Rick Barry Interview on Ticket 760

[101A]

Yesterday I was wondering if the refs do that. Don't they? It is such an obvious solution. It would help them improve themselves by learning from their mistakes like the players do.

You're assuming from their employer's point of view they did ANYTHING wrong.

[Horry For 3!]

This man is a genius for seeing these 3 Horrible calls.

Everyone saw the bad calls but Rick Barry has nba credit as a player and hall of famer, so his opinion will count more than many others.

[erica_who?]

You're assuming from their employer's point of view they did ANYTHING wrong.

What you're saying is that their employer (the NBA) has to think they did something wrong for them to do that?

I'm just checking if I got what you said right. English isn't my language and sometimes I have trouble understanding.

[Jimcs50]

Everyone saw the bad calls but Rick Barry has nba credit as a player and hall of famer, so his opinion will count more than many others.

I happen to think my opinion and observations have more merit in this forum.

[jmard5]

This came from a non-Spurs fan

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DAILY DIME

Being a Suns fan and Spurs hater, you'd think I'd love watching the refs call them for 500 fouls in Game 3. But no, I'm starting to hate Dallas even more than SA. The NBA should be about playing basketball, not about refining the art of "drawing fouls."

I'm all for offense and hate physical defense, but I hate watching offensive players get call after call for "initiating contact." NBA officiating is beyond horrible. It's not all the refs' fault -- the NBA has some really stupid rules that do nothing for basketball.
-- Paul (Phoenix)

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailyd...ilydime-060515

[Horry For 3!]

I happen to think my opinion and observations have more merit in this forum.

Because you have been here since 02?

[Jimcs50]

Because you have been here since 02?

1998 actually, I preceded Kori.

[SpursWoman]

Most of you are stupid.

The small balls are the reason why the Spurs lost.

Literally and figuratively speaking?

[Jimcs50]

Literally and figuratively speaking?

[Horry For 3!]

1998 actually, I preceded Kori.

Well for this forum it says 2002, at least that is what is on your profile.

[Jimcs50]

Well for this forum it says 2002, at least that is what is on your profile.

I know, it is a mistake....Kori and I have been together in Spurs forum since 1999, and I was here for about 8 months when she came in.

[mabber]

Basically, he said that he was disgusted with the officiating - not as a Spurs Fan, but as a basketball fan. He said the Spurs should have won the game and would have, if not for the horrible calls. He said Tim's 5th and 6th fouls were bogus and shouldn't have been called, as well as the call when Dirk lost his balance and fell out of bounds.

He said he watched some of the game frame by frame and the last foul when Dirk got the offensive rebound - the ref had his hand up and called the foul BEFORE there was any contact. In other words, he said many of the officials are anticipating calls instead of calling what they actually see.

He also said he's getting very tired of all the players who get away with traveling. He said all 3 games that the Cavs won by 1 point should have been losses because LeBron traveled big time on all the game - winning shots. He also said many of the players get away with carrying the ball and that the refs are horrible with the blocking/charging calls.

He said if the refs would call the games according to the rule book, it would be great. His solution was that the refs should have to watch the games and have their mistakes pointed out and they should be fined for bad calls. He said the refs needed more motivation to study the game and the rulebook and to concentrate on the task at hand.

Now, for all you who think he's a homer just because Brent plays for the Spurs - he also said that Tim's great shot over Shaq in the 2004 playoffs (right before the infamous .04 shot) should not have counted because Tim traveled!

He also said that Tony Parker is going to have to do a better job on defense and that it was ridiculous how many open drives to the basket the Mavs were getting.

Whatever you might think of Rick Barry as a person, he is a hall of famer and is known throughout the league as a person who is very knowledgeable about the fundamentals of basketball. I thought the interview was great.

I agree with all of this. NBA officiating is not that great right now.

At the same time, bad calls happen and to use it as an excuse for your team losing is friggin pathetic. And yes, a lot of fans (including a lot of Mav fans) do it. Bad calls are part of the game just like turnovers, etc.. Good teams overcome them. It's sad that you have sift thru so many "bad calls cost us the game" and "the games are fixed" posts on forums like this (Mav forums are the same when they get bad calls) to get to some decent posts.

[Fabbs]

I forgot most guys in dallas are s.

Excellent.

[SpursWoman]

Seriously, in my 34 1/2 years on the planet, I've never in my life heard a normal, red-blooded man complain about exposed boobage unless he was 5 years old and still thinks girls have cooties.

I'm not sure a sexual man would complain either, because they are generally more open-minded.

[Islymore]

i just wondered was it a contest or something like that?
being a female... i got no prob with boobage just wondered if that was something planned or something that just happened?

do what you do - i dont knock you! if you got em' why not flaunt em??

[SpursWoman]

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=37085

It's not a contest ...

[LEONARD]

i just wondered was it a contest or something like that?
being a female... i got no prob with boobage just wondered if that was something planned or something that just happened?

do what you do - i dont knock you! if you got em' why not flaunt em??

LMAO...I love how everybody jumped you and started talking about how the entire population of Dallas are s, blah blah blah...too funny!

[LEONARD]

At one point Barry DID say "but maybe I'm biased"...

Nooooooooo, ya think??

[SpursWoman]

LMAO...I love how everybody jumped you and started talking about how the entire population of Dallas are s, blah blah blah...too funny!

No one jumped her.

[LEONARD]

No one jumped her.

Fair enough...jumped the city of Dallas...

I forgot most guys in dallas are s.

Only a Mavs fan would have a problem with that.

[SpursWoman]

Fair enough...jumped the city of Dallas...

You saw that person pretty much called us s, right? Without having a clue as to what the avatars are for?

Or was that okay because he's a Maverick fan?

[Kori Ellis]

DampierAmIdiot - So if you see a girl in her bra or bathing suit, she's a ? There's nothing on here that you can't see at a beach. If it offends you so much, you have a choice to LEAVE or turn off your avatars in your control panel.

To explain the history, since you are a dumb afterall, it's a thing we do for solidarity that in the meantime raises money for breast cancer research. It's not a contest.

Anyway, next time a mod ask you to apologize for being an idiot, I suggest you do it. Or your time is over here.

Thanks, ass.

[Jimcs50]

DampierAmIdiot - So if you see a girl in her bra or bathing suit, she's a ? There's nothing on here that you can't see at a beach. If it offends you so much, you have a choice to LEAVE or turn off your avatars in your control panel.

To explain the history, since you are a dumb afterall, it's a thing we do for solidarity that in the meantime raises money for breast cancer research. It's not a contest.

Anyway, next time a mod ask you to apologize for being an idiot, I suggest you do it. Or your time is over here.

Thanks, ass.

He must be Muslim. Those are the only idiots that call women s for showing their bras.

[samikeyp]

LMAO...I love how everybody jumped you and started talking about how the entire population of Dallas are s, blah blah blah...too funny

why not...you have claimed all Spurs fans are all the same in several posts.

City smack is very weak though.

[SpursWoman]

He must be Muslim. Those are the only idiots that call women for showing their bras.

True ... I didn't think about that one. All I could think of was ... "Cooties!!!"