"We are pleased to reach this agreement," NBA commissioner David Stern said in a statement. "The...

"We are pleased to reach this agreement," NBA commissioner David Stern said in a statement. "The negotiations extended further than either side had hoped, but when our regular season tips off on Tuesday we'll have the best referees in the world officiating our games."

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The replacement officials were criticized for calling too many fouls, though the amount decreased later in the exhibition season, which ended Friday night.
“As the preseason went on, they were better,” Houston coach Rick Adelman said. "I don’t think they were arrogant, or anything like that. They gave the explanations and they were doing the best they could.
“The first couple [games] were just foul after foul and call after call and there was no rhythm to the games,” Adelman added. “After that, I thought it settled down fairly well. They just called things differently than the normal officials. They’re pretty much going by the book.”

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"There were arms coming from everywhere, and I knew they weren’t going for the ball," Miller said. "I was just trying to get [the shot] up before they called some crap like ‘on the ground.’ "

"What do you want me to do?" Wright asked. "Do you want me to Derek Fisher him?"

"Give them some fucking credit, i mean for real." Jackson said.

"I just fell on my face for no reason," Bryant deadpanned. "I'm a klutz."

"Fucking right i'm preachin' it!" Carlisle replied.

"Rough life, isn't it. It's tough all over, isn't it." Smith chuckled.

by DOH on Oct 24, 2009 12:09 PM CDT reply actions

"we'll have the best referees in the world officiating our games"?

I wouldn’t go THAT far. But you know Stern…don’t criticize the replacement officials or face a fine, but isn’t that would he just did with that statement ? Now we go from a bunch of refs who were foul happy to a bunch of refs who think they are more important than the players and the game itself and then you have Stern who NOW is going to make those officials egos even more blown up than they already were IF that’s possible. Kinda makes me wonder if Stern didn’t kinda push these negotiations to go a long as they did so everyone would welcome back the regular refs with open arms and forget aaaallllll about the past crap they’ve done. Honestly, I wouldn’t put ANYTHING past that man….even that.

by Cynthia56 on Oct 24, 2009 3:03 PM CDT reply actions