NBA Referee Assignments

Referee assignments are posted at approximately 9:00am ET each game day.

G League Referee Assignments

Referee assignments are posted at approximately 9:00am ET each game day.

Game Crew Chief Referee Umpire Alternate
Cleveland @ Osceola JD Ralls (#80) Klajdi Mulla (#97) Ashley Birch (#16)
Windy City @ Maine CP Painter (#66) Catherine Chang (#30) Ryo Hasebe (#8)
Mexico City @ Iowa Gina Catanzariti (#5) Erik Aellig (#4) Eric Lewis (#88)
Wisconsin @ Memphis Cameron Garber (#33) JP Primm (#64) Joe Prince (#78)
Noblesville @ Rio Grande Valley Agon Abazi (#7) Kastine Evans (#11) Tommy Wu (#71)
San Diego @ Santa Cruz Julian McFadden (#52) Jason Alabanza (#10) Lars Murray (#35)

Crew Chief Position

  • Proficient in Referee and Umpire positions
  • Leader of the crew, on and off the floor
  • High-level play calling, partnering skills, and tools for handling any game situation, including interpersonal communication
  • Understands the importance of extending into their secondary area of coverage, with accuracy

Referee Position

  • Proficient in all Umpire position requirements
  • Effectively the glue for a crew through consistency, teamwork, and communication - makes partners better by carrying a larger portion of the crew’s load than an Umpire
  • Capable of handling some plays in secondary area of coverage
  • Ability to recognize and appropriately manage shifts in game conditions (intensity, emotions, decorum, style of play etc.)

Umpire Position

  • Aggressively and accurately calls plays in the primary area of responsibility
  • Responsible for basic mechanics including rotations, positioning and clock and team foul awareness
  • Strong rules knowledge coupled with contributions to in-game discussions/issues regarding adjudication