NBA officiating Archives - Awful Announcing

Stephen A. Smith defends controversial no-call in Knicks-Pistons game

"I saw plenty of plays on both ends of the floor where cats were getting mugged."

"We had to understand the whistle was gonna head in their direction after what has been said."

"All this stuff going on and they call that. It’s got to be more consistent so the players know how much they can do and how much they can’t"

"There’s so many fouls every play then! Like, just call a foul every time. On every possession"

"And what you saw tonight was disgusting. It was a disgusting display of disrespect towards our guys and what we're trying to do."

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"The refs had to give them this game tonight"

"Take your sensitivity and emotions out of it and call the game the right way."

"These mistakes can't happen."

"I think he coughed on him. I didn’t realize in the Summer League you can’t cough on a player."

Not inaccurate.

"We couldn't play physical. I don't know. I don't want to say nothing."

"From my vantage point, I thought those calls could've gone our way."

"That sounds better than 'I blew the call,' Reg."

"How could three officials miss that?"

"What I don’t need, and I’m tired of – and probably one of the reasons I’m not calling games anymore – the Last Two Minute Report."

"That was some terrible, TERRIBLE officiating."

"His free throw shooting is still so pathetic."

"I don’t see how you call a foul on that shot."

"Oddly though, the Lakers are dead last in drives to the basket which kind of doesn’t make too much sense."

"I'ma take the fine because the refs did not give us no calls tonight"

"As you can tell, I'm beside myself."

"It's complete crap."

More transparency is always a good thing.