I know of a ref who is in the nba now in his second or third year. Dude is very very legit. He had the Minnesota make up game last night. I know for a fact this guy is on his way to being one of the best nba refs for the next 20-30 years. Just his demeanor out there is amazing.
He is light years better than the 3 refs last night and he is in his mid 20's. But the thing is balancing the ratings and ensuring a good game is very hard to do IF you can't referee in your sleep. Nba refs most of them can ref in their sleep, meaning they can juggle so much at once.
I have watched that white ref in the ncaa game last night a handful of times throughout the regular season and he has never been that bad. I'm telling you it is the extra juggling of knowing you have to manipulate the game to give a chance at wild finishes. Because they were bad all tournament long.. but regular reason mysteriously they were fine from what I watched.
Quick story about this ref.... before he got to the nba he had a private school city championship game in the DC area. I forget the schools but I know one of the teams was #1 ranked St johns high school. It was a packed gym and a tie game with 6 seconds and Petraitis calls a foul as the ball was being brought up court against st johns while Petraitis was about 40-50 feet away from the play. You can't make that call. Especially in a game like this. Upset in the making, crowd is going nuts. Other team goes up 2 with 3 seconds left St johns inbounds the ball and puts up a 70 footer all net at the buzzer.
The kid was born to ref. Has shit like that happen to him... I will start to become more suspicious about Adam silver and the nba if he doesn't get a finals game or a conference final game in the next year or two. Maybe they think he can't juggle it. But they will put him with a scott foster or someone they can trust. All sports are rigged and manipulated. It is just some refs are way better at juggling it than others. But that's also why college refs are not nba refs.
He is light years better than the 3 refs last night and he is in his mid 20's. But the thing is balancing the ratings and ensuring a good game is very hard to do IF you can't referee in your sleep. Nba refs most of them can ref in their sleep, meaning they can juggle so much at once.
I have watched that white ref in the ncaa game last night a handful of times throughout the regular season and he has never been that bad. I'm telling you it is the extra juggling of knowing you have to manipulate the game to give a chance at wild finishes. Because they were bad all tournament long.. but regular reason mysteriously they were fine from what I watched.
Quick story about this ref.... before he got to the nba he had a private school city championship game in the DC area. I forget the schools but I know one of the teams was #1 ranked St johns high school. It was a packed gym and a tie game with 6 seconds and Petraitis calls a foul as the ball was being brought up court against st johns while Petraitis was about 40-50 feet away from the play. You can't make that call. Especially in a game like this. Upset in the making, crowd is going nuts. Other team goes up 2 with 3 seconds left St johns inbounds the ball and puts up a 70 footer all net at the buzzer.
The kid was born to ref. Has shit like that happen to him... I will start to become more suspicious about Adam silver and the nba if he doesn't get a finals game or a conference final game in the next year or two. Maybe they think he can't juggle it. But they will put him with a scott foster or someone they can trust. All sports are rigged and manipulated. It is just some refs are way better at juggling it than others. But that's also why college refs are not nba refs.
