2015-16 NBA Thread

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May 3, 2016 10:34pm
Just incredible. I thought he was going to lose it out of bounds. Then half court off balance heave and swish.
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friendfromlowry
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May 3, 2016 10:35pm
SMH Toronto fans. What else do you guys have to do?
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May 3, 2016 10:47pm
No way that ball hit the rim. I never saw an angle that showed it. Spin never changed.

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May 3, 2016 10:58pm
That's off Wade
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May 3, 2016 11:00pm
Lol this is such awful basketball
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May 3, 2016 11:00pm
Lol Toronto. How are you that bad.
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May 4, 2016 10:24am
Benny The Jet;1794675 wrote:NBA admits to 5 incorrect calls at end of Thunder/Spurs game. MAYBE IT'S TIME TO ADDRESS YOUR AWFUL REFFING NBA!
What would you propose as a better solution? It's impossible to ref a perfect game and you are going to miss calls. Refs have always tended to swallow their whistle at the end of games so that's the only change I would make; tell refs to blow the whistle in tight games instead of letting them play.
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May 4, 2016 10:28am
like_that;1794702 wrote:Does anyone still rank Lowry ahead of kyrie?
When was Lowry ever ahead of Kyrie?
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May 4, 2016 10:30am
I want to punch Draymond Green in the face. That is all.
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May 4, 2016 10:40am
sleeper;1794737 wrote:What would you propose as a better solution? It's impossible to ref a perfect game and you are going to miss calls. Refs have always tended to swallow their whistle at the end of games so that's the only change I would make; tell refs to blow the whistle in tight games instead of letting them play.
There's a big difference in letting them play and blatantly missing an inbounder elbow a defender.
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May 4, 2016 10:48am
wildcats20;1794743 wrote:There's a big difference in letting them play and blatantly missing an inbounder elbow a defender.
Yeah but mistakes happen. What is your plan to make referee'ing in the NBA better?

I guess its fun to bitch and complain but mistakes are going to happen. I think overall they do a good job in the NBA.
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May 4, 2016 11:05am
sleeper;1794738 wrote:When was Lowry ever ahead of Kyrie?
It was either this thread or the cavs thread where Lowry was being ranked ahead of kyrie.
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May 4, 2016 11:07am
sleeper;1794746 wrote:Yeah but mistakes happen. What is your plan to make referee'ing in the NBA better?

I guess its fun to bitch and complain but mistakes are going to happen. I think overall they do a good job in the NBA.
I think they are garbage and they can start by getting rid of their old ass refs who can hardly move.

They need to be held to higher standards. It seems like a lot of these guys get tenure and don't want to improve their officiating. They rather be right than get the right call.
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May 4, 2016 11:12am
vdubb96;1794739 wrote:I want to punch Draymond Green in the face. That is all.
Would love to see that as it happened and then the ensuing 30 seconds.
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May 4, 2016 11:15am
like_that;1794748 wrote:I think they are garbage and they can start by getting rid of their old ass refs who can hardly move.

They need to be held to higher standards. It seems like a lot of these guys get tenure and don't want to improve their officiating. They rather be right than get the right call.
Oh so you want to get rid of the referee union? Good luck.
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May 4, 2016 11:24am
sleeper;1794752 wrote:Oh so you want to get rid of the referee union? Good luck.
Never said that as I know that is unrealistic. Something needs to be changed, because they are garbage at best. I'm not the expert to make those changes, but it's pretty clear they need to be made if you have watched the NBA playoffs the last 5 years.

We don't need to have solutions to notice that the officiating sucks ass.
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May 4, 2016 11:34am
like_that;1794753 wrote:Never said that as I know that is unrealistic. Something needs to be changed, because they are garbage at best. I'm not the expert to make those changes, but it's pretty clear they need to be made if you have watched the NBA playoffs the last 5 years.

We don't need to have solutions to notice that the officiating sucks ass.
Oh so you just want to bitch about it and expect the problem to be solved by simply clearing house of experienced refs and bringing in a bunch of rookies?

I don't think its that bad overall. Yes the OKC Spurs ending was a disaster, but that is just an outlier. People tend to focus on the mistakes rather than when they normally do a good job.
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May 4, 2016 11:42am
Ironman92;1794751 wrote:Would love to see that as it happened and then the ensuing 30 seconds.
It would take longer than 30 secs for him to get back up!!!! :)
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May 4, 2016 12:44pm
sleeper;1794755 wrote:Oh so you just want to bitch about it and expect the problem to be solved by simply clearing house of experienced refs and bringing in a bunch of rookies?

I don't think its that bad overall. Yes the OKC Spurs ending was a disaster, but that is just an outlier. People tend to focus on the mistakes rather than when they normally do a good job.
Cost the Cavs a Championship last season. See the bogus BS non call on LBJ game 1.

Anyone find it pretty obvious that sleeper doesn't watch the NBA? Sadly, that horrible end to the Spurs/OKC game is hardly an outlier.
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May 4, 2016 12:46pm
like_that;1794747 wrote:It was either this thread or the cavs thread where Lowry was being ranked ahead of kyrie.
You didn't hear all of Toronto telling the world in January?

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May 4, 2016 12:50pm
Commander of Awesome;1794776 wrote:
Anyone find it pretty obvious that sleeper doesn't watch the NBA? r.
Pretty much this. Sleeper is taking one of his hot take argument formulas (they all pretty much follow the same flow chart if you pay attention) and trying to apply it to people complaining about refs. When you prove him wrong he will circle back to his crutch by asking "what is your solution," because apparently we all are getting paid the big bucks to fix NBA officiating. Predictable sleeper is predictable.
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May 4, 2016 12:54pm
Commander of Awesome;1794776 wrote:Cost the Cavs a Championship last season. See the bogus BS non call on LBJ game 1.

Anyone find it pretty obvious that sleeper doesn't watch the NBA? Sadly, that horrible end to the Spurs/OKC game is hardly an outlier.
Yeah let's just bitch and meme about NBA refs!

Continue your "refs are bad" circle jerk.
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May 4, 2016 12:55pm
like_that;1794779 wrote:Pretty much this. Sleeper is taking one of his hot take argument formulas (they all pretty much follow the same flow chart if you pay attention) and trying to apply it to people complaining about refs. When you prove him wrong he will circle back to his crutch by asking "what is your solution," because apparently we all are getting paid the big bucks to fix NBA officiating. Predictable sleeper is predictable.
Pointing out a problem without providing a solution is for poor people. It's not a crutch, its reality. The NBA certainly wants to protect the integrity of game but also is aware of the reality that no ref is going to coach a perfect game.
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May 4, 2016 12:57pm
sleeper;1794781 wrote:Yeah let's just bitch and meme about NBA refs!

Continue your "refs are bad" circle jerk.
Bitch and meme? You got it!!!!

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EDIT: Huh, that's strange. Usually the picture shows up instead of just a link to it. Oh well, too lazy to GAF.
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May 4, 2016 1:02pm
sleeper;1794782 wrote:Pointing out a problem without providing a solution is for poor people. It's not a crutch, its reality. The NBA certainly wants to protect the integrity of game but also is aware of the reality that no ref is going to coach a perfect game.
Nobody is expecting a perfect game, but they can start with consistency. JR gets a flagrant for boxing out and inadvertently hitting Milsap in the face with his elbow. Meanwhile Drummond threw the people's elbow at Lebron's throat and got nothing.

When players like Mike Scott, Dion waiters, Steve Blake, and many more garbage players are getting more FTs than Lebron there is a problem.