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Lauren Holtkamp (born November 24, 1980) is a former professional basketball referee who worked in the National Basketball Association (NBA), wearing number 7. Holtkamp became the third woman to be a full-time NBA referee. [2] Holtkamp also played college basketball at Drury University from 2000 to 2004. [3]
The 2007 NBA betting scandal was a scandal involving the National Basketball Association (NBA) and accusations that an NBA referee used his knowledge of relationships between referees, coaches, players and owners to bet on professional basketball games.
A referee lockout began on September 1, 2009, when the contract between the NBA and its referees expired. The first preseason games were played on October 1, 2009, and replacement referees from the WNBA and NBA Development League were used, the first time replacement referees had been used since the beginning of the 1995–96 season. The NBA ...
Fines in the NBA can be incurred for various reason and by various people. Players, teams, coaches, and owners can all incur fines. From 2003 to 2013 the top 5 most fined offenses were for criticizing referees (81 times, for about $2.1 million), fan confrontation (42 times, for $672,500), interaction with referees (35 times, for $750,000), fighting (26 times, for about $1.5 million), and ...
Bernie W. Fryer (born December 25, 1949) [1] has been Vice President and Director of Officials for the National Basketball Association since July 2008. [2] He was a player in the NBA and American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1973 to 1975 [3] before serving as a referee from 1978 to 2007.
Following another round of trades in February, Cleveland returned to form and James reached a number of historical milestones; on March 30, he set an NBA record with 867 straight games scoring in double digits. [206] James eventually finished the season with averages of 27.5 points, 8.6 rebounds, 9.2 assists, and 4.2 turnovers per game. [5]
The National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) is the labor union that represents National Basketball Association (NBA) players. It was founded in 1954, making it the oldest trade union of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. However, the NBPA did not get recognition by NBA team owners until ten years ...
On June 24, 2005, the Bobcats picked up the option for the fourth year on Okafor's contract, as he quickly established himself as the face of the franchise, and a solid player for years to come. Okafor finished his rookie season with 44.7% field goal percentage and per-game averages of 15.1 points, 10.9 rebounds (ranked 4th in the league [ 11 ...