All NBA players can agree on one thing: the refereeing in the league is inconsistent. It can clearly vary from game to game, but many players—including Steph Curry—feel that it changes from quarter to quarter.
Following the Warriors’ Christmas Day defeat to the Nuggets, the talk of the day centered over NBA refereeing and flopping. In his candid remarks, Steph Curry acknowledged that it helps losers but also said it needed to be more reliable. Here are all of his ideas.
“It does cater to the guys that can sell calls,” Curry said about NBA officiating. “When there’s physicality, it’s tough because it’s inconsistent at times on either side. What is the tone of the game, from game to game it changes, that’s the nature of basketball. On a night like tonight, you felt like there was physicality on one side and then kinda ticky-tack on the other. Then they get to the bonus and it changes the complexity of the game. It’s not like we don’t foul, I’m not saying that, it’s just consistency is key when it comes to understanding how to defend… it was tough tonight, slowed the whole game. Obviously, he made every free throw. Changed the momentum.”
Beyond just last night, NBA officiating has undoubtedly needed to be changed for the past ten years. Every year, it becomes more advantageous for flopping and more difficult to play good defense. The issue is that every gamer that complains does it on their own and only voices concerns when something doesn’t work out for them. Undoubtedly, Steph Curry is not incorrect; nevertheless, he has also experienced some poor calls.
It’s difficult to predict what would be the best course of action to address the NBA’s flopping and officiating issues. That would undoubtedly be a start, though, if referees stopped rewarding it.
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