Joey Crawford Officiating at the staples again...

[sook]

wowowow...just heard it on clutchfans.

FUCK.

[Banzai]

should be a good game.

[sook]

i can see why you would say that.

[cobbler]

Most laker fans i know cant stand Joey. The Lakers have had issues with him as much as any team.

[ElNono]

What's the Lakers record with Joey officiating them @ Staples?

[200 miles]

link?

[JustBlaze]

Well Houston, y'all put up a good fight.:lol

[Indazone]

Joey is a great fixer but with the ratings numbers and the rest of America behind the underdogs, which way is Joey going to call it? That's the main question.

[JustBlaze]

What's the Lakers record with Joey officiating them @ Staples?
Undefeated.

[JBIIRockets]

Has this been confirmed? Clutchfans doesn't have an official link anywhere.

[sook]

Like I said it was on clutch, threads that are wrong are locked asap

[baseline bum]

This stuff isn't announced until Sunday, and Joey has already called a game. I'm betting the crew chief will be Eddie F. Rush, who has yet to call a game in this series. If that's the case, you'll be wishing it was Joey.

[sook]

This stuff isn't announced until Sunday, and Joey has already called a game. I'm betting the crew chief will be Eddie F. Rush, who has yet to call a game in this series. If that's the case, you'll be wishing it was Joey.

interesting point. I hope to god you are right BB

[duncan228]

This stuff isn't announced until Sunday...

That's the way I understand it. Early morning game day.

[Indazone]

There is no link anywhere on the internet. I just did a search. I call BS.

By the way, interesting article on the best refs in the NBA.
http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/05/01/ranking-the-nbas-top-refs/


Ranking the NBA's Top Refs

Posted May 01, 2009 6:00AM By MATT STEINMETZ (http://www.fanhouse.com/bloggers/matt-steinmetz/) (RSS FEED (http://www.fanhouse.com/bloggers/matt-steinmetz/rss.xml))
Filed Under: Playoffs (http://www.spurstalk.com/category/nba-playoffs/), NBA Referees (http://www.spurstalk.com/category/nba-referees/)

http://www.blogcdn.com/nba.fanhouse.com/media/2009/05/joey-crawford-balls-200.jpgC'mon, man. Quit complaining about the refs.

Here we are, smack dab in the middle of the playoffs and instead of talking about Carmelo Anthony (http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/Carmelo+Anthony/) breaking through to the second round or the demise of the San Antonio Spurs, we're talking about officiating.

Hard foul here, flagrant foul there. That one is and that one isn't.

Should Rajon Rondo (http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/Rajon+Rondo/)'s last-second clubbing of Brad Miller have been a flagrant? Why was Dwyane Wade (http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/Dwyane+Wade/)'s virtually clean block on Maurice Evans (http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/Maurice+Evans/)' dunk attempt called a flagrant 1? Should Dwight Howard (http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/Dwight+Howard/) really have been suspended a game for his elbow on Samuel Dalembert (http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/Samuel+Dalembert/)?

We're dwelling on a few plays, when the fact of the matter is the officiating has been pretty darn good. The best officials are coming to the fore, just like the best players are.

You want to lament about the officials? OK. But we're going to praise them.

Here are the six officials I'd like to see if I were coaching in a Game 7 situation:

1. Joey Crawford: Passionate and competent, Crawford runs a game like no other. Some might not like the way Crawford goes about his business. That's fine. It doesn't change the fact he still might be the best ref out there and will be remembered as one of the greats. To see Joey Crawford tossing up the opening tip is to know that the game's outcome will be decided by your team's players.

http://www.blogcdn.com/nba.fanhouse.com/media/2009/05/steve-javie-hands-150.jpg

2. Steve Javie: Remember the early days of Javie? If you don't, he was said to have a short fuse. Basically, he was very quick with the "T." Have you seen him recently? The guy is the picture of calm, brilliant at diffusing a situation. When you picture Javie in your mind the vision is of him with an acknowledging hand, as if to say: "You're absolutely right and that is registering with me. But right now, I can't change the call."

3. Danny Crawford: Crawford gets a lot of respect among players and coaches and it's because he's earned it. His handling of the hard foul by Glen Davis (http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/Glen+Davis/)on Brad Miller (http://www.fanhouse.com/tag/Brad+Miller/), and subsequent altercation, in Game 4 of the Celtics-Bulls series was perfect. He initially ejected Miller for what he likely perceived to be a punch. But using the replay, Crawford probably saw what most hadn't seen the first time around: A little acting by "Big Baby." No ejection for Miller. Right call.

4. Ron Garretson: The complaint about Garretson is he can sometimes come off as aloof or maybe even arrogant. But he's far more approachable than he was earlier in his career, and regardless of how you cut it, he's a hell of an official.

5. Greg Willard: I like the way Willard officiates a game. He does things by the book, doesn't bring attention to himself and commands a certain kind of respect because of his sheer size. If you're not quite sure who Willard is, that's exactly my point. He's good enough that you don't know.

6. Zach Zarba: He might be the best young official in the league – depending on how you define "young." Zarba has a terrific demeanor and a feel for the game, and he's growing into an officiating staple. He's now six years in, and he's going to be around for a lot longer.

[duncan228]

To see Joey Crawford tossing up the opening tip is to know that the game's outcome will be decided by your team's players.

:lmao

After the Duncan incident I don't know how anyone could think this.

[duncan228]

FromWayDowntown has some good stuff.

A note about playoff officials (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125395)

[sook]

Javie is easily the best NBA official. Followed by the one guy that looks like Judge Joe Brown

[baseline bum]

interesting point. I hope to god you are right BB

Why would you rather have Rush? Rush loves rewarding soft teams for touch fouls and is an enormous home-court ref. Artest and Battier will be riding pine all day if Rush is running shit. I'd take Joey Crawford over Rush in a second even though he hates Duncan.

[Artest93]

Good God, a day and a half before the game starts, and the game is over before it starts (if crawford is reffing)

[sexinthatsx]

Javie is easily the best NBA official. Followed by the one guy that looks like Judge Joe Brown

+1, steve javie is by far the fairest ref.

[baseline bum]

FromWayDowntown has some good stuff.

A note about playoff officials (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125395)

Shit, Rush is injured? Why the fuck couldn't that have happened in 2006? :lol

No wonder he hasn't called a game this series. Good news for Houston.

[timvp]

Going on the road, Crawford is far from the worst you can get.

[baseline bum]

Going on the road, Crawford is far from the worst you can get.

That would be Salvatore and Rush.:lol

I know Rocket fan remembers Bennett.

[JustBlaze]

Javie is easily the best NBA official. Followed by the one guy that looks like Judge Joe Brown
Bill Kennedy?

[Spursfan092120]

Steve Javie is by far the best official in the NBA.

[Indazone]

Did any else wonder why David Stern was wearing a purple tie at the Rockets Lakers game????!!!!????

[sook]

I only know the names of a handful of officials, that in itself is ironic. If they did their Jobs right no body should know their names.

[sook]

Going on the road, Crawford is far from the worst you can get.

After the staples incident with him reffing, i don't think it could get any worse.

[sook]

Did any else wonder why David Stern was wearing a purple tie at the Rockets Lakers game????!!!!????

Stern i s a celtics fan. It has been proven time after time.

[JustBlaze]

Stern i s a celtics fan. It has been proven time after time.
Nah, Stern's just a big market fan.

[sook]

Nah, Stern's just a big market fan.

No. Stern is a celtic's fan.

[JustBlaze]

No. Stern is a celtic's fan.
No. Big Market fan.