NBA playoffs illegal screens
How many illegal screens are not called in the playoffs? I'd guess over 50 at least probably a lot more.
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No more than three a game......they do a great job of finding the ball relative to the screen, time and score, fouls on screener, etc. Some of you might not like those factors but that is the NBA.....
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When you look at illegal screens, I believe this is one of the areas that requires the most judgment on the floor. What advantage or disadvantage was caused, was the official officiating the defense... Etc. When I officiate I look at screens as legal, marginal, or illegal. The ones you have to pay attention to the most are the marginal ones. The marginal ones are the ones that are not completely legal but don't cause one player or another to get an advantage or be placed at a disadvantage. My bet the 50 or so illegal screens you see would fall into my marginal category. I call as many or more illegal screens as anyone but I also can articulate to a coach why I let the ones go I do... If there really are 50 illegal screens that's a lot of whistles... And delays...even in a high school game we don't call every foul or violation. |
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It is all too easy to delcare much contact as "marginal" as a way to avoid making a call when said contact really might not be so marginal as some officials would have you believe. This is certainly evidenced by the fact the the NCAA and NFHS have both finally resorted to absolutes on some times of plays after year and year of points of emphasis on the topic that got exactly nothing changed. |
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Contact or footwork is either legal or illegal. All of those other factors are just excuses for not calling the plays properly. |
Ummmm, who in here determines if NBA refs are calling it properly? Is someone here privy to their correspondence and individual feedback?
The NBA doesn't answer to anyone in here, so to whom exactly are they making excuses? Some folks just can't fathom that their individual opinion is just that, their individual opinion. |
Chances are the best players you will officiate won't make it to the NBA. The game is so much different than most of us will ever need to officiate. Not to mention the reasons others have given, such as what the NBA wants their officials to concentrate on, and the fact that the NBA is more about entertainment/making money.
Please stop talking about officiating at the NBA level as if it's the same as what most of us do. |
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