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Amateur fucking hour. The league needs to do something.

Tim Donaghy was right

Can we start posting ref highlights in the /r/nba picture yet? The age of basketball is over. The time of ref has come.

We should have a ref for the refs. He can be an even bigger drama queen and uno reverse their calls and give them techs.

Officiating is so mediocre these days. To me it’s evidence that these officials can’t control the game, they have zero credibility

They're playing refketball, we love that refketball. Their ego is not what ANYONE cares about. Done with the refs.

When Reggie Jackson is pissed at the refs, you know they fucked up more than normal.

How did the refs know everyone bought tickets to see them run up and down the court?

Damn I’d be so mad as a fan, you get Jokic once a year in Detroit

How is this not foul on pistons? Refs don’t even care about hiding the gambling priorities this year. Adam Silver is so bad for basketball… trying to force this shitty/fake in-season tournament too lmao

I think he just wanted to go home earlier from work. can't blame him

Ive rarely seen Jokic contest calls. A lot of players are more aggressive in contesting calls and never getting tech. It s crazy.

He d just argue for a bit and then will walk away like nothing happens. I think he specifically position himself in front of that ref to demonstrate how tf he is not getting calls. 😂

I have no idea how he got the first T, but walking over directly into the face of an official and yelling at him is going to get a technical every single time.

The refs average more tecs than Draymond does points

In the words of Luther Van Dross... It's over now. 😅

I know I'm late to the thread but it's ridiculous that we don't have a flair for those of us who are fans of the refs. They've been doing a stellar job this year 😮‍💨😮‍💨😤😤

The Rodney Dangerfield

Is this the right video?

I don’t see anything that happened that could’ve pissed Mike and jokic off that much and I don’t see jokic or like get mad enough to get techs

IM DIGGING THIS REF BALL KEEP IT UP

Snowflake refs

Yeah Adam silver's not going to like that.

That ref is not getting any playoff games

The refs are doing nothing wrong. It's clearly stated in the rule book:

An official may assess a technical foul, without prior warning, at any time. A technical foul(s) may be assessed to any player on the court or anyone seated on the bench for conduct which, in the opinion of an official, is detrimental to the game.

So they have opinions and are exercising their opinions at any given moment. A ref can just go: "Technical foul! Annoying face detrimental to the game!"

Dray suspension means techs can flow

If it was embiid they’d publicly hang him

The refs these days are pansies. I hate to be the boomer in the corner but the NBA is way too soft.

Damn you'd think Joker would get a better whistle after winning FMVP and it somehow got worse lmfao.

Man First Giannis now Jokic, if the Pistons weren't so ass we'd be exclusively talking about them paying the refs.

Curtis Blair is a rising star for his team, with the potential to be a superstar one day.

U wouldn't be surprised if we got to see a statline like 11 techs, 4 ejections, 9 reviews (4 in the clutch), or something like that in a game one day. Dude is unreal, also that whistle is so smooth, with that follow-through.

This was a good day for ref fans.

I feel like Luka and Draymond have this kind of reaction every game towards the refs and don’t get ejected. Is it cause jokic is not marketable, is that why? Or they don’t want to market the tubby in athletic white guy who doesn’t even really care about basketball?

For fucks sake why doesn't the NBA fine refs for every bad call. Maybe they'd take their jobs seriously if their money was at stake

Good on him and Malone protesting its crazy how shitty refereeing we have been getting since start of season its like NBA doesn't want even a chance of Nuggets repeat ..

Nuggets Last in FTA , Jokic being fouled night after night and on other side super soft shit is called (like vs Rockets ) and opponents double us in FT most of the night when it should be us going to the line more...

Lol those fouls were nothing. Someone get the WAAAmbulance.

No doubt the refs will release a statement apologising for their “gut-wrenching” mistake and how it will “cause sleepless nights”… oh wait it’s the Nuggets

NBA referees are bad. Point blank period. It's been like this for years. Probably forever. The difference is now we can see it too. Imagine the shit they got away with before we had HDTVs and multiple camera angles to call them out.

Refs are having fun this season

He's been really frustrated last 2 games

Refs have gotten worse the past few years.

WTF are the refs doing this year? Everybody getting techs and tossed out of games. This is ridiculous. Imagine paying hundreds of dollars to see arguably the best player in the world player play ball and they toss him for questioning a call. Total shit show by the NBA.

Refs getting out of hand.

This right here is why I pirate games instead of paying for the product, because the product sucks due to the refs' inability to call a game properly.

I love that the announcers called out the refs

Did he get a double technical or just one for this play?

Did he get a double technical or just one for this play?

Refs pissed they had to go to Detroit

Maybe they watched Hoosiers the day before and had to set the tone for side pieces to steal victory from the Pistons' jaws of defeat? Man, the Pistons are such a bad team. Cunningham is NOT looking to dish when he has the ball lolz.... He knows