INSIDER – You might not know Greg Willard  The NBA Officials
will be wearing a #57 on their uniforms during the NBA Finals to
pay respects to Greg Willard, official #57, who has been
diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Greg Willard is 53 years old.
You might not know Greg Willard. During our Jazz broadcast this
season Ron and I played a game “Get to know your official.”
However, we only played this game when an official worked his
way into our broadcast. Our general philosophy about officiating
in our broadcasts is to mention who is calling the game and then
mention them if they make a specific call, but otherwise they
don’t intrude in our broadcast unless they intrude on the game.
When they do we play “Get to know your official”.  For this
reason you may not know Greg Willard. Not once in two years have
we played get to know your official about Greg Willard. He never
inserted himself into the game. He just called a solid game each
and every time he worked a Jazz game. Being spotlighted is not a
compliment. Gr