NBA to release "crunch time" ref calls daily

[bksballer89]

This is pretty cool if you ask me. Refs must feel like there's more pressure on them now.

NBA to release last 2 minutes reports on crunch-time calls - ESPN

 

[bksballer89]

NEW YORK -- The NBA will begin revealing whether it determined referees' crunch-time calls to be right or wrong.

Starting Monday and continuing throughout the playoffs, the league will release play-by-play reports of all calls and relevant no-calls in the final minutes of close games. Such information had been shared only internally.

The assessments will be released by 5 p.m. the day after each game and will stand as the league's comment on whether the most-disputed calls were correct. The reports will focus on the last two minutes of games that were within five points at the two-minute mark and all of any overtime periods.

 

[lakersrule]

I don't understand the desire to throw their referees under the bus. Doesn't change the result and they don't need anymore pressure under those situations.

 

[wildturkey]

I don't understand the desire to throw their referees under the bus. Doesn't change the result and they don't need anymore pressure under those situations.

It's probably a move designed to get fans to shut up about it. If their refs stank, they wouldn't make it public. They've always had access to this but they are just now making it public. So why? Because there's the perceived belief that NBA refs stink and screw over "your" team (your being whoever). The NBA is just saying all our metrics show officiating is fine so chill. It's a nice little move of transparency.

 

[trojanfan12]

It's probably a move designed to get fans to shut up about it. If their refs stank, they wouldn't make it public. They've always had access to this but they are just now making it public. So why? Because there's the perceived belief that NBA refs stink and screw over "your" team (your being whoever). The NBA is just saying all our metrics show officiating is fine so chill. It's a nice little move of transparency.

Before the Tim Donaghy crap happened, there were already a lot of fans who were claiming that games were rigged and certain teams and players were favored in games. In the minds of the conspiracy theorists, Donaghy wasn't just a rogue referee, he was proof positive that the league rigged results. Other fans who were on the fence about it joined the conspiracy theorists and it's reached the point of becoming absurd.

All things considered, it's a smart move by the league. Hopefully, it will quiet some of those who like to blame refs when their team loses <cough-Celtics fans-cough>, but they'll probably just say the league is rigging those too.

 

[bksballer89]

Not sure if any of you guys checked this out but check out the link below to see how it looks. Will be interesting to see the report about the non call on Z-Bo tonight

http://official.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/03/L2M-HOU-ATL-3-3-15.pdf

 

[logic]

Not sure if any of you guys checked this out but check out the link below to see how it looks. Will be interesting to see the report about the non call on Z-Bo tonight

http://official.nba.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/03/L2M-HOU-ATL-3-3-15.pdf

Do they report on non-calls? I thought it was just a review of foul calls. How would the review center even know where to look on the tape for a non-call as there would be no time record of it?

 

[bksballer89]

We'll find out today at 5 I guess

 

[wildturkey]

They said it was a foul. No surprise there.

 

[Hornsstampede2.0]

Dumbest thing ever

Why bother? All it does is add extra thought processes and slower reaction times.

Let them referee without someone constantly trying to nitpick them. It makes them too much part of the game.

Calls are missed. Who the hell cares in the big picture...sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you get screwed.

We hate it. We vent. Then we get over it and watch again.

It is part of the game, but they are 99.99% right most of the time. That is fine. The game is great.

 

[gordontrue]

Dumbest thing ever

Why bother? All it does is add extra thought processes and slower reaction times.

Let them referee without someone constantly trying to nitpick them. It makes them too much part of the game.

Calls are missed. Who the hell cares in the big picture...sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you get screwed.

We hate it. We vent. Then we get over it and watch again.

It is part of the game, but they are 99.99% right most of the time. That is fine. The game is great.

I'm torn. On the one hand, I completely agree with everything you just said.


On the other hand... I'm tired of the constant barrage of nba conspiracy theorists and welcome the added ammunition against their stupidity.