And I sent this one the the League Office and the Players Association.
To Whom It May Concern,
As an avid NBA fan, I have a question of the officiating going on in the playoffs. My main questions are in the Lakers vs. Suns series. The officiating has been atrocious. Time and time again, the officials have failed to blow a whistle for hard fouls, moving picks and hand checks against the Lakers, yet the Suns are being called for ticky tack fouls consistently. Kwame Brown has played a good series, however, in game 3 he should have been ejected from the game for the flagrant foul on Boris Diaw and then making the foul worse by straddling over him like a stuck pig. Kobe has yet to have a foul or technical foul against him for his altercations with Steve Nash. In game 2, he runs across the court and shoves Nash away from helping his teammate. Then in game 3 he gets in Nash’s face and shoves him (once in the beginning of the game and then again in the 3rd quarter when Kwame got his technical for knocking Diaw down.). Yet with all the Artest (Kings) and Haslim (Heat) have been ejected and suspended for less. Raja Bell, in game 3 holds Kobe Bryant from spinning around him for the lay-up, gets the whistle and Bell slaps at the ball after the whistle from keeping Kobe from the continuation, and he gets a Technical. The inconsistencies in the officiating is ridiculously bad this season, let alone the playoffs. As well as David Sterns office, and the way he has handled issues so far this year. Numerous occasions have taken place as to Nash being raked across the arm(s) when riving the basketball by Parker and Vujacic without a single call. I know there isn’t supposed to be any preferential treatment of one player over another by officials, yet we all know it goes on. So, in stating that, why is Nash, the reigning MVP not getting any calls in favor of him? In game 4, it happened again numerous times, that Parker and Vujacic raking Nash’s arm(s), yet no fouls called. Driving the lane towards the end of the 4th quarter he drives the lane and Odom and Parker both rake Nash and they call the ball out of bounds for the Suns. Then at the end of the 4th quarter, Diaw lobs the ball from out of bounds to James Jones under the basket and Luke Walton grabs him, keeping him from getting a good shot at the basket, yet again, with no call. Then for another point in the atrocious officiating going on, Steve Nash gets trapped by Odom and Walton, Nash turns away towards Bennett Salvatore to call a time out and Bennett looks and waits for Walton to get a grasp of the ball in Nash’s hands. I know you are probably thinking I’m going on and on about the Suns not getting fouls called for them or the benefit of calls. Yes I am a Suns fan; however, I’m a basketball fan first. I haven’t watched a lot of the other playoff series’ this year, but what I have watched, the officiating has been one sided in every series. Now, as a NBA fan, what can I do to, besides sending this email, to try and get better officials out on the floor? I have officiated basketball games, and yes, there have been times that I’ve been out of position, but the way the officials have called games has progressively gotten worse over the years, and I’m getting tired of the no-calls and ghost fouls being called at the discretion of the current officials.
Sincerely,
SSgt James D. Shellenberger
United States Air Force
you can write as many letters as you want, but your threats of the nba losing the phoenix market is pretty dumb. i'm sure stern and the nba officials are heartbroken and stricken from grief about possibly losing veiwership in phoenix 
