David Stern was on WDFN with Matt Dery a couple nights ago, and he graded the officials a B+ because "there has to be room for improvement". Stern was on NPR defending the officials from the racial issues. NPR : NBA's Stern Rejects Report on Referees' Bias And this is hilarious. Ko8e.com: Preferential Treatment of Dwyane Wade, Double-Standards, and Officiating in General Links courtesy of Henry Abbott @ TrueHoop.com
Oh man, that is hilarious. And frustrating. Those games last for nearly 3 hours while Wade takes FT after FT. Boring. Real, real boring.
Some of the calls/non-calls were amazing. Its hard to like these guys when they get that kind of advantage. In that Portland game. Only takes one bad call like that and the home fans will start to dislike the guy. You know, this is partly why the US keeps losing in the Olympics. Our stars go in there and are not used to playing without all the calls.
I just watched some of the LeBron video. That guy takes 3 or 4 steps when he goes to the basket, even on undefended fast breaks. I guess if you don't have to concentrate on dribbling, you can focus more on spectacular highlight dunks. I also noticed (not on this video) that King James uses the off arm clearout quite a bit.
