BasketNews Referee Consultant Todd Warnick examines various aspects of the 2024-25 Euroleague referee playoff list and poses some hard questions regarding the nomination process, including comparisons to the NBA.
The Euroleague has announced that, like last season, 28 referees have been assigned to the 2025 playoffs.
This continues a trend begun in 2024 of spreading out playoff opportunities among a greater number of referees as opposed to using a significantly smaller but, one might argue, an overall superior group, as was the case in previous years.
This year's playoff list includes three first-timers and one referee who returns to the list after a several-year absence.
Some of the nominations for Game 1 of the quarter-finals are also curious, to say the least, and relate to issues raised during last year's playoffs by BasketNews.
BasketNews Referee Consultant Todd Warnick examines various aspects of the 2024-25 Euroleague referee playoff list and poses some hard questions regarding the nomination process, including comparisons to the NBA.
The Controversial Game 1 Assignments
We already have a nomination controversy – and the games haven't even begun.
