NBA Technical Fouls

[LooseCannon]

I think it would be quite fair if refs issued a warning to players before giving technical for excessive complaining.  They can skip the warning if a player does something like direct profanity towards a referee.

I can imagine one reason we get such strict guidelines is that David Stern was put in place by a bunch of rich white guys who probably prefer golf to basketball in their personal life and see no problem with the same sort of decorum and etiquette that people associate with golf tournaments.

But the NBA ain't the British Open or the Ryder Cup.

[Meadowlark_Scal]

Call everyone the same, "Stars" and rookies, a foul is a foul, a charge, a block..all the same, set a standard that is easy to see and understand, same for everyone.....You know why the refs don't want that..then they won't be in charge..it won't be THEIR game anymore...you won't have to kiss up to them, they won't be able to play favs anymore...see, it is all based on control..the UNION they have ect...that is the problem....


  Call the game the same for everyone, and then the only thing that separetes you is your skills..or lack of them, the game will be the way it should be, and the refs will be who they should be. Traffic cops, ushers....!

I agree fully, and would add that another reason it won't happen is that Stern doesn't want to see his precious cash cows (LeBrick, Kobe) be "hindered."

Of course I'm biased toward Boston, but last night's C's-Heat game was the clearest evidence yet of unfair officiating -- Nate's T compared with no T for LeBrick's actions, LeBrick being able to run full steam into the paint and never get called for a charge, Bosh not getting called for pushing Rondo on Rondo's dunk, House not getting a T for his reaction to being called for a blocking foul on Pierce ... and that's probably just the tip of the iceberg from that game.

Well TP there...that is exactly what i think...lebron was running into the guys on every play, that pick erden did that knocked lebron down....it was plain old clean...shaqs flagrant...  Right abour Rondo, they even showed it 3 times, no call..it is just getting worse...

[nba is the worst]

The funny thing about star treatment in the NBA is that it is a doctrine that everyone knows exists yet has never been in writing. It is a given, based on how referees whistle, that veterans and stars are given preference in so called 50/50 situations.

However, this understanding the officiating seem to have does not always play like such. The extent of protection referees give you is also based on reputation. Over the course of Rasheed Wallace's career, he tarnished his reputation. While he was absolutely a star, he argued with referees and hardly held back through his demonstrative body language.

And last but not least, we see ref's like Joey Crawford that seem to have an ingrained bias toward certain teams and players. So no matter how much you deserve the call to go in your favor, a referee like that can not only rule against you, but effect the outcome of the game. It's no shock that most polls list the NBA as the league with the biggest officiating problem. Some may want an overhaul with new referees, who'd walk into their job with a clean slate. But does that solve the root problem, of being a league that by its nature is a game whose interpretation of rules are often arbitrary and subjective?

That fact that Joey Crawford (and Salvatore, Kennedy, Delaney etc.) still have jobs is the best example of why the NBA's officiating is reviled.

From the heat's game 5 OT "win" over the Mavs in '06 to just making up calls on the court and challenging a player to a fight, yet still on the court in a Finals game seven proves the league is corrupt...

[LilRip]

i would also prefer a warning of some kind. kind of like how they make "delay of game warning" calls? it's not yet quite a T, but you know that you're one away from getting a T. so it's a warning like, "what you did wasn't terrible, but you better clean up your act".

A point in the NBA might mean a lot when it comes down to it. So giving away free points, even if it's just one point, might hurt in the end.