I don't give a damn about the NBA, but I have noticed this story. Saw them interviewing some retired ref (black) this morning. He blamed everything on the NBA for not paying their referees enough. "When a referee with 28, 29 years experience is making only 300,000 a year," he said with all due seriousness, "something's wrong."
Yeah, they grab an honest? black ref to contrast him with the crooked white one (they never miss a chance to show how much they care) then he says something stupid like that. It was disgusting and funny and typical.