Not everybody appears to be as “disgusted” with NBA officiating as Golden State head coach Steve Kerr.
Kerr lambasted the refs after the Warriors misplaced to the Nuggets on Christmas in a sport the place Denver’s Nikola Jokic made his strategy to the free throw line 18 occasions.
However no less than one former NBAer wasn’t having it.
“Yes, it’s boring. Yes, it’s not fun to watch, but this just seems like frustration,” Chandler Parsons mentioned of all of the free throws on the podcast Run It Back, earlier than taking a jab at Kerr. “Worry about Jamal Murray getting 28 on you, not the other guy getting 18 free throws if you want to beat them.”
Parsons, who spent 9 seasons between the Rockets, Mavericks, Grizzlies and Hawks, was not the one one to take Kerr to activity. On ESPN’s First Take, resident blowhard Kendrick Perkins bashed Kerr, saying that there have been a couple of feedback of Kerr’s in latest historical past which have made his “damn skin crawl.”
Kerr, who has by no means been shy about talking his thoughts on points surrounding the league — and who has been among the many most revered coaches within the league — appeared to be extra upset with the flopping that induced the foul calls, versus the foul calls themselves.
“I have a problem with how we are legislating the defense out of the game,” Kerr said postgame. “We are enabling players to B.S. their way to the foul line. If I were a fan, I wouldn’t have wanted to watch the second half of that game. It was disgusting. It was just baiting refs into calls, but the refs have to make those calls … the players are really smart in this league. For the last decade, they’ve gotten smarter and smarter. We have enabled the players, and they are taking full advantage.”
“It’s a parade to the free throw line, and it’s disgusting to watch,” Kerr mentioned.
