Worst Refs if you are a Jazz Fan/Player
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jhenderson008
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Dick
LifeOnaPlate
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Javie
fallenchicken
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You guys should post some of their terrible ref stories.
gregbroncs
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Javie by far. Violet Palmer is the worst ref in the league but equally bad all the way around.
prodigy
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That's it, I don't consider Palmer anti-jazz, she's more anti-entire NBA. how she still keeps her job is beyond me.
Top 3 anti-jazz refs would be Javie, Delaney, Crawford. The cream of the crap. Yes Dick screwed us many years ago, but i've put it past me.
vslice02
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-Bob Delaney's the worst. Sloan was suspended for a couple games in the mid-90's for going after Bob and Delaney's carried a grudge ever since. Did his best to let the Rockets win game 3 in the '08 Playoffs to extend that series (he even kicked Doc Anderson out of that game) and his work in Game 5 against the Lakers w/the series tied 2-2 blows his performance during game 6 of the Kings/Lakers WCF out of the water.
-Steve Javie is a close 2nd. Took over Game 4 of the 2007 WCF against the Spurs, where San Antonio shot something like 25 FT's in the 4th qtr to the Jazz's 2. He personally called 4 of the 5 Jazz technicals in that game. The crowd got on him at the beginning of the 2nd quarter for 3-straight Jazz fouls (on the same freakin possession!) and he made it his mission to get them back - and he did. Also ref'd game 5 of the '09 playoffs in L.A. where Ronnie Price got fouled 2 times in a row on drives to the basket and he called nothing from his baseline position - except a technical on Sloan to throw him out.
-Courtney Kirkland still holds a grudge from Sloan shoving him in Sacramento in 2003.
-Dick Bavetta's obviously remembered for negating Howard Eisley's 3-pointer in Game 6 of the '98 Finals, but he's a good ref although he clearly favors the superstars - especially in the playoffs.
-Joey Crawford's an emotional guy who will t' someone up for no reason or eject you just for looking at him the wrong way - and generally favors the road team but atleast he's pretty consistent (don't get me wrong, I hate Crawford with every fiber of my being, but it's not like he's blatantly screwed the Jazz more than he has any other team).
-Kenny Mauer - no nicer way to put it than saying he's a douche. Show him disrespect early in a game and he'll get you back later on. Not a bad ref, but let's his emotions take over his objectiveness.
-Steve Javie is a close 2nd. Took over Game 4 of the 2007 WCF against the Spurs, where San Antonio shot something like 25 FT's in the 4th qtr to the Jazz's 2. He personally called 4 of the 5 Jazz technicals in that game. The crowd got on him at the beginning of the 2nd quarter for 3-straight Jazz fouls (on the same freakin possession!) and he made it his mission to get them back - and he did. Also ref'd game 5 of the '09 playoffs in L.A. where Ronnie Price got fouled 2 times in a row on drives to the basket and he called nothing from his baseline position - except a technical on Sloan to throw him out.
-Courtney Kirkland still holds a grudge from Sloan shoving him in Sacramento in 2003.
-Dick Bavetta's obviously remembered for negating Howard Eisley's 3-pointer in Game 6 of the '98 Finals, but he's a good ref although he clearly favors the superstars - especially in the playoffs.
-Joey Crawford's an emotional guy who will t' someone up for no reason or eject you just for looking at him the wrong way - and generally favors the road team but atleast he's pretty consistent (don't get me wrong, I hate Crawford with every fiber of my being, but it's not like he's blatantly screwed the Jazz more than he has any other team).
-Kenny Mauer - no nicer way to put it than saying he's a douche. Show him disrespect early in a game and he'll get you back later on. Not a bad ref, but let's his emotions take over his objectiveness.
vslice02
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My favorite Sloan/ref story was Game 5 of the '99 playoffs against Portland (also the game Sloan charged out onto the court to go after Rasheed Wallace for throwing an elbow at Thurl Bailey). Throughout the 2nd-half the Blazers were playing an illegal defense on our side pick-and-roll and the refs weren't calling it. Finally after the they finally called it Sloan was hot the ref next to him didn't make the call so Jim Clark (short-white haired ref) walked up to Sloan and yelled "Hey Jerry, get off my ***!"
Sloan spun around and responded "Oh you're going to get up in my *bleepin* face?" Then he smiled and said "Hey you're really tough." The ref turned and walked away and Sloan laughed and yelled "Way to go Jimmy!"
She's a one-woman defense to a future discrimination lawsuit. Seriously, look it up.
https://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/sports/sports_law/makethecall/summer99/ortiz/index.html
She and Dee Kanter were hired after Sandra Ortiz-Del Valle filed a lawsuit but before that lawsuit went to trial. They've never hired a woman before or since.
ankle breaker
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all of them as long as the jersey says utah or jazz on the front
the NBA has been rigged for over 20 years
the NBA has been rigged for over 20 years