If Refs can give fines to players and coaches for on court skirmishes. It's only fair for egregious incorrect calls, the NBA league office also give some money to those same charities and NBPA. Or some money back to the team. If not 1/145th of a ref's salary, maybe a pot the league set aside. If a ref has enough bad calls that season, they should be ineligible to do playoffs games (higher bonuses). The game is fast and complicated, so it's not an easy job, but it is a 6-figure salary job. Invest in tools to help measure. I'm not asking for an equivalent of a NBA like robo-Umpires, but over the years, different sports adopts innovations to make these kind of things easier and more accurate. 'git gud'
marc davis is notorious for "letting them play" that's why harden (allegedly) never gets any calls when davis is in the house and yet fakers shot 37 FT's last nite..
Would love one of those side-by-side comparison of Smart or Bev or Ingles (or other) getting the call on Harden versus this flopping fine on Brooks
The outrage on flopping seems to have died down the past season or two. Is it because the flopping problem is less serious now or is it because people are more focused on the traveling thing.
I've always wanted to see a professional sports team just walk off the court/field after something like this. This is just one thing (though it's perversely egregious), and I get that the Jazz are in a playoff race, and they're at home. However, I'd just love to see some non-playoff-bound visiting team calmly walk to the sidelines, start packing up, and head down the alleyway and out of the arena/ballpark/stadium. And when the officials say something and when the league throws a fit, just respond "We came to play a <insert sport> game, and there was nothing like that in that building, so we left."
I think it's because it was a fake-stance the NBA took, so people are over caring about it because they know nothing is truly going to happen. Sort of like an 'eh what's the point' stance. If the NBA actually cared about flopping, they could fix it within a month guaranteed. But they don't.
Two rules that are vital to us are no longer called consistently 3 seconds. Neither defensive or offensively. Allowing bugs to camp or not guard anyone Will make or break our playoffs. Rocket River
Lane violation as well. I felt Westbrook had one last night when he shot then entered early. Would have been an easy review and cost us a crucial point. They just ignore it. (Except on harden last year)
