NBA referees read mean tweets from angry basketball fans
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
Being an NBA referee is a thankless task. People only notice you for bad things. Doing a perfect job is just “doing your job,” and anything short of that makes you an “idiot,” at least in the eyes of sports fans.
The NBA’s referees have a good sense of humor about it all, so they sat down to read tweets sent to the @OfficialNBARefs account. They were ... not nice. It’s OK refs. We love you when nobody else does.
