Worst call of the year....?

[Monkhouse]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwVxV1R6o_M

I'd like to think so...

Basically Lowry tried a impersonation of Dwayne Wade, and James Harden, but as you know refs favor superstars, so therefore the call for the foul wasn't called, but on Lowry.

Unbelievable.

[BigAlTheFuture]

I'd do my Noah impersonation and take a fine right there. That's just an awful call.

[wdleehi]

It was a good call.



The bad calls is when they let the offensive player get away with the kick.

[Endless Paradise]

Absolutely terrible, even Kings fans agree.  Should've been a no-call if anything.

[fairweatherfan]

It was a good call.



The bad calls is when they let the offensive player get away with the kick.

Yeah, to me the offensive foul is fine.  Regardless of who got away with it in the past that's very explicitly supposed to be a foul now.

The immediate ejection for just running away is much worse to me.  Though with Lowry's rep that might've just been a straw that broke the camel's back situation (it sounds like he already had a tech at least).

[Monkhouse]

It was a good call.



The bad calls is when they let the offensive player get away with the kick.

I wouldn't call that a good call at all..

A no-call should've just happened. I agree there was some forced contact in trying to draw the foul, but other than that it should've just been a no-call then..

[PhoSita]

It was a good call.



The bad calls is when they let the offensive player get away with the kick.

Call it or don't call it, I'm fine either way as long as it's consistent.

The biggest problem I have with NBA reffing is that the rules apply differently to different players.

[BleedGreen1989]

It was a good call.



The bad calls is when they let the offensive player get away with the kick.

Yeah, to me the offensive foul is fine.  Regardless of who got away with it in the past that's very explicitly supposed to be a foul now.

The immediate ejection for just running away is much worse to me.  Though with Lowry's rep that might've just been a straw that broke the camel's back situation (it sounds like he already had a tech at least).

Yeah I don't have an issue with the call. I hate seeing shooters stick their leg out only to get bailed out.

[GreenWarrior]

I have no problem with the call. it's the consistency in which it's called.

I bet we see a similar play later in the yr. that goes differently.

it's like that play when a guy is on the perimeter w/ the ball and the defender has his hands over the ball, and then the guy w/ the ball raises up to shoot tangling his arms into the defenders hands just to draw a shooting foul. they said they weren't going to call that any more. yet I still see it.

the NBA officials are the worst officials in all of sports. yet they are the only full time officiating crew in all of sports. how? how is this possible? shouldn't they be the best?

[Donoghus]

Not the worst call of the year but pretty ticky-tacky.

Given what you see in the NBA on a night in/night out basis, it probably should just be a no-call at that point.

[sofutomygaha]

It was a good call.



The bad calls is when they let the offensive player get away with the kick.

Yeah, to me the offensive foul is fine.  Regardless of who got away with it in the past that's very explicitly supposed to be a foul now.

The immediate ejection for just running away is much worse to me.  Though with Lowry's rep that might've just been a straw that broke the camel's back situation (it sounds like he already had a tech at least).

Yeah I don't have an issue with the call. I hate seeing shooters stick their leg out only to get bailed out.

You guys are 100% right about the tech. That's a TERRIBLE HORRIBLE CALL, and the refs made it for the sole purpose of preventing a confrontation about the difficult, high-leverage call they had just made. Stuff like the leg kick goes either way and happens all the time.

If my kid had a problem keeping his cool in games and he responded to a difficult situation the way that Lowry did- by removing himself from it before doing something he might regret- I would take him out for ice cream after the game.

Kyle Lowry, I hope that someone took you out for ice cream last night.

[heyvik]

definately sucks for Lowry...the refs messed that one up bad. should either be a foul or no-call - depending on the pace of the game. don't know if the refs were calling every little thing or if it was a physical game.

[fairweatherfan]

Call it or don't call it, I'm fine either way as long as it's consistent.

The biggest problem I have with NBA reffing is that the rules apply differently to different players.

It's partly that, but it's also true that a substantial amount of variance in calls is due to differences between officials, not players.  It tends to get disregarded because players are so much more noticeable. 

Some of that is differences in personality, some differences in perception, but a lot is due to the unwritten standard that refs should engage in "game management" as well as just making by-the-book calls. "Game management" is by necessity so poorly defined that everyone's going to apply it differently.

It's a broad cultural issue I think, and there isn't really a good solution - even if officials could call everything identically regardless of context there'd be a ton of unintended consequences from that too.

[Clench123]

It was a good call.



The bad calls is when they let the offensive player get away with the kick.

Yeah, to me the offensive foul is fine.  Regardless of who got away with it in the past that's very explicitly supposed to be a foul now.

The immediate ejection for just running away is much worse to me.  Though with Lowry's rep that might've just been a straw that broke the camel's back situation (it sounds like he already had a tech at least).

I know right.  It was ok when Lebron did it and run around the court like a spoiled brat.

I have a question, why was that rule made?  I know they put it in place because Reggie Miller but what is the purpose because I can't figure out anything wrong with just vertically jumping with one leg sticking out. 

[guava_wrench]

The offensive foul was a good call. The ejection seemed excessive.