Yeah because all of those things are the same as saying that the refs are being paid off? Come on dude. Nowhere near the same thing.

Montel Williams criticizing refugees again

Yeah but implying the refs are making money with their calls will get you fined every time. Lucky he didn’t get a tech.

Pro refs make bank too

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> Basketball is a unique sport, it's unique in the sense that if someone entered the sport that absolutely dominated everyone, the sport would die.

What do you mean here? How is that different than if it happened in another sport?

I will give you the reason why this will never happen in one word:

Gambling

ai will not replace fouls calls though, it's always been intentionally subjective. Not something AI can do.

What happens if he tells the NBA to fuck off? They do not control his salary, the team owner does no?

Personally, I'd put my foot down, call these clowns out for the next 100 days and see them in court over the accumulating fines. All while only talking to the press about the NBA, the shitty refs, the court case and the fines to keep people silent.

I bet you they'd rescind those fines and stop playing this stupid game.

But she’s not a guy

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Refs suck. He’s right. Fine them!

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That ref mistake was in the third quarter, and they were up at the start of the 4th quarter and still lost. No excuses there. Teams get no calls or bad calls on both sides if you watch the game. The warriors could argue some other calls that didn't go their way either in earlier quarters. Cuban smoking just shit.

That refs arm is really long

Do the same thing to my boss every day

Sounds like an argument for tenured educators. It didn’t work there and it doesn’t work in professional sports.

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I’ve just gotten back into the NBA after about a decade off and I can say it’s near impossible to tell what calls are warranted for an old head, 90s-2000s fan. Referee discretion seems to shift dramatically night to night, with no real ebb and flow to the amount of physicality allowed. I’ve seen Luka and Joker come out of timeouts in the fourth quarter totally red from being slapped at, and the following game players don’t contest any shots in the paint for fear of having 3 fouls in the first quarter.

It’s confusing as all hell right now…

The League will punish you for speaking poorly of the refs…

…Also the League will put you on a podium to talk to reporters who only want to talk about the bad officiating.

That’s what, $55,000 for criticism against the refs this week?

Sans the fines, the cause of the fines can’t be a coincidence

Do people actually watch that blowhard in the video?

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You are absolutely correct but it will never happen. The NBA views criticism of the officiating as a direct attack on the integrity of the game (as if them pretending like everything is normal when calls like in the DAL/GS game are made is not damaging).

The NBA HAS to have the appearance of impartiality and fairness or else it is the WWE. If fans are bitching they can just say that fans don't know the game well enough to make those accusations.... but when players and coaches are saying it, all they can do is say "shhhhhh!" and make it costly for those that do not keep in line.

It should start with balls and strikes in baseball. The equipment is already vastly superior to the umpires.