The Los Angeles Clippers love to complain. Chris Paul, Doc Rivers, Austin Rivers, Blake Griffin. They all complain, especially to the referees. So when you hear the phrase technical foul, ejection, or the Clippers complaining, just know it’s at a Los Angeles Clippers game.
Last night, J.J. Redick was the cause of yet another technical foul and ejection.
According to Ben Bolch of the Los Angeles Times:
Redick said he had asked referees to intervene after Saunders walked on the court during a dead ball.
“I’m not sure why he was out on the court, but he was yelling and stuff, so I said to the ref, ‘Man, get him off the court,’” Redick said. “And Flip turned to me and said, ‘Man, shut the . . . up.’ And he said it like three times. And I just walked to my spot and I got a double technical for that.
“So I shouldn’t have kept talking, but all I said to [referee] Josh [Tiven] was, ‘I’m going to get my money back’ and he threw me out for that. If I’m going to get thrown out, man, at least let me say some stuff.”
The thing is, I wouldn’t believe a Los Angeles Clippers if I was a referee. They do complain, and sometimes they have a point, but Doc Rivers needs to get his team together on the fact that they should just respect the calls a referee makes at this point. The Clippers are just making things worse for themselves.
