Interesting night in NBA refereeing (Video)

[kstiles99]

The first clip is just a regular Joey Crawford. That is all. Not surprised.

Now the second clip is where I have a lot of comments.

Ken Mauer messed up here. In my association, my assignors and veterans stress tremendously that we should hand the ball to the player if you're in the front court or if the defense is pressing. Mauer threw the ball at Carmelo. One should never do this. The ball could catch a finger of the player and potentially break it... Or… result in this situation. So a repeated throw in was the right way to go.

Now another mistake was how Mauer sounded the whistle before the inbound. The whistle was not needed. The only time a whistle should be blown before the inbound is after a timeout, after an intermission, or after unusual delay. The time he blew the whistle before the second inbound is acceptable because of the delay.

Another thing is, Mauer threw the ball to Carmelo while he was on the inside of the throw-in. He should've handed Carmelo the ball while on the outside of him, putting Carmelo between him and the basket.

Also, Ken Mauer is seen chewing gum when he reports the T. I've wondered if chewing gum during a game is okay. I've thought about it, but I haven't ever done it. I don't know if it would help me or hurt me. Anyone have any comments about that?

These mistakes may be acceptable in the NBA, but I have been lectured many a time by veterans using NF guidelines. It makes mistakes like these a lot more noticeable. I do in fact know that they are small things, but I am just stating what I saw was wrong in this instance.

Feel free to light me up, vets