Steve Kerr hasn't been shy about making his position as an NBA referee public, and the Warriors coach followed it up with a fiery rant ahead of Tuesday's game between Golden State and the Miami Heat. raised the level.
Asked about his perception of an increase in defensive foul calls, Kerr told reporters at the Caseya Center: “There's been a change in the last month or so, subtly or not so subtly.” Told. “So I think the league is trying to find a happy medium. To me, I think we'll find a happy medium. The players have never been this skilled at shooting the ball and dribbling the ball. It's unbelievable. We have a lot of talent on our team and we want that talent to shine.
“Fans want to see players play great, so we should have rules that dictate freedom of movement, freedom of flow. But fans also like competition, so frankly speaking We should have a rule that doesn't allow bulls.'' “That's a happy medium. Just don't call bulls–t, frankly, we've been calling bulls for about 10 years.'' –t. We've talked about that enough this year, but you asked, so I took back the pulpit.”
Last season, Kerr publicly implored the NBA to stop players from making mistakes when the Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers met in the Western Conference semifinals. A few months later, the league announced new flopping rules.
And after Kerr's fake and non-fake calls on Tuesday, perhaps the league will take another look.
“Anyone watching the game, if you see a player come off a high screen and dive backwards into a defender, it's our responsibility to give that player three free throws,” Kerr continued. Ta. “That's stupid. You wouldn't call that in a pickup game. It would be embarrassing to call that in a pickup game.”
“If a defensive player puts up an armbar and an offensive player grabs it and hooks it and swings his arms around, don’t ever call it. That’s stupid. Again, you don’t make pick-up calls. ”
The Warriors coach cited Golden State's 123-111 loss to the Indiana Pacers on Friday as an example of NBA referees turning a blind eye to fouls and said he hopes the league has found its happy medium. I repeated my wish.
“looking for [to] We eliminate all gamesmanship and rule manipulation, but if there's a foul, we have to call a foul,'' Kerr said. And we are all in the same position and want the best product. That's good for all of us.
“So I hope we can continue to strive to find that.”
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