He is much improved at scoring in the paint (which is different than finishing at the rim, IMHO, but just as effective). Freshman & early sophomore years I used to cringe when he would go In there, but he has developed a nice arsenal of effective moves! I wouldn’t put him in the category as “one of the best”, but I don’t watch as much basketball as I used to, so maybe my frame of reference is skewed.
What annoyed me the must was when they had the split frame with live action and Nowra on the bench. They did it at least twice. Who wants to watch a guy watching the game from the bench?
Yes, I realize that. However, with devoe, parham, and Jose of late, i still contend it should be an opportunity. Those guys are all capable of hitting in the high thirties to forty % range from 3
Oliver wasn’t bad either!!
Spatola started at Army for four years, 1999-2002. Unless K was coaching two teams those seasons, Spatola did not play under him. He was a Duke assistant after his military stent, so that is probably where he met K's daughter.
That was amazing! I was like, WTF?
According to Mark Bradley, Cris Mack said “I thought Jamie Luckie did a great job. He called goaltend specifically so he could go to the monitor. That’s a heck of an official who can do that.”
If they wanted a replay, it could have been done at the completion of the play, which was a 2-point basket for us. Instead, they had initially let play continue and then halted it midway through in order to review it. On one hand I guess I can see doing that, but it sure didn't look right to do it that way.
By rule, a goal tending or basket interference call creates a dead ball situation. The refs did not stop play to review the call. They reviewed the call because they did not agree that it was a goal tend. It was already a dead ball and the basket we scored was never going to be allowed. I thought the call was late, but the refs got it right.
I understand what you are saying, but the goal tending call wasn't actually made until we were halfway back down the court with the ball. If the two refs had made opposite calls when it happened, yes, the play should have been stopped, but the initial and ONLY call was that play should continue.
They cannot stop a live ball for a review. It has to be a dead ball situation, so Chris Mack is wrong or was misquoted.
No, that is what Mack said. What he meant was that the official “thought” it could have been goal tending but wasn’t sure, and knew the only way to review it was to call it to kill the play & then review it. That’s some booty cheddar and shouldn’t be called. As someone said before, replay is for confirming a call that was made. If he didn’t call it initially then he should have let it go.
Yes, I should have said the ONLY call was a non-call, allowing play to continue.
I have not seen or heard anything to confirm or refute what you are saying. If the ref said he thought it might be a goal tend and stopped the play to review, he should be barred from officiating. But, I doubt he said that.
I have not heard that the ref said it directly. It came from the post game interview with Chris Mack. He said “he called goaltending specifically so he could go to the monitor and review it”. The video link is on page 7, it’s at the 3:45 mark. I would assume the only way he knew that for sure is the ref told him?
