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Once considered as one of the best and strictest referees (裁判) in the NBA, Javie is now working at a church in America.
Despite coming from a diligent family, sports were in Javie’s blood too. It was sports that really inspired him as a young boy. His father had a career as a football back referee for the football league, 【小题1】 his grandfather was an umpire (裁判员) for the baseball league.
In Javie’s 【小题2】 (young) days, a famous basketball team had picked him as a possible basketball player, but that was destroyed by an arm 【小题3】 (injure). He started as a baseball umpire and then shifted to a basketball referee, 【小题4】 (become) an NBA referee in 1986, 【小题5】 he quickly developed a bad reputation for his bad temper. In one game, Javie even drove out one of the 【小题6】 (announcer), and in another threw out a team mascot (吉祥物).
As his years in the NBA 【小题7】 (go) by, Javie developed a good reputation not only as one of 【小题8】 most feared referees but also a 【小题9】 (respect) one. In 2000, he began suffering 【小题10】 an arthritic (关节炎的) knee. So during the season, he was barely working. Surgery could only postpone the terrible situation. As a result, Javie had to change his job as a member of church staff in America.