Not everybody appears to be as “disgusted” with NBA officiating as Golden State head coach Steve Kerr.
Kerr lambasted the refs after the Warriors misplaced to the Nuggets on Christmas in a sport the place Denver’s Nikola Jokic made his solution to the free throw line 18 occasions.
However a minimum of one former NBAer wasn’t having it.
“Sure, it’s boring. Sure, it’s not enjoyable to observe, however this simply looks like frustration,” Chandler Parsons stated of all of the free throws on the podcast Run It Back, earlier than taking a jab at Kerr. “Fear about Jamal Murray getting 28 on you, not the opposite man getting 18 free throws if you wish to beat them.”
Parsons, who spent 9 seasons between the Rockets, Mavericks, Grizzlies and Hawks, was not the one one to take Kerr to process. On ESPN’s First Take, resident blowhard Kendrick Perkins bashed Kerr, saying that there have been a couple of feedback of Kerr’s in latest historical past which have made his “rattling pores and skin crawl.”
Kerr, who has by no means been shy about talking his thoughts on points surrounding the league — and who has been among the many most revered coaches within the league — appeared to be extra upset with the flopping that induced the foul calls, versus the foul calls themselves.
“I’ve an issue with how we’re legislating the protection out of the sport,” Kerr said postgame. “We’re enabling gamers to B.S. their solution to the foul line. If I had been a fan, I wouldn’t have needed to observe the second half of that sport. It was disgusting. It was simply baiting refs into calls, however the refs need to make these calls … the gamers are actually good on this league. For the final decade, they’ve gotten smarter and smarter. We now have enabled the gamers, and they’re taking full benefit.”
“It’s a parade to the free throw line, and it’s disgusting to observe,” Kerr stated.
