Doc Rivers wants challenge flags for NBA coaches

[JohnnyMax]

http://www.latimes.com/sports/clippers/la-sp-clippers-report-20160227-story.html

Another admission by the NBA that officials had erred on a key late-game call that went against the Clippers has left Coach Doc Rivers frustrated yet again.

Rivers suggested once more Friday that the NBA should adopt a rule that would allow coaches to challenge officials' calls late in games — similar to what NFL coaches do when they throw a "challenge flag" to dispute a call.

Rivers said the NBA's competition committee has discussed the possibility of using a challenge flag.

"I have been pushing for a flag for a year now," said Rivers, who is on the competition committee. "We should have a challenge flag. That's the third time this year now that [the NBA] has come back and said that it was a bad call [against the Clippers]. It didn't do anything for us. It really doesn't."

[Mitch]

Yeah, seems like a fair addition to the game.

[LkrFan]

Clipper Nation :downspin:?

[Chris]

Clipper Nation :downspin:?

:lol

Whiniest head coach of all time - Doc Rivers, Phil Jackson, or Jeff Van Gundy?

[Koolaid_Man]

I agree with Doc's greasy looking wide nosed ass

[LkrFan]

:lol

Whiniest head coach of all time - Doc Rivers, Phil Jackson, or Jeff Van Gundy?

Doc by thismuch over Phil tbh :lol

[InTheCrust]

it's being tested in the dleague right now, so it's not unimaginable

[Robz4000]

I'm for it. Just make sure they add a white flag too.

[Thebesteva]

Doc Rivers needs shut his raspy ass up

[ffadicted]

The only thing I like about football tbh

[baseline bum]

Balmer should get challenge flags for Tom's roster moves.

[phxspurfan]

Imagine how many championships would go the other way if we had this.

[DMC]

I asked for this years ago. Did they listen? No. Let one black man ask.

[~O~]

Imagine how many championships would go the other way if we had this.

Imagine how many prior playoff series would go the other way if the NBA applied this.

[ambchang]

The coaches will be overturned every time and it will only give the refs a reason to grudge.

[LkrFan]

What if they had it during the 2007 playoffs? :wow

[baseline bum]

What if they had it during the 2007 playoffs? :wow

When the league looked at the replay and saw that Diaw and Stoudemire both ran off the bench?

[DMC]

The coaches will be overturned every time and it will only give the refs a reason to grudge.
No, they would all be used by halfway through the 1st. There are too many bad calls because the game is faster than the officals can see, so of course someone sitting in room watching replays will say "challenge that" if the foul is on a star player.

[Kidd K]

I'm not only all for it but I wish it's already been part of the NBA for decades. Rivers may be a whiner but he isn't wrong here. Tbh I can't fathom why anyone would disagree unless they know their team is favored by the league.



Imagine how many championships would go the other way if we had this.

Exactly why I want to see it. NBA gets more calls wrong/misses more calls than any sport imo. Sadly you can't throw a flag on plays where refs decide to simply not whistle a team for obvious violations all throughout a game or quarter.

[Clipper Nation]

I'd like challenge flags for fans so we can challenge this faggot's continued employment.