Blazers get to see replacement refs for the first time

We'll see how good these guys really are. Last night in the Mavs v Magic game, they shot 92 free throws!!!!!!!

 

Not liking gregs chances with fouls right now with all these fouls being called lol

 

WTF do you guys expect? Pre season is always really ugly basketball, it doesn't matter if it is normal refs or not. The facts are you have a lot of guys that are not used to playing with each other and a lot of them will not even make the NBA, all on the floor trying to make their mark. Top it off with the fact that most of them know their minutes are limited so they can foul and not worry about fouling out, and you have the makings for a foulfest. It's not about the refs. It's about the quality of the talent on the floor and the situation they are in.

Hell half of the time pre season games are so bad that they deserve to be turned off when the coaches are in the "Time to check the 13th, 14th and 15th man in".

 

Does anyone know where we could find the average number of free throws taken in last years preseason? Or over the last 5 years. That would tell us if these numbers are truly unusual or not.

 

For me it is simple as this: Would you rather the game be called correctly, or would you rather the good old boys club fixed it for the club that they needed a point spread on, or to make sure a star player got their due?

 

Our esteemed refs tonight: Lamont Simpson is experienced, not by NBA ref standards, but by college and WNBA standards. Michaelk Borgelt and Jeff Wooten are inexperienced even by college standards.

http://statsheet.com/mcb/referees/lamont-simpson

http://statsheet.com/mcb/referees/michael-borgelt

http://statsheet.com/mcb/referees/jeff-wooten

 

Damn! Those last 2 guys have a total of 64 college games between them.

 

Dude this is "reffin". Not landing passenger airliners. Not quite rocket science here.

 

Lead official Simpson was on the WNBA ref roster last season but did no games. He has done games in the past. Here's a WNBA episode of the 3 Stooges.

http://wbb.scout.com/2/662220.html

 

I think it's tougher then a lot of us around here think!

 

Hey I wonder who you are talking about?

And yes I think I could be a good ref. Very quickly. Some mobster would probably buy me off though. Fucking Mobsters!

 

There was some shitty reffing tonight (I was at the game). My fiancee said about halfway through the first quarter: "Man, that official looks lazy."

Me: "What do you mean?"

Her: "He's just lazy. Look at him. Never makes it up the court, backs away from the play, calls random shit when someone yells. He's not even watching half the time."

Me: *watches him as he calls yet another foul on Joel* "Damn you're right. He just doesn't want to break a sweat."

Her: "Exactly."

That ref? Simpson. My fiancee isn't even a big basketball fan, and she saw it.