NBA Official Keeps Spare Whistle in Pocket!

[APG]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

He might use it to keep track of which team is to receive the throw-in to begin subsequent quarters.

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I don't watch a lot of NBA, sorry. I wasn't aware that they used a jump ball to start each quarter.

In the NBA, the winner of the jump ball gets the ball first for the 1st quarter (duh as they won the jump ball) and 4th quarter. The loser gets the ball first for the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Play is resumed by an unrestricted throw-in on the baseline (yeah I said it).

There would be no need for him to use a whistle to keep track on anything because if for some reason, he and his partners forgot who won the jump, they could just go look at the play-by-play at the table (which is kept for every game) and find out that way.

[onetime1]

Wow I think it is pretty good for him to remember that he has a whistle in his pocket and can think that fast for him to grab it out and use it since he lost his other one.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by onetime1

Wow I think it is pretty good for him to remember that he has a whistle in his pocket and can think that fast for him to grab it out and use it since he lost his other one.

Insert obligatory Mae West quote here. With bob jenkins out on sabbatical, it's no longer a challenge to post an image, or video, and to try to get it past him. Just use your imagination.