Gilbert Arenas will never shy away from speaking his mind. The latest episode of the Gil’s Arena podcast sees the former NBA All-Star rip into referees in a rant about how emotional they get on the court when they hand out technical fouls to players after the incident between Chris Paul and Scott Foster.
“Someone should ask Adam Silver this, ‘If I’m a player, I’m playing a game that’s emotional, I’m acting in real time, real deep human emotions and when I don’t control my emotions, a ref can give me a technical, which means whatever I said to him, irritated him so bad that he didn’t control his emotions and he gave me a tech. So, my emotions led to him being emotional but he gets to give me a technical and that’s fine. How? He’s supposed to be the most cool and collected motherf***er out there. There’s no nothing for him. He doesn’t leave it with a win or loss. Whatever he does, whatever he makes, he gets it no matter f**king what. What’s a ref’s record? 0 and f***ing 0 his whole career. There’s no win or loss… That’s the most f***ing emotional dude in the game.”
CP3 gotta control his emotions but Scott Foster don’t gotta control his? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/WZQzM0rxa8
— Gil’s Arena (@GilsArenaShow) November 23, 2023
The history between Paul and Foster definitely colored the reactions of both players in this instance, further reinforcing Arenas’ point. There are emotions involved between the referee and the player over personal issues, but the referee is given full control over the player during the game.
With the 1-14 record Paul has while being officiated by Foster, it’s clear personal feelings between the pair spill out onto the court.
Stephen Curry Supported Chris Paul After Ejection In Warriors Loss
Paul’s ejection ultimately affected the Warriors’ loss to the Suns. Even though the Warriors were down by 12 points when Paul was tossed, they made a huge comeback but couldn’t close it out and lost the game by seven points.
Stephen Curry noticed how Paul’s absence adversely affected Golden State, criticizing the situation heavily in his post-game comments.
“I think we were down double digits already, and we obviously needed CP and his leadership and the way he manages the game. I don’t like and appreciate – I know there’s history and all that, I know he talked about it, when both the player and the ref engage in conversation, that has to kind of stay there. I told Scott that after he ejected him. There are certain situations where I know players overstep… But when both are engaged, I don’t like that. That’s the part that messed with me the most when I was watching it. It was two guys talking, speaking their truths. Let’s just play basketball.”
We’ve seen referees let their emotions influence games before, with the unsolved case of Eric Lewis being one of the biggest recent examples. Lewis retired before the NBA could complete an investigation into his apparent Celtics’ bias and secret burner account where he was a C’s fan.
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