He had announced it during the day, Richard Jefferson was going to take the whistle and put on a referee’s suit throughout the second quarter of the Summer League match between the Blazers and the Knicks. The sentence is completely crazy but the event took place, because in July Las Vegas remains the perfect laboratory for beautiful experiences.
We learned earlier in the day that as part of the… big anything of the Summer League, the former NBAer and champion in 2016 Richard Jefferson had participated in the seminar of the referees in Las Vegas and that he was therefore going to officiate the time of a quarter during the match between the Knicks and the Blazers. Having become a respected analyst after his playing career, Ritchie therefore added one more string to his bow last night, story of realizing in the heat of the action the sometimes complicated job of the zebras. History will remember that the experience was positive, and it will perhaps create vocations, who knows.
Richard Jefferson is making his officiating debut in Knicks vs Trail Blazers Live Now on ESPN 2 pic.twitter.com/9pki24Q61q
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Landed for the start of the second quarter, RJ will first have suffered the wrath (for lol) of the Knicks bench from his first whistle. “White ball white ball” then shouted the substitutes of New York, hilarious just like the public and the commentators, all in joy to be present for this particular moment of the summer. Obvious focus on the main event of this match, and after a few minutes the former Nets youngster and later LeBron’s teammate will make his first mistake under the amused gaze of his usual colleagues.
RJ forgot to signal it but the bucket is GOOD ????
Richard Jefferson officiating Q2 on ESPN 2 pic.twitter.com/L3zFMdii9e
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Error corrected later, the kid learns quickly, and more generally an experience which will not fail to support the next analyzes of the former sniper, while waiting, perhaps, that he tests himself one day as a mascot or as a head coach on an NBA bench.
RJ remembered to signal the shot good this time ????
Live Now on ESPN 2 pic.twitter.com/NfYuH88uu5
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Smiles of course, but enough seriousness to fully take the measure of the task and the pressure that the profession of referee represents in the NBA. We clearly validate the idea, the Summer League is made for this kind of thing and, very clearly, you did not find that the costume suited him well?