NJNJ Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 What would you ask them? Vvord wanted to know: "Are you blind?"Coffenaut asked: "I noticed that the officials are running around almost as much as the players without breaks, but officials are a little on the 'hefty' side. Are you secretly ripped under the uniform, or do you tend to eat more cheeseburgers than usual? FlamingLips asked: "Do you think, over the years, complaining about calls has increased, decreased or stayed the same? What is your opinion on the huge increase of flopping (like soccer) and what are you doing to try and counter it?" There were many others like it on the website Reddit.com yesterday. Another question is: Were Vvord, FlamingLips and the gang actually talking to an NBA referee? Maybe. There is a series of conversations on the website Reddit called "IAmAn" in which people with different professions take questions about their work. Yesterday, somebody calling himself ForteNBA took many questions-- he said at the prodding of his son -- under the heading "IAmAn NBA official."You can read the whole thing here.(Some PG-13 language, mostly from readers.) I just read it all. All kinds of people on the chat doubted that it was really an NBA official, and that skepticism is healthy. But for what it's worth, the chat is fairly long and involved, and nothing in it strikes me as blatantly fake. And a lot of the answers are pretty boring, which is in keeping with reality, but not so in keeping with goofing around online posing as a referee. Whoever it was trots out much of the biography of NBA referee Joe Forte, including talk of his NCAA reffing experience, his alma mater (shout out to High Point University!) etc. In one exchange, Reddit readers were suspicious of his claim the NBA had measured and found that he got about 95% of his calls correct. But indeed the NBA does measure such things in the manner he described (it's explained many places, including in the Pedowitz Report), and 95% is right around the percentage I have heard is typical of an NBA referee. Similarly, as the NBA confirmed today, referees do have, as ForteNBA claims, passes to get into every NBA stadium, which seems to amaze some readers. CONTINUE READING Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasX Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Why do you hate Toronto? Cause it's cold? Cause it's NOT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Check my Stats Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Does Stern ream your [expletive] out if Cleveland/LA/Boston lose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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