I wonder if this will be the only time there is technical-foul controversy in the NBA that doesn't involve Rasheed Wallace.
OK, all joking aside, what in the world is going on in the NBA? Boston Celtics center Kendrick Perkins received two technical fouls -- nos. 6 and 7 of the playoffs -- in game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals against the Orlando Magic, meaning an automatic one-game suspension.
The media dropped the hint that the league could review it. And of course, given that the media thinks the NBA needs an LA-Boston finals (which I think is BS), the powers-that-be reviewed the calls and rescinded one technical, meaning Perkins can play in the suddenly important Game 6. Funny thing is that the technical foul that was rescinded was not the accidental elbow slip when he tried to help up teammate Rajon Rondo. The disappearing technical was the one Perkins picked up in the second quarter for complaining about a foul.
This is not your father's NBA.
What in the world are the league officials thinking?
They want the "thug" image of the NBA to go away. They want players dressing nice, acting like human beings and behaving. Then when they do stuff on the court that warrants technical fouls and/or suspensions they rescind them so the top players can play.
I guaran-fricken-tee if it wasn't the starting center on the Celtics in a playoff game -- instead maybe the reserve point guard on the Timberwolves who I can't even name --the T's would have stayed in force.
The league already has a stigma of top players and top teams getting the questionable calls and this recent decisions just adds to that legacy.
Worst of all is that the league is telling its officials that the calls they make on the court do not carry any weight and TV ratings and certain teams are more important.
I'm waiting for the league to go back and review every time Allen Iverson scored after a cross-over and decide he travelled and take away about 5,000 of his points.
Probably won't happen. But this Perkins nonsense shouldn't have either.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
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