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The first photos of the replacement referees are out… and it's clear that the contract negotiations are a front for unleashing an army of killer clones onto an unsuspecting population.  Can you tell clone #158 apart from #129?  I can't.    No one can… except for David Stern in his evil lair, evilly stroking his [...]

Everyone is bitching about replacement referees.  So much so that the NBA just came out today and told everyone to quit it. Well, TrueHoop took the opportunity to highlight a referee-related portion of Bill Russell's book… which showed Red Auerbach's… umm… salty side. For years, Red had a running problem with a ref named Sid [...]

(Warning: Video contains NSFW language) Paul Pierce is not happy that the league is willing to start the season with replacement referees: “I think it’s terrible that they don’t have a deal in place,” Pierce said. “The league needs to step up and get it in place. Last [season] they talked about difficulties with the [...]

This whole mess between the league and its refs is getting ridiculous.  Now the union is telling Fanhouse that this the contentious negotiations is all about forcing older refs out. "The NBA is trying to push out the veteran referees without violating age discrimination laws," McMorris said. "These officials live the game, they love the [...]

Labor talks between the NBA and its refs have broken down.  Which means we could start the season with replacement refs. No further talks are scheduled between the sides with only 22 days before the league's first scheduled exhibition game Oct. 1. The likelihood that replacement refs will be needed for that game — Denver [...]

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Getty Images I feel hungover, but I didn't drink last night.  I'm trying to look at game 6 and figure out why we couldn't seal the deal.  But after 6 games of similarly inconsistent play, I'm at a loss for anything new to say.  So I'll just let Rondo sum it up for me. “We [...]