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NBA Set to Begin Training Replacement Refs

by Matthew O'Brien
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Oh, The Irony: NBA Referees’ Lead Negotiator Finds Himself a Replacement
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Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! tweets:

The NBA will start referee training camp with replacement officials next week

Presumably, the NBA will instruct the scab refs in the dark art of calling phantom fouls against whomever is guarding Lebron James or Dwyane Wade. And reminding them that in the NBA traveling does not exist.

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