After the referees came under fire for not blowing the whistle in the final seconds of the Charlotte Hornets' 90-88 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference playoff series, Heat star Dwyane Wade addressed the NBA's two-minute reports, which are used to publicly critique the job done by the officials.
Speaking to reporters (via ESPN.com's Michael Wallace) after the Heat's Friday workout, Wade called the two-minute reports "pointless."
"It does nothing for us or for any other team," Wade said. "Go through the whole game and break it down, and I think it will help the refs and the league continue to grow. But those last two minutes; that's not a good thing."
Wade added it's "easy to go back and Monday morning quarterback things," but that there is "a lot that can happen through the whole game that can affect the last two minutes."
Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James, who is also one of Wade's best friends, echoed the sentiments of his former teammate.
“It changes absolutely nothing,” James said, per Jason Lloyd of the Akron Beacon Journal ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - NBA
Article written by Adam Wells
LeBron James, Dwyane Wade Comment on NBA’s 2-Minute Officiating Reports
April 29th, 2016 by Adam Wells Leave a reply »
Advertisement