Just last week we highlighted how the growing tension between NBA players and officials had gotten to a point where leaders of their respective unions felt compelled to meet. Then, in response to an NBA Officiating Last Two Minute Report, LeBron James came out and stated that the issue irking him most about the officiating is when an official refuses to acknowledge that an infraction occurred (per Dave McMenamin of ESPN).
Now, based at least in large part on a call missed by the officials during the Bucks win over the Thunder on Friday night, the NBA’s competition committee will look into making missed out-of-bounds calls replayable, according to Royce Young of ESPN.
The controversial non-call occurred with less than 5.0 seconds remaining in the game. The Bucks called timeout and set up a play for Giannis Antetokounmpo, who spun around Josh Huestis and finished with a dunk over Russell Westbrook. However, replays visible in the arena clearly showed that Antetokounmpo stepped out of bounds on his way to the hoop.
Unfortunately for the Thunder, the officials were not permitted to review the play because it did not meet the criteria to trigger a review. In order for a review to be triggered under the current replay system, the officials would have needed to make a call on the floor signaling that Antetokounmpo was out of bounds.
As succinctly explained by head official Derrick Stafford after Friday’s game, “In any reviewable matter, there has to be a whistle called on the floor. There was no whistle blown for the play, so we couldn’t review it.”
The NBA’s competition committee will meet in March to discuss this and other issues, but a change, if any, would not be implemented until the 2018-19 season.
How about also calling the game according to the rule book,,,every game there are at least 10 to 20 traveling and palming infractions not called. The NBA has become a joke,,,no wonder these young kids have become uncoachable.
Idk what you’ve been watching but they’ve been heavy on the traveling this year so thats not really something to complain about since they’re calling about twice as many or more compared to last year.
Its the foul inconsistency that bugs me. I get that the Heat play aggressively compared to most teams. Why does this mean they get away with way more fouls?
The refs don’t want to call everything but they have to or else the players will just abuse the no calls even further.
Yeah the foul calls are the worst. And the fact that only smaller players get the benefit of foul calls while a Gasol or a Dwight can get beat up all day and no one calls anything.
Then you’d be the first guy complaining with all the traveling calls!
did you watch my Celtics Vs the Nets last night, between both teams there were at least 20 walking violations alone
If travelling were called legitimately (which it hasn’t since the 1980’s), Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan (and many others) would have been “okay” players at best. The referees looked the other way when those two would take 3,4 or 5 steps to the hoop.
exactly my point
Jordan and Kobe would be okay at best? Hyperbole, or I’m going to call BS on that comment.
You obviously don’t know much about this sport and shouldn’t be posting on here. Probably just here people at school, work, or the bar talking and decided to come share on here, but you should watch some games and research the sport a little bit before calling people uncoachable and calling the fasted growing sport in the world a joke.
Moron, I’ve coached Basketball for more than 40 years,,, know about me before you open your trap.
You coached in the NBA? Because NBA is the league we are talking about. Not really relevant if you coached a different league with different rules.
ok Troll, read my comment and stop assuming, AzzClown
Picking out players who step 2 cm over the line out of bounds seems way beyond the spirit of the game. Who cares? You don’t get an unfair advantage by accidentally skimming the line.
How about NBA focus on reviews for violations that actually affect the game: fouls, charges, screens, and travels.
So being down by 1 point, 3 seconds left, game 7 of the Finals, a player “skims” out if bounds by “2cm” and makes the bucket to win the game with 0.2 seconds left and no time outs left for the opposing team….. oh it’s YOUR team that’s now behind too…..
so that’s not affecting the game enough for you?!
Refs blowing the whistle to check replay? Yikes.
There is already too much downtime for replays… it would help, in any sport, to be faster with the decisions, but that does not seem to ever happen, except for a brief era in big 10 football.