The NBA training camps will open up Monday, but before the players get on the court another preseason camp was taking place in a hotel in Brooklyn this past week.
The NBA’s referees convened for Referee Preseason Meetings, a three-day crash course, studying rule changes, spending hours with video to reveal intricacies of potential calls and even spent some time playing Jeopardy.
Monty McCutchen, long one of the NBA’s best officials and now Vice President, head of Referee Development, used the sessions to educate the referees and also to continue bringing the refs into the light, working with the NBA’s Senior Vice President, Head of Referee Operations, Michelle Johnson to provide explanations and open dialogue on calls.