“We’re right and we’ve always been right, get educated!” – nba referees
December 17, 2025
wow thanks, nba re
32 comments
Wow, thanks nba referees! Very cool
Is that really an official account? The ego is insane.
This is an incredibly embarrassing response from one of the most disreputable organizations in sports.
‘Extensively trained’
Also missed the basket interference and goaltending previous to that bullshit backcourt incident but what do I know, guess I need this elusive extensive training.
I thought AA was right? The refs are doubling down on their bad call?!? The fuck is this shit?
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I’ll be disappointed if Alaa apologizes, fuck these losers
They’ve been flat out beefing with Alaa over this it’s fucking disgraceful
So in other words you can sprint away from the basket towards the center of the court, catch the ball, take three more steps and cross the halfcourt mark without breaking stride, and this is not a violation because “momentum.”
Sounds like a dogshit rule, and that’s if you take their word for it that this is the correct application
They are wrong and they probably all bet on the games. I don’t trust a single ref. Independent 3rd party auditors should perform continuous audits on the revenue streams that refs have in all sports.
I want the Sixers to call timeout on their first possession. Get the ball at half court. Pass the ball in, go over the half court with the ball and see what the refs do.
Call them out on their bullshit.
Positive momentum?!??
Interesting that Nick Nurse said in his postgame interview that the explanation he received from the Ref was that ‘he didn’t see it’, not an explanation about momentum.
Regardless of how they want to debate what’s “obscure” or not, the fact that the NBA has a completely different set of rules for the last two minutes is a load of crap. If you want to limit coaches’ challenges in the last two minutes, sure. A play that is a backcourt violation in the first 46 minutes of the game should also be a backcourt violation in the last 2 minutes of the game.
He took two full steps and actually *accelerated* to avoid a VJ intentional foul. But yeah, momentum blah blah blah because we are never wrong
Even one of the Atlanta announcers thought it was a backcourt. This momentum stuff is as up in the air for interpretation as the NFL catch rule.
You can’t tell me there isn’t a beef between Refs and the Sixers. The Ref twitter page is coming after a sixers announcer? Really😂
NBA refs are trained to tell you that the rules you’ve known for your entire lives are wrong under special circumstances. Ok. Got it.
Alaa gonna take down the refs.
Remind me of my local police department. Acab applies to referees too.
So are they wrong? If they aren’t then why are we mad
“We understand the rule but in “modern” NBA the players move more quicker than ever before, so “momentum” trumps what the basic rule book states”
So with the “momentum” amendment out of nowhere, does that count for the baseline and out of bounds as well? They are clearly marked zones one can not pass, just like the center court line- so following that logic, one can not be out of bounds if moving due to “momentum”?
the fuck out of here about “momentum”.
Keep letting your storm troopers fuck your product Silver.
I don’t understand nba refs and why they seem to be enjoy the fact that the large majority of humanity fuckin hates them !
If it ain’t spelled out in the rulebook then this seems to me like bullshit that’s made up on the fly when its convenient
As an example of why AI is shitty, I googled “positive position nba” and the AI says, “However, if momentum carries them into the backcourt before they establish frontcourt status, it’s often a legal play (e.g., after an inbound).”
However, it just links to posts like these the NBA Referees made up in the last 48 hours.
Regardless of whether they are right or not (they aren’t), it is absolutely insane that the official NBA ref account is posting stuff like this. They literally tagged Alaa in an unprompted callout post, just absurdly childish and petty behavior.
We stand with Alaa
Except it’s not momentum if you’re actively trying to get away from the defender. That’s what they’re missing (and what the Hawks broadcast – which is what I was watching – ignored). He didn’t try to stop/slow and his momentum carried him into the backcourt. He caught the ball in the front court and ACCELERATED into the backcourt.
Bullshit
For an organization that has no public confidence and a history of corruption, they certainly are arrogant.
Honestly, even putting aside this absolutely asinine and/or made-up rule, this post and their attack on Alaa is wildly unprofessional and pretty idiotic.
32 comments
Wow, thanks nba referees! Very cool
Is that really an official account? The ego is insane.
This is an incredibly embarrassing response from one of the most disreputable organizations in sports.
‘Extensively trained’
Also missed the basket interference and goaltending previous to that bullshit backcourt incident but what do I know, guess I need this elusive extensive training.
I thought AA was right? The refs are doubling down on their bad call?!? The fuck is this shit?
[deleted]
I’ll be disappointed if Alaa apologizes, fuck these losers
They’ve been flat out beefing with Alaa over this it’s fucking disgraceful
So in other words you can sprint away from the basket towards the center of the court, catch the ball, take three more steps and cross the halfcourt mark without breaking stride, and this is not a violation because “momentum.”
Sounds like a dogshit rule, and that’s if you take their word for it that this is the correct application
They are wrong and they probably all bet on the games. I don’t trust a single ref. Independent 3rd party auditors should perform continuous audits on the revenue streams that refs have in all sports.
I want the Sixers to call timeout on their first possession. Get the ball at half court. Pass the ball in, go over the half court with the ball and see what the refs do.
Call them out on their bullshit.
Positive momentum?!??
Interesting that Nick Nurse said in his postgame interview that the explanation he received from the Ref was that ‘he didn’t see it’, not an explanation about momentum.
Regardless of how they want to debate what’s “obscure” or not, the fact that the NBA has a completely different set of rules for the last two minutes is a load of crap. If you want to limit coaches’ challenges in the last two minutes, sure. A play that is a backcourt violation in the first 46 minutes of the game should also be a backcourt violation in the last 2 minutes of the game.
He took two full steps and actually *accelerated* to avoid a VJ intentional foul. But yeah, momentum blah blah blah because we are never wrong
Even one of the Atlanta announcers thought it was a backcourt. This momentum stuff is as up in the air for interpretation as the NFL catch rule.
You can’t tell me there isn’t a beef between Refs and the Sixers. The Ref twitter page is coming after a sixers announcer? Really😂
NBA refs are trained to tell you that the rules you’ve known for your entire lives are wrong under special circumstances. Ok. Got it.
Alaa gonna take down the refs.
Remind me of my local police department. Acab applies to referees too.
So are they wrong? If they aren’t then why are we mad
“We understand the rule but in “modern” NBA the players move more quicker than ever before, so “momentum” trumps what the basic rule book states”
So with the “momentum” amendment out of nowhere, does that count for the baseline and out of bounds as well? They are clearly marked zones one can not pass, just like the center court line- so following that logic, one can not be out of bounds if moving due to “momentum”?
the fuck out of here about “momentum”.
Keep letting your storm troopers fuck your product Silver.
I don’t understand nba refs and why they seem to be enjoy the fact that the large majority of humanity fuckin hates them !
If it ain’t spelled out in the rulebook then this seems to me like bullshit that’s made up on the fly when its convenient
As an example of why AI is shitty, I googled “positive position nba” and the AI says, “However, if momentum carries them into the backcourt before they establish frontcourt status, it’s often a legal play (e.g., after an inbound).”
However, it just links to posts like these the NBA Referees made up in the last 48 hours.
Regardless of whether they are right or not (they aren’t), it is absolutely insane that the official NBA ref account is posting stuff like this. They literally tagged Alaa in an unprompted callout post, just absurdly childish and petty behavior.
We stand with Alaa
Except it’s not momentum if you’re actively trying to get away from the defender. That’s what they’re missing (and what the Hawks broadcast – which is what I was watching – ignored). He didn’t try to stop/slow and his momentum carried him into the backcourt. He caught the ball in the front court and ACCELERATED into the backcourt.
Bullshit
For an organization that has no public confidence and a history of corruption, they certainly are arrogant.
Honestly, even putting aside this absolutely asinine and/or made-up rule, this post and their attack on Alaa is wildly unprofessional and pretty idiotic.
Positive position??