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The league wont say it, but I think the biggest reason Crawford was suspended was because he made the "fight" remark. That is what was the worst thing about the whole ordeal.
After he basically called Bavetta a hack, he probably alienated a group of officials that either like Bavetta or frown upon that sort of thing. Javie might be the best candidate to retaliate because he apparently was the closest to J Crawford. We need Danny Crawford for every game in the playoffs.
The league wont say it, but I think the biggest reason Crawford was suspended was because he made the "fight" remark. That is what was the worst thing about the whole ordeal.
What better emissary for retaliation purposes.
BTW, TD is not particulary popular with the refs. He complains a lot but never takes heat for it from the press because he has that "boring" choirboy persona attached to him by the national media. Also, the fact that he is brighter than most makes it harder for the refs to ignore his barbs. I bet the refs would rather face a hothead complaining about their calls than the Duncan's wry smirk.
I realize you're a Mavs troll (possibly even mouse), but at any rate a not very good one, but every article that has mentioned the 'fight challenge' by Crawford states it was said prior to Duncan even getting technical number one.
As for the first T, Duncan said something to the near official to the Spurs bench (who was NOT Joey Crawford), that is not disputed by anyone. Where it all started bad was Joey Crawford hearing it and running in from the other side of the court to give Duncan a technical, and the rest is history.
But by all means, continue to talk out of your rear about what happened, that seems to be the only thing you're good at as far as this topic goes.
I personally don't think it will have any ramifications. Crawford always saw himself as ad defender of all refs. Just like the incident the other night, the first tech was not his to call, it was the official the Finley and Duncan were talking to. In a way a lot of refs probably feel like crawford steps on their toes and undermines their authority by making calls that were not his to make. Maybe I am wrong, just a different perspective. Perhaps Javie and the other veteran officials might retiliate a little but that won't change things much for the spurs.
I would wager that 99.9% of those "Yes" votes came for the Dallas Metroplex.
No. It was before either of the technicals.
so it did happen? did the nba comment on this?
I would think this is a much worse offense by Crawford that the ejection.
Duncan hopes refs don't punish Spurs for CrawfordAssociated Press
SAN ANTONIO -- Spurs star Tim Duncan said he hopes he and his teammates "get a fair shake" from officials in the wake of NBA referee Joey Crawford's suspension.
NBA commissioner David Stern suspended Crawford, who has worked more postseason games than any active ref, indefinitely on Tuesday for his conduct toward Duncan during a game Sunday. His suspension will last at least through the NBA finals.
"I didn't do anything to invoke the reaction that he gave to me and what he did, so I had nothing to do with that," Duncan said after practice Wednesday. "So hopefully they take that into consideration and we get a fair shake from everybody."
Duncan's comments Wednesday were his first since Crawford's suspension.
Crawford ejected Duncan from San Antonio's loss to Dallas on Sunday 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 after the incident. "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."
"Especially in light of similar prior acts by this official, a significant suspension is warranted," Stern said in a statement. "Although Joey is consistently rated as one of our top referees, he must be held accountable for his actions on the floor, and we will have further discussions with him following the season to be sure he understands his responsibilities."
Duncan said Wednesday that his part of the incident was "absolutely minimal."
The NBA fined Duncan $25,000 for verbal abuse of an official. Crawford said Duncan referred to him with an expletive.
"I thought my reaction was mild for what happened," Duncan said. "But I understand why the fine was made."
Asked if he was surprised at the length of Crawford's suspension, Duncan said he didn't know what to expect, but "I didn't know it was going to be that much."
"They thought that's what fit the crime," he said.
Duncan repeatedly stressed that he had nothing to do with the NBA's decision.
"The whole thing is an unfortunate situation," he said. "I didn't want to be a part of it in the first place."
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press
I saw this a little bit ago, and since people are still talking about it, I thought I'd post...
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Spurs star Tim Duncan said he hopes he and his teammates "get a fair shake" from officials in the wake of NBA referee Joey Crawford's suspension.
NBA commissioner David Stern suspended Crawford, who has worked more postseason games than any active ref, indefinitely on Tuesday for his conduct toward Duncan during a game Sunday. His suspension will last at least through the NBA finals.
"I didn't do anything to invoke the reaction that he gave to me and what he did, so I had nothing to do with that," Duncan said after practice Wednesday. "So hopefully they take that into consideration and we get a fair shake from everybody."
Duncan's comments Wednesday were his first since Crawford's suspension.
Crawford ejected Duncan from San Antonio's loss to Dallas on Sunday 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 after the incident. "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."
"Especially in light of similar prior acts by this official, a significant suspension is warranted," Stern said in a statement. "Although Joey is consistently rated as one of our top referees, he must be held accountable for his actions on the floor, and we will have further discussions with him following the season to be sure he understands his responsibilities."
Duncan said Wednesday that his part of the incident was "absolutely minimal."
The NBA fined Duncan $25,000 for verbal abuse of an official. Crawford said Duncan referred to him with an expletive.
"I thought my reaction was mild for what happened," Duncan said. "But I understand why the fine was made."
Asked if he was surprised at the length of Crawford's suspension, Duncan said he didn't know what to expect, but "I didn't know it was going to be that much."
"They thought that's what fit the crime," he said.
Duncan repeatedly stressed that he had nothing to do with the NBA's decision.
"The whole thing is an unfortunate situation," he said. "I didn't want to be a part of it in the first place."
Tim needs to be very careful about commenting on this. I know that's probably the only topic of discussion the Press are interested in from him (and with good reason) but this is a very sensitive issue and I'm guessing Stern doesn't want it perpetuated with new quotes.
A wise ref will let em play. You can't get accused of making a bad call if you don't make a call. This could make for a more physical playoff which could spell trouble for the Spurs on the first round, Mav's on the second round and Suns in any round.
Sorry, Mardigan...I just noticed I posted the same thing you did. I'm at work, and I didn't want to keep the screen up, so I posted and got the heck out.
Ahh no problem, your just trying to spread the gospel of the Spurs to the masses, amen brother
I personally don't think there will be any "revenge" from the refs on the Spurs. After first hearing about the suspension of JC, I was a little apprehensive of how the rest of the refs would react and how that would play against us. But since reading Joey's comments and jabs at Bavetta, you can see that not everything is nice in referee land and not everyone supported Joey. I think we'll be okay, maybe we have to be a little more careful when Javie is reffing, seeing as JC was like his BFF (lol) but overall I don't think there will be any revenge tactics imposed by the refs on us.
I still don't expect any backlash. Because the media is already looking for any conspiracy story it can find about the NBA. Every call against us in the playoffs, especially in the big games, will be under the microscope of the press.
javie likes the attention though....
I think that Duncan is going to have to be careful because if he does anything even resembling being disrespectful to a ref, then there will be great focus on it. He really should quit commenting on it.
We won't see any ramifications until we play Dallas.
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