Inadvertent Whistle. Maybe.

[johnny d]

Once all 10 players on the court stopped, my inclination would be to blow this play dead and award the ball to green for throw-in. Since they elected to allow the play to continue, I dont see anyway they could not call a travel and let green shoot that 3-pointer.

FYI, the official on the lead is by far the least experienced person on this crew. The trail official has alot of experience and should have taken control of this situation. The center official is the most experienced, he is also too old, slow, and fat to get himself into position to help on this play.

[just another ref]

How did they not call the travel? White's bench had 3 coaches standing and making the signal.

[ODog]

The best part is the T *****ing out the White coaches about the coaching box and then glancing up at the last second to mirror a successful 3 he never even saw go up (not that seeing the attempt matters; just amusing in this case).

I hear what sounds like a whistle. That does not sound like any shoe squeak I have ever heard. In a loud gym shoe squeaks don't stand out like that. I suppose I could capture the audio, run it through my frequency analyzer and compare its pitch to that of a Fox 40 whistle, however that process would be fraught with error.

I am wondering why the Trail points to the Lead, and then to the bench? What is he trying to do there?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by johnny d

Once all 10 players on the court stopped, my inclination would be to blow this play dead and award the ball to green for throw-in. Since they elected to allow the play to continue, I dont see anyway they could not call a travel and let green shoot that 3-pointer.

FYI, the official on the lead is by far the least experienced person on this crew. The trail official has alot of experience and should have taken control of this situation. The center official is the most experienced, he is also too old, slow, and fat to get himself into position to help on this play.

Wow, are you bitter that he got the assignment instead of you?

[johnny d]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

Wow, are you bitter that he got the assignment instead of you?

Nope. I was just being a wise-***. Second, it wasnt that big of a game. Finally, the center is a friend of mine, I tell him the same thing to his face all the time.

[zm1283]

Originally Posted by johnny d

Nope. I was just being a wise-***. Second, it wasnt that big of a game. Finally, the center is a friend of mine, I tell him the same thing to his face all the time.

It is to the players and coaches involved. This is one of the complaints that I hear from coaches off the court and not just in basketball: That we aren't really invested like they are. Now I know that's horse manure for the most part, but statements like that give validation to that claim.

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by johnny d

Once all 10 players on the court stopped, my inclination would be to blow this play dead and award the ball to green for throw-in.

Bingo. Not only did all the players stop playing, but the Center official is starting to switch! Stop the play, to prevent something stupid from happening and give a throw-in to the team in control.

This seems to me like one of those times when officials indicate the wrong number of free throws. Everybody stops playing except the one kids who knows it's only one shot. He steps in and puts back an uncontested lay-up. In that case, we disallow the extended play and resume with a throw-in. I think this is the same thing. Everybody (including at least one official) thought the ball was dead, and yet they allowed one kid to make an uncontested play.

Kill it, and re-start with a throw-in to the team that had control. Forget about the travel completely.