You guys advocating player suspensions and fines have it backwards. ANY good official worth his salt should know the CARDINAL RULE when officiating the "Airborne Shooter".
STAY WITH THE SHOOTER!!
The whole reason the ref was sold on Harden's flop is because he looked at the ball going up (spectating) and gave away what's called an "Open Look".
Had he stayed with the shooter from jump to land he would CLEARLY no Wes didn't touch harden. In short, he guessed on the play (another cardinal rule is NEVER GUESS). He (if it were me) would then either say nothing and give Harden a look like "really???" Or say "get up. You're not getting that call from me today".
Harden SELF CORRECTS when this happens consistently.
So the onus is on the officials not the players because players MUST ALWAYS adjust to the way the game is officiated.
Refs need to be held accountable.
Now if Wes after the game said something like "I don't think the ref made a good call on that play"
BAM $10K fine.... :MARIS61:
Edit: In closing, NBA Refs suck and are lazy. i.e. Leon Wood, Steve Javie, and Joey Crawford.
