[Highlight] LeBron gets in Dillon Brooks’ face after night of needling, earning a tech for doing so
any other player does that to a ref and they’re getting ejected lol
Draymond Green disagrees
Nah Draymond gets the long whistle for barking but no way he’s get away with grabbing a ref
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1h8kalx/draymond_green_gets_a_technical_foul_and_then/
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He has a looong leash, but there’s a difference between that and actually physically touching a ref. I could be wrong, but I can’t remember Draymond getting away with that
yeah never seen him touch a ref when he’s heated
Yeah if Draymond does this nothing happens
He gets deducted a foul.
There’s zero chance Draymond gets away with pushing a ref.
Lol and here is proof
Lmao a blatant lie
I thought after he did it the second time he was done refs or coaches gotta get them to cut out the bs and play
I’m with you, he absolutely should have been tossed. You can’t touch a ref.
But also, the fuck is Lebron doing letting Brooks get to him like that…come on.
Sundown syndrome against the Suns
LeMentia
“LeBron, please draw the face of a clock from memory”
Hey big guy, the sun’s getting real low…
Eh bron won the punk battle versus Dillon today. Got him ejected. Suns coulda definitely used him at the end.
Hard to say there was a clear winner here… brooks was being a bitch but every time the camera cut to Bron he looked like a child with poor emotion control. Had that “I Am A Surgeon!” Meme from The Good Doctor look a few times
Yup Bron’s reputation definitely took a major hit on this monumental sunday november game
Jokic did something similar last playoffs and they left him alone. Not trying to justify it in either case, though
I thought Jokic was gonna get the boot that game. This was definitely worse and not a playoff game. I can’t believe they let that go.
It’s worse to let it go in December vs the playoffs?
Refs determining games is worse in the playoffs vs the regular season, yes.
Needed people to hold him back from the refs. No idea how he didn’t get ejected.
Really? No ideas at all???
He’s LeBron. Lol
He’s their elder, he’s allowed to do that
I like how the 2nd ref came up to him and basically had to threaten to kick James before it settled down lmao
Fr tho. Duncan got tossed for laughing on the bench. Ant got t’ed up for a menacing glare lmao
Tatum clapping
The Duncan was sooo strange and funny at the same time, but then it was a one off
Almost any player would get ejected and suspended for shoving a ref.
Suspension for anyone else
I came here to say THIS. Immediate ejection and suspended for a game or two. Kind of funny watching LeBron be Lebated into Villian Brooks’ plan.
Dillon brooks has 5 fouls and missed a whole quarter of playing time
100% also he’d of gotten teched up earlier in the game for some of the shouting he did at the refs on no calls. The officiating in this game is painfully lopsided.
Absolute facts
Not wrong
Exactly what I was thinking.
They gave lebron a lot of leeway to touch the ref like that.
LeEway
LeFreeStay
UntouchabLe
Leook the other way
LeManHandle
LeManCuddle
LeFreeUse
Fuq u mean? That ref aint washing that arm for weeks.
“lebron senpai touchsu my arm and yelled at me… omg 😍😍😍”
That ref will have a story to tell their grandchildren forever now
Not cool with it either. He knew he had privilege and showed it
Grabbed the ref’s arm like an abusive high school boyfriend at prom
Right before she leaves him for the sweet, nerdy boy next door. Lol
I have to thank Chris Paul, I didn’t have to look up the meaning of the word “leeway” to understand your comment
How is he allowed to keep playing after grabbing a ref???
King James, my friend
No rook would be ok
There’s plenty of vets in the league that get away with it. Including Brooks, who was given a ton of leash from the refs all night long. Refs give seasoned vets more leeway to express themselves than rookies and nobodies. And it’s not a big deal. Happens in every workplace.
If the game was called “fairly” Brooks would’ve been ejected before the end of the 2nd quarter and they’d be calling fouls on every single possession. The refs knew they deserved to be yelled at tonight.
Didn’t know Steph is a nobdy and SGA a vet.
Got so antsy to bash SGA you forgot to read his comment.
Neither Steph nor SGA really need any leeway to express themselves to the refs, because neither really do. They don’t get animated with the refs very often.
I mean Steph got the baby face
Kick him off the tour, Doug!
I thought we were friends shooter? I’ll be at the red lobster.
God bless
What tour
This guy eats pieces of shit for breakfast
You too good for your home??!
Lebron gets to play by different rules
He is the NBA
You know the answer.
What are they gonna do, eject the guy who signs their checks and Adam Silver’s checks?
His name is LeBron James
The last ref after LeBron grabbed him was like “seriously LeBron? You really gonna do this?” lol
Ref’s flabbers were gasted. He was really trying to understand the anger lol. Never occurred to him that he could throw buddy out for that.
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Let’s just be very clear.
LeBron James GRABBED A REFERREE. not a brush. Not accidental.
How he wasn’t immediately tossed is beyond me. How he is not suspended is beyond me. I don’t even get it.
It’s the king bih
“Why would anyone give extended grace to one of the greatest players of all time????”
“in what is likely his retirement season” lol
like, i think he should have been tossed, but the ref brushing off this 6’8” monster like “okay grandpa go back to bed” is fucking hilarious.
kind of reminds me of those lion handlers.
The nba is 100 percent about ratings & narratives, not fair refereeing. They would prefer lebron to look like a perfect role model instead of an whiny douche, so it’s better to ignore him being a dumbass & pretend he did nothing wrong
This reminds me of the Reggie Miller vs MJ brawl. Reggie got tossed. Mike stayed. Or am I remembering it incorrectly?
Suspended is crazy, come on now. Ejected, fair enough. Bron does get the superstar benefit of the doubt, but if the ref heard what Brooks said and it was wild enough, that may have been why he didn’t want to automatically eject him. Plus they see Brooks purposely trying to antagonize Bron all night, this didn’t just come out of nowhere
I didn’t consider that. maybe the refs heard what was said and decided the crash out was valid.
Brooks must have said some nasty yo mama joke to Lebron.
“Hey Lebron, yo mama so ugly her blowjobs count as anal!”
jesus
you had this one locked and loaded
Damn I really laughed for like 30 seconds. It’s 5 am. Lol.
Didn’t think a yo momma joke could get me like this again
This means not jokes are coming back next. Not.
2005 called and wants their joke back. Psyche, that didn’t even happen.
He buttfucked her face.
Probably called him a bitch. Bron has a hard on for being called that
“You said bitch tho?”
“I said biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii…”
“You really called him that to his face?”
“I looked at him dead in his eyes and said…”
(Looks around cautiously)
Whispers: “Biiiiiiiiiiitch”
Video of Dillon Brooks talking to Lebron on the court
Brooks slap the ball while it was in the air and hit Bron on the shoulder. This video conveniently edited that out at the beginning
yea this was the reason lebron was mad that many including the suns commentators were blind to
whether brons reaction was justified is another story
LeMama
Asking him how Delante was as a step dad
Final year. Take a swing, Bron. It’s worth it.
Ron artest 4 lyf
LeWorldPeace
Two sings. One at each Tony brother
LeEnforcer
Hell yeah. We need one malice at LePalace.
Dew it LeBron it’d add to your legacy
LeZidane
You can’t tell me if any other player would have put his hands on the ref he would have been thrown out the game.
Draymond.
But yes, I am surprised the refs did nothing with the constant contact. Not even an immediate tech.
We see joker get away with the same.
Kuminga got ejected pre season for touching a ref. There is no video of it tho i think. Didnt seem like much
Thrown out and fined for sure
I am surprised refs didn’t kick Bron out, I am sure he’s gonna get fined for that
Why are you surprised? LeBron is the nba’s cash cow
I’m surprised the face of the league and the reason the league made ridiculous money for 20 years is getting preferential treatment!?
23 years to date but whos counting..
The refs regularly break up scuffles between players and get thrown around in the process, y’all are being so dramatic with this
usually the scuffles in which they get thrown around are between players, not themselves and a player. there’s a difference
brooks batted the ball at lebron and these commentators acted like brooks is a saint that can do no wrong lol
I mean, that looked like he wanted to slap the ball at Lebron so it bounces out of bounds on him instead. Seems like pretty standard basketball play.
He had already touched the ground so he’s out of bounds lol that’s not how that works
I’ve watched refs eject players who gently tossed them the ball when they weren’t really paying attention and it bumped them.
Great example and a good standard. Refs need more power to throw out these raucous superstars
They have the power. They don’t have the balls.
Even if told they can’t, they can. They just gotta find a new employer, but they’ll have a clean conscience.
Crazy that the treatment he gets right there while putting his hands on the ref
Brooks looks like he smells
Smells like dawg
Wet dog
Any one else that grabs a ref like that is GONE. I acknowledge I am not a LeBron fan but you HAVE to at least T him up for that so you’re not showing any sort of bias towards him.
LeAngry
LeBothered
LeRage
Only LeBron can push a ref and play the rest of the game
If it was Dillon Brooks getting called and then grabbing the ref, that’s a several game suspension lol
I think the NBA should suspend brooks for 2 games anyway just in case
For the integrity of the game, you gotta fine Bron hard or suspend him because anyone else is getting ejected from that game.
The league is so unserious. On top of this coddling where LeBron wasn’t thrown out for grabbing a ref… No and1 call on LeBron bulldozing Dillon, then Dillon gets ejected for getting upset about the dangerous knee-to-knee contact. Then after LeBron misses the gift-wrapped FT, refs have to figure out another way to give the game to the Lakers, so they call some ticky-tack foul on Devin Booker that was WAY less contact than the no-call on the previous play, and arguably LeBron should’ve been whistled for the offensive foul for kicking out in an unnatural motion to seek contact, but nope. LeBron gets 3 FTs. Game over. Pathetic performance by the refs. At least do a better job at hiding how crooked you are. This is Adam Silver’s NBA folks. He’s turned the league into a joke. How he hasn’t been fired yet is absolutely insane.
Im a Lakers fan… LeBron should know better than to touch the ref like that and shouldn’t have gotten away with it.
That should be a suspension. You can’t touch a referee
He does worse to the ref
Only LeBron can make contact with an official and not get ejected.
The NBA is a fucking joke.
Bron should have been ejected and possibly suspended for putting his hands on the ref
This is nuts. It is so frustrating to see the whistle avoiding here just because its LeBron
perfect example of special treatment. should have been ejected at least
Brooks went up to shoot, the ball went back to him from the foul and he kinda slapped it at Lebron. That’s what set Lebron off, which was cut off this clip.
James put hands on that ref, I’ve seen ejections for less contact than that
That should have been an immediate ejection.
Now let’s all remember the time Cade got ejected for pointing to his own team..
Only player in the league that could touch a ref like that and not get ejected lol
Insane he can get away with grabbing the ref like that. 😱
Rage baited the boomer. LMAO
He said “six-seven”.
Holy shit Lebron literally grabbed and shoved that ref. Thats an ejection and suspension for literally anyone else
Thats actually wild that he’s getting away with manhandling a ref lol.
He put his arm on ref’s chest twice and still no tech
From “unbothered” to this. Guess Dillon was right after all. He does get under his skin.
Literally pushing the ref lol
Lebron touched that ref. That’s a suspension for most players.
Shouldn’t he have gotten thrown out?
FFS, I know the refs give him preferential treatment all the time, but I would think that’s where the refs draw the line. I guess not.
LeBron hit the fucking ref twice. Any other player is missing the next week. Fuck this game. Fuck the Lakers.
Should have been an ejection wtf is that
Lebron pushed a ref. He should be suspended.
he finna crash 😂
All I see is a 1000% ejection for literally any other player in league history
So LeBron can grab the refs arm but if a player gets in lebrons face it’s an ejection? Wild times we live in.
Idk man I know he’s LeBron but he’s tripping putting hands on a ref like that lmao
Should get tossed for grabbing the ref…
So LeBum is allowed to put his hands on the refs? Anyone else and they’d be tossed and fined
Only LeBron can get in another player’s face and then complain to the ref and manhandle them
Brooks’ ability to get under the skin of his opponent has to be studied.
This gotta be the most unwarranted crash out since Desmond Bane’s execution of OG.
Bros been body checking a 40 yr old all night and half the time with Brons back towards him. FOH “unwarranted”.
Yeah they didn’t eject Bron because they knew they fucked up letting Brooks keep at it all game.
Yoooo wtf is this shit putting hands on the official??
I’m assuming he got two free throws out of this
Lebron is an emotional arrogant diva. he wasn’t always like this. lakers franchise has changed him for the worse
When ref 52 pushes back slightly after being shoved I was kinda surprised not to see Lebron flop.
How come LeBron can push the ref?
Didn’t know you could manhandle refs like that and still stay in the game
NAHHH LET ANYONE HANDLE A REF LIKE THAT… ITS AN EJECTION, HEAFTY FINE, AND SUSPENSION
It’s missing alot of context if you didn’t watch the game. Brooks got 5 fouls already trying to trip people up the whole game.
Huge fan of LeBron, but he needs to man up! It’s not that serious, brooks doing his job!
Touch a ref - ejected. Unless you are LeBum.
Villain Brooks is the one playing it cool? Damn, LeBron must’ve been super triggered.
Fuck Leflop! He was roid raging on the refs!
Bron should had been tossed for this.
Getting to push a ref and grab his arm. Any other player or coach gets an ejection. Billionaire armor.
Brooks playing like he’s in the NFL
Tbf so had Bron for pretty much his entire career
“He’s a ho, and I want that known”
Bron acting like a lil bitch
Mission accomplished then
Edit: to also say that players have been tossed out of games for passing the ball to officials with a little extra mustard…
Rules for thee but not for he.
Brooks really broke Le’james
Pretty sure LeBron put hands on the ref. …
Somehow the end result of Brooks and LeBron jawing and LeBron hitting the goddamned motherfucking ref is Brooks getting a technical and getting ejected.
I’m done with this game.
Just give LeBron and the Lakers the W and don’t make me watch it if you’re gonna rig it.
So intentional physical contact with the ref isn’t an ejection?
Tech? Should have been ejected for manhandling the ref….