League where communication wants to be extremely monitored, the NBA must still sometimes resume its stars on the fly after NSFW comments. This still risks intervening following the blow of blood of a big name from the East, this Wednesday!
Models for millions of young fans around the world, they must therefore display an attitude worthy of the name on and off the court. However, it happens that some NBA players show themselves without filter, especially when attacking a teammate or an opponent on the field. But if these sequences escape the microphones in the middle of a match, those of the same kind at a press conference, no.
Exasperated, Fred VanVleet unpins and risks big
On a relatively quiet evening within the league, the crack of the night was delivered to the halls of the Crypto.com Arena. Passing through Los Angeles, Fred VanVleet’s Raptors have long believed they could defeat the Clippers at home. Author of 13 points and 9 assists in the meeting, the leader appeared particularly annoyed in front of the journalists, and this, not because of the defeat of his people… but of a referee:
Fred VanVleet went OFF on referee Ben Taylor and NBA reffing in general in his post-game after the Raptors loss. Haven’t heard anything like this. pic.twitter.com/VcMkGTh0k3
— Faizal Khamisa (@SNFaizalKhamisa) March 9, 2023
I know I’ll get fined, fuck it. Ben Taylor was fucking awful tonight. It happens some nights that out of the three referees, one or two decide to ruin the match, and that’s what he did. Most referees do their best. I appreciate a lot of them. They are fair, they communicate well. And then there are the others, who just want to be big shits and ruin the game.
An exit caused by the technical fault received by FVV in the 3rd QT. Following a whistled foul on Scottie Barnes, the latter would have pronounced the sentence “It doesn’t matter guys, we continue to play despite this bullshit”, and would have been sanctioned because of it by the famous Ben Taylor. A referee with whom he has a certain liability, since he had already suffered a similar whistle on November 20th… on this action:
Fred VanVleet got a tech for this?! ????#WeTheNorth pic.twitter.com/h7tHWJev2I
— Tim and Friends (@timandfriends) November 19, 2022
Seemingly calm and composed, Fred VanVleet could not contain his frustration after the match against the Clippers. Still targeted by referee Ben Taylor, the leader of the Raptors has decided to savagely settle his accounts, which should not please the NBA!
