Referee

Houston Rockets point guard Chris Paul has been fined $35,000 for making contact with a referee during Sunday’s game against the Golden State Warriors. Fortunately for the Rockets though, he will not be suspended for Game 2. The incident happened within the last few seconds of their 104-100, with Paul being ejected after arguing about [...]

The NBA has announced that Houston Rockets’ James Harden has been fined $25,000 for publicly criticizing the officiating following their loss to the Lakers last Thursday night. Harden made his comments to the media following the Rockets’ 111-106 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Feb. 21 at Staples Center. His comments were aimed at [...]

James Harden reached the 30-point mark for the 32nd straight game in Thursday’s loss to the Lakers passing Wilt Chamberlain for the 2nd longest 30 point streak, but that’s not what everyone is talking about. Harden fouled out late in the fourth quarter with referee Scott Foster calling out two of his four offensive fouls. [...]

LeBron James did not agree with the call against Lonzo Ball. And, in the end, neither did the refs. The referees admitted that a shooting foul called on Lonzo Ball Thursday night against the OkC Thunder should not have been called. Ultimately, the bad call didn’t matter as the Lakers went on to win in [...]

The NBA will never be the same. Longtime referee Joey Crawford is retiring after 39 years, effective immediately. A knee injury is causing him to hang it up right away. He will be missed. Crawford has provided some of the more comical moments in league history from a refereeing standpoint. Everything from him falling while [...]

Inspired by the uniformity rule the NBA has for a specific group of their employees is this new Air Jordan 11 Low IE colorway. With the release of the ‘Referee’ Air Jordan 11 Low IE, this marks another Air Jordan that was previously exclusive until now. Originally, this exact sneaker was only made available to [...]

December 28, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors And this is why the refs are calling the games and not playing in them…. (During Thunder-Magic Game on Christmas Day 2011) [...]

April 19, 2011 – The Hoop Doctors The only thing worse about knowing that a ref blew a call that may have contributed to you losing a game, is to hear them actually admit that they were wrong after the fact… Denver coach George Karl started to lean up against a courtside table at the [...]

April 14, 2011 – THD Rumor Patrol Kobe Bryant ‘s presence has been requested at a gay and lesbian basketball league in L.A. where league officials want the Lakers star to PROVE his support for the GLBT community by showing up for one of their games. TMZ spoke with a rep for the Lambda League [...]

November 7, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol I know Stephen Jackson is no angel, and I understand the in’s and out’s of the new rules regarding arguing with refs but all that said, does this fine seem a little excessive to anyone else? Stephen Jackson of the Charlotte Bobcats has been fined $50,000 for verbal [...]