Should Phoenix Suns fans get ticket refunds after Devin Booker’s ejection vs. the Detroit Pistons?
They didn’t throw him out for no reason right we all know that I he got teed up twice still like to hear that’s what happens get teed up twice you’re gone okay so let me ask you this one of the problems a lot of people have with the NBA is the Superstar
Treatment right they won’t they won’t call a charging foul on you know whoever LeBron let’s just use LeBron because he’s always the lightning rod for this stuff they won’t call a charging foul on him because that might give him his third foul in the first half and so that
Means as this game goes on he might get his sixth foul with two minutes left or something yeah but you’ll just throw Devon Booker out five minutes into a game like if you if you had a complex as a fan base that Devon Booker doesn’t get Superstar calls this is that times a
Thousand yeah not only are we not going to give him super we’re willing to just throw him out at the beginning of a game not because he got in a fight because he did something that I tend to agree with Frank vogle on this one a lot of players
Do every night across the league yeah de Booker does that a lot of nights listen you know the way I feel about this book I don’t believe deserved to be tossed from that game I don’t believe I don’t believe he deserved to be tossed now I don’t know every detail I don’t know
What was said out there Bas on I have no idea but to me it looked like he didn’t deserve to be tossed from that game in terms of a fan getting refunded because he was tossed no that’s the risk you take yeah I mean look it’s not going to
Happen happen nobody’s getting he could have got injured five minutes in he could have who knows like I mean he he could have picked up you’re not going to pick up 6,000 and a half um but although I think he picked up four in like a
Quarter the other day no I get I’m with you it’s a it’s a risk you take but it it does sort of hit a different cord with the fan base of yeah we you know because look I mean this is real it’s not cheap to go to these games and a lot
Of families are not like hey I got my season tickets it’s okay let’s pick a couple there was probably a lot of people there that were like last game before the All-Star break right playing the Pistons so it would a little bit easier to get tickets than if they were
Playing you know Luca or whoever the Lakers okay and so you go and you’re settling in I’ve actually talked to three people already there in this almost exact scenario and got your kids sitting down with their Devon Booker Jersey and all right everybody got their drinks okay uh Booker got thrown out
Yeah oh why he was um complaining well isn’t that guy over there on the court complaining yeah but Booker got thrown out because we don’t know why okay a couple of things on this first and foremost once again yeah that sucks buttermilk when that happens and if that happens there’s no I’m not
Trying to be insensitive at all it just sucks buttermilk when that happens yet at the same time are they going to refund your ticket at the crafts table when you lose are they going to do that when you you are they going to give your money back because you know what um it
Just no they’re not they’re not going to do that and that’s what happens you assume that responsibility Anything could happen once you buy that ticket and you go to the game Anything could happen and I think most fans for the for the most part understand that um the
Standard is the standard for an official or for a referee the standard should be the standard now the NBA should they look at that that crew and look at them and say hey you know what we want to talk to you about this because you got to think about this kind of stuff
Absolutely and I’ll guarantee you they did I see and I agree with you on that because of the Superstar treatment that players have gotten in this league forever since well before Adam Silver was the commissioner of this league some of what’s baked into that and it can be
Irritating in the moment because you’re watching a playoff game and the star player on the other team’s getting a call and then the glue guy on your team is not getting that call and it’s like are we is this an even playing field or what sure part of what’s baked into that
Is the NBA is so cognizant of wanting their their star players on the court as much as possible now load management is a whole different thing right but they want their best players out there for situations like that hey I I took my
Family to a game and I I took him to two suns games this year one of them was against you know whoever the Lakers and they were sitting LeBron and then I take him to the game against Detroit and Booker gets thrown out so they are very
Aware of that which is why I agree with you that they probably are going to have a conversation of like look if you got to throw a guy out you you got to do it but you can’t just be throwing a guy out because he’s complaining like that not
Five minutes into a game if he’s been doing it for three quarters that’s different yeah we all kind of think why the why the referees did what they did though is tied to what happened before this game I think we all have yeah we’ve talked about that right so for me once
Again I think the standard has got to be the standard I hate the fact there’s s there’s Superstar treatment at all talked about this for years anybody that has listened to me you know how I feel about this it’s a joke a foul is a foul the standard should be the standard
Regardless of who the the name on the back of the Jersey is I’m with you on that because can you imagine say for example you have a superstar player who knows that he will never get a second technical because he’s going to get thrown out and so then he thinks that he
Can just do whatever he wants up and down the court and the ref’s never going to call it that would drive us all nuts as well so I agree with wolf the standard needs to be the standard but I wonder if things would have been different if Isaiah Stewart
Didn’t clock Drew Eubanks in the face before the game right because I mean fanduel’s not giving money back for the bets no no and I think I’m taking a loss in Kevin or Devon aren’t I am I taking a even though I had Devon and he was going
To lead actually though I think you know disqualified right there think it’s a wash no fandel didn’t call it a wash oh okay well but see Rick rulemaker is not here today so we could we can make whatever rule we want what I’ll say though is that there have been certain
Instances where Bing sites have refunded money for example there was a prop bet out there like Klay Thompson or Steph Curry to score the first basket of the Warriors game tonight and Klay Thompson was a late scratch and they actually refunded everybody their money and then he scored 35
That’s went off at that game that is really rare for for a betting site to do that though it’s got to be like a really unique circumstance like that I just think once again um Adam Silver has got to get a hold of the officiating the refereeing that is going on in this
Association because again the standard has got to be the standard you have to get back to it a foul is a foul and I don’t care who it is look don’t you know I’m with you on this but yeah but the fact that we’re willing to yeah I know but the fact we’re
Willing to accept that sucks butter it does it does because you know who knows that the association but then it also makes what happened the other night that much worse because as a Suns fan how do you not let your mind wander to like man I watch Luca complain up and down the
Court all game every game are you going to throw him out five minutes into every game yes it’s you know a while ago it was like Hey man Devon Booker doesn’t get the respect around the league but now it’s like okay Devon Booker’s not an unknown I and I think you’re Justified
If you watch what he did and you’re like there’s a I can name you 10 guys that wouldn’t have got thrown out in that position like to Aaron’s Point that’s a problem because those guys know they can do extra stuff yeah I’m not saying he should have been thrown out okay I’m
Just saying right now the standard is the standard now you need to redefine what the standard is thanks for watching wolf and Luke tap to see more and click the button in the middle to Subs subcribe to Arizona Sports
Devin Booker was ejected after five minutes of play and two technical fouls in the Phoenix Suns’ Wednesday night matchup against the Detroit Pistons. Ron Wolfley and Luke Lapinski debate whether or not fans who went to see the Suns guard should receive a refund.
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11 Comments
Absolutely not
No Way!!!
Devin was just doing what he loves and that’s playing basketball with a little talking crap 😂
Just like the players get criticism and have to get up on the podium and explain themselves so should the refs… Please explain Mr ref why you made that decision, for sure in the in the playoffs. Call it the Open book rule.👍
What hasn't been explained in enough detail is why Giannis, Jokic, and now Booker have all gotten tossed against Detroit of all teams lol
No. We won the game.
Wolf, if I walk into a casino and hand them my money to play roulette only to find out there isn't a roulette table. I promise I'll get my money back.
Here's my take on it. It's a team sport. Yes, superstars are a big reason why people go to these events but it's not boxing. It's not a one-on-one thing so let's say Devin Booker or LeBron James or whoever big name is complaining and let's even say they've already been T'd up. I think the league should do away with the two technical ejection for the simple fact that you could send the other team to the free throw line and shoot foul shots for each technical That's a disadvantage. Can you imagine if you apply the hockey rule instead of throwing Devin out, put Devin in the penalty box or give the head coach the option to remove them for the quarter or let the other team play 4 on 5 for 2-5 minutes like hockey? You want to talk about exciting. I do think there is a point where you have to eject somebody ie they get physical with the referee or fan of course their gone! I don't think you throw a person out of the game because that does hurt the game itself. Seriously guys imagine if the coach had the decision when somebody gets their second technical to sit the offender for the rest of the half or quarter or they go into a penalty box and they have to play for 4 on 5 for two to five minutes!?
Atleast do 30-50% of ticket price refunded. Especially if tossed within 6 mins.
Wolf sounding like a dumb boomer here… “They didn’t throw him out for no reason”.. he says. Yes they threw him out with a reason, but that reason was bullshit.
We were there for Valentine’s date and to see Monty. We were wearing our Booker jerseys, as were most people. It wasn’t cheap. At all. But, yes it’s a chance you take of buying a ticket and star players being out for injury, techs, etc. I do not expect a refund.
I would, however, like to see Suns front office write a letter to NBA expressing their concerns and to advocate for fair treatment of our players.