Joey Crawford....I think he called a block

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

A few of these league-wide each season should be ok.

When you get the play right...LOL

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

When you get the play right...LOL

Ya, that helps.

In fact, it helps all of the time! LOL

[grunewar]

From USAToday - Chris Strauss:

NBA referee Joey Crawford has never been afraid to draw attention to himself when making a call, as evidenced by this blocking foul against Los Angeles Lakers guard Chris Duhon in Tuesday night's game versus Indiana.

The Pacers won 79-77 despite a 40-point night from Kobe Bryant, but clearly Crawford was the star of the game.



Nuf Sed

[Rich]

Originally Posted by grunewar

From USAToday - Chris Strauss:

NBA referee Joey Crawford has never been afraid to draw attention to himself when making a call, as evidenced by this blocking foul against Los Angeles Lakers guard Chris Duhon in Tuesday night's game versus Indiana.

The Pacers won 79-77 despite a 40-point night from Kobe Bryant, but clearly Crawford was the star of the game.



Nuf Sed

Just a sportswriter looking for something. The officials are an easy target these days. Officials were much more flamboyant when I started watching basketball in the 1970s, but I can't imagine any writer back then saying anything about how Earl Strom tweet-tweet-tweeted every call. People (writers) seemed to have more respect and less of a TMZ mindset back then.

[Rich]

The one thing I've seen at the HS level is that things have swung WAY too far in the other direction -- anything remotely close is called a charge. Back when I started (in 1987, which seems like only yesterday) the defender needed to have his feet nailed to the floor and be there for a few seconds or it was a block.

There needs to be a happy middle ground based on actually officiating the defense and understanding the concepts of legal guarding position and the responsibilities of both players when a collision happens.