No call or foul? (Clips)

[ballgame99]

Originally Posted by APG

Similar to BNR, went to a camp where someone from the league offices said this was a no call correct. Even went so far as to joke that if the official on the play called a foul, it would have been his final game for the series.

I'm sure you are correct, but that tells me the NBA is less concerned about what is/is not a foul. I'm sure if that official had called one of those two illegal screens he would have been banished as well. It seems being 'big time' requires a good sense of when to swallow your whistle and 'let the players decide the game' instead of just calling what you see. But in my high school game that is a foul.

[APG]

Originally Posted by ballgame99

I'm sure you are correct, but that tells me the NBA is less concerned about what is/is not a foul. I'm sure if that official had called one of those two illegal screens he would have been banished as well. It seems being 'big time' requires a good sense of when to swallow your whistle and 'let the players decide the game' instead of just calling what you see. But in my high school game that is a foul.

Your first statement makes no sense to me...but to each their own. The NBA is concerned with their officials getting calls correct. This isn't about being "big time" nor swallowing your whistle. In the NBA, that's contact incident to the block. Oh and when we discussed this very play last year, these were your thoughts....

Originally Posted by ballgame99

3) good no call, it looks like a lot of contact, but most of Green's backward motion is due to the force of the shot being blocked like it was, not body contact.

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[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by ballgame99

I'm sure you are correct, but that tells me the NBA is less concerned about what is/is not a foul. I'm sure if that official had called one of those two illegal screens he would have been banished as well. It seems being 'big time' requires a good sense of when to swallow your whistle and 'let the players decide the game' instead of just calling what you see. But in my high school game that is a foul.

Actually the NBA calls more illegal screens than I see called at most other levels.

Honestly, a lot of things get called in NBA games that I almost never see called regularly at high school games. High school officials often talk about not "being there very long" and are worried about the length of their games and getting to the bar. I do not think the NBA officials really care about how long their game takes in the same fashion.

There is this big myth that high school we are so pure and righteous in the way we call the game.

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