[Lowlight] Courtside fan throws the ball hard at the ref when she isn’t looking and gets ejected for his trouble. Luka Doncic: “What the fuck are you doing?”
As requested by u/JJ_The_JetpIane
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What if the fan was legitimately trying to pass the ball to the ref and she just wasn’t ready?
Actually, if it were me I would have tried to keep the ball.
I replayed it over and over to see if it hit her In the head or if it was thrown hard but I wouldn’t say he did it purposely. He threw it back kinda hard but nothing crazy.
I agree, dude possibly doesn’t have the best motor skills and was maybe drinking too… and was just hype to be touching the ball at all and tried to pass it out of there with intent as quick as possible. Didn’t seem malicious at all, and trust me, I’d be the first one lining up to say smack the fuck out of the fan acting up but it’s just not that lol
I think he was trying to be slick, but it came out awkward
We really need a different angle because getting ejected for this seems a tad absurd.
The only thing I can imagine is that he said something with it? As it stands, it looks like a fan caught a ball, panicked, and threw a spicy pass.
Unless he said something with it or too Luka, I don’t see how he gets ejected for this.
Maybe u/mrbuckbuck has the Sacramento feed in this
I can get it.
Edit: No replays, but a close look on the offender
If Luka is defending the ref I’m positive it warranted an ejection
her right hand batted it down
the fact that he didn’t react to the pass hitting her at all and maybe even smirked a little makes me think it wasn’t an accident. I’m pretty sure everyone in the history of earth who’s ever thrown something on accident to someone who wasn’t looking has done some kind of arm out oops/oh no reaction before it hits and then says sorry when it does. this dude is just sitting there through it all, I think that’s the vibe Luka got too.
That was my read as well. No reaction from him or the woman next to him. Just a weird stare down
Yup exactly this.
Why would he be remorseful for throwing a chest pass to a ref. Y’all are so soft lol. I would understand if he hit her in the head or hurt her but HE DIDNT. This is weak af
Edit: lame ahh redditors who have never hooped defending a ref lmaoo
Considering how much those seats cost, this guy is probably absurdly wealthy and has a different relationship than the rest of us with working people, so there’s that
Yep. I’d put it in my bag.
Trying to stuff it in your tiny clear bag would be a flex.
“What? No, I brought this in with me!”
Then act all confused and try to search for the ball, like that ITYSL sketch lmao
Along with the fries
That’s why I wear my Thanksgiving pants to the game.
We are seeing a zoomed out 3 second clip. I’m sure the people standing right next to him had more context to make that decision.
Then you wait until they are looking and toss it softly?
I’d be terrified to hold an nba game ball for more than a second. I’m not an nba player this is not mine take it away from me before the camera pans to me and the commentators ask why this rando is holding onto the game ball like it’s his
People make mistakes under pressure, some even leading to someone being softly hit in the chest with a basketball which is an incredibly painful experience.
People make mistakes under pressure
And then they apologize for the mistake and are often embarrassed as hell, this dude just calmly stared at everyone like he thought he did nothing wrong.
Why would he apologize for making a pass? He didn’t harm her, she wasn’t bleeding, no one got hurt so why the hell would the man apologize for a pass? Holy shit yall are soft
Yeah there was a lot of defensive pressure on that fan during a dead ball
I think she was looking. If you watch frame by frame, it seems like she’s looking at the fan with the ball and then raises her right hand to stop/redirect the ball.
edit: I think both ref and Luka were slightly confused why the fan grabbed the ball in the first place, and then topped it off with a hard pass towards the ref without her asking for it. Real “I”m part of the game” energy.
The ball bounced near and he leaned to get it. Lol tf you talking about
If he’s a Laker fan, he probably wanted to get the ball to her as quick as possible so they could inbound quick and try for a fast break.
Dude just wants to hoop like Jokic. He was trying to start the break.
If you threw that ball, and she wasn’t ready, wouldn’t your first instinct be to say “Sorry, my bad”? Seems like this dude did the opposite of that.
The thing is she actually handled it well. She slaps the ball down with her free hand and then controls it. Like for that velocity, a sudden chest pass she wasnt expecting, relatively close distance to the recipient so short reaction time, and using one arm to signal possession.. it was a pretty good performance from her
Yeah I’m happy she didn’t squirm. Don’t want to give dei people anything. Sad that that’s how we think now
Are you the owner of an NBA franchise?
Some Larry David shit.
Trying to throw a nice solid pass in front of professional players cuz he has a bit of an ego and ends up beaning a ref lmao. Complete with a player calling him out and people here calling his pass aggressive. Cant make this up
Then gets kicked out of the building. This is literally a curb episode
It was a solid chest pass!!
LD meets Angel Reese and flirts with her. She finds him funny. He asks her out and she says yes.They go on a date in a cafe and run into the female ref.
Ref: Hey I know you.LD: Yeah?Ref: You threw that ball at me!AR: Looks weird at LDLD: It was a normal chest pass!Ref: You hate me because I am a female black ref, you racist bald asshole!
Angel Reese looks at him in disgust and leaves
Tell Dolan he can play the role of a generous man who lets David back in after he begs and I bet they could get MSG for filming.
Are you saying he was passing aggressive?
Didn’t beam her she just wasn’t ready. Her fault really
Blame it on the woman bruh lmao
She’s in the middle of signaling possession so has one hand free and he gives her a bullet pass while she’s far too close to him to react to catch it
Yup.
Also to add if it was a genuine accident, there’s so much time between when the ball hits the ref, and Luka fuckin Doncic asking you what you’re doing to be like hey I’m so sorry that was a complete accident I didn’t mean anything by it. There’s a reason he got kicked out.
She did react and controlled it? Did you not watch the video? She literally did what you say she is too close to do? Hello? I feel people are drinking the dumb dumb juice here.
You see it as a woman/man thing. Its a ref in a NBA game. He threw her a simple chest pass. He had no malicious in the throw and got thrown out for it. Doesn’t happen to any other ref unless its a woman. Shouldn’t be that way.
ready for fucking what? she is a ref and it isn’t a play, play stopped, just give her the ball normally, throw it instead of launching it
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He has just had talk to guy next to him how Kings dont know how to pass the ball. Then he decides to show how to pass it correctly.
Wonder if the ‘Curb theme song was playing in his head as he was being escorted out.
Looks like a normal pass to me, just she almost even caught it with one hand too.
Dawg there is way too much sauce on that pass for a lady that’s 5 feet away. Maybe he misjudged and just wanted to look capable, who knows.
And her back was turned.
Never turn your back or Jokic will come get ya
Look maybe he’s an asshole, but at the same time I’d be lying if I said this isn’t something I’d do completely by accident, throwing it too hard not on purpose and thinking the ref was looking. Like I’d never bean someone in anger but this is exactly the sort of fuck up ive made before, just not courtside at an nba game lol
And also I assume you’d be immediately apologetic about it, which it doesn’t seem like this guy was, so whatever it was security heard from him clearly didn’t make them think it was on accident…
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Bro, I know you just got Miles Bridges on your team, but c’mon bro that was excessive as fuck.
And if it was a genuine fuck up then you just apologize and say that. Nobody cares at that point you’re just kind of a dick like everyone else
This is such an embarrassing attempt at logical equivalence.
Like is there a way to flair dumb ass accounts, i need this so i know who im talking to.
I thought it was a funny joke. Nothing serious mate
Relax my guy, it’s not that serious.
Like is there a way to flair dumb ass accounts
Obviously not, yours lacks one. /s
If Luka was standing right there and immediately clocked it as excessive, then it was excessive.
Ah yes Luka, never known to embellish.
On himself, never on a ref, you really think Luka would embellish to get a fan thrown out? Also another thing wrong with your take, EVERYONE in the NBA embellish to get calls. Luka just has the spotlight on him since he’s being compared to the greatest to ever do it 🤷🏽♂️ (edit in to on)
Gotta respect luka for looking out for his teammate, oops I meant ref 🫢
the current best player on the planet disagrees with you so no, get your eyes checked
Her back was turned. I guess you are familiar with people getting passes that are not looking for them. zing?
First thought and I could see it now in my head how it would go
Luka standing up for refs like when a random person roasts one of your friends lmao.
“Only I can do that!”
I learned it from you. I learned it from watching you!
Who taught you how to do this stuff!?!?!?
Obscure reference that is not getting the appreciation it deserves.
Luka always vibing with the m’lady refs
Luka just got a tech rescinded
You fools. This is all part of his plan.
Luka’s playing 4d chess. The fan is an actor he hired and this was all staged to garner some goodwill with the refs for his foul baiting.
“Fouling in love with you again”
-Luka, probably
Later on a different guy was sitting next to the woman so dude lost his girl too
I noticed that lol. This whole situation is weird.
They’re really getting along now, looks over for that old sack of shit
She knows she dodged a bullet.
here goes reddit with the relationship arm chair analysis lmao
She didn’t even flinch when he got thrown out, saw her chance
I need a different camera angle - of the woman.
I think there’s something interesting there
Find one?
Best I can find so far
Same guy with a disguise on?
True story a friend of mine was at a Bruins game and the guy behind him was wasted fighting with his girlfriend. Dude got thrown out and girlfriend stayed. My buddy took the guys seat and watched the rest of the game with the girlfriend.
Turned out the drunk guy got arrested afterwords trying to walk home on the highway. Him and the girl broke up and my buddy ended up going on a date with her
Luka standing up for women’s rights, love to see an ally
Looks like he’s fouling in love again ❤️
🎶 Honey, see you, looking at me 😏
Foulling* He’s a Laker, now.
this isn’t even women rights its js common decency
I don’t think I’ve seen this ref before she might be somewhat new so it was nice of Luka to stand up for her like that
We all know Luka and the refs are famously besties
Becoming ref friends with the newbie, bbiq right there
Yeah I was at a G league game in Detroit for the Motor City Cruise back in February of this year and I saw her reffing! Then I went to a preseason Pistons game last month and saw her officiating again so it’s cool to see her moving up. She must be new.
Laying the ground work for that foul call in the finals 4 years from now. Luka, the gamer.
It was a joke
Oh my fault
Lol all good
lmao woosh
Dude like I’m getting tired of all the amount of work people have to do to make these groups and coalitions and movements and all of it literally is about…common decency. Just that. A modicum of respect. And that’s just too much for so many people out there.
Woke 3.0 in action
Bluenami!
THE ACTUAL BASKETBALL IS NOW A TRANS NONBINARY MUSLIM COMMUNIST
We done with 2.0 already?
Shocking he’s standing up for ref’s rights tho
Until she hesitates to make a call against him then he’s skipping getting back on defense to yell at her.
men treating women with basic respect doesn’t equal human rights lmao this is literally just the bare minimum dawg 🤣
I feel it’s blown out of proportion
To an extent, but from what we can see in the clip at least, it doesn’t even look like the guy makes an attempt to apologize or anything. Just a weird situation all around, honestly.
For real. I think if he immediately apologized and said he was just trying to give it back and it got away from him he’d have been fine.
Why would he apologize for a chest pass? Holy shit what is wrong with you guys lmao? He did nothing wrong but make a pass she wasn’t ready for lol
Brother this is the craziest take ever lmao. Normal people apologize when they pass a ball to someone who is not ready. Like even when they are teammates together playing an active game of basketball nvm as regular people lol
What’s wrong with me for wanting to apologize if something I threw accidentally hits someone harder than I was intending? It’s a natural instinct for anyone with a basic sense of human decency. If you don’t get it then I can’t explain it to you.
I didnt think the ref seemed all that bothered by it either.
I have no idea for sure so this is speculation but it kinda looks like Luka’s the one who has an issue with it and wants him kicked out and she’s like “mm yeah sure” and goes with it.
She’s trying to be professional. Had she reacted, the headlines would be “Black woman ref overreacts because she couldn’t catch a ball”
Liberal media which is 90 percent of all mainstream news would never use that headline.
Hilarious. Show me one example of a headline that is remotely anything like that.
Yeah if he had made any motion at all to act contrite, it would’ve been different.
Naw, that was a two hand, thumbs down, chest pass to a ref that wasn’t looking. He knew what he was doing. If you make a pass like that, you know to make eye contact first and not throw when someone isn’t looking.
From this video we can see the ref looking at him when he passes it and palming the ball down. He didn’t even wind up it’s a normal chest pass dude just has some strong wrists
She’s way too close to him for her to possibly react in time to catch it from that sort of velocity of a pass while one of her arms is signaling possession.
I dont think it was malicious but it was a weird ass decision lmao he just wanted to show off
She reacted fine, she was looking the whole time and then bounced the ball with 1 hand. The problem was she only had 1 hand free because she had to keep the other hand up to signal out of bounds.
She didn’t have a problem with it at all.
She was looking though. It’s clear as day if you have the ability to zoom in on it.
“He knew what he was doing” lmao
He didnt aim it at her head he threw a chest pass like he was probably taught growing up as a hooper. Kicking him out cause she wasn’t aware is DUMB
Hoopers know to toss that shit underhanded to a ref, and/or with a bounce pass. The guy didn’t beam her in the back, but he definitely should not have passed it like that and with that much power on it.
When in a game have you ever thrown a underhand pass? Bro be real lol. It bounced to his chest so he made a chest pass. Its that simple lol
She was aware which is how she slapped the ball down lol
It was excessive enough that Luka’s first response was “what the fuck are you doing”
Famously level headed Luka Doncic who never overreacts to anything
Luka the guy that isn’t emotional and never overreacts? That guy? No way!?
Luka had the most free throws last night, of course he’d be dick riding the ref
She literally was looking at him…Do you need my glasses?
People don’t watch the video. Apparently neither did OP who posted the video to begin with. She was clearly looking at him. She literally deflected the ball because there’s no way she was catching that in her position. The guy deserved to be kicked out, but she was clearly looking.
I guess this is why there’s no room for nuance in today’s world, because so many people just don’t give a shit about the truth anymore. It’s all about pushing agenda. Guy was bad, so make shit up to make him look even worse.
Why are we acting like random fans in the stands know this? We have no idea if this person is athletic or has ever played ball
After the dead ball she quickly transitioned to making referee signs to the scorer’s table whereas the guy probably thought she would just be standing there wanting the ball.
She was looking. This is so blown out of proportion
All in your head.
“Jerry, my manhood was at stake. I had to make a solid chest pass!”
Luka found something to complain about and took the opportunity. Seems like it play went on, no one would’ve thought twice about it
Throwing a ball hard means putting it in one hand, bringing it behind you and slinging it like a baseball throw. This guy brought the ball to his chest with both hands and pushed it forward like a normal way to pass a basketball
What’s crazy is that it was blown out of proportion by Luka to curry just a small amount of favor with the ref lmao.
Honestly, it’s weaker than I thought. I thought the fan just beamed the ball at ref but seems like not the case. I’m giving the fan benefit of the doubt here.
I think a verbal warning would suffice, no need to kick someone out the game because of this.
I feel inclined to agree with you, I feel like some people don’t really know the feel of a ball and the first time they touch one they just happen to throw it super fast/hard/without control. On the other hand, the dude was kind of laughing through the whole thing without trying to defend himself
It feels kind of misogynistic, as if the female ref needs to treated with extra care when she is more than capable of receiving the ball with just 1 hand. She bounced the ball with 1 hand perfectly fine when it came to her, she was probably a hooper growing up.
games gone soft smh 😢
Idk, that’s not a pass, he meant to do this. the ref is like 2 m away why are you using any power to it…
Edit: I am not saying he meant to hurt the ref, most likely just a showoff, but a grown ass man should know better.
Dude wants to show off his game. It is ridiculous, but doesn’t seem malignant
Yeah, I think that is exactly it. He wants to show he can give a strong pass, but it is really not the time or place to do that. Especially not when the person is not looking.
Maybe not enough to eject, but then again I have broken fingers like this. So I do understand it.
regardless is it’s not malignant, don’t be throwing hard ass passes as a fan.
those defending his actions or minimizing it are very telling!!!
What do you mean by that’s not a pass? He is literally doing a passing motion. Do you think that it’s a volley ball spike or something?
Yeah i don’t know as well, I honestly don’t feel the fan being malicious but also there’s no replay and we weren’t there when it happened so it’s quite hard to judge. So I’m inclined to just believe there isn’t any malicious intend behind the pass, unless the guy wound up the pass and beamed it at the ref.
I can see myself both chest passing the ball back to the refs/players or just bounce it back to the game
If a player throws a hard chest pass to a ref that isn’t looking, it’s almost always a tech at a minimum. This really isn’t that surprising
Well yeah because the players are playing the game. The fan could have had some drinks in them, we don’t know. And also yeah it is a tech for the player but they don’t eject the player for it I think.
I don’t know man, it seems like I’m defending the fan for doing it, I’m not. I’m just saying im not there to see the exchange for myself so personally I don’t think the guy was being malicious and I think a verbal warning would do the trick. But if he was being malicious or was talking crazy after throwing the ball, then yeah good freaking riddance.
Sac down 14 and Luka’s rep I bet he had some opinions on the refs
I agree, but I’m also not mad at it. I think that he was just trying to show he can throw a strong pass, but at the same time it is a bit needless and the ref is not even looking. I have broken fingers like this.
Yeah I agree with that you’re saying. Other comments were also saying that dude didn’t even attempt to apologise to the ref which is also a dick move.
Had to double check which sub I was in lol
You could try to argue that, but he threw it when she wasn’t looking, which is a ridiculous thing to do, and when he beaned her in the head he didn’t give a single fuck, he just sat there mean mugging her.
and when he beaned her in the head he didn’t give a single fuck, he just sat there mean mugging her.
Maybe I just don’t understand your slang, but the guy didn’t do a single thing to the ref’s head. Wdym “beaned her in the head”? He threw the ball towards the ref, “passed it” if you will, and the ref immediately bounced the ball in a smooth motion.
The ball didn’t hit the ref, her eyes were always on the ball too. Even the post’s title is misleading, smh.
I don’t know if I’m making stuff up but the ref seems to swat away the ball because she want ready to accept the ball because she was still reffing with her hands. Like it wasn’t great by the fan but I think that he was just excited to be part of the action, not malicious to the ref.
If she swatted the ball away, the ball wouldn’t still be in her possession. She receives the ball with her right hand which she wasn’t using to ref, bounces it, then switches the ball to her left hand which she was using to ref.
I don’t watch much of basketball but it did seem as if the ref may have not liked the strength of the pass that much. So you may be right about the fan being a bit too excited.
The fan throws the ball, hits the ref, and just sits there lol. No, hey my bad. Not a shred of the embarrassment 90% of the population would feel in that moment. Pretty sure that’s what made Luka be like, wtf dude?
Am I crazy? Sure he passes it with some oomph behind it, but it wasn’t that aggressive. He didn’t chuck it at the back of her head or anything.
I have a feeling that the dude just kept on jawing and not apologizing hence Luka and the ref are just frozen in a state of shock.
After the replay, you can see Luka still looking/talking to the guy lol
Look up Luka flirts with ref clips on yt
I love Luka but he’s definitely trying to score points with the refs with his outrage lol. The pass wasn’t that aggregious. Guy should have said my bad though. It didn’t look malicious, just poor decision.
…but that could just be Luka. Far from hate the dude but he’s probably the most dramatic NBA player I can recall. EVERYTHING is the end of the ****ing world for this kid
sounds like youre just prone to exaggerating. drama queen behavior, etc
Yup that’s the main thing. He sees the ball comes in fast and she wasn’t expecting it. At that point what normal person isn’t standing up to immediately apologize?
Some people refuse to apologize for anything
These are generally the type of people sitting courtside at sporting events, if we’re being honest.
Yea the first reaction should immediately be apologizing, I would be embarrassed af lol trying to do anything to show it wasn’t meant to be that hard.
You aren’t crazy. I got to sit behind the rim one time and it’s low-key nerve-racking to have a literal, live game ball coming your direction. I don’t feel like this is crazy.
Yeah it’s so nerve racking to have a basketball bounce toward you so your natural instinct is to grab it and chuck it at the ref when they aren’t looking.
What are you talking about? She is looking directly at him the whole time. That’s how she was able to bounce the ball perfectly with 1 hand when it came to her. She was probably a hooper growing up and more than capable of receiving a ball with 1 hand.He probably should have waited for her to finish signalling out of bounds so she had 2 hands available to catch it but he probably felt pressure to get the ball back in play as quick as possible.
What the fuck are you saying? The ball bounced towards him. Your natural reaction would be to catch it, hold it and then throw it with force to someone who isn’t looking? Are you mentally ill?
throw it with force to someone who isn’t looking
Rewatch the video. She was looking at him the whole time.
Shes clearly not looking in his direction
edit: Im not saying she doesnt have eyes. Its a natural human reaction to block things thrown at you. Ofc she was able to deflect the ball.
Bro was excited to the ball was near him, grabbed it and immediately threw it back to the ref. He was probably excited so it came out hot
This is how I’m seeing it too. It’s a mistake but hardly malicious.
If it was a mistake, the actions immediately after would have been more apologetic. Based on the ref and Luca’s reactions, that’s not what happened.
yeah chances are so so much higher that exactly this was the case than anything malicious.i swear this sub gets dumber every fucking day.just a complete disconnect from reality, where yes, sometimes somebody in an exciting situation hurries their movements.it’s funny because i’d guess the idiots in here up in arms about this being some kind of offensive act that there’s no way you could accidentally fuck up with lack the coordination to even pass the ball to a cutting teammate in a pickup game. because if you actually play sports you know all about how normal people can and will do things like the dude in the video.
Yeah dont do that. Especially dont fucking chuck at someone’s face when they arnt looking
It’s a good thing he didn’t do either
Yes, she is lol, look again, she even knocks down the ball
Yup. It’s tapped down and dribbled.
Right she’s looking directly at him
Youve never seen someone block an incoming ball/object with one hand last min?
Hell some people can CATCH a ball last min even without seeing where it came from.
The ball entered her field of vision and she raised a hand to block it. Not exactly a feat you need ultra instinct to pull off.
How many times has a player accidentally tossed a ball at a ref who wasn’t looking? Really didn’t seem malicious to me but this isn’t a great angle to actually see the details
I’m wondering if he said anything else afterwards that indicates he was just being a dick. I’d imagine if it was an accident, a quick “my bad, didn’t mean to do that” would have cleared it up.
“Hey Malkovich think fast!”
Exactly, you can watch it in this clip. This guy throws the ball, hits the ref, and sits in his chair like a statue. Most of us would be pretty embarrassed, probably feel like the whole arena saw it, and be apologizing and making sure the ref knew it wasn’t intentional. Especially once Luka fucking Doncic is like, yo wtf? This guy didn’t get asked to leave for no reason.
Yeah when I watched it, I thought, damn I can see myself being really nervous in that moment. I wouldn’t notice the ref wasn’t looking when I tried to pass to her. Maybe I throw it too hard too.
Would you be more or less nervous after your nervous pass hits the ref? I think most of us would be embarrassed and immediately apologize, leaning forward and maybe putting our hands up like “I didn’t mean to do that I’m so sorry”. This guy sits back in his chair and just stares forward, you can watch it for a few seconds too. I think that’s why Luka is like, wtf man?
If a player threw the ball with that much zip at a ref that wasnt looking, it would be a tech.
And ejection
Soft
“That much zip”? What is wrong with you people?
Why are you equating a player to a fan?
Dude was excited that he got to throw a pass, why are we acting like it was a dick move?
If a professional nba player, with their athletic ability and awareness can make a mistake, why would the fan not be able to make the same one?
Yeah the fan isn’t a player though
I don’t think that’s important. The ball went into the stands and a fan passed the ball back towards the ref. There was nothing malicious
That means they should get more grace not less… “the fan isn’t an elite athlete”
Ya i think he did this by mistake and wasn’t trying to be malicious. It still looked bad in real time
He probably said some dumb shit, Luka is still standing there like 10 seconds after it happens and looks confused
So? Players and fans aren’t the same.
Yet she appears to knock the ball down with one hand?
I dont understand the question mark/confusion
Dude she’s looking right at him in the video lmao.
She clearly is looking in his direction tho
Bad bot. She’s clearly staring right at him the whole time. Yes, it was too hard of a chest pass at that distance, but don’t lie.
Insane how many people upvote him
I mean, she clearly is looking at least somewhat in that direction. You can see her head turn toward him well before he throws it.
I think the ball entered her field of vision and she raised a hand to block it. Its like when someone block an incoming ball/object with one hand last min.
Im not saying she doesnt have eyes. Its a natural human reaction to block things thrown at you
I get that, but she’s clearly turned her head in his direction.
I’m not saying she’s looking directly at him, because nobody can tell that, but you can clearly see she’s turned her head towards his direction.
He may have thought she expecting the ball to be passed towards her. Who knows.
Lmao!!! Ur brain is comical
She literally hits it with her hand to stop its momentum, so she obviously did see it somehow, even if it was in her peripheral vision.
she deflects it with her hand and maintains control of her dribble. athlete
I mean she is an nba level ref idk her background 🤷
She balls
maybe she should be looking where the ball is.
… do you think refs priority is looking at the ball instead of looking at what players are doing?
I’ll let you think about that
He offers no apology or remorse after the ball hits the ref. Throws a hard pass, hits her when she’s not looking, and then sits back in his chair like a statue.
it hit her in the arm lmfao
Agreed. It’s an older man throwing a chest pass while sitting down lol
I’m going with Luka’s reaction to assume that it wasn’t an innocent action
Well he had a better view of the situation than us
That’s kinda what I mean. I was expecting more as well, but Luka was right there and obviously seemed to feel like the action was uncalled for
Famously never dramatic Luka Doncic, surely we can trust his reactions to things
Its common decency dude dont make it weird
…it’s common decency to trust Luka Doncic reaction to things?
I’m going with the refs reaction to it, which was no reaction at all. She seems more shocked that Luca is choosing to interact with the fan.
I just pretty much commented the same thing. I slo mo replayed it a few time to see & just seen an excited fan throwing the ball back kinda hard to the ref blowing the whistle looking towards the court & players.
Every human with a ball knows to look for confirmation before beaming the ball at someone, let alone a ref.
Uhh yet this happens every single day. I’ve been hit in the head by idiots throwing balls not paying attention. Pretty sure everyone has. Ya everyone should know yet we’ve probably all been hit with a ball of some sort when someone thinks your looking
idiots
youre not an nba ref dumbass
beaming
I see what you did there. Low blow and I approve
On one hand, sure he could’ve taken a second to make sure she was looking in his direction.
On the other hand, it seemed more like an instinctive reaction and she just happened to not be looking, with zero ill intent.
LOL he could have apologize but instead he said something like “i did that on purpose” even other fans near was yelling at him. u still defending him? is that your dad?
How do you know what he said? Is there more footage?
leaguepass, the courtside kings reporter also talked about it. Even the female comentator said “not all fans watching are a kings fan”
When I read the title I was expecting the fan to throw it to the ref like he was trying to make a buzzer beater from his own end. It was just a regular pass that probably happens a hundred times a game
felt like a aggresive throw to me ngl
Based on the title and ejection I was expecting to see a one handed baseball throw to a refs back. But this was a chest pass to her waist where she stopped it with her hand. I don’t know. It’s a tough angle.
10⁄10 chest pass, ngl
(Luka just playing pretend protector to ingratiate himself to meal ticket)
Dude probably had adrenaline kick after leaning to stop the ball from hitting photog’s lens
Super aggressive from that close for sure
Super aggressive? lol it’s a chest pass and he’s sitting down. The way the post was worded, I thought they were gonna overhand it with one arm.
Normal chest pass with a touch of testosterone. Super Agro is a crazy statement
Charmin 🧻
Kobe “soft” meme
how could you feel it?
You know what they mean idiot
Im at least getting the fan a refund
This was very normal, her back wasn’t turned, she even sort of catches it with one hand
Just ridiculous shit and Luka is playing politics to get his calls lmao
This is the stupidest shit I’ve read in awhile
Pointing out that she’s obviously looking? Or saying that Luka is trying to get on the refs good side?
And
Dont worry, its too advance for the rest of us, not for Oklahoma fans. Haha.
Yeah Luka finessed that ref hard lol
You need to get off the Internet mate. This guy out here psycho analising this shiet, haha. Wtf.
You don’t even understand what psycho analysis is do you?
I called out what obviously happened and then drew the conclusion that the whiniest player in the league is trying to get on the good side of that ref
If that’s all too advanced for you maybe just stay off the internet
We know you like anal ising but this is not the place for it
Bro threw a chest pass to her like he was in the game. More she blocked the ball than caught it
She dribbled the fucking basketball what more do you want from her, she’s obviously looking at the ball
Ref wasn’t even looking and he passed that ball with some zip. It was definitely with some aggression. It doesn’t matter if it hit her or not… it was completely unnecessary.
It was not “definitely with some aggression”
Dude probably just excited to touch the ball.
Watch this, honey… oh darn
it was clearly with some aggression lmao nobody is throwing the ball back like that
Mate Luka looked right at him asking “whats wrong with you” Why would make a player react that way? (not to mention, luka spends the whole game arguing with the refs too)
Luka is just about the most overdramatic guy in the league tbf lol
Luka didn’t see the guy throw it. He just saw it hit the ref
It was passed unnecessarily hard lol. Get real
This is so stupid. How did she catch it with one hand then
she has ultra instinct.
She didn’t catch it?
She catches it at :09 with her right hand and then dribbles it to her left hand
You can actually hear things zipping through the air sometimes. Have you never been outside?
Ah yes the famous basketball zip coming towards you. Why do players even look when they’re catching passes, are they stupid?
Roll the ball or bounce it. You’re not part of the game
ok, they could tell him that, doesn’t warrant being thrown from the game
im sorry a fan court side shouldnt have to be told to not hit a ref with a ball
at least apologize. He just sat there stone faced like “so what?”.
I think the nuance of a bounce pass, chest pass, or rolling the ball on the ground isn’t really the responsibility of a random fan to assess in a split second when it appears his intention was to get the ball out of his hands and back on the court.
It’s also not the responsibility of the fan to deliver the ball to ref.
The ball goes into the fans all the time. How do you think they get it back to the court?
Cool, who cares
Extremely soft wtf are we doing here
Bruh it ain’t that deep lol dude is not a professional athlete he just passed it out of there quickly
Your team doesn’t have a PG so I understand why you don’t know what a pass looks like.
Or lob it… literally zero self-awareness
Or better yet, make sure whoever you pass it to see you and ready to accept the pass. If in a non-game situation you just randomly zip a chest pass at someone like that, with the other person wasn’t even expecting it, you better have some explaining to do. Or in this case, the guy was just an idiot/ass.
I had someone got a concussion before when a chest pass hit him at the side of the head when he wasn’t looking, it wasn’t hard, but its enough.
He’s gonna have to pull out a diagnosis that would explain this lack of social understanding 💀 you don’t pass a ball to someone who’s not looking, for all that effort his sloppy ass couldve gotten up and handed it to her
First time I saw it, I agree, then on replay it’s pretty hard to excuse plus his reaction showed zero remorse.
Put yourself in the fans shoes for a second. You’re sitting courtside, an errant ball ends up in your hands, and you throw it with some oomph and accidentally hit a ref. Most of us would be embarrassed and immediately apologize and make it clear it wasn’t what we meant to do.
If that’s how this fan was reacting, do you think Luka reacts the way he did? I think Luka was offended because the fan threw the pass and showed no remorse or responsibility. Then he’s asked to leave. I don’t think he’s asked to leave for no reason.
I actually think it’s the aftermath that’s worse. There’s no part of his body language which suggests he knows he fucked up. It’s not like he puts his hands up or checks to see if she’s okay; he just sits there with his arms crossed like it’s no big deal. I think if he’d shown more contrition he wouldn’t have been kicked.
wtf was this shit, it was a completely normal pass. He didn’t whip it back with a hand. He was probably a little excited but wtf. I hope he sues there asses for this ridiculous ejection and public humiliation! Also I think Luka made this bigger than what this was. Look up Luka flirts with ref clips and there’s a ton of clips of Luka flirting with this ref. I wonder if they have something on the side lol. Why else is he so protective? Cuz that pass was never gonna hurt her and minus him one hand tossing it like a football it just wouldn’t have that much velocity. He probably didn’t even realize she wasn’t looking after having his eyes on the ball and catching it.
Whatever he the court-side-dude did, it triggered Luka. So, yeah, he probably was being an arse and deserved to be thrown out.
If he did that would be assault and he would be arrested. He didn’t get arrested, just escorted out, then came back like 5 mins (so I’ve heard), which is entirely fair.
It’s a ref and she’s not even looking. It’s a split second after he touches the ball and he immediately launches it at her. Rude as hell.
Same type of pass blacked my eye for a month. it doesnt look like its going that fast but he threw it pretty hard especially if she wasnt looking
Lots of objects can accidentally cause a black eye if you don’t catch them when they are thrown towards you. Doesn’t necessarily mean the intent was to harm.
Only black eye i ever had that wasnt from being in a fight. He threw that way too hard when she wasnt looking
He did. Hard chest pass.
The post words it like the guy quarterback missiles it to the ref. That being said, don’t pass like this to refs, as it definitely is aggressive. Just a bounce pass or even a handoff or underhand toss at this distance – that’d be the court-side etiquette too. The dude not only passed it with some oomph, but did it directly to the ref.
Yeah, the fan was just clueless about how to pass the ball back to the ref.
In situations like these, you always do a bounce pass exactly for this reason - if a player isn’t ready to receive the ball, it touches him just slightly and doesn’t hit him in full speed. That’s why refs always do a bounce pass to players to inbound the ball or shoot free throws.
But I agree, this was definitely an overreaction by the ref.
Yes you are crazy. People like you are completely fucking clueless.
Seems more overzealous than hostile to me. If Luka doesn’t make a scene, it’s a nothing burger.
I mean the camera angle is terrible to see perfectly what happened so it’s definitely possible.
Problem to me is Luka is literally the perfect view and he thought it was uncalled for so I’d just agree with him. Especially when he’s not known to be refs best friends lol
It’s hard to tell from the video, but the fact that the player responded the way he did and the person left with basically no argument tells me that it probably was a lot bigger of a deal than it looks like in the video.
But it’s a woman…
This is why whenever I’m returning a ball to someone. I gave them a nice, easy, bounce pass.
EDIT: I see. This was a game in Sacramento. This dude was probably pissed at the refs.
Angry about last night
But probably happy they’ll never pay a personal wealth tax
so dumb, all Californians think theyll be billionaires someday i guess
I was talking about Prop 42 but yeah that too
Prop 40 failing and Prop 42 passing is stupid as fuck. All the billionaire fear mongering and not enough people taking a step back and wondering why.
California has never even tried to pass a law stealing anyone’s retirement fund, but a few ads and all the sudden everyone wants to protect the poor billionaires.
For the millionth time, California state revenue is highly dependent on capital gains, more than any other state in the nation. We obviously have very successful businesses started and headquartered here.
The estimated loss by many, many economists on a “one” time wealth tax, was more than the one time tax itself. So it sounds good on the surface but isn’t.
Secondly, when that isn’t enough, you don’t think they’ll move down to lower wealth levels too?
They won’t reach your level down here with the rest of us, don’t worry
Got the whole shoelaces between your teeth and shit. Nasty.
surprised i had to scroll so far to find this
Don was for sure to go this hard over nothing. Very irritable at the moment bless him
Why is this league so unnecessarily dramatic? In what world was this an ejection level situation? Lol
Yeah this is ridiculous. It wasn’t even that hard of a pass, it wasn’t like Pat Beverly throwing the ball into the stands
Something must have been said
Kings have to do something to make r/nba while being 1-7.
League has gone soft. Gone are the days of Malice in the Palace and now we get players requesting fans be kicked out for trash talking.
Malice in the Palace was horrible. It’s a major reason we are at this point
Malice in the Palace was awesome.
Malice at the Palace. It was embarrassing, but I’d honestly rather have a team that has a bad day every few decades than one that constantly whines to the refs every game.
The NBA is the sports equivalent of a soap opera.
In what world was this an ejection level situation?
Bruised ego of the ref.
Homey mad about the midterms
Not every is obsessed with politics like you are.
Not everyone is as soft as you are
I fucking love how his lady in the purple doesn’t leave with him. You know that’s going to be an argument later on but she’s about the game for real. She paid good money for them tickets hahaha
Not a cent came out of her account for those tickets, lol
ok sexist
luka working the refs 24⁄7
I feel like this is obviously too hard but if the dude apologized afterwords and it was actually an accident they would have moved on. We’re all just speculating but it seems like based on their reaction there’s no way it was just an accident
The way he and the woman next to him just stare at her following his pass is extremely suspect
Dude threw that like prime Ben stiller in dodgeball… that had to be personal
Didnt seem like he was trying to hurt the ref
Rather just trying to pass it to the ref
Not sure why he threw it so hard, but the title is wrong - the ref was looking right at him.
He didn’t throw it. It was a normal two-hand pass, just a bit harder than he probably meant to do. An ejection is such an overreaction.
it was normal for NBA not for out of play ball, if he did it too hard then he should have apologized, even Luka called him out on it
You do not know what throwing means. Passing and throwing are not mutually exclusive terms
He literally did a standard basketball two-hand pass with a basketball to the basketball ref during a basketball game. “Throw” carries a different connotation in this context.
Which is not what anybody does in this situation. It was an absurd call on his part. It took a ridiculous reaction from her part to control that ball with one slap to the ground
If I tell 100 people to throw a ball, zero of them will use two hands.
Doesnt seem sorry about. He was smiling as if it he intentionally threw it hard. Anyone else would put a hand up like, my bad.
What? You can’t even see his face… am I being punked right now?
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Its weird how people are saying she wasnt ready. Isnt that her hand swatting the ball down? It looks like she didnt catch it but deflected it downwards
Its a chest pass who knows what this mans strength is but to throw him out for doing something that in itself is a kindness to resume play is asinine
It seems like the ref is definitely looking at the fan. It’s really hard to tell because the moment that the fan throws the ball at her, her head is directly behind the basket so you can’t see it super clearly, but it seems like she’s facing him.
Even if shes looking, which i dont think she is, shes signaling the call and is in no position to receive a chest pass directly at her. All he had to do was bounce it and this doesnt happen.
And she probably has like, conditioning from thousands of similar situations to not expect a chest pass. She’s expecting a normal lob or bounce like every other time she’s been in this situation.
Nonetheless she actually controls the pass pretty remarkably
Would you bounce it from the sitting position? Cmon what are we doing. This was a huge overraction and thats it.
She reacts fairly quickly once it’s thrown
She’s definitely looking at the ball. She’s facing him, and instantly tracks the ball and bats it away with her hand. Odd pass, but it wasn’t anything malicious. Why Luka crashed out, I have no idea, maybe to score points with the ref.
Luka turned a new leaf. Defender of all refs
Honestly only seen him interact positively with female refs.
luka the ref defender, who would’ve thunk it
I have more of a problem with him almost jumping out of his seat to reach for the ball. I don’t know if he meant to put that much zip on the pass but seems like he was all too eager to be part of the game regardless
Ejection is an insane overreaction. My god
No replay? Wtf are you doing OP?
Seems minor to me, overreaction
And neither announcer had a clue what happened.
That’s not nearly as bad as I was expecting….
Seemed like a normal chest pass to the ref and she wasn’t ready for it? I guess next time just lightly toss it on the court so it bounces 🤷♂️
no shit . youre a fan not a player. why are you doing a quick chest pass with no warning to a ref.
Besides the point. There didn’t seem no I’ll intention behind it. She just wasn’t ready for it. Not worthy of being thrown out if that was the reason.
Then… apologize?
Believe it or not in the adult world intentional or not doesn’t excuse bs behavior . Don’t be an idiot.
Don’t call people names. Such childish behavior.
So, if we’re not talking about intentions, then how do you know he meant I’ll harm to the ref? But I honestly don’t care enough about NBA to continue arguing, so you can have your win 👍
you don’t throw a hard pass as a fan, why is this hard for you and others to understand? just because you played in your grandpa’s bingo sunday league doesn’t mean you know shit
He threw a chest pass because he probably plays basketball and assumed a former basketball player (ref) would catch it but she didn’t lol
Nobody in the world is catching that with one hand from that distance. The fact she controlled it all with that slap of the ball is more than most would do
mmm i dunno think this one got overblown
That’s sooo soft.. he was passing the ball to the ref who was looking and just didn’t catch ir
Looks like he was just trying to pass the ball to the ref.
What is the alternate theory of the case? That he decided to maliciously assault her with the basketball for no discernible reason?
The alternate theory is pretty simple, his team is down big and fans like to blame refs when they’re losing
I mean, 1 she wasnt even looking. 2 that was a pretty unnecessarily aggressive pass
Watch it again more closely. I think she may have been looking. Her head is obscured by the basket but you can see her right hand move to try to catch the ball. So she sees it coming for sure.
Yes, he put a bit too much zip on it, but it was a bad split second decision from a guy who may have just been trying to delay the game as little as possible.
Edit: I’m amending this to she was definitely looking. She tries to catch the ball with her right hand and you can see the back of her head (hair bun) on the other side of the rim in the moment before the pass.
do you know what aggressive means?
Probably thought he was being funny. Probably doesn’t get many reality checks.
Probably makes zero evidence assumptions to make bad faith arguments
Probably true, and would have to do that with you, too, since you have a private account.
I have a private account because of people like you who think cherry-picking a random comment I made in an unrelated thread is somehow going to win one over on me. Another clear example of a bad faith argument, shocking.
For no discernible reason? Are you real?