Diamond Scorpion

It amazes me how a guy that is supposedly injured is jumping around like a tool and his injury seems to have magically disappeared.

TORaptor4Ever

Dang... IT2 is giving Parker and the Spurs all they can handle tonight.

DocHoliday99

I've heard that too. I believe Rondo has stated that he is beginning to take steps to become a coach; he has the belief he'll play for another 10 years but if he wants to step into that role in the future he feels he should start learning now. Intelligence, heart and hustle - he'll have a great career imo after he is done playing.

Toby

Xavier Henry tweaked his knee, will not return for the Lakers against Philly.

lankganglia

lol this is exactly what i thought

Toby

Evan Turner 360 with time winding down makes Nick Young grumpy

just4_raps

nope

Toby

dis what it's like being a Blazers fan the last 2 games

TORaptor4Ever

Ouch Tobes... well I guess "Killard" can't win 'em all for ya?


EDIT: And PHX just nuking the Clips right now. Dragic killin' 'em. God, they're going to be SCARY good for a lot of years with the cap space, picks and great coaching.

Toby

Wolves get jacked by refs on last shot

Chiggmo

Worst no-call ever... Wow...

Shifty.py

NBA will apologize, nothing will happen

Diamond Scorpion

I'm am disgusted by that no foul call. And like Shifty.py said the league will do nothing about it. It amazes me how some many small market teams get fucked over each year because the league only gives a shit about large market teams.

bjjs

The Wolves benefitted from a plethora of calls heading down the stretch to put the game in that situation.

ClutchCity

I saw a couple plays right before that when Love and Pek got mauled and there was no call.

Ball Don't Lie

Whats the point in the league issuing these apologies? I think the fans would much rather hear about the referees being punished for not doing their jobs then the NBA issuing an empty apology in a scenario where the situation cant be corrected. The refs who missed that call should be punished, and refs like Joey Crawford and Violet Palmer should have already been fired by now for their terrible officiating.

thought

That's too bad. refs on both sides of the play too.

bjjs

The NBA didn't apologize. This isn't something new - calls get missed. The Wolves should be asking themselves why they allow teams like Dallas to take 20 point leads in their own building in the first place.

Punishing referees for single calls is a ridiculous notion. They've risen to their position because they inherently want to get the calls right. Because they're good at what they do. Punishing them for not calling fouls at the end of the game would put unwanted pressure on them to call everything and anything that involves a little bit of contact. It would ruin basketball.

Ball Don't Lie

Ok, an article stating they missed the call.

There should be news reports of referees being reprimanded at this point, it's like these guys are completely untouchable. The only one we've heard about is Crawford being suspended for a year(?), and he should have been fired on the spot for the way he handled the Duncan situation.

Like in any job, if you fuck up too many times, you'll be reprimanded, and then fired. A lot of the old refs especially are terrible, and everyone sees it. They must have one strong union.


Sure, I can agree with that. I misworded my original post, as I combined the notion of the bad refs being punished with the late game calls being incorrectly officiated.

What I meant to say is, like above, if you make so many mistakes in games, or try to take over games like Crawford does, you should be reprimanded, and eventually fired if it continues.

We as fans shouldnt remember the names of the referees because of their sheer incompetence on a game to game basis, whether its strictly blowing calls(Malloy/Palmer), or trying to make themselves the spectacle, and blowing numerous calls(Crawford, Mauer, Rush)

Toby

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