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Am I mistaken in feeling like there has been an abnormal amount of horrendous officiating so far this year? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by HermanFlemming@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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So many bad/missed calls, so many weak sissy techs, too many instances of refs affecting games in a way and to a degree that should not be happening.

Am I right or is it actually similar and comparable to previous seasons?

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[–] Sleepylimebounty@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

You are not. And ofc I FULLY believe sports betting has nothing to do with it. :)

[–] Overall-Palpitation6@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Taylor Jenkins was right.

[–] BcuzRacecar@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

The I think spurs wolves game where the ball was clearly off someones foot and they called it but the ref came running down to reverse it. Then they had to use their challenge on the clearly wrong call. It was ridiculous, but in general I dont think its that worse than the last couple seasons

[–] NewtonBeatsLeibniz@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

People say this literally every season lol

[–] WernerHerzog69420@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah it was perfect last season

[–] MC-Jdf@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I mean at some point you have to compare the standards of NBA officiating compared to other sports.

We have the officiating body in soccer actively writing public apology letters for calls they get wrong. Heck, they even release live audio of the decision making behind controversial calls. Referees actually get demoted and fired in spite of "mistakes".

I'm not even saying that the NBA has to all of that. But as currently constructed an NBA referee has way too much power without any consequence. All a referee has to do after making a controversial call is releasing a last 2-minute report, and the farthest they ever get is a pool report answering why they threw out a player in a controversial way.

Considering the amount of interest different parties have on refereeing especially in light of the recent active promotion of gambling on national TV, it's kind of jarring actually.

[–] Greaves624@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

The worst start to the season I've seen and there have been seasons where they try to enforce double dribble rules, traveling rules - there were games where they called traveling 5 times a game on average, for a month. And they didn't even know why, half the refs didn't know what pivot meant.

Nope this is horrible.

[–] caesec@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

people say this literally every year

[–] doordaesh@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

yes

[–] denverblazer@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

It's pretty bad. And yes last season too. There are a bunch of easy things they could change that would restore a lot of the flow and enjoyment to the game. Right now it's gotten clunky as hell.

[–] Niceguydan8@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Feel like I see this post every year so honestly probably not abnormal.

[–] atetuna@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I'm sure you feel that way, but I'd bet you feel that way due to recency bias.

[–] LogDogan4@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

This is said every year.

[–] StefonDiggsHS@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

i agree but my guy we say this every fuckin year

[–] Putrid_Ad_2256@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

What would alarm me is if there was a season with LESS horrendous officiating.