Well, Silver *did* promise transparency... (Video)

[APG]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

They need to pick their spots then. Many of the things they have commented on have been very marginal. If you are going to educate the public, do not pick plays that are very tough to see or that you need slow motion to judge. Use plays that were clearly missed and the Chris Paul play was not a slam dunk. I do not feel I would have called that in a JH game with no video. Transparancy is great, but you have to be smarter about it. Because every little play like that is going to be asked for a call. Then you will have stupid commentators that uneducate the public about what was a terrible call when you want something called. The NBA needs to work on their commentators more than they need to be transparant about these silly calls they decide to comment about.

Peace

Marginal in your eyes...apparently in the league office's eyes, illegal. That's their prerogative. My main point is statements from the league don't happen that often.

As far as commentators go, the I'm not even sure how you suggest the league do to work on their commentators as they have no power over them.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by APG

Marginal in your eyes...apparently in the league office's eyes, illegal. That's their prerogative. My main point is statements from the league don't happen that often.

As far as commentators go, the I'm not even sure how you suggest the league do to work on their commentators as they have no power over them.

I do not disagree that the League thinks this is a foul. But it is debatable at best when others they are trying to be transparent with see the play. We are not uneducated eyes as officials. If you are going to come out with that few times, they could have passed on commenting publicly about this play. Maybe you keep that in-house and comment to the parties involved, including the teams. I just think the league has to be careful of what they make public.

The NFL has access to the TV broadcasts and try to educate the commentators over their league. After all they do have some power, because they give them the contracts. They could always make that apart of the contract to have access and educate the commentators when they say something totally incorrect. You do not have to say you do not want them to be critical, but you could give them rules references when Reggie Miller goes on a rant about something he knows nothing about. Heck it appears the NCAA does a better job of this with Adams during the broadcasts. And I am not asking for a public commentary or and NBA official on camera. I am saying they could tell them what rules applied to a particular play instead of ranting about stupidity. The NFL does it the best by commenting on everything good or bad. The NBA is trying to comment only on the bad and those situations are debatable. If the NBA commented on good calls too I might take a different opinion.

Peace