Okay...here we go:
1. After the opening tip, it is stupid af to have jump balls. A possession arrow is just fine. Too often the ref gives a bad toss or you have a PG jumping with a C or some other not about basketball combination. It's just dumb and not at all exciting.
2. They've gotten better, but the charges (offensive foul calls on the drive) are out of control. I miss the days when you had to be COMPLETELY set to get the call. Now, the offensive guys will be in the air and a guy will sneak in and get the call. I hate it.
3a. Some of the replay stuff seems bizarro. They need to think about it a little more. I like that they check if something was a 3 during commercials. But that Finals call where they overturned the charge (even though LeBron WASN'T set; hypocritical, I know) and completely changed history, was irritating. If that had been against the Blazers, I'd have had nightmares about it. Totally bizarre what they can and can't review or change.
3b. If we are going to do the review thing, the coaches need to be able to throw a flag every once in a while. If a guy, for example, steps out of bounds and then hits a game winner, that's bullshit. There should be a way to intervene.
4. Players either should not be allowed to talk to the refs or only the captains or the coaches on the players' behalf or something else. It's the rough equivalent of having lobbyists. Fuck a whole lot of lobbyist.
5. What else...flopping has gotten a lot better. But still it makes for terrible TV.
6. I'm sick and tired of there not being a super team in Portland.
