Cleats by Bill Hinds for January 15, 2022
Transcript:
Referee: You took too many steps before you shot. Abby: Excuse me, sir, but I was watching a game on TV last night and those pros were taking two or three steps before they shot. Why is it different in this league? Referee: The referees are bigger than the players in this league.
allen@home over 2 years ago
Not only are we bigger we enforce the rules in this league. Unlike those wimp refs in the NBA.
oddhumor over 2 years ago
I mean, the ref’s not wrong.
gammaguy over 2 years ago
Check the rules, kid. See if there’s a penalty for “roughing the ref”. If not… well, shins are vulnerable.
Ellis97 over 2 years ago
Abby, you need all the basketball coaching you can get. The ancient art of basketball is a skill that takes time to master and requires a lot of teaching.
davesuff over 2 years ago
I’m not even sure why they bother having refs in the NBA since they won’t enforce the rules. I stopped watching them years ago because of that.
kv450 over 2 years ago
I stopped watching the NBA years ago when stopped calling “traveling” and started allowing players to commit battery in the paint.
MCProfessor over 2 years ago
When Michael Jordan played no ref would dare call him for traveling.