General Basketball Thread

[N.B.A.]

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Report: Longtime NBA referee Dick Bavetta to retire at 74 - CBSSports.com



Is Joe Crawford next in line? LOL!

It's now official, and here's a snippet on how he started......

The year was 1966, and Bavetta was in a stockbroker-league basketball game at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York. His team played in the first game on the schedule that night. The game ended, Bavetta grabbed a quick shower and returned to the court because his brother — a police detective — was one of the referees working the second game.

His brother’s partner never showed. So Bavetta grudgingly agreed to take his place.

And with that, what became a 48-year odyssey of blowing the whistle got underway.

"Otherwise," Bavetta said, "I probably would be a burned-out stockbroker right now."

AND he never missed a single game - 2,635 consecutive games, including 270 playoff contests and 27 NBA Finals games.

For so long, ‘I’m Dick Bavetta, an NBA referee’ has just come out. Now it’s time for ‘I’m Dick Bavetta, former NBA referee.’"

NBA: Dick Bavetta looks back on a lifetime in basketball | The Salt Lake Tribune

How I wish I had the same career as his, very fulfilling! Hats off!

[akjoe]

Funny thing about this MP fiasco is that his brother Bobby is thrice the player that Manny is. Although not PBA caliber (college level perhaps), he can hang with the pros in scrimmages etc. Bobby can definitely ball. Compared to Manny nga murag hadlok man ang defender mu-depensa ug tarong.

[inxss4]

Gatoo ang SPAIN nga sila nay hari sa 2014 FIBA WORLD CUP pero nabaraw noon! Tingi!

[Boss Jackal]

I was thinking it would be Spain vs USA sa Finals tsk2... guess they are strong enough on paper

[crossramz]

sheyt.. ahaka.. lamia ilangoy padung cebu..

[dirk14]

White Chocolate not bad at 38

[FAQ]

NBA testing out 44-minute game

The Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics will play a 44-minute preseason game Sunday as the league tests a format that features fewer minutes and fewer mandatory timeouts.

The contest will be four minutes shorter than the NBA's standard 48-minute game. The league said Tuesday that the preseason game will feature four 11-minute quarters, one minute shorter than normal.

Acting on a suggestion by coaches to tighten up the games, the league will use the matchup at Barclays Center to examine if the shorter model flows better.

A 44-minute game would bring the NBA closer to college and international play, where the games are 40 minutes. It also would add up to 328 less minutes over the course of an 82-game season, which would translate to about seven fewer games.

SOURCE: Brooklyn Nets, Boston Celtics to play 44-minute preseason game - ESPN

[King LeBron 2.0]

White Chocolate not bad at 38

maypa siya na lang ang gikuha sa LA Achers kaysa si Nash! hahahahaha

[The_JACKAL]

Kemba Walker breaks Nikola Mirotic ankles - Grabeha uy

[H.Wolowitz]

hehe wala lagi si kobe sa lista? peru grabe durant kuyaw maapsan si jordan, ang problema kay sugod na ya sigeg ka,injured

Hypun - NBA Players With The Highest Career Points Per Game Average