nba refs
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I'm not sure what your point is. We're rebuilding and have the third youngest roster in the league. I'm not expecting us to get to the playoffs for a couple of years, so anything they do after April 15 is icing on the cake.
I'd take a game like tonight's over the past TWO YEARS any day of the week. Why? Because, despite the score, it was clear that we have a TEAM, not just a bunch of random players, and we have a COACH.
I'd take a game like tonight's over the past TWO YEARS any day of the week. Why? Because, despite the score, it was clear that we have a TEAM, not just a bunch of random players, and we have a COACH.
I'm sorry, but it all sounds the same to me every time. The Kings lost this game. Kobe, as well as LeBron and several others will always get the benefit of the doubt at the end of the game because they've proven they can make that shot or that big play. I'll agree the Shannon Brown play was a bad call. But the refs did not miss two free throws or make all those unforced turnovers in the second half. It's part of being a young team and the growing pains that go with it.
I don't play "what if" and I don't buy into people playing "what if" to try and prove a point.
The Kings had a 20-point lead. They allowed the lakers back into the game primarily because they're a young team and don't know how to lock down a game, especially with a short roster available...
I am not going to use the officiating as an excuse and you won't see the guys using it either.
The Kings had a 20-point lead. They allowed the lakers back into the game primarily because they're a young team and don't know how to lock down a game, especially with a short roster available...
I am not going to use the officiating as an excuse and you won't see the guys using it either.
There's a difference between making excuses and calling the refs out on awful calls or non-calls. I unfortunately didn't get to see the game, and I'm sure it wasn't the refs' fault that we lost a 20 point lead, but that last play by Kobe was ridiculous. He football-tackled sergio. OK, I guess the ref can claim that he just bumped into him trying to get to the ball. But I watched the video of the last shot like 5 times already, and either I really need to get my eyesight checked, or Kobe's foot was clearly on the line (out of bounds). The ref was looking at Kobe and there was absolutely NOTHING to prevent him from seeing that, and he still didn't make that call. I rarely talk about refs, but this just seems like a bit out there.
If we hadn't lost the 20-point lead, Kobe wouldn't have been in a position to win the game by some questionable maneuvering and a last shot from out of bounds.
The thing is at some point you have to just quit crying about bad luck and a couple of bad calls at the end of a game. Our guys aren't whining right now and we need to quit using it as our "go to" excuse for losing close games.
At some point, we'll find the way to close out teams without letting them back in. And we'll do it without relying on the officials to bail us out.
The thing is at some point you have to just quit crying about bad luck and a couple of bad calls at the end of a game. Our guys aren't whining right now and we need to quit using it as our "go to" excuse for losing close games.
At some point, we'll find the way to close out teams without letting them back in. And we'll do it without relying on the officials to bail us out.
they aren't getting fines. That was an assumption, not a fact.
Grant and Jerry did show the replays of the last few seconds and talked about Kobe getting clear to make the final shot, but they aren't governed by league rules as to what they say being subject to fines. And what they did say wasn't that bad anyway.
Grant and Jerry did show the replays of the last few seconds and talked about Kobe getting clear to make the final shot, but they aren't governed by league rules as to what they say being subject to fines. And what they did say wasn't that bad anyway.