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Good news, Joey Crawford is a good refs despite his antics.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3024316
NBA referee Joey Crawford, suspended following an incident with Tim Duncan last April, has been reinstated, the NBA announced Monday.
Crawford was reinstated by commissioner David Stern, who had initially suspended the veteran NBA official on April 17. That was two days after Crawford had ejected Duncan from a game between San Antonio and Dallas.
"Based on my meeting with Joey Crawford, his commitment to an ongoing counseling program, and a favorable professional evaluation that was performed at my direction, I am satisfied that Joey understands the standards of game management and professionalism the NBA expects from him and that he will be able to conduct himself in accordance with those standards," said Stern in a statement.
Crawford ejected Duncan from San Antonio's loss in April after calling a second technical foul on the Spurs star while he was laughing on the bench.
"He looked at me and said, 'Do you want to fight? Do you want to fight?"' Duncan said. "If he wants to fight, we can fight. I don't have any problem with him, but we can do it if he wants to. I have no reason why in the middle of a game he would yell at me, 'Do you want to fight?"'
Crawford was cited for "improper conduct" and "inappropriate comments made to Duncan during the game." Stern said Crawford's actions "failed to meet the standards of professionalism and game management we expect of NBA referees."
The NBA also fined Duncan $25,000 for verbal abuse of an official. Crawford said Duncan referred to him with an expletive.
Crawford has worked more postseason games than any active referee.
Good news, Joey Crawford is a good refs despite his antics.
I'm a little surprised. I thought he didn't want to come back.
Will he ref any Spurs games or will the league keep him away from Duncan?
I wonder if spurs will put a request in he can not work spurs games
someone should email buck and see if he can find out
I felt a disturbance in the force
I love you Mavs trolls. I hope Dirk slices him MCL this season. Fk you.
The DARK side cloudeth everything.
Yoda
I'm thinking the standards of game management and professionalism are put into perspective after a ref gets busted for fixing games. Crawford probably doesn't seem that bad to Stern anymore.
Perhaps he'll ref on opening night. Now that Oden is out, Stern is desperate looking for some exitement on opening night so instead of Oden vs Duncan it will be Crawford vs Duncan
Oh well. The Spurs have championships with him officiating games before.
A bit surprising since he acted as though he was so insulted by the suspension and allegedly refused Stern initial offer to return to the league.
Oh, how delightful.
Finally a serious guy!!!
Despite the Duncan incident last season, I actually like Joey. In a way, I think he had a valid point about Timmy, who was complaining way too damned much towards the end of last season. The ejection was probably the best thing that could have happened to the Spurs -- it saved them from busting their asses during the couple of regular season games, it gave them a bit of a bunker mentality, and it caused Timmy to reel in his complaining to a useful degree.
Meanwhile, I suspect that Joey Crawford is among the 5 best officials in the game in terms of the accuracy of his calls. He's a prick sometimes, but he almost always gets the call right. I think this situation will bring him back to earth a bit as well and, hopefully, cause him to focus on getting calls right without the other nonsense.
I like him to
I like him to try to cross the border illegal and get shot
Looks like Dallas will get another inflated record this year.
dallas has no records except for choking
What a nice and classy thing to say.
he won't ref the Spurs games the same though
because anything he calls against the Spurs and Duncan will be scrutinized by the media
I can't believe Timmy is capable of doing that. Is this really true?The NBA also fined Duncan $25,000 for verbal abuse of an official. Crawford said Duncan referred to him with an expletive.
yes it is true he kicked him out
so he then called him a bleep bleep
Didn't Timmy call him "a piece of ?"
Yes.
You can see it on the game tape.
It's quite clear what he says, the camera was right on him.
He says it as he gets to the back of the scorer's table as he's being escorted out.
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