Hoops

Last play in the Melbourne-Perth game

I know this^ is a little off topic, it is just a post in reference to Wilson Sting and the NBA comparison.

What the NBA officials do much better is communicate with the coaches, they tend to have a dialogue during the game and actually respect the fact that they don't need to be small minded and defensive in their attitude every time a coach wants something clarified.

That probably stems from the confidence, experience and quality of the person in a league where their people management skills are going to be needed, more-so than in our league where sometimes our officials just yell out to a coach and say 'shut up' or 'enough' without actually understanding how bad that looks on TV...

Fair enough, like I said, I don't watch that much NBA, probably watch the same number of NBA and NBL games per year and the difference in ref quality and consistency is outstanding.

@Wilson Sting, I watch a fair bit of the NBA and the no calls made in that league confirms the acronym NO BOYS ALLOWED.

The amount of no calls when heavy contact is made, especially where players go to the rim is astounding, very tough to get a foul in some games, so your point on that matter is unsubstantiated IMO.

"because the wrong calls are never made in the NBA........"

I don't watch much NBA (other than playoffs) but generally speaking, no, they don't make wrong calls in the NBA. You don't notice the refs during the game, and if they make a questionable call or are not sure, they go to the replay.

NBL refs like to be the centre of attention.

Don't care about the last call, Beal shouldn't have gone there, poor decision.

Get tired of people blaming refs for losses, players and coaches make just as many mistakes during a game, but all the fans want to do is focus on the refs. It's a cop out to deflect from your team.

3 offences in a row we chucked up under pressure 3 pointers in the last rather than getting to Knight or Jawai , who were killing it on the inside. And Beals D on Holt in the last play was ordinary, why was Martin not subbed in specifically for that play is beyond me.

I didn't think it was a bad call, TBH.

because the wrong calls are never made in the NBA........

Yes that last no-call was bad. You can add that to the plethora of other bad calls/no-calls from the Game, especially the 2nd half.

Yes we all know it happens. But if you just start to accept it as normal then it will become normal and the League is up the creek again.

No but they're paid about $5K per round so the pressure to stay on top of the game is there.