So long, Joey...

[Dex]

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

Injury ends ref Crawford's farewell season early (http://www.nba.com/2016/news/features/steve_aschburner/03/10/joey-crawford-done-officiating-in-nba-due-to-knee-injury/index.html)

[baseline bum]

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--T-v2osu_--/18s08dn7pwd0vjpg.jpg

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--T-v2osu_--/18s08dn7pwd0vjpg.jpg

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http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--T-v2osu_--/18s08dn7pwd0vjpg.jpg

[Chinook]

Tim works in mysterious ways.

[BillMc]

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--T-v2osu_--/18s08dn7pwd0vjpg.jpg

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--T-v2osu_--/18s08dn7pwd0vjpg.jpg

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http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--T-v2osu_--/18s08dn7pwd0vjpg.jpg

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--T-v2osu_--/18s08dn7pwd0vjpg.jpg

:lol:toast

[BillMc]

Crawford, Holt, and Butler all gone in the same day. Such a range of emotions....

[Mugen]

:lol @ bum's comment tbh

[Bartleby]

The Halloween pic would have worked, too.

[Spur|n|Austin]

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[FromWayDowntown]

Joey's been rightly maligned for a lot of his antics, but he's also been one of the greatest officials the league has ever seen and when he elected to just call games, he was pretty damned accurate (despite some high profile misses). He'll retire as the far-and-away leader for officials games worked in many categories, including his (at least) 361 playoff games and his 50 Finals games (the next closest to him among active officials is Danny Crawford at 31; if Danny worked 2 Finals games every year, it would take him 11 years to catch up). Other than his 2007 (when he was suspended for the Duncan incident), Joey worked at least 1 game in every Finals series between 1986 and 2015.

Legacy aside, his departure means that some of the other officials will move up the ranks another notch come playoff time. I guess we'll find out if those guys are ready for it or not.

[Trainwreck2100]

Playoffs just got harder

[hooperflash]

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0240/9829/products/Bye_Felicia_Friday_Sticker_1024x1024.jpg?v=1432329 089

[BillMc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI2ZziOHgbE

[Dex]

Yeah, Joey has actually been better to the Spurs in recent years...probably because he knew he couldn't afford another high profile incident involving San Antonio.

Still, after the Duncan ejection and the no-call on Fisher in 2008 WCF....good riddance.

[BillMc]

Yeah, Joey has actually been better to the Spurs in recent years...probably because he knew he couldn't afford another high profile incident involving San Antonio.

Still, after the Duncan ejection and the no-call on Fisher in 2008 WCF....good riddance.

I kid you not, that still bugs me to this day.

[baseline bum]

Legacy aside, his departure means that some of the other officials will move up the ranks another notch come playoff time. I guess we'll find out if those guys are ready for it or not.

Hopefully they'll be ready to call obvious fouls like this one Joey swallowed his whistle on.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWiw60NusOY

[baseline bum]

Yeah, Joey has actually been better to the Spurs in recent years...probably because he knew he couldn't afford another high profile incident involving San Antonio.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201206060OKC.html

[Dex]

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201206060OKC.html

Ugh...I stand corrected.

[timtonymanu]

Can he take Ed Malloy with him?

[Horse]

Good riddance you filthy motherfucker!

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Ugh...I stand corrected.

And that's only the second worst. There's also this one...


http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201306180MIA.html

[UNT Eagles 2016]

I'd still like to knock that little cue ball head with a pool stick... preferably the fat end of the pool stick, tbh.

[baseline bum]

And that's only the second worst. There's also this one...


http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201306180MIA.html

Not Joey's fault Manu kept throwing the damn ball to LeBron.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Not Joey's fault Manu kept throwing the damn ball to LeBron.

Ray Allen grabbed Manu on the arm? Plain as day but not a foul against The NBA's Favorite Team!!!

[exstatic]

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0240/9829/products/Bye_Felicia_Friday_Sticker_1024x1024.jpg?v=1432329 089

This. So long, douchebag.

[UZER]

I kid you not, that still bugs me to this day.


So that one gets swallowed, but the one on iguadala okc vs GSW with far less contract gets blown.

Worse part was media talking heads saying Barry didn't sell it enough. These are the same people that were crying about Manus "flopping". Just goes to show you, they have they're favorites and are always gonna move goalposts. Fans, I understand, but media is supposed to be unbiased.

[BillMc]

So that one gets swallowed, but the one on iguadala okc vs GSW with far less contract gets blown.

Worse part was media talking heads saying Barry didn't sell it enough. These are the same people that were crying about Manus "flopping". Just goes to show you, they have they're favorites and are always gonna move goalposts. Fans, I understand, but media is supposed to be unbiased.

Off topic, but while not Joey or as egregious, I thought this was a foul too:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y994YFpvPJI

[spursistan]

I would have taken him for Game 7 at Oracle..Joey is the the best "road team" referees in NBA..

[SpurPadre]

Playoffs just got harder

THIS. Dubs will get away with their illegal screens non-stop now.

[EVAY]

The very obvious calls/non-calls by refs in several finals series always makes me remember that the product being sold is entertainment, not purely basketball.

The Fisher non-call, all of the Heat calls/non-calls, etc. etc. etc. The most obvious and egregious of all of them imo was the iconic basket by Michael Jordan to win that series against Utah when his game winning basket came right after his offensive foul against Byron what's-his-name (can't remember the guy's last name, but Jordan knocked down to get his shot off).

The media and the NBA are selling entertainment. Having a record setting team with a record setting guard à la Curry is likely to sell more tickets and TV shares than the team that has been winning steadily for years with an under-the-radar, fundamental basketball approach that is great for the informed fan, but not as glitzy as the youngster who can't miss from anywhere on the court.

We need to remember this fact when the time comes for playoffs.

[houston spurs fan]

He's a good road ref. Could have used him this year in Oracle tbh...

[houston spurs fan]

Can he take Ed Malloy with him?
This.

[Dex]

https://i.imgur.com/yzim6iV.jpg

[Silver&Black]

The Halloween pic would have worked, too.

Yep, one of my favs

http://cdn.blackenterprise.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/12/duncan-and-parker-halloween-photo.jpg

[BatManu20]

708057539703926788

[Beaverfuzz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdMMYz0fKpI

[Beaverfuzz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIsuoZlStw4

[Spur|n|Austin]

Yep, one of my favs

http://cdn.blackenterprise.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2012/12/duncan-and-parker-halloween-photo.jpg

Truly a classic if you think about it, for the Spurs this was quite edgy.

[Beaverfuzz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6UZ-BuCWP8