[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]
I dunno…to make the Grizz look like a premier team might in fact entail some people gettimg murdered.
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I expect several Grizzlies players would have to go.
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever]
Oh no, senor. The Jordan Rules were rules and calls that he got that others did not. Refs looked the other way on 4 steps to the basket, phantom fouls, etc.
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My memory confers with Iggins – here’s the quote in SI from Chuck Daly describing his Jordan Rules:
[QUOTE=bordelond]
My memory confers with Iggins – here’s the quote in SI from Chuck Daly describing his Jordan Rules.
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Mine too. In fact, favoring popular, well-established players over those who aren’t is hardly anything new. Wilt, Bill Russell, Lew Alcindor (Kareem later), etc., all were “protected.” Jordan was not the first to get calls go his way. IMHO, Shaq is the beneficiary of more phantom calls than anyone else in the league… he has been his whole career.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this favoritism isn’t the result of a very vague directive from the commisioner’s office, which could be counstrued as, “If the players are well-liked and they’re who the people buy tickets to come and see, make sure you do not penalize them for fouls more than 5 times per game.”
“If the player is Rasheed Wallace, T him up if he just LOOKS at you.” 
[QUOTE=Yaxche]
But I do concur that NBA referring is by far the worst in consistency and the most subjective of any of the ‘major’ sports. It’s pretty much made the game unwatchable for me.
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I totally agree. It has made the NBA only slightly more competitive than the WWE.
[QUOTE=Liberal]
“You can’t get too close to Michael,” Magic quipped. “It’s a foul!”
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Hilarious, because it was true.