Congrats to a forum member
 

He hasn't posting on here in a while but he has had his share of conversations with various forum veterans.

Congrats to btaylor64 for getting hired to the NBA staff for the 2013-14 season!!!

Awesome news!

Speech! Speech!

Wow! Now THAT is a productive off season!. Congrats BTaylor.

I'm guessing his days of posting here (and anywhere else) are probably over. Does the NBA have a social media policy for officials?

That is very cool. Glad he finally got that shot.

Peace

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Maz'l Tov, Mr Taylor
Be sure to REPRESENT!!

Thanks for the 'Good News', BadNewsRef.
To btaylor64, GOOD LUCK!

Fantastic news! Congrats, Ben.

awesome news. congrats.

Woot woot!

Great job. Free tix for everyone, I assume. ;)

That is great!!!

Just Three Sites, I Don't Want To Seem Greedy ...
 

btaylor64: Please leave my tickets, hopefully a pair, maybe four, if you can get them, maybe on the floor, if you can get them, under the name BillyMac, at the will call windows of the Barclays Center, Madison Square Garden, and the TD Garden. Just send me the dates in a private message so that I can block off the dates on Arbiter.

For you Florida guys (and gals) Steve Anderson was also hired.

That's really cool!

So does that mean he will be working NBA games, or does being on staff mean D-League/WNBA stuff for the first few years????

Both Steve and Ben have been in the NBA Development League for a number of years. They both also worked some games in the NBA this past season as well as their D-League schedules. They are now full time NBA officials. As first year officials they will probably also still work a few games in the D-League along with their NBA schedule.

I have attended camp with both of them and they are great guys! They will be fantastic additions to the NBA staff.

The big question is did Brenda Pantoja or Lauren Holtkamp get added full time this year?

Thanks!

I attended Joe Forte's Big South camp with Ben several years ago. He seemed like a really good guy and a serious referee. I'm very happy for him and hope he sticks in the league for a long time!