NEW YORK, March 7 (UPI) -- After a series of meetings in New York, suspended NBA referee Michael Henderson will return to the court.
"He's anxious to get back to work," said National Basketball Referees Association spokesman Lamell McMorris after meetings with Henderson and league officials.
Participants in the meetings discussed what McMorris characterized as "serious defects" in a system that "must be addressed with a sense of urgency to prevent a Michael Henderson scenario from re-occurring."
Henderson, in his third year as a referee, was publicly reprimanded and suspended with pay eight days ago after missing a call that directly led to the Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Denver Nuggets. McMorris called his removal "unprecedented."
The NBRA blasted the suspension and staged a protest a week ago when 28 of 30 referees working games wore their shirts inside out with Henderson's No. 62 written on the back.
NBA Deputy Commissioner Russ Granik said the officials who staged the protest would be disciplined.
