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The ref who ejected Giannis needs to be fired immediately. (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by gymtime69@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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Giannis stared down an opposing player for literally half a second after a major dunk. Then he was given his second tech and ejected.

A bad call is one thing. There’s a lot happening on the court and it’s hard to make sure you make the right calls, but this is blatant abuse of power.

The ref gives Giannis a tech, Giannis asks the ref what he did wrong, and the ref walks away in a pout, completely ignoring Giannis, until he turns around and aggressively points at the exit telling Giannis to get off the court.

How can you let such a biased referee stay in the league? He needs to be fired NOW and the NBA needs to make an apology to fans, the bucks, and Giannis.

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[–] K1NG2L4Y3R@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I’m going to play devils advocate and say Giannis should’ve known better than to get himself thrown out over something so stupid.

Star players should not get a long leash just because they’re stars. You can’t complain about Draymond not getting techs but then in the same breath also complain about Giannis getting thrown out for picking up a second one for taunting. Beef Stew also runs hot so they were probably afraid of what he was going to do after the dunk after seeing his reaction from the Lebron incident.

Also I agree with taunting being a tech because they don’t want another Malice in the Place type situation. If a guy like Marcus Morris did this and got ejected literally nobody would care. Giving stars preferential treatment leads to uneven reffing and superstar calls which is not fair. Giving extra leeway to stars is how you get Draymond doing whatever he wants 24/7.