NBRA and NBPA hold meeting to discuss tension between refs and players

National Basketball Referees Association's general counsel Lee Seham held a two-hour-plus meeting with the players association's executive director Michele Roberts to discuss the tension between referees and players, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

The NBRA believes that the league office has become too lenient in allowing players' aggressive verbiage toward refs, whereas players are overwhelmingly disconcerted by what they believe is the disrespectful manner with which refs address players on the court.

For example, players expressed frustration with referees holding up a hand -- like a stop sign -- when approached on the floor. "Our players also complained about being ignored, told to 'shut up,' told to 'move' or, in extreme circumstances, hit with a technical," Roberts said.