Now not everybody appears to be as “disgusted” with NBA officiating as Golden State head trainer Steve Kerr.
Kerr lambasted the refs after the Warriors misplaced to the Nuggets on Christmas in a recreation the place Denver’s Nikola Jokic made his strategy to the loose throw line 18 instances.
However no less than one former NBAer wasn’t having it.
“Sure, it’s dull. Sure, it’s no longer a laugh to look at, however this simply turns out like frustration,” Chandler Parsons mentioned of all of the loose throws at the podcast Run It Again, earlier than taking a jab at Kerr. “Fear about Jamal Murray getting 28 on you, no longer the opposite man getting 18 loose throws if you wish to beat them.”
Parsons, who spent 9 seasons between the Rockets, Mavericks, Grizzlies and Hawks, was once no longer the one one to take Kerr to activity. On ESPN’s First Take, resident blowhard Kendrick Perkins bashed Kerr, pronouncing that there were a couple of feedback of Kerr’s in fresh historical past that experience made his “rattling pores and skin move slowly.”
Kerr, who hasn’t ever been shy about talking his thoughts on problems surrounding the league — and who has been some of the most useful coaches within the league — gave the look to be extra disappointed with the flopping that brought about the foul calls, versus the foul calls themselves.
“I’ve an issue with how we’re legislating the protection out of the sport,” Kerr mentioned postgame. “We’re enabling avid gamers to B.S. their strategy to the foul line. If I have been a fan, I wouldn’t have sought after to look at the second one part of that recreation. It was once disgusting. It was once simply baiting refs into calls, however the refs need to make the ones calls … the avid gamers are in point of fact good on this league. For the decade, they’ve gotten smarter and smarter. We’ve enabled the avid gamers, and they’re taking complete benefit.”
“It’s a parade to the loose throw line, and it’s disgusting to look at,” Kerr mentioned.
