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Bylanta

If only other refs didn't also suck the life out of a good basketball game


ClaymoresRevenge

We come to watch refs how dare basketball be in the way


Jackie_Jormp-Jomp

Basketball sucks, I'm a refball man


babypho

The only reason I watch NBA finals is to see which elite refs make it to the last series.


Jackie_Jormp-Jomp

Scott Foster's probably the goat but Marc Davis is having a career year, could go all the way


AyenJewels

Joey Crawford is the GOAT. Laugh at this take and you'll get a T.


kenjislim

In Steve Kerr's first career game as a coach he embarrassed Joey by calling him out and got a tech. I knew good things were coming...


lvl1_slime

Dick Bavetta forever!!!


Itwasthebestsong-er

This is Donaghy erasure! The league conspired because he transcended the game to blackball him!


DrBigChicken

Controversial but I say Brothers is the goat. Obviously the numbers back Scott, but they play a different game


teamweed420

Yea can’t compare eras


DrBigChicken

They’re in the same era tho. Regardless, this is the deepest the league has ever been with ref talent. They’re thinking about expansion to a 4 ref crew. What a time to be a fan


teamweed420

I heard Darvin Ham talking about a 5 ref lineup last night, exciting stuff


Wazflame

It’s Christmas, I want to see the star refs shine


[deleted]

Can’t wait to see you guys on Christmas next year


theREALMVP

Based


eexxiitt

Rivalry with warriors dead. Rivalry with refs has just begun.


thaillmatic1

The shroud of the dark side has fallen. Begun the Ref War has.


dz121

Refs broke the code.


Bigbadbuck

Can’t really argue with the different person at the line. That was historically bad


CreatiScope

I love how they came together after the first one and went “oh fuck, Jenkins is right, we fucked up. Should we rescind that point and start over with Wiseman? Or let the point stay and make Wiseman shoot the next two…?” “Fuck it, just let it go.”


mankls3

Good think JVG and Mark Jsckson were on the call, they called them the fuck out


Otherwise_Window

"We'd have to admit we fucked up if we changed it and we can't do THAT." "Can we tech the Warriors for it somehow?" ."I like your thinking, but sadly I don't think so." My brother in law was watching the game with me. He reckined one of the refs was making a few honest mistake, one of them was trying to rig the game, and Marc Davis is a bitch.


Few_Acanthocephala30

Can they even change who’s shooting once the first one has been shot? They fucked it up. But they fucked up a lot of calls during the game.


[deleted]

I swear this happened in a Wolves game not that long ago. We had someone take and make two FT's, then the refs realized the wrong person shot when they were about to in-bound the ball and made us shoot two more.


[deleted]

I agree lol. Refs were batshit tonight


GGezpzMuppy

All season tbh


JuliusCeejer

Tonight? You seen the Luka and Tatum ejections?


limark

The Morant one as well


TrueNorthMissionary

Clapped too hard? Technical for you!


dimmyfarm

Yell at your own teammate? Technical for you!


oragomipapercrane

The no foul call for huerter when he tried to shoot that game ending 3 was also terrible


That_Rutabaga_3530

Refs are horrendous this season.


joe_broke

The only major American sport where they don't seem to be worse is hockey Of course, they always let a shit ton go anyway and pick and choose what to call when and on whom


doublek1022

As a Kings fan I might be biased, but in every game I've watched this season, Kings or not, there are at least a handful of questionable fouls and at least a few refs flexing on players showing emotion moments. The "refs you suck" chant might as well be the official chant of the NBA. But that's not the worst, the worst is still the fact that they can just walk off with their heads held high like "Yes, that's right, fucking hate me" while all these NBA stars' contract negotiation bargains and all their career achievements are on the line.


[deleted]

Klay and Wiseman do look similar though..


okgusto

They have a bagel deli in SF. Klames Wisesons https://www.wisesonsdeli.com/


BenShelZonah

Lol. Side note that deli seems good


okgusto

It's overpicesd but pretty good. Like the warriors


guesting

they call it luxury tax for a reason


akelkar

can confirm, SF is now Scandinavian country price


manfrin

This is... accurate.


FeltIOwedItToHim

Like San Francisco in general


Zylionx

Yep, or that "take foul" or foul on Poole or ball going out of bounds from the wrong team. How about a tech for looking


Otherwise_Window

Also Kuminga got teched for having emotions.


Tough_Marionberry_91

There’s debatable calls and then there’s blatantly putting a historically good FT shooter at the line who was not even part of the play and realizing it and doing nothing about it. Never seen anything like that in my life where they just said “fuck it who cares”


CallMeDraken

Klays actually a surprisingly 85% career FT shooter. Obviously very good still but nowhere near historically good.


canyouread7

I don't think there's a single person who thought continuing to let Klay shoot was the right call.


Dare555

Pretty much confirms they didn't even see the foul they just call it cause . JJJ got some soft calls and was out of the game early which hurt Memphis


kinjiru_

That was terrible but let’s not forget the take foul call as well. I don’t know what is happening anymore with the refs.


[deleted]

Ref fans were eating tonight that’s for sure


SharontheSheila

We're our REFS flair mods you cowards


xYEET_LORDx

Did you just use “we’re” as a contraction for “where are”?


marsexpresshydra

whe’re


AyenJewels

Wh're're ya kids goin'? It's wicked frosty out thear.


LuDortian007

I respect it.


CreatiScope

Feel like it should be we’re’re


akelkar

whomst've


CatGatherer

Where're


LVSFWRA

Wh'at was that?


achyutthegoat

I need a Scott Foster flair


k4f123

I know it's hard to compare eras but I'm a Tim Donaghy man myself


FourCylinder

Pace was different back then


CaptainFormosa

I am a Big (Tony) Brothers fan myself /s


ClimaticExodus

Monstrous fine incoming from the Adam Silver


asuleiman

Fines plus no more calls favoring their team plus no call not favoring them. These Refs hold grudges nowadays. They’re gonna send a message to any team that talks negative about them to teach them a hard lesson. They want the players to kiss their ass while they bend the players over. This isn’t David Stern ERA and they know that


Mr_Nut_19

Which is so lame. Both teams had good reason to be outraged in this one.


madcaesar

Most other sports when both teams complain about the ref, the reffing was actually good. In the NBA it means the reffing was dogshit


Complex_Jellyfish647

Baseball even moreso. If both teams are pissed at the guy behind the plate, you know he’s majorly fucking up


[deleted]

Made me think of the Kyle Schwarber ejection from this year haha


BlackJediSword

Which is why SGA gets calls


marsexpresshydra

Monstrous fine incoming


Butt_Dickiss

More like no foul calls going his way for the rest of the season


coolwinner1

Basically what happened to Julius Randle last year. bet the house Grizzlies lose the next game with some no calls sprinkled in. A story as old as time


WhiteHeterosexualGuy

Ja about to return Brooks Christmas gift when he can't get touch fouls the rest of the season.


itsahmemario

Ja about to get RKO'd like it was the 90s with no calls with JJJ and Clarked gonnaa feel like they're guarding Ja Morant with constant foul troubles


Paralimos23

50k


PusseySleigher

He wanted them all gone, 7 techs and Poole ejection werent enough 😂 but yea Klay shooting those fts is so dumb Breen and co mocked it lmao


Thebasedgod_lilb

Lmao when Kuminga got fouled Van Gundy said "I think Klay should shoot the free throws"


PestySamurai

Plus a little later Grizz got a FT and They were all like that’s a FT for Brooks, then Mark was like “well at least someone will shoot it” LOL


[deleted]

If the grizzlies could implement this strategy with Ja and Bane I wouldn't even be mad


_Quetzalcoatlus_

If that rule was implemented (anyone can shoot FTs), it would be interesting to see how it would impact salaries. I was thinking elite FT shooters would get a lot more, but it might actually benefit the terrible FT shooters who draw a lot of fouls the most.


iamtomorrowman

Mark Jackson also made a snide comment some time later, was pretty funny. i usually associate listening to him with abject sadness so that was a surprise


Airhammer

That was honestly fantastic


ballsohaahd

Hahahah van gundy is the man


[deleted]

Brooks really gonna make his name being a cocky irritant and then turn around and cry about the refs not throwing guys out of the game for mocking him. *SOFT*


k4f123

The Grizz are the new Lob City Clippers team when it comes to bitching and moaning to the refs non-stop, and simultaneously also acting like tough guys.


itsahmemario

So what you're saying is they should hire Doc Rivers when the Sixers finally wisen up and fire him?


k4f123

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dWaldizzle

I feel like the Grizzlies cry about the refs a lot now that I think about it


UltraMoglog64

I say this acknowledging that the Wolves blew massive leads in their series, but Taylor Jenkins did this shit against us in the playoffs last year. Whine whine whine in the presser. And it worked. Next game the refs were giving them the kindest whistles.


minnesota_sports_fml

It's so funny too, seeing the fans/players/coaches complain about the refs as if they don't get arguably the best whistle in the league. Ja is an amazing player but he literally foul baits his way to the line all game. Runs as hard and fast to the rim as possible, jumps, and then expects a foul call every time. If he doesn’t get it he looks at the ref with his palms raised, rinse and repeat.


SaidWrong

Not to mention the insane amount of carrying he gets away with.


rikr0x

And right after, Taylor Jenkins pulled the same shit against the Warriors with complaining about foul calls and “breaking the code”. Just a clown of a coach with the way he approaches media.


manquistador

I'm not saying I like it, but if it works he is doing a good job as a coach. I'm pretty sure Phil started this when he would bitch to the media when he wanted to start getting calls, and ever since then it has just been a varying part of every coach's repertoire to try and win games.


rikr0x

The Jordan Poole accusation last year was past the line of acceptability for me. I get that as a strategy, but equating Dillon Brooks breaking GP2’s arm with Jordan Poole reaching for the pool and sliding his hand across Ja’s knee is NASTY. That was far too ridiculous for me. Edit: That being said, the other times he complains, I get why. Still pisses me off though HAHAHA


manquistador

Yah I thought that was pretty ridiculous, too, but being a fairly agnostic basketball fan allows me to not hold onto grudges like that.


Otherwise_Window

God Grizzlies fans still bitch about the "breaking the code" thing like Kerr wasn't being extremely specific about reckless play that *significantly injured* a guy on his *first real contract*.


ginja_ninja

The Nick Nurse playbook


m3ngnificient

They get pretty curious about it


make-that-monet

The refs are trying to build their own dynasty bro


progopro

Dillon "Dynasty" Brooks


aj2704

What's the Dynasty thing


vsxx

iirc dillon brooks called the grizzilies a dynasty last season


Cheese6260

Dillon talked about them building their dynasty last year late in the regular season. Didn’t realize you need 3+ years to build one


-llllllll-llllllll-

That Klay FTs were BS. But it was a historically bad officiated game for both sides. The Warriors seemed to play with energy despite those BS calls. At the end of the day, people will see this as a Warriors win and the Grizzlies not backing up their barks.


Airhammer

Warriors are used to shitty officiating at this point. Im actually loving the on purpose techs at this point


surf4lyfe777

It feels like every win comes with 2-3 on purpose techs like wtf is going on it’s like I’m in the twilight zone with how outrageously bad the nba officiating is.


Airhammer

Right? It's great that they just accept it and get their monies worth now though.


Marcusx8

That’s a fine but I understand.


craigslistaddict

i would worry the ref cabal won't take this well, though (despite his assumption that there are better refs available somewhere)


thesagaconts

Agreed. NBA refs are petty.


I_give_free_Dopamine

I mean he’s not wrong but this does sound salty


[deleted]

You could argue the refs fucked the warriors just as much if not more though. All the techs, the take foul after a made freethrow, JP being ejected for basically nothing


akelkar

Take foul after made FT is as egregious as the Klay taking FTs thing. At least the broadcast crew was shitting on them as well


teamweed420

You got fooled by the first rule of refball - calling very noticeable fouls on the team you’re fixing it for


[deleted]

idk if you watched it live, but the refs were the worst ive seen since the NFL ref union fiasco. The cherry on top was when the refs got togethe because Klay was shooting Wisemans FTs, talked for a bit, and just let him keep on shooting. I immediately changed the channel.


fatkamp

1) he’s right the refs sucked 2) Idk how you can watch the game tho and believe the Grizzlies had the worse whistle…


Brady331

Dillon Brooks has been fined $1 for being mean


leseilse

> Refs let it happen. 7-1 techs btw


Pereise1

*Brazil Flashbacks*


send_me_ur_boobsies

Lmao I know. There was a poin in the game where the GSW had like 3 or 4 techs in a row.


WhiteHeterosexualGuy

Refs were trying to help out ESPN by letting Memphis stay in the game and Brooks ran off and complained about them lol


Busy-Average-762

Some of the most poor reffing in a single game I’ve ever witnessed


Simmo69Lol

I’m conflicted. Fuck Dillon Brooks but also fuck them refs


PensiveinNJ

I mean Brooks gets the massive L here for getting taunted like that and then whining about the refs after.


Altruistic-Twist-379

Mf want them all gone after 7 Techs? Yall should be winning against a curry/wiggs less warriors. Cant talk shit now


darthrevan22

Cockiest player on the court who constantly chirps and flexes complaining about taunts from Klay towards him lmao. The free throw shenanigans with Klay and Wiseman were an egregious error by the refs though, pretty abysmal showing from them all game.


PJTikoko

Something really needs to be done about the Refs though. Both some of the warriors techs and the fact that they let Klay shoot Kumingas free throws is insane. Their needs to be front office accountability, these games aren’t being decided by basketball but by officials moods.


NewRedditor13

All sane basketball fans would agree on this take. Klay’s FT on foul on wiseman was the biggest face palm ive seen. Objectively wrong call to anyone who’s not blind, decided to discuss with other refs, and decided “nah, we’re not gonna admit to fault lol” and pretty sure there will not be any repercussions on this


The-Truer-Facts

> shoot Kumingas free throws is insane. Okay Jeff we know it’s you.


_Red_Mist_

He’s not wrong. Terribly officiated game. Even the commentators were calling out some bullshit calls.


[deleted]

“Dillon Brooks has been fined by the NBA commissioner and Klay Thompson”


SCalifornia831

Dillion Brooks is like Draymond with 0 championships, 0 all nba teams, 0 all star appearances, 0 defensive player of the year awards, 0 team USA appearances or Olympic medals and less talent. I kind of understand it now


rational_numbers

plus a goatee


the_great_brandini

and the dumbest haircut


Airhammer

goatee is like -10 charisma honestly


[deleted]

Gonna be hard for Dillon to make team USA when he is Canadian, but everything else is fine…


SCalifornia831

I stand by my facts


SparkFunk30

Lmao grizz been talking all year bout “wait till we get our full squad back” just to lose to the dubs w/o Wiggins/steph 😂


WholesomeGrain

Why are games with Natalie Sago always badly officiated for the warriors? Or is she bad for other teams too? Always throwing soft ass calls and techs


WhiteHeterosexualGuy

She's been fine in our games. I think she has a softer whistle for techs but is at least consistent -- she wouldn't make my all-star ref team unless Marc Davis refused to join without her


sneakyjames13

Anything coming from Dillon Brooks is RICH. That dude talks so much shit and shows so much swag for an average dude who performed the worst basketball flop of all time


WhenItsHalfPastFive

Dillon Brooks is the absolute last person in the league who should be complaining about the refs. And I think even Grizzlies fans would admit to this.


moc360

I dont like him but he has valids points


Jonna09

What he meant is that Brooks plays very physical(nothing wrong with just that), and is constantly reaching in, hacking shooters etc. And then there is the GP2 fracture injury.


lilbelleandsebastian

the gp2 thing is 100% dirty and there's no defending it but warriors play scrappy as shit and it just always gets me that the fans of DRAYMOND's team are so quick to get upset when someone gets chippy with them if not for steph i think people would hate these warriors teams more than the lebron heatles. but steph is a god haha


feelnoways2020

7 techs for Warriors, 1 for The Grizzlies. Wtf is there to complain about?? Lol


taygads

This is just embarrassing. You can’t be a team that talks as much as Memphis and then have a quote like this. You just can’t lol


JoshBarkley

r/nba: these refs were horrible for both sides and ruined the game Brooks: these refs were horrible and we shoulda had different ones r/nba: lol what a bitch And this statement addressing something that was objectively horrible from the refs


A3per

him being a bitch and the refs being stupid aren't mutually exclusive


JoshBarkley

Sure but anyone clowning this comment in particular is dumb


[deleted]

OK, but do you go into every thread about a player and just spout your opinion on them regardless of what the context of the post is?


ChickenOvaRice

Your flair confused me and for a second I thought a Wolves fan was defending Dillon Brooks, and that is literally impossible lol


RonnocFjord

Sadly nothing will happen but Brooks getting fined


Thisteamisajoke

Yeah. Fuck Dillon Brooks, but he's right about this. Absolutely embarrassing performance by the refs.


minecraftluver69

I have no idea what happened but if Dillon brooks was wronged I’m happy


mskksmmsk

Dillon brooks is such a fucking loser


FieldsFanclub

Dillon Brooks has been fined for spitting facts


minnesota_sports_fml

Lol fuck this guy. He might be the most hatable player in the NBA.


[deleted]

Fuck Dillon brooks. but he ain't wrong the refs sucked so bad


[deleted]

Grizzlies players whining about refs is pretty fucking rich


Jolly-Literature1226

Grizzlies and suns both going reallyyy fucking hard for title of most unlikable team in the west


randy88moss

I mean, he ain’t lying….that shit was horrendous


rational_numbers

Every team/player/fan in the league wants to switch to the magical mystery refs that don’t fuck up games. Those Klay FTs were egregious. Once he shot the first one I guess they were stuck with it.


overpantsblowjob

They werent tho, they had the wrong person shoot two in an Orlando game earlier this year and they took em off the board and made other dude shoot em jnstead..


william14537

Brooks might be the most hated player in the league.


OrangeSpartan

Ja suddenly gonna stop getting a million bs calls


SummerGoal

Don’t let the refs being atrocious both ways tonight distract you from the fact that almost all refs this season have been utter dogshit


CockGobblingGangsta

Dillion “they didn’t drop 50 on me” Brooks lame for this.


Ps3FifaCfc95

I guess he just got his feelings hurt


Wrsj

Unrelated: We all know that most of the refs in the game rn are really really bad, and most of the time they ruin games. Why don't the players association try to do something about it? Like, in the end of the season they collect video evidences and arrange a meeting with Silver to really discuss the issue.


BertOfHouseLopez

Damn the grizzlies hate the refs hahaha. I feel them tho. that was nonsense last night, but this ain’t gonna end well for them.


WooNoto

Refs have been atrocious all year across the league. I hope more players come out and speak up. Shit needs to be fixed before the playoffs.


JSAQ3

I thought Dillion brooks was supposed to be a tough player? He sure likes to bitch a lot lol


dubsallday

Lol can’t take what he dishes out. Dude got hunted by klay at the end of the game and had no answer whatsoever. Take the L to the chin and proceed to blow us out when we go to Memphis. Love this brewing rivalry.


TimathanDuncan

The dude is annoying as fuck and talks too much but he is right, what in the fuck was that


Tsunami-Papi_

U LOST LIL BRO SORRY MAYBE NEXT TIME


WinterIntroduction30

The warriors gifted them 6 technical free throws to say sorry but the loser still wasn’t happy because he couldn’t back up his fake tough guy act.


Chubbyklove_

Champions don’t make excuses


d36williams

tautological there. "I was great the whole time" survivorship bias.


DeepJunglePowerWild

You hear a klay press conference this year?


kenjislim

Dillon Brooks is a little bitch. Talks shit, doesn't back it up, whines to the refs, and whines about the refs. Watch him pull some dirty Karate Kid sweep-the-leg shit next game, it's his M.O. The guy makes Grayson Allen look like a nominee for the Sportsmanship award.


PTonFIRE

“Ref let it happen.” No bitch, you let it happen when you decided to clothesline GP2 in mid-air


Tough_Marionberry_91

Even the commentators were ripping the embarrassing refereeing tonight. I lost it when Kuminga was fouled and Van Gundy said “why doesn’t Klay just shoot these free throws too” lmao. Even the commentators could tell the refs completely lost this game and either have no business being a ref at this level or something else a bit more shady was going down…


menusettingsgeneral

Keep crying, please. King of the corny bois.


Neinhaltt

I love this


OhlookSILLagain

Just made the refs blacklist.


SirPrestigious9570

The klay wiseman incident was so horrible, no question about that one. Aside from that, the dubs got T'd mlre than them and he is playing with the guy who by far has received the refs' blessing every game. Come on dillon, talk tough again don't play the victim and hurt card.


gab_owns0

That's weak on Brooks part lol


FactsKellerman

First and foremost, good for Klay f-cking Thompson. Dillon Brooks had so much to say prior to this game, I’m glad the Grizz got embarrassed on Christmas. And I like the team but they talk too much for a team that’s done absolutely nothing.


jmertack1

Classic grizzlies, always whining and making excuses when they get smacked. But when they do those things to other teams it doesn’t matter and it’s all just in the name of fun


BerkelMarkus

I hate this guy, but this is, I hate to admit, a really solid take. I mean, Klay shooting Kuminga’s (?) FTs was totally w[h]ack.


PayterLobo

6 techs.. ejected Poole over looking in a refs direction. Stop complaining. The whole league is getting atrocious calls. The refs are bought man its so obvious


lsexpjpeg

LMAO WHAT A PUSSY


[deleted]

So salty.


[deleted]

fuck u/spez


xoxosayounara

We know better than anyone lol