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Forum: Basketball Mon Apr 23, 2007, 05:39pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,560
Posted By jmkbball
Good luck on starting out….have fun and enjoy it....

Good luck on starting out….have fun and enjoy it.

In Houston, you can register with the chapter at Houstonref.com. That may be the best way to find either AAU or summer league games over the...
Forum: Basketball Mon Apr 16, 2007, 10:58am
Replies: 31
Views: 3,739
Posted By jmkbball
Just curious…. I can’t fault anyone for trying...

Just curious….
I can’t fault anyone for trying to make an extra buck but when that person does something they know is wrong; they then hide it until someone else (in this case another NBA ref)...
Forum: Basketball Thu Mar 22, 2007, 09:45am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,689
Posted By jmkbball
Unfortunately, the fact that he was chosen to...

Unfortunately, the fact that he was chosen to work the games is more an indictment of broadcasting than reinforcement of knowledge, communication skills and tact.

He is like DV and assumes that...
Forum: Basketball Thu Mar 01, 2007, 10:50am
Replies: 50
Views: 4,608
Posted By jmkbball
I watched the game and would have a hard time...

I watched the game and would have a hard time second guessing any official in a split second call like that....it could have been called intential and yet I see/work games all the time where a player...
Forum: Basketball Tue Feb 27, 2007, 11:17am
Replies: 35
Views: 3,792
Posted By jmkbball
At times this year, I felt like offering a...

At times this year, I felt like offering a pregame instruction that anyone who breathes on another player would be called for a foul.

First week of January, a BJV player saves a ball at the...
Forum: Basketball Tue Feb 27, 2007, 10:53am
Replies: 52
Views: 5,307
Posted By jmkbball
I would not go out of my way to say something to...

I would not go out of my way to say something to him...chances are, his attitude and mouth have joined his officiating abilities and most people recognize that.
That said however, I would have a...
Forum: Basketball Fri Feb 23, 2007, 10:29am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,806
Posted By jmkbball
It says something about television that the...

It says something about television that the people they hire to sit and watch the game pay so little attention to the action in front of them.

As previously said, it was a foul call. The thing...
Forum: Basketball Thu Feb 22, 2007, 10:17am
Replies: 22
Views: 2,751
Posted By jmkbball
First, go to your boss/adminstrator/league...

First, go to your boss/adminstrator/league officials and tell them thanks for backing you up. Too seldom at that level does someone have the smarts and the balls to back up an official trying to do...
Forum: Basketball Tue Feb 20, 2007, 10:55am
Replies: 81
Views: 7,354
Posted By jmkbball
I guess I'm really old school. Bob Knight...

I guess I'm really old school. Bob Knight doesn't care about being politically correct and really doesn't need anyone to defend him -- so I won't.

For a few weeks each season, my schedule lets...
Forum: Basketball Thu Feb 15, 2007, 05:21pm
Replies: 21
Views: 2,285
Posted By jmkbball
A practical question and I'm not sure of the best...

A practical question and I'm not sure of the best answer for more than a few times this year, our dressing room has not been secure.

I usually leave my stuff in my car. That in spite of the fact...
Forum: Basketball Tue Feb 06, 2007, 01:02pm
Replies: 22
Views: 2,333
Posted By jmkbball
If I remember the numbers correctly,...

If I remember the numbers correctly, approximately 250 refs with senior assignor for high school, assistant for middle school games. I think they mentioned more than 4600 games total.
...
Forum: Basketball Fri Feb 02, 2007, 11:53am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,749
Posted By jmkbball
Boiseball, While you've already had some...

Boiseball,

While you've already had some objections to your post, I would have to share almost all the frustrations you offer.

In my case I first worked games almost 25 years ago and because...
Forum: Basketball Wed Jan 31, 2007, 10:29am
Replies: 17
Views: 4,316
Posted By jmkbball
There have already been a number of good thoughts...

There have already been a number of good thoughts and suggestions from those of us with experienced knees and ankles.
My experience is two knee surgeries from basketball, a strained achilles from...
Forum: Basketball Tue Jan 30, 2007, 03:04pm
Replies: 52
Views: 8,456
Posted By jmkbball
Whenever someone yells "you the man, Tiger!",...

Whenever someone yells "you the man, Tiger!", either before or after a golf shot, its important to turn to them and say "Here's your sign".
Forum: Basketball Tue Jan 30, 2007, 10:38am
Replies: 52
Views: 8,456
Posted By jmkbball
In a BV game last week, we had two good teams --...

In a BV game last week, we had two good teams -- one with a nice offense built around picks and jump shots. In the middle of the second quarter, a defender raced at a jump shooter and well after...
Forum: Basketball Wed Jan 17, 2007, 03:56pm
Replies: 11
Views: 1,694
Posted By jmkbball
With your sit, I would try not to give the bench...

With your sit, I would try not to give the bench player a T unless I felt he was trying to deliberately disrupt the play.

In a televised game earlier this season involving Kansas, a ball being...
Forum: Basketball Wed Jan 03, 2007, 05:23pm
Replies: 144
Views: 9,137
Posted By jmkbball
It seems that I've seen more of this, this...

It seems that I've seen more of this, this season, so just my two cents:
...if I didn't see the poke, I have a hard time calling a foul. If need be, however I do call my time and give the offensive...
Forum: Basketball Wed Dec 20, 2006, 10:06am
Replies: 39
Views: 3,338
Posted By jmkbball
I might join most of the choir here with one...

I might join most of the choir here with one exception. The coach was obviously trying to get some response and it may have taken just a bit too long.
Almost every co-official will first blurt out...
Forum: Basketball Thu Nov 09, 2006, 03:02pm
Replies: 77
Views: 7,319
Posted By jmkbball
For the record

I received your email and documents, and thank you once more.

You have my vote for referee of the year, or at least speaker of the house. :)
Forum: Basketball Wed Sep 27, 2006, 09:04am
Replies: 82
Views: 6,424
Posted By jmkbball
Hummmm....not that basketball in this country has...

Hummmm....not that basketball in this country has many particulary good examples now -- but if football is so special and Terrell Owens is considered one of the very best at being special, I won't...
Forum: Basketball Fri Jun 30, 2006, 08:55am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,486
Posted By jmkbball
my two cents

I enjoy the forum and the discussions and would only add that as a former D1 player, coach and father of a college player -- good players can and do indeed fake catching passes to allow them an...
Forum: Basketball Wed Apr 26, 2006, 11:15am
Replies: 36
Views: 4,023
Posted By jmkbball
rules in the NBA

My company has season tickets courtside for the SA Spurs. I saw my first game of the season last night for the tix are normally used by clients.

In sitting down before game, a friend walked up...
Forum: Basketball Thu Nov 10, 2005, 03:27pm
Replies: 16
Views: 4,032
Posted By jmkbball
exam problems

I'm calling bball again after a 20 year absence due to raising kids, coaching and following a daughter play college ball. I think I missed one question in our recent exam, BUT the exam struck me as...
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