The NBL refs are shocking as a whole.

Easily the most unprofessional aspect of the league. It will be fixed. LK won't stand for it.

The best way to avoid refs interfering in close games is to not let the game get close in the first place...

I think the NBL just needs to be able to have direction, clarity and explanation so we know what they're wanting to achieve and it's easier to then hold the refs to those standards and be able to provide criticism

How Tim Mills is still employed is utterly beyond me. In the five years since that awful Jamar Wilson charge call, he still hasn't learned that games take place in 3D, and then he turns around two days later and techs Dillard for no reason before handing the game to the Breakers.

Maybe bring some Import refs over from the states??

"Such a weak thread." Come on it is expected after Perth lose a game that a separate thread must be created about poor refereeing or crowd funding to buy new referees. However if Perth get the favoured calls don't expect the threads.

Don't act as though the Sky Sport commentators are biased. They're great, those two.

I agree that this is a bit of a weak thread given what has inspired it.
If we're picking on calls from today I agree that the Dillard one was unnecessary. I really don't get the refs' mindset on that. Why do they care about a player who is frustrated at himself with no impact on the game or on any person, yet they're prepared to put up with a flog on the sideline having a go at them all game and wandering onto the court. The respective tolerance levels just don't compute to me.

When you go from watching nba to nbl you realise just how terrible the umpiring is. No consistency and they try to be a part of the game instead of letting the players play. Something needs to be done as a whole because employing the 2 full time refs hasn't worked. Both of them have been below par and the confidence they have in the terrible calls rubs off and the others start making the same calls.

I'm wondering if the lack of consistency has something to do with how the 3 ref mechanics are taught/ran in this country.

I'm seeing a lot of defensive hands and body foul calls being made by the trail ( closest to 1/2 way) official and not by the baseline ( lead) official who ( at least when we see it replayed by a similarly placed baseline camera) has a far better view of a clean block and minimal body contact.

This particularly seems to happen in a left hand drive to the ring from the point or particularly the high 45.

I haven't evaluated any 3 man teams for a very very long while, does anyone actually know if the current mechanics are really really (overly) specific in who is supposed to call in what situation.

I'm thinking that back in the 2 official days there was a lot more subtle conferring and even occasional overruling when something unusual happened and one official had an exceptionally clearer view than the other.

being overruled back in those days was not seen to be a personal offront to the other ref, like it seems to be regarded as now.

The USF killed Perth's comeback when they'd got it down to a one possession game.

Looked like Kenny was being held more, and first. Seemed to me all the contact Kenny made was an effort to get Dillard off him.

A Perth fan complaining after Taipans were robbed.
Suck it up,you got a freeby on Friday night.

Never seen a Offensive player deliberately get tangled up on an inbounds play

USF was the correct call Kenny messed up - not the refs