NBA VP: L2M reports here to stay, full-game reports 'probably' coming
Despite calls from both players and referees to abolish them, the NBA's controversial last-two-minute reports aren't going anywhere anytime soon, according to the league's vice president of basketball operations.
KiKi Vandeweghe told ESPN's Zach Lowe that not only are the last-two-minute reports here to stay, they will also "probably" give way to full-game reports somewhere down the road.
Ignoring the potential logistical challenges and mountains of data that full-game officiating reports would present, this could go some way toward allaying at least one concern Kevin Durant recently raised about the current system, which places an undue premium on the final two minutes.
"What about the first quarter, second quarter, third quarter?" Durant said. "I think it's bull----."
It's unclear if full-game reports will appease the referees union, which recently said in a statement that the last-two-minute reports "do not provide transparency, but offer only the illusion of transparency" and "promote hostility toward officials because the focus is never on the percentage we get correct, only the percentage incorrect."
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