Jackson whining again already, on que.

[Sean Cagney]

Who saw this one coming?

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=5055390

[Sean Cagney]

Updated: April 4, 2010, 8:57 PM ET
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LOS ANGELES -- With 59.0 seconds remaining in the second quarter of the Lakers' 100-81 loss to the Spurs on Sunday, Los Angeles forward Ron Artest and San Antonio guard Manu Ginobili were called for a double-technical foul after getting tangled up while the ball was waiting to be inbounded.


On the Spurs' ensuing possession, just a second of game clock later, Artest was called for a personal foul and Kobe Bryant was then whistled for a technical foul for approaching the official during the dead ball.


All of the calls were made by 25-year NBA veteran referee Bennett Salvatore and left Lakers coach Phil Jackson in a foul mood after the game.


"Tonight they wouldn't let Ron play the way he played prior to [the technical foul call]," Jackson said. "[Ginobili] could hook Ron; [Artest] didn't get what was going on and ended up getting too many fouls on him."


Artest finished the game with two personal fouls, plus the technical. San Antonio was leading 40-37 at the time of the double-technical call and finished the half on an 8-0 run in the final minute.


"The way we ended up the half I think turned the referees against us and when you do that, that's an unfortunate thing," Jackson said. "Ron didn't back off and didn't read that official well enough to know, you got to back off, you got to lighten the load, he's not going to take any more of that. Ginobili forced the issue and got the calls."


Bryant's technical was his 13th of the season. If he is whistled for three more technicals, for a total of 16, in the Lakers final five games, he will be suspended by the league for one game. The slate is wiped clean for the postseason, when amassing seven technical fouls results in a one-game ban.


"You never know with a referee," Jackson said. "You go over and talk to him, he may not have wanted anybody to talk to him at that point. It didn't look like Kobe berated him at all, but you guys probably had a better television view than I had at that end of the court."


Bryant's technical carries a $2,000 fine by the league for each "T" amassed more than 11 in a season.


"It didn't look like he was berating him or anything," Jackson said. "But, with Bennett you don't know what you're going to get."


Jackson also had criticism for Artest for how he responded to the situation.


"On both the replays that we looked at, Ginobili hooks him," Jackson said. "He does the up-and-under move with the hook. Obviously the referees just didn't want the contact at that time. I told Ron at halftime, 'You got to back off when it's time to back off.' You just can't keep being persistent about that because they sent you a warning signal, and that signal was, 'Back off.' We ended up giving them some momentum at the half and probably got the referees on the back end of our game."


Artest had little to say about the incident after the game.


"I don't even remember," Artest said. "It was just basketball. I can't remember what happened."


Dave McMenamin covers the Lakers for ESPNLosAngeles.com.

[bigfan]

Ive said it before and Ill say it again, I want to see this dude coach a team like the Nets or the Twolves. Lets see what he can do without a Jordan, Shaq or Kobe. I think he aint that hot as a coach, triangle my ass.

[DesignatedT]

lol this guy is such a douche.

[Harry Callahan]

Ron Artest is a mentally ill person. If the Lakers don't win the title this year, Ron Ron will probably be the reason why. He's not Dennis Rodman mentally ill, but he does break the offense too much with wild shots and is just not a good person.

Popovich didn't run to the media when the refs allow Artest to run roughshod over San Antonio players a couple of weeks ago. Pop has a little more class and perspective than Jackson.

Queen Phillip Jackson does not like it when refs don't bow before the great Lakers and the great Lakers coach. He's on his last coaching legs right now and he's pulling out all the stops to get another title.

[Solid D]

Phillip is already in playoff-spin form.

[Shastafarian]

"I don't even remember," Artest said. "It was just basketball. I can't remember what happened."


:rollin

[exstatic]

It's ironic, but his hip replacement finally got him the seating he's always required: a high chair.

[Creation88]

hey phil jackson. go suck a dick.

garnett and he talk a lot of game but when things don't go their way they turn into mental midgets.

[LakerHater]

Ive said it before and Ill say it again, I want to see this dude coach a team like the Nets or the Twolves. Lets see what he can do without a Jordan, Shaq or Kobe. I think he aint that hot as a coach, triangle my ass.

http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/images/smilies/applause.gif
I'd like to see that too!

[CP48107]

ive said it before and ill say it again, i want to see this dude coach a team like the nets or the twolves. Lets see what he can do without a jordan, shaq or kobe. I think he aint that hot as a coach, triangle my ass.
+100

[daslicer]

Ive said it before and Ill say it again, I want to see this dude coach a team like the Nets or the Twolves. Lets see what he can do without a Jordan, Shaq or Kobe. I think he aint that hot as a coach, triangle my ass.

We already saw how great of coach he was pre-Gasol. In '06 he got bounced by a suns team that had no Amare and then lost Raja Bell due to suspension in an elimination game. In '07 he gets taken out in 5 games by the Suns. The guy sucks ass when he coaches against a team that is more stacked then his. I have a lot more respect for coach like Larry Brown who is able to win with a lot less talent.

[The Btown Spur]

"I don't even remember," Artest said. "It was just basketball. I can't remember what happened."


Too much Hennessey before the game Ron?

And Phil Im sure its the refs fault that your team lost by 19 at home. keep on telling yourself that.

[dbestpro]

This is where Pop and Phil are so much alike. Pop loves his wine, while Phil loves his whine too.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

phil jackson can go choke on a dick

[cornbread]

Phyllis is a big ol' whiner. No surprises here.

[mrsmaalox]

This is where Pop and Phil are so much alike. Pop loves his wine, while Phil loves his whine too.

;) :tu

[nkdlunch]

pussy talks

[dbestpro]

I can see the typo on his tombstone. Here rests Phil Jackson the whiningest coach of all time.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=5055604

[Cry Havoc]

"No one has ever beaten one of my teams legitimately." - Phil

[FeZZy]

Wow idiot

[jestersmash]

I've got three words for phil jackson:

"LOL....YOU...MAD"

[ohmwrecker]

Isn't Phil basically saying that Ron Artest is stupid?

[TIMMYD!]

This guy is an asshole.

Can't he let someone just have a win without pulling an excuse out of his ass?

[HarlemHeat37]

Have you guys watched Ron Artest play D this year?..this guy hand checks more than anybody I've ever seen and he gets away with it..of course in a game where refs actually call the game legitimately, Phil Jackson has a problem with it..his teams are always favored by the refs, partly because he works them well through the media..

[TheSullyMonster]

"Ron didn't back off and didn't read that official well enough to know, you got to back off, you got to lighten the load, he's not going to take any more of that. Ginobili forced the issue and got the calls."

So Ginobili is smarter than Artest and has great BBall IQ, right.

Anything else new?

[Killakobe81]

Spurs won fair and square ...yes the refs sucked but they always suck.

[Shastafarian]

Jackson whining again already, on que.

on what?

[admiralfats]

i wouldn't even dislike the lakers THAT much if phil jackson wasn't their coach. he's so arrogant. man.

[JustinJDW]

Ive said it before and Ill say it again, I want to see this dude coach a team like the Nets or the Twolves. Lets see what he can do without a Jordan, Shaq or Kobe. I think he aint that hot as a coach, triangle my ass.This, this and this.

[Sean Cagney]

on what?

So you picked this out of all of that I posted and had to say this? Seriously man is this all you got out of all the whining he does :lol:lol. Read what he says and ignore the fact I said Que and then see what this was all about. Surely spelled right or not you know what right on cue means right? Are you happy I spelled it right now? Maybe you can read it and enjoy!

We went to grammar school now and I spelled it right! :rollin

[Sean Cagney]

Spurs won fair and square ...yes the refs sucked but they always suck.

............ THIS, thats always a given in the NBA, period.

[timtonymanu]

No surprises here. Phil Jackson just being the bitch he's suppose to be.

[Shastafarian]

So you picked this out of all of that I posted and had to say this? Seriously man is this all you got out of all the whining he does :lol:lol. Read what he says and ignore the fact I said Que and then see what this was all about. Surely spelled right or not you know what right on cue means right? Are you happy I spelled it right now? Maybe you can read it and enjoy!

We went to grammar school now and I spelled it right! :rollin

:lol Chill out. I was making a joke about "que" being "what" in spanish.

[Slomo]

Phillip is already in playoff-spin form.

And if memory serves it usually works.

[Martin R]

Time to increase the RAM, Ron.

[spurs50_]

I guess phil never sees the elbows kobe throws when trying to create space, this guy is just classless.

[The Truth #6]

He will try to work the refs but I don't Ron is ever going to get any sympathy. His past actions put him at an immediate disadvantage. They should have kept Ariza. Ron drags every team down in the end.

[texbound]

"Tonight they wouldn't let Ron play the way he played prior to [the technical foul call]," Jackson said. "[Ginobili] could hook Ron; [Artest] didn't get what was going on and ended up getting too many fouls on him."

Artest finished the game with two personal fouls

Hmm, so 2 total fouls are too many for a hand and hip checking defensive player like Ron. Ok Phil.

[raspsa]

"Tonight they wouldn't let Ron play the way he played prior to [the technical foul call]," Jackson said.


Funny, I thought that was the intention of the ref for assessing a technical in the first place, to discourage Artest's bullying tactics.:lol

[TJastal]

Somebody should tell Phil that calling out Artest for not keeping a lid on his actions then bitching to the media about not getting enough calls is kind of hypocritical.

Refs are probably getting tired of his crybaby rants to the media any game where his team doesn't get every call.

[Johnny RIngo]

Ive said it before and Ill say it again, I want to see this dude coach a team like the Nets or the Twolves. Lets see what he can do without a Jordan, Shaq or Kobe. I think he aint that hot as a coach, triangle my ass.

Just because Phil Jackson's a douche doesn't change the fact that he's one of the all-time greatest coaches in NBA history.

[Whisky Dog]

I was actually shocked Salvatore and his crew called the game loose and let them play. It says something that a fairly evenly officiated game makes Jackson feel cheated. When you're used to being the cheater fair play will feel like you're being cheated.

[GSH]

Phil Jackson -
doing what Phil Jackson does
http://www.weirdthings.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/all-babies-have-big-mouths-but-not-as-much-as-this-baby.jpg

"Kobe didnt' say anything to the ref"
http://hustlingbackwards.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/finger-baby-1.jpg

Somehow, Lamar Odom kept his cool
http://www.fresh99.com/images/funnyweedpics/baby-smoking-pot.jpg

[dbreiden83080]

The Lakers played like shit yesterday Phil

That's why you lost..

[Mel_13]

Experience tells Phil that it is never too early to start working the refs.

10 titles in 19 years would indicate that he's right.

[Cherry]

"No one has ever beaten one of my teams legitimately." - Phil

Cry me a river, Philly :flag:

[elec99]

Don't know what he's complaining about, 19 to 21 in foul comparisons, thats pretty close. It all depends on whether you're over the limit that leads to free throws. You knew what you were getting when you signed artest, this guy is not convertible to your yen techniques.

But I hate his lobbying cause in the POs it usually works, hope the refs won't succumb to it. Totally out of character for him to say this in a reg season game, only shows you how nervous he is.

[roycrikside]

If he's whining about the refs that means he fears us.

[silverblk mystix]

Let's be really honest here...

the previous game the spurs/lakers played before sunday---it was a pretty even game---

except for----

Artest WAS allowed to bully people in the second half---and allowed the lakers to get in the spurs guards heads---therefore a victory

this time the refs did not let Artest bully/foul people and guess what---better team won

more than anything--this issue will decide who goes the farthest in the playoffs---sad but true...the refs will have a major influence on who are the champs in the end...

[TJastal]

Let's be really honest here...

the previous game the spurs/lakers played before sunday---it was a pretty even game---

except for----

Artest WAS allowed to bully people in the second half---and allowed the lakers to get in the spurs guards heads---therefore a victory

this time the refs did not let Artest bully/foul people and guess what---better team won

more than anything--this issue will decide who goes the farthest in the playoffs---sad but true...the refs will have a major influence on who are the champs in the end...

Countdown to DuncanOwnsKobe arrival in thread to start hurling insults and vulgarities about reffing conspiracies.....

5...4...3....2...1...

[duncan228]

Lakers’ Jackson fined $35,000 for criticizing refs (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-lakers-jacksonfined)

Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson has been fined $35,000 for criticizing game officials.

The NBA announced the discipline on Monday.

Jackson was fined for comments he made after the Lakers’ 100-81 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday at the Staples Center.

[Phenomanul]

CIA Stern...

Fine them now, pretend to be against them... only to grant them 'certain' officiating liberties during the playoffs...

[lennyalderette]

It's ironic, but his hip replacement finally got him the seating he's always required: a high chair.


:lmao

[Tp9gospursgo]

Ive said it before and Ill say it again, I want to see this dude coach a team like the Nets or the Twolves. Lets see what he can do without a Jordan, Shaq or Kobe. I think he aint that hot as a coach, triangle my ass.

:toast

[rayray2k8]

Should have retitled it "Jackson and Lakalova"