guy and make a legitimate point. That's a charitable assumption, though.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Toren

I have heard the saying, but where I've heard it, team is up 30 points and the losing team commits a traveling violation 70 feet away from the rim with no pressure. tweet.

Right Call...wrong time.

I call obvious violations when they take place and I see them clearly. The tape might not lie in those cases either. That is different than not calling foul that might not affect the play IMO.

Peace

[Adam]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I call obvious violations when they take place and I see them clearly. The tape might not lie in those cases either. That is different than not calling foul that might not affect the play IMO.

Peace

Let me just say that Toren's comments represent the expected calls here as well.

Sort of like what RichMSN said previously about the losing team in his blow out sitting in the lane and lighting a fire.