NBA should go back to the 2-referee system, and enact changes to minimize the effect of referees on games.
As for whether the 'replacement officials' ('scab' is such an ugly word) will feell freer to call a straight game--maybe, maybe not. However, unless the league backs replacement officials to the same extent it does the regular ones (i.e. upholding technicals and ejections and suspensions), I would expect to see some veteran players aggressively challenging replacement officials, knowing that they will only have to face them for a few games at most. I remember the last time the NBA had replacement officials seeing Maurice Lucas (who was doing a little stint with the Lakers at the time) actually grab an official's arm to keep him from calling a technical.
You know what they say: no arm, no foul.
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