[ESPN] NBA fines Suns’ Booker for blasting refs, rescinds technical foul
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48576253/nba-fines-suns-booker-blasting-refs-rescinds-technical-foul
We are wrong but you humiliate us so we still fine you, so what? We are corrupted.
a mob gang of nba, maybe nba 2k26 is playable in gta6
Would be nice for a new 2k where theres an option to punch referees
we have a lot of good ideas too
I installed on Wednesday, uninstalled on Thursday. I’ll go back to the older versions again
Not quite what happened.
Booker made multiple statements at his presser, notably:
No one criticizes a ref by name & doesnt get fined. Thats not corruption, thats literally CBA policy agreed upon by the league & NBPA. The league is saying they investigated & determined none of the calls (like the tech) were influenced by anything (like Caruso). Idk if that’s true, but I do know we don’t have much evidence to make that claim.
If Book called out the officiating without using the ref’s name, it would have been a lot more interesting to see the response. The WWE comment seems like a thinly veiled cover that the league could be seen as rigged, the type of comment that pisses Silver off as he tries to drive more & more gambling revenue into the leagues pockets.
I truly hope next time Book keeps his cool & says the officiating was bad and affected his ability to execute late in the game or killed momentum or something. Then when they review the calls & rescind the tech, the refs are the ones on the hot seat.
You would be naive if you think your approach can make the refs on the hot seat. Calling them out nicely do no favour. Hell Tim Donaghy’s best pal is Scott Foster and he is still officiating. It doesnt matter because we all know NBA is WWE like and refs are paid by the league to do the job and control the spread and the game. Booker is just saying the truth
I would gladly rather be naive then come from a place of emotion like your comment. It’s straight up misinformation to state the NBA fined Book as retaliation for humiliating them.
That take is so wildly bad I had to defend the NBA. That feels wrong
NBA did in fact fine him as retaliation.
Retaliation is doing something back in response to something. That’s exactly what they did.
why not both
I’m sorry, did you even see the press conference? Booker kept his cool and just said the truth.
Also saying you hope that Booker makes excuses for losing is wack AF
Lmfao, classic Silver NBA.
“Your words were 100% correct but fuck you anyways, give us money”
I wish they just donated the fine money to charity. It’s not like they need it
edit: just found that they actually do do that. Makes me feel better
I thought they did?
Yeah I was with my friend, we were talking about it and he corrected me. Pretty nice that the league does that
Yea pretty nice of Booker
They do I’m pretty sure
Why don’t the players trash talk the league and the refs more often then? It’s a win-win type of thing
Mark Cuban double downed once to donate more money lol
To Kalshi, probably.
Ngl this is actually the most hilarious result. They really said yeah you were right but fuck you anyways
Technical would have been rescinded anyway if they just made an enquiry/appeal though no? Happens a bit.
Weird, those OKC fans were telling everyone in the highlight thread last night that the rules say it was a correctly called tech.
Well we all know okc fans are brain dead so are we really surprised they were telling everyone that. Wait… shoot, I just fouled sga.
Wait… shoot, I just fouled sga
You too?
It’s like the “jizz in my pants” song but instead SGA getting a foul
The other day I went to grab a coffee in my corner coffee shop and I think I fouled him on my way back home, it’s getting crazy.
No one should expect much from fans in a state ranked near dead last in education.
Ok u/dirtnaps-for-all
First lemme just say it should’ve never been a tech.
But… according to the rules, there is technically an argument for the technical there. You can’t just throw the ball at other players after the play is dead. As stupid as it sounds, referees are allowed to assess the intent of a player when throwing a ball at someone after the whistle. If they deem it unnecessary, or excessive they can call a technical. Do I agree with the call yesterday? No. Is it a technical by the rules? Yes.
Stop insulting OKC fans intelligence and just say you don’t know the rules in basketball man.
He was throwing it inbounds, he wasn’t even looking at jdub. Rules need to have context and there was no bad motive to what booker did other than playing to save the ball after the foul. This isn’t a Desmond Bane throwing the ball at somebody
I totally agree. I am just rationalizing why the ref called it, and why Caruso asked him to call the technical foul. The ref saw the ball going towards JWill’s upper neck area, and he called a tech because of it.
Oklahoma isn’t know for its educated people
“Isn’t know” ok buddy
I’m an OKC fan and I had no idea what the hell the tech was for. I stay the hell out of game threads anymore.
Yall say this every single time and every single time I didn’t see what you’re talking about at all. Almost nobody defending that T
Flip side though nobody talked about the nonsense T on Dort for the interaction that DB started
Feel free to scroll through the replies here that I was referring to.
Exactly one (1) fucking guy with hundreds of people piling on against him
It really seems like this sub just chronically extrapolates from edge cases in regards to all things with the OKC thunder
bro literally everyone except agenda pushers knew it was a bad tech, we were just trying to provide a rationale, it was exceedingly obvious it was gonna get rescinded
There were plenty of OKC fans defending it,, comparing it to SGA getting a tech and saying he “threw it at” Jay Will on purpose.
You might not have been personally, but OKC fans definitely do and saying literally everyone knew it was a bad tech is just not true.
damn bro a single okc fan with like +3 upvotes is definitely representative of a fanbase; they were comparing it to the shai clip probably to contextualise it, but it was pretty clear to anyone watching shai did it on purpose unlike booker
You can’t seriously think that the person linked in the thread was the only one, right?
You’re the one who came in with an absolute, saying nobody felt that way. You’ve been provided proof and it’s easy enough to find more. Just open a thread and scroll down.
And now we have you assuming that you know what OKC fans were doing when they shared the Shai clip.
YOU DON’T SPEAK FOR ALL THUNDER FANS. Stop trying to.
Yes we’re terrible, but you have no right to point that out.
Freedom of speech but not freedom of deez nuts
-Adam silver
This reads like Satire lol. Is there something in the contract that make fines based on insubordination, even if the thing you’re complaining about is fair? Like how do they get away with this
Criticizing the refs is always a fine. It was agreed to by the NBPA as part of the negotiations. There isn’t a common sense complaint clause or anything like that, so this was the expected outcome.
And especially calling out an official by name, however deserved, will always be fined
I mean he didnt only complain about the false tech. And I can assure you the league will never think calling then WWE is fair.
At this point they should be more worried about someone turning it into UFC and earning their foul/fine that the refs are handing out either way.
Theirs a Referee’s associate union and a players union, they dislike each other and the league has agreed to terms which make basically anything a 5yr old would appreciate a fineable offense when a player directs it at an official.
Or referees are babies that need to see who can get the most bad publicity and still remain for the entire playoffs.
Silver is a 🤡
They waited until the games kicked off to announce this those cowards
There was an attempt to sweep this under the rug lol
So he was right? Lol
Yup, and he’ll pay for it (literally).
Honestly at this point how far fetched would it be to protest on the court if you know the series is over anyways?
Like just not playing defense, hands behind your back standing still until the opponent finishes their play.
That would be the dumbest shit possible
Well clearly trying to play doesn’t work either
I’m gonna’ be honest, the NBA referees are the only thing in the world that make me give a tiny bit of credibility toward people being anti-union. Those dudes are just robbing the league and fans at this point.
police union enters the chat
Touché
Don’t get it twisted though, every worker in this country should be pro-union. It’s the really bad PR though when the ones we actually do have the are the worst fucking people in the country
Have you seen an MLB umpire? Those mf are somehow worse
yeah but replay is gonna fix some of that
If anything it would make me pro-union. I could do whatever the fuck I wanted and still keep my job? And if someone says something bad about my performance, they get fined! Sign me up!
If there was no union the refs would be even worse
Now rescind the Dort-Brooks techs you cowards
They did actually! Separate press release
so 3 bullshit techs and Booker gets fined for calling out the refs is some real bullshit
Good to hear. Those two techs were the most egregious calls I had seen all year, maybe ever. In a playoff game. And I don’t even complain about calls.
It was so funny it was the least amount of confrontation brooks walks into dort and dort was just like okay thats fine and then a whistle
Yet nothing will change there is no accountability, after every report all they ever did was “sry we got the wrong called my bad”, but the same mistake repeat ad infinitum.
There is 0 repercussion, when players point out the shit job ref are doing they get fined. Well how about some fine coming from the ref, after all money talks right.
Objectively the funniest combination of actions to take
NBA straight up said ‘he’s right but he shouldn’t say it’
This is a fucking joke.
Guess you can have your cake and eat it too
Bro either fine him or rescind the tech. Doing both is wild lol
Just covering my ass with all the bases. Nothing to see here.
Fuck Adam Silver.
The funniest part is James Jones being involved
No evidence of bias…. But they were a little biased in giving you that tech so were rescinding it
You can’t publicly call out the refs. You can send an appeal to rescind a technical foul. Booker knew he was gonna get fined. Good for him though. He’s rich anyway.
How dare Booker tells the truth. Fine!
You were right, but we’re going to fine you anyways because we don’t like it when people call us out on our mistakes
Techs really should be harder to give out imo. I don’t know what that looks like though.
Maybe techs can only be issued in non-violent situations if two refs agree to issue it? But then you probably run into the whole “you get my back, I get yours” kind of situation that will almost certainly happen.
so it worked
NBA aka Third World Government
Hilarious outcome tbh
I know what you are Albert Spencer Jr.
Bro fuck Silver and the refs, they’re such egotistical losers
In the thread: lots of people saying NBA admitted Book is right but fined him anyway.
What a mafia
Silver is a fucking clown
What happens if he doesn’t pay? Are you going to suspend a star of the league to protect the refs ego?
They realize this just makes them look worse, right? You just validated his complaints
Omg the nba did what they always do, how corrupt !!! 😡
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Classic Adam Bronze move 🤡
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Fining you for having complaints about referees is so ridiculous 🤦♂️ the refs shouldn’t be that untouchable and also we all blame the refs for being corrupt on these calls but they’re just doing what the league tells them to do so we should actually be complaining about the nba rigging games not the refs
I know I am wrong but you are still wrong for point it out
Totally not the point but like…. Imagine being paid so much that a $35k fine was just an eye roll-inducing inconvenience?
Charitable donation tax write off
They fined him for complaining about the tech they rescinded
THEY CAN’T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
if they actually did somet about the terrible refs, the players might stop complaining about them.
How dare you correctly call us out?!
NBA can’t take people’s money for talking
Sue time
It’s in their contracts bruh
That needs to be removed. Just talking should never be a penalty
Wait til you hear they’re not allowed to go skiing/snowboarding either.