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Originally Posted by Cobra Mgr
So if a player shows a ref his error, its showing him up. But if the league puts out a report itemizing every error the zebras made in the last 2 min, that is doing what exactly? Too much ego & not enough humility here. Own your mistakes, apologize & move on. I always say no one claims to be perfect, but somehow even fewer admit they were wrong.
And Sheed's famous T was for doing NOTHING. He said nothing. He gestured nothing. He mumbled nothing. All he did was look, LOOK, at the ref. Stupidest, butt hurt act I've ever seen from a ref. At least when Tim Duncan got tossed he was laughing w/his teammates. Sheed just had his eyes open in the direction of the ref & the zebra claimed he was being intimidated. Buncha bull.
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I agree with you on Rasheed's T...
On Bev, I think it depends upon the context. If PB had approached the ref - not on the middle of the court but maybe less-obviously near the sideline - and calmly said, "hey man, I've got it on video right here that shows there's was a foul... do you wanna see it?" Then that would be different. Refs are generally known to give plenty of leeway when guys are arguing but doing it respectfully and not so demonstrably.
At any rate, maybe the ref felt he had already given James a TON of leeway by not teeing him up despite his lunatic ravings after the no-call. Any other player, any other time, and that's at least a T. Possibly an ejection.
As far as the league issuing their 'last two minutes report' ... That supposedly is done for transparency purposes; not to embarrass refs, although that can be part of it. Bev's display served no useful purpose. At all.
That all said, if you are in charge and you allow the type of shenanigans that PB pulled with the camera, then where do you draw the line on showing up refs? Can a player slam the ball to the court in frustration, while the whole team just screams at a ref, and the coach waves his arms in dismissive motions and calls the ref an blind-azz-effin' moron who must have money on the other team?