Brandon Paul and the referees of the Basketball-Bundesliga – this will no longer be a love affair.
Already after the last game of the regular season against Bonn (83:85) the Ulm professional mobbed about the referees on Twitter.
Had four tweets against the team Martin Matip, Christian Theis and Dominik Bejaoui.
After game 3 of the first playoff round on Friday, the American continues. Although his team from Ulm won 93:81 in Berlin and only need one win to get into the semi-finals, he attacks referee Gentian Cici (42) hard. And even by name!
On Twitter he first writes how proud he is of his team. And thanks the fans of Ratiopharm Ulm.
Write in the next tweet: “Now that I’ve gotten rid of this…”
And let’s go!
Incredible tweets from Ulm-Star
The former NBA professional (2017/18 with the San Antonio Spurs): “In all modesty – I’ve played in every top league in the world (…) Respect to all the referees in the world. You have a job that is sometimes thankless. Tonight I saw disrespectful behavior towards coaches and players for the first time.”
Next tweet: “…by a referee. If I had said to him what he said to me, I would have been banned from the game. The behavior appalls me, I have never been treated with such disrespect. There’s no room for that in basketball…”
And further: “(…) if the ego gets so big that you can threaten others and talk down to them, what comes next?”
Next tweet: “I stayed calm because I have responsibilities for my club. I didn’t get a technical foul, nor was I warned verbally. But if an opposing player tells me to stay calm – then something is fundamentally wrong.”
And further: “Our coach was expelled from the hall after six minutes because he said ‘He was pushed!’ called. That has nothing to do with real life. At this level, it’s just an example of someone wanting to be the center of attention. (…)”
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Latest tweet: “Referee Gentian Cici tells me ‘I can do whatever I want. I’m the boss here. I can send you home if I want. Ya ya, I make the rules here’. I then repeated several times how unprofessional that is. ‘Anyway, I’m the boss and you do as I say. And there’s nothing more to say’.”
Serious allegations against the referee, who has been whistling in the BBL since 2019. Neither he nor the league could be reached for comment on Saturday morning.
2023-05-20 08:55:14
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