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Originally Posted by Bryan_Wilson
Prolly depends on how he threw it honestly. I've seen a ton of times players throw the ball out of frustration and get a tech. I've also seen players try and hit shots at the other end when a timeout is called and not get a tech. The ref explained that the ball by rule is to be handed to the nearest ref in that situation but that doesn't fly. Players do that stuff all the time so I would need to see the video and unless I missed a post I haven't seen it yet.
The first tech sounds questionable as well because the supposed hand gesture would be the difference between the tech being legit or not. The ref claims Luka essentially punched the air towards him it sounds like and so far I haven't seen anything that remotely looks like he did that. If all he did say was hell no then that's not a tech. If he did motion his hand towards the ref like that out of frustration that's an instant tech. Emphasis on towards the ref though... if he turned around and wasn't facing him then that should not fall under the umbrella the ref used in his explanation claiming it was a hostile act towards the ref.
And yeah it is super suspicious to me that RC has 4 techs this year and all 4 are this ref.
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Luka literally gets slammed around and his defender bounces off him, netting him a TO/offensive foul. In a moment of passion he yells "oh hell no"-- not even at a ref but just passionately. Ref gives him a tech and claims he waved his fists at the ref, which never happened. No consequence for the ref totally lying. We can see the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq7G_-R31yU
Second tech, Luka literally tosses the ball casually. Ref ejects him. Weakest ejection ever. Usually refs hold their whistle-- particularly when it's not even aimed at the ref and it means removing a player from the game. I've literally seen LeBron do this without a call and Luka gets ejected? It wreaks of preferential treatment, particularly when the ref in mention has all four of Rick's technicals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n_ZK84sTAU
I'm sorry, but that ref is awful and the NBA should investigate. He's got multiple other controversial calls all over the league, including this game where he whistled DFS for a foul when it was a clean block and while play was "stopped" allowed the Hawks to get the rebound and put it back in.
https://www.mavs.com/cuban-vents-on-...ial-late-call/