Refs & the Integrity of the Game

and came away a little suspicious. Was it just a little home court, great team/lesser team stuff? It felt strange to me. I’m curious, did SA cover the spread? I’d guess yes.
Should they have?
Not without a lot of little calls that got called in favor of the Spurs. (not saying we would have won but . . )

I saw the tripping by Duncan as well + an obvious offensive foul on JT, he cleared out with his left in a HUGE way, even elbowing JT in the face in the process – but fortunately the ball didn’t go in.
Now Duncan is pretty clever on D though, he like all players want to get away with as much as they can. A little subtle holding to set up the pick and roll, he’ll also press right up against his man, appealing to thier ego to not disengage, to set the pick etc..

Now to be fair, I did see several calls that could have gone to the Spurs go our way. They could have called beno for Blocking calls a few times (Jefferson) but they called charging. I thought JT man-handled a few guys going after a rebound or two I remember.
But the Parker (non) travel call was just – crazy and Reke gets fouled at the basket a lot more than they are calling it.

I had to shake my head and wonder if a different set of rules applied.

It is truly bizarre that the Kings seem to get shafted by refs so much. I mean it is pretty damned consistent.

I don’t follow other teams, but there are more no calls against them than the other teams they play…

palming the basketball too. He makes a little hesitation move at the three point line or top of the key while turning his hand under the ball. The refs are waiting to blow the whistle on Tyreke for less. In Tyreke’s favor, he has a splendid on-court demeanor which will earn the respect of refs, and get him to the line more often than not when call is in doubt.

Regarding Duncan, he is very savvy. He is always moving illegally on his screens to free up Parker and Manu. But he does it in stealthy way where he does not blatantly initiate contact with the guard. Then he throws his arms in the arm when the refs blow the whistle every 1 out of 10 times. Coach Popo goes nuts and the refs are intimidated into calling it again.

The answer to his cheating ways is not to fight it, but for Hawes and JT to learn the same little tricks. Instead of JT crying to the refs, acting with clumsy conspicuousness, he should observe what it takes to gain an edge from a guy with undeniable success.

He initiated almost every jumpshot or roll to the hoop with one knee was up and out in front to initiate contact and/or intimidate. Was it cheating?

NBA officiating simply lacks consistency and it’s maddening. My big hope after Stern is gone is the next Commissioner seriously dedicates the NBA into making officiating more consistent. If palming the ball is OK, that’s fine. If moving screens are OK, that’s fine. If getting the cheap call driving to the hoop is OK, that’s fine. Just put forth an effort to make the rules more consistent between officiating staffs and players that get the calls. I’d don’t expect perfection, but the variance sometimes makes a bigger impact on games than the actual teams.

in the NBA is one of the major reason why I can’t watch other games. I can easily watch any other MLB or NFL games, even if it doesn’t involve the A’s or Cowboys. I love the Kings, but the officiating sucks so bad, and the favoritism is so much … that it turns me off as a fan.

I understand, but I disagree a bit (but without seeing what happened in SA I don’t really know).

I can count on one hand the number of NBA games I’ve watched in the last half decade (Kings or non-Kings games) where their suckitude wasn’t extremely noticeable.

However, “superstars” and upper echelon teams have been getting preferential treatment from the officials for as long as I can recall (and I can recall a looong ways). The fact that the officials screw up a high percentage of the rest of the calls is the real issue here. Maybe the game is unrefable, I just don’t know…but these guys are awful, pretty much across the board.

The fact that the Spurs whine more about officiating than any three other teams in the league combined is almost as laughable as the officiating itself.

But don’t be calling Congress, and don’t be taking away my chance to play a three team parlay when I head up to Tahoe for my next ski weekend. Because I’ll be coming after you…YES YOU!

GOOD DAY TO YOU SIR.

for he mentions the name “Tim Duncan” yet proceeds to blather on with ridiculous accusations that are certain falsehood. Now idolatry can no longer be publicly commended in this day and age, but life-size statues of a certain currently-active Spur which may or me not be in my living room should not dissuade you from listening to the arguments I am about to present.

Article One. Tim Duncan can do no wrong. This is certain truism. Though abstract and solely a postulate, we depend on its truthiness for without it we cannot base our nature, nor define the world which surrounds us. Such as the ground is solid beneath our feet, we trust that Tim Duncan does no wrong on the basketball court.

Article Two. Tim Duncan can not be accused of doing wrong, similar to how The Rain cannot be accused of starting a fire. When we have accepted the true nature of Tim Duncan, we can no longer accuse him of committing actions against his nature. When a chicken is lost from the hen house, we look at the fox, we do not stop to interrogate the cow. As such these minor whistling quibbles must be brought to the attention of the referees, not the venerable Duncan.

Article Three. Given Tim Duncans venerable nature, we must accept that all actions toward him which would otherwise be considered “favoritism” is simply the universe humbling itself in the direction of someone far greater. For Tim Duncan, Karma is always due. As such, he is never “lucky” or shown favoritism, it is simply the laws of physics righting themselves, the spirit of nature adjusting itself, the space-time continuum… continuing itself.

Article Four. Tim Duncan was born in St. Croix, the largest of the Virgin Islands. This fact must always accompany any postings on Tim Duncan.

Refs need to get fined for obviously missed calls or blatantly wrong calls. I still think there’s needs to be a side ref watching from TV POV so they can see all the missed calls. Maybe there’s not enough refs and we should have 6 on the floor , as the three must be wearing themselves out running back and forth to notice obvious calls.

I hate slowing down the game , but on questionable calls the need to look at replay more. I think it does well in NFL,(I think a team should not be limited to two if they are right about them, just like they are not charged a time out) need more in baseball (Almost ready for a computer to call balls and strikes) and in the shit Tim Duncan pulled when hes was mouthing off at the Ref and didn’t get called for a T was BS, especially when Noc gets called for one. for barely saying anything. (cant remember if it was same game or earlier one)

(Note sarcasm)

I think most of it is subconscious. The refs are like the nerdy wannabe kid who lets the cool kids copy his homework. They want to be liked by the popular people.

But I did find this little gem…

how the Refs intrepid the rules

Intrepid = brave
Interpret = read, decipher, translate