by Daniel Johnson
December 9, 2023
Jaylen Brown blames ‘overemotional ref.’
Boston Celtics taking pictures guard Jaylen Brown can count on a pleasant letter within the mail from the NBA after his post-game feedback about an official. In line with Yahoo Sports activities, Brown’s feedback stemmed from an incident within the fourth quarter when a foul was known as on Brown whereas making an attempt to poke the ball out of New York Knicks guard Immanuel Quickley. Brown allegedly disagreed verbally with the decision, primarily as a result of he mentioned an identical contact was not known as a foul on the other finish. For his protest, Brown obtained a technical foul from official Jason Goldenberg.
Brown apparently refused to let it go and needed to be held again by Celtics middle Kristaps Porziņģis together with an official and an assistant coach after he obtained a second technical foul, which resulted in an automated ejection. Brown continued jawing on the official for a number of moments earlier than making his method to the locker room.
Submit-game, Brown was nonetheless desirous about the referee interplay, telling reporters, “I want I might have gotten my cash’s price. I at all times thought my first profession ejection could be one thing a bit extra thrilling. Possibly a tussle or one thing, guys get folded up, go to the bottom. Not some overemotional ref who had a foul day. What I’m most upset about is I ought to’ve gotten my f***ing cash’s price.”
Upon being requested about what led to the second technical foul, Brown mentioned he was not being disrespectful of Goldenberg, telling reporters, “I don’t know. I feel it’s a distinction between exhibiting emotion and it being disrespectful or derogatory in direction of one other individual. I don’t suppose I used to be directing it in direction of him by any means, particularly on the second. It wasn’t even shut. I’m on the bench, I’m speaking from the sideline. He can’t even hear something I’m saying. So he known as a tech from throughout the court docket.”
Brown continued, assessing that the second technical foul could have had extra to do with the official asserting energy than something he truly mentioned, saying, “That’s for certain must do with any individual having their feelings too concerned in no matter else is happening and so they accessing their energy with technical fouls. I ain’t going to touch upon officiating normally, however I’m going to touch upon this man particularly tonight. I assumed that was bulls—t.”
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