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is without a doubt, the referees. the referees are terrible, and they are never consistent. a carry is a carry. a travel is a travel, so on and so forth. ifjamal crawford is going to get called for carrying the ball on a monday, he should get called for a carry on a wednesday, and every time he does it. instead,the refs only make the calls when they feel like it. it's ridiculous. why are we calling first step travels in some games, and not in all of the games?consistency is not a word frequently uttered in referee meetings.
and i blame david stern, because he won't do anything about it. he allows the referees to call the games any way they see fit. look at the flopping that istaking over the league. why won't stern do something about it? the referees are awarding no talent hacks not to play defense, but to slide in underneathplayers and fall on the floor. this is what we are selling as a 'global' game? not to mention, it's almost impossible to play perimeter defensebecause the refs love to make calls thirty feet away from the basket. so stern tries to up the scoring by making it illegal to play defense, but when you getto rack you are going to get called for charge, so what is the point?
this is why people aren't watching basketball like they used to. it's not because michael left, it's because the quality of the product is poor,and no one wants to fix it. all i'm asking for is consistency- but what do i know. stern said it himself, one of his BEST refs last year was betting on thegames. this game is a joke.
and i blame david stern, because he won't do anything about it. he allows the referees to call the games any way they see fit. look at the flopping that istaking over the league. why won't stern do something about it? the referees are awarding no talent hacks not to play defense, but to slide in underneathplayers and fall on the floor. this is what we are selling as a 'global' game? not to mention, it's almost impossible to play perimeter defensebecause the refs love to make calls thirty feet away from the basket. so stern tries to up the scoring by making it illegal to play defense, but when you getto rack you are going to get called for charge, so what is the point?
this is why people aren't watching basketball like they used to. it's not because michael left, it's because the quality of the product is poor,and no one wants to fix it. all i'm asking for is consistency- but what do i know. stern said it himself, one of his BEST refs last year was betting on thegames. this game is a joke.