Wyoming vs Northern Iowa Something in nothing out? (Video)

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

LOL! That's classic. The guy takes two full steps out of bounds, then "saves" the ball. The Lead just watches the shot. Hahaha. Back to the D-League!

Yep, he'll never work in the NBA again.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by AremRed

Yep, he'll never work in the NBA again.

He is a full-time professional official, right? This is an awful piece of work from him.
If he was an MD and this play was a surgery, he would be facing a malpractice suit.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

He is a full-time professional official, right? This is an awful piece of work from him.
If he was an MD and this play was a surgery, he would be facing a malpractice suit.

But he's not. And it wasn't.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Adam

But he's not. And it wasn't.

He's not a full-time professional official and it wasn't an awful piece of work from him?

[john5396]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

He's not a full-time professional official and it wasn't an awful piece of work from him?

No, he isn't a doctor, and this isn't life or death, this is basketball which is more important.

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

He's not a full-time professional official and it wasn't an awful piece of work from him?

He's not an MD, and this was not a surgery.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

He's not a full-time professional official and it wasn't an awful piece of work from him?

Even though I could have been slightly more clear (not much, though), I'm certain you knew what I meant.

Just in case, though:

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

He's not an MD, and this was not a surgery.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by Adam

Even though I could have been slightly more clear (not much, though), I'm certain you knew what I meant.

Just in case, though:

Of course I did, but I'm making a point about how we think about accountability in basketball officiating.
We can't talk about professionalism, especially for those who work in the NBA, and then write off egregious errors as "it's only a game and mistakes happen" or whatever other line people want to use.
If we want officials to be seen as and treated as professionals, which the NBA officials certainly are and are paid as, then there needs to be actual accountabilty when they botch something.

[MD Longhorn]

On the NBA play ... worse... watch the clock. If the player was in (he wasn't) and saved the ball, the clock would have run out before the shot. Thank goodness it didn't go in.

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

On the NBA play ... worse... watch the clock. If the player was in (he wasn't) and saved the ball, the clock would have run out before the shot. Thank goodness it didn't go in.

The rumor is the clock operator stopped the clock when he saw the player go OOB....but then started it when he realized there wa no whistle.

The worst thing about this is that it will not show up in the public NBA "last two minute" officiating reports because the lead was not 5 points or less at 2 minutes. In this case the Rockets were up 7 at the two minute mark.