2014 NBA Finals Officials

[Multiple Sports]

Originally Posted by AremRed

Booooo. I nominate potato for alternate. I could see him patrolling the sidelines and commandeering a coaches whiteboard to draw an illustration of why that play was traveling while throwing out phrases like "hot step", "butt bumping" and "intense D".

Love you potato, I mean no disrespect.

Hey -

You never seen how good I can sit in a locker room by myself for 2.5 hrs. NBA alternates don't sit at the table unlike college officials....

Originally Posted by Multiple Sports

NBA alternates don't sit at the table unlike college officials....

Let's not let facts get in the way of a good joke

[APG]

Game 5:

CC: Scott Foster
R1: Marc Davis
R2: Ken Mauer

Alternate: Bill Kennedy

Looks like their crew strategy paid off! Other than a couple individual games (Clips-Thunder game 5, Pacers-Heat game 5, Heat-Spurs game 2), this playoffs went off without much public controversy.

Based on Joey's game 4 assignment it looked as though he was set up to work a potential game 7, unlike last year where he "only" worked game 6. This makes me even more curious why it was chosen that way last year.....was it his history (albeit in 2007) with the Spurs? Was it a lackluster season or first couple rounds? Whatever it was, it seems to have been forgotten this year.

Zarba did great in game 3 (as did Jason Phillips in his 2nd Finals game), hopefully Goble will get his shot next year.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by AremRed

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Based on Joey's game 4 assignment it looked as though he was set up to work a potential game 7, unlike last year where he "only" worked game 6. This makes me even more curious why it was chosen that way last year.....was it his history (albeit in 2007) with the Spurs? Was it a lackluster season or first couple rounds? Whatever it was, it seems to have been forgotten this year.

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Instead of looking at it negatively, why not look at it as the guys who worked Game 7 EARNED that privilege, rather than Joey C. doing something wrong. After all, working 2 games in the Finals is hardly indicative of having a "lackluster" season.

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Instead of looking at it negatively, why not look at it as the guys who worked Game 7 EARNED that privilege, rather than Joey C. doing something wrong. After all, working 2 games in the Finals is hardly indicative of having a "lackluster" season.

It wouldn't be, if it were any referee other than Joey. Until last year he had worked every Finals game 7 in the past 20 years so for him it is a step down to "only" work game 6. Excuse me for wondering why.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by AremRed

It wouldn't be, if it were any referee other than Joey. Until last year he had worked every Finals game 7 in the past 20 years so for him it is a step down to "only" work game 6. Excuse me for wondering why.

And your "wondering" assumes only negativity towards Joey C's performance, rather than excellence in someone else's.