Danny Crawford, Elegance Judge

If the players and coaches enter the hall of glory every year, it is much less common to see teams and judges there. This year, the two of them will be the center of attention. Already because “redeem the team”, the gold medalist at the 2008 Olympic Games. Years, will be integrated. Then because it will be followed Danny Crawfordwhich will become 18. Judge only history to enter the hall of glory.

This judge followed several generations of players and his face was a few generations of fans, whistling since 1985. until 2017. years. More than 2,000 times in the regular season, 300 times in the playoffs, they met meetings. In addition, as we saw during the finals uninterrupted between 1995. and 2017. years.

The man who said “no” to the stars

So we saw him whistles in Karl Malone and Michael Jordan, but also Shakuille O’Neal, Kobe Briant, Tim Duncan or Stephen Curri and Lebron James. “My life was amazing. I had the best job in the world. If I were rich I’d do it free”Comments for a former official for NBA website.

Danny Crawford, it was above all attitude. Always calm, poses, respected by actors. The kind of judge we don’t see, which is always the quality of man in gray.

“I listened to the players, I let them express them. Then they were able to be authoritarian in parquet. Suddenly, they can’t say no. No problems are said here.He describes on his method. “We want the best team to win and know there we did our job. And if the team that lost not to run after us in the locker room.” »

“What was great with him was that he was arbitrage matches, but also men”

It is clear that he was very different from his names, Joey Crawford, known for his anger, and sometimes strange decisions. The summit was an amazing expulsion of the Duncan team, In April 2007.

“It was disturbed by anything. I was one of those who could explode when he was still under control, it was working properly”Confirm Joey Crawford. “He had a soothing impact on the ground. Many judges do not learn that. He was a great team leader.” »

This is how he won the respect for the players, but also coaches. Proof with this Anecdotom of Doc River, which comes from his age in Boston.

“We played a game without a stake at the end of the afternoon. So Danny Ainge said to me, but it was halfway. He offered me to look at it, but it was gone to look at it to look at me that He looked. He offered me to look at it, but it offered to look at it, but it’s halfime.Remind you of noise coach. “So, in the third Quarter, and Cry, and Try to get out. Danny Crawford Told Me That He Also Wanted To See The Masters And That I Was Not Going To Move. What Was Great With Him Is That He Arrested Matches But Also Men. If He Was Arbitrating a big match, we know that, at home or outside, the moment would not be too big for him. »»