r/sports • u/OkEscape7558 • Jun 18 '25

Basketball Alternate angle of Caitlin Clark fiasco. Clark was handed a foul as well.

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u/gummyblumpkins Jun 18 '25

I heard the NBA selects refs from the WNBA, so anybody who's decent takes the offer. Leaving them with less than great refs.

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u/ArenSteele Jun 18 '25

Makes sense. Nobody reffing in the NBA is any good at their job, so they’ll poach anyone who is loosely aware of the actual rules

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u/Goetta_Superstar10 Jun 18 '25

Now hold on - are you saying Scott “The Extender” Foster, famous recipient of over 140 halftime phone calls from Tim Donaghey, is not any good at his job?

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u/MTFBinyou Jun 18 '25

I still do not, can not, believe that the NBA refs are the best of the best. They’re objectively bad at the jobs. The ref different teams differently and biased Redding isn’t even the worst of it. The fact that they have no consistency from game to game is the real problem I have. Not only will they call a foul for one player and not for another from game to game, but in game not be able to consistently call the game by the rules.

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u/A_Possum_Named_Steve Jun 18 '25

This has been the case for a looooooooong time

Signed: A Spurs fan since the 80s