what do you call this signal?
 

I calls it awesome :D

go to the 2.58 mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti2Ncll2K64#t=191

That's awesome

Don't show that to Joey Crawford.

Reminds me of Lou Bello! A friend of my parents, a good man, and a - well - "dynamic" ref.

-jk

So that's where High Stress Ref got his mechanic from.

Free throw
 

The underhand free throw was the icing on that cake. Thanks for sharing.

It is so weird. They did not wait on anything, they just put the ball in play as quick as possible.

Peace

I am totally doing that in my next game. So awesome...

This is freaking fantastic.
I swear the officials high five each other at the 3:45 mark. Their mechanics and movements are very fluid. I actually like it. They sure don't hang back out of bounds in transition from lead to trail.

at 4:20 the lead is like "yep YOU GOT SWATTED!!! We are going that way son!"

Is that Norm Drucker? Early NBA refs had personalities: Sid Borgia, Joe Gushue, Mendy Rudolph, Earl Strom, Richie Powers. I've always thought it regrettable that we've been trained to restrain ourselves in the interest of "uniformity."

I agree. They all seem bald or short hair, often slicked, with little body fat. The quality seems pretty good actually but I'd like a little more personality. I recognize a few of the under 40's but most of them are just blending together and I can't tell them apart.

It's great. He's like oh yea, that way

ok....I may get criticized for this but you know I think I'm going to try the following. I see the lead ref is often in the middle of the key. So when they run down he sets himself in the middle. On a two person crew I think this can be a good idea and the ref can simply shift over depending on where the play goes which they are doing in this video.
I've found I haven't been in the post position to see fouls when I'm lead and I'm staying outside the key area. Yes, I can move over but it would be easier to set up in that middle area and then shift back and forth.

I remember when...
 

A couple of other things that stand out in that video - 1) the collared shirts, and 2) the T administers the FT. I wonder how many members here have never administered a FT from the trail?

I called my first season in 1997-98 (before taking a 10 year break for military service), and if I recall correctly, I believe the T still handed the ball to the thrower for the first free throw. I think it was shortly thereafter that the mechanic was changed to "L administers all FTs."