Wow....Didn't have to watch a documentary to figure that out.
Just watch a Cavs game ....Where the officials go into SGT Schultz mode whenever the messiah is on the court.
Inability to figure it out, isn't the point. Actually hearing it come from an NBA Refs mouth, explaining how he receives his direction, and from who, and why, is disappointing and insulting.
We, as the true fans, the one's that stand by this game, and "play-plan" player acquisitions, and do research, and watch every game, and suffer through every commercial should be insulted when NBA Gods try micro manage the game right before our eyes.
Hearing it come directly from the horses mouth, is quite different than being the "all knowing sports realist"