Alex Speers

I get what you're saying.

And you are a father.

So, I mean, if your kids were really into this, I feel like you would know.

What if they added the diff?

Actually, the diff might be on it because the Cavs are playing.

Okay.

Well, that was your bad this week.

Mine's much different.

My bad this week, I unfortunately am going to talk about the state of refereeing in the NBA.

And I say unfortunately because I hate talking about the refs.

I hate that I can match the name Mark Davis to a face.

I don't want to be able to do that.

I don't want to say to myself during a game, oh, Finchie's big mad at Zach Zarba.

I don't want to say those words in my head.

I've complained about how much of the NBA discussion comes back to foul calls because I think it's the least interesting part of the game, and it's usually the least interesting conversations.

But I have to admit at this point it's a problem because when Adam Silver called the NBA a highlight sport,

He wasn't wrong in that a lot of the discussion about the league centers around highlights, around specific plays.

And when a non-insignificant number of those highlights, the plays that are stimulating discussion among your fans, are foul calls, it is a problem.

And I don't think that's going away.

And this week...