For David Stern he has some explaining to do because as a long time fan, the NBA referees are the worst in all major sports. I have no clue why they decided to bring them back, the NBA was better off with replacement referees.
After watching the last two Golden State Warriors games and the end of the Los Angeles Laker game against the Miami Heat, it's become very clear to me that the referees in the NBA are as incompetent as they come.
Each of those three games, I have mentioned the NBA referees had a hand in effecting the outcome of the game. This should not be an acceptable level of performance in the NBA.
Yet again, fans saw that last year in the Houston Rockets and Lakers series when Kobe Bryant threw an elbow at Ron Artest. The referees didn't call a flagrant foul and the league didn't even punish Byrant.
If the situation had been reversed and if Artest had thrown an elbow at the chest area of Bryant, he would have been immediately ejected and would have been suspended for at least a game.
Again it was seen in the NBA Finals with the Lakers taking on the Orlando Magic. Where a goaltending call should have been made, b ...
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NBA Officiating Is Getting Ridiculous
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