What’s the biggest issue facing the league? The Athletic’s NBA staff asked players for their opinions. 'The biggest problem is the refs.' More:
players to name the most important issues the league faces — in essence making them commissioner for a day — and they’ll deliver. Especially when they’re granted the anonymity that makes brutal honesty so much easier.
In the interest of giving the players who participated full control of the microphone, these are their comments. Consider the quotes that follow contributions for a suggestions box at league headquarters. “Ref accountability. It’s the thing right now. Because there is none. There’s just not a system set up for it. And it’s been real shaky, I think, this year. Just something to keep them accountable. I don’t know if I want to take their money.
“Referees, in my opinion, because they’re terrible and too inconsistent. They’re messing up the game.”“I think just the consistency of reffing. I’ve heard that from playoffs to the regular season, it’s not the same, and I don’t think that’s how it should be. The game should be taught to be reffed the same way by everybody, and I don’t feel like . As a player, you’ve got to figure out what a ref is trying to call today? I feel like everything should be refereed the same way.
“ tough on the body, of course. But we shouldn’t be making a big deal when guys want to rest their bodies, because we put ourselves through so much day-in and day-out, night-in and night-out. We come out here and we play hard. We come out here and we get hit every play on the floor. So it’s tough.”“ biggest issue is players sitting out, and I think it mostly has to do with the schedule. Our schedule hasn’t been the greatest, and like it doesn’t make sense.
“I think we’re going away from defense across the league. I think some guys get a pass for being physical, but for the most part, it’s harder to play defense nowadays without fouling. Of course, I foul a lot, so I’m going to think that. But I just think that it’s kind of hard to guard people now. I think they’re more focusing on offense and just getting a lot of points on the board each game. It’s fun to watch as an average fan, so I get it. But that probably would be the biggest thing.
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