EVERYONE is Speaking Out Against This…
Last night’s disaster class of a refereeing performance from Ben Taylor and the rest of the officiating crew has the NBA catching some serious heat not just from Toronto Raptors fans but from fans all across the NBA reporters head coaches specifically Darko rakovich is completely done with everything that
Sort of went on last night so we’re going to break down the heat that Adam Silver the NBA has been taking following that just horrific performance and some of the clips that really show how messy of a game this was because frankly the Toronto Raptors were robbed if you
Wanted my raw reaction to that game recorded at 3:00 a.m. last night you can watch the video it’s the last one that’s posted on this channel so I mean I won’t dive into the nitty-gritty and everything that went on but if you missed that game you missed that
Reaction vid then frankly you you saved yourself at least a bit of sleep a bit of your mental health likely because frankly that game was horrible it was just probably the worst officiated game I’ve ever seen from any team over the course of my lifespan I’ve heard there’s
Been some uh the Lakers getting the best of the kings in the playoffs that’s a notorious one you know the Bucks catching some heat in the early 2000s I mean I know there’s been some bad cases and those are in the playoffs this is just a one-off game currently in January
Where the Raptors aren’t that great of a team in terms record-wise we have been playing a lot better as of late so it doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things but frankly it is just Preposterous that this even went down and terms of what actually happened I
Mean the Raptors you know 23-2 free throw differential in the fourth quarter of this game is insane and then to cap it all off because I see some guys like Stephen A Smith who clearly didn’t watch this game didn’t bother to sort of uh look at the stuff say oh you know the
Referees missed a call but it doesn’t really matter and Lakers say oh it is what it is suck it up no that differential free throw shooting was really bad and then specifically this play was the one where Scotty Barnes hits this shot it’s a game tying three
And then AR J Barrett who is set he’s half the size of Anthony Davis and AD just straight up flops I mean look at this he’s just standing there he’s straight he set and then ad just falls to the floor looking like a little child running into you know just flopping
Around his big brother kind of push him sucking and crying I don’t even know what the analogy is right there but frankly that is embarrassing that the referees called that a foul on a game-winning shot you just don’t do that that is ridiculous it was a clear it was
A fine screen it was an egregious flop Anthony Davis should have been fine due to that sort of action rather than him getting a call that ended up saving the Lakers the game on top of that freeth throw def differential was just horrible it it was brutal people are talking
About Ben Taylor going to Vegas going to the the slot machines or whatever the betting books the sports books down in Hollywood because that game was rigged and frankly a lot of people are going out because darker rakovic had a lot to say in this one and pull out actually
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Pulled up but I mean Darko rakovich was fired up last night head coach of the Toronto Raptors came out and directly said that hey if the Lakers were decided to win this game going into it you should have let the Toronto Raptors know because they wouldn’t have showed up
That’s what Darko rakovich had to said he called the referee in complete crap he said that it was you know unacceptable and went on a big sort of about how yes he gets other star players in the NBA LeBron James Anthony Davis Big names big faces of the NBA but he
Had some really nice words regarding Scotty Barnes particularly saying well we have stars on our team referring to Scotty how he’s going to be the face of the NBA in the future he’s a guy that has all this potential is going to be a star and the fact that he’s getting
Disrespected after driving possession after possession I mean that’s uh he had some nice words there now some people have read into this about him saying oh why is he only talking about Scotty Barnes being the star Pascal cakums the all MBA NBA champion that’s on your team
What about the young player you just acquired Emanuel quickley who is projected to be a next level sort of point guard for your squad RJ barretts in remark why are you only talking about Scotty I think he was just fired up and directly referring to Scotty Barn who
Does have probably the most future star potential on this roster so I’m not reading into that too much you watch that video I mean you can see it in the size there’s not a lot of just you know he’s not worried about all that other stuff he’s only focused on calling out
The referees he’s mad at Ben Taylor he’s mad at you know Ben Taylor who Fred Van vet dropped an F bomb saying that he was horrible he was brutal just last season so Ben Taylor is an idiot he has a vendetta against the Toronto Raptors
There’s no if SS or buts about it here now at this point it’s been years that this has been the case and frankly he should be barred for reing Toronto Raptor games but again it’s not just the head coach of the torona Raptors that is fired up over this situation as it’s
Going around Raptors media and you can go everywhere you search a Raptor’s refs it’s it’s getting fired up on Twitter Bill Simmons who again is an avid Celtics fan is not a guy that uh supports the Raptors really along any lines now he does hate the Los Angeles
Lakers so any Jabs he can throw that way maybe he’s going to lean into that but basically says the Raptors have to suck it up sometimes the 10 12 15 or 29 straight calls just aren’t going to go your way obviously being satirical making fun of the folks that are saying
Hey you just have to suck up the bad calls and things because again we get it the Lakers are going to get more calls the big names are going to get more calls and LeBron James whether he’s in Cleveland whether he’s in La wherever the heck he is he’s going to get call
Because he’s LeBron James same case with Kevin dur it’s the same place when you have a hierarchy of star players the bigger name the bigger reputation you have you’re going to get those calls fair enough but you get like the 50/50 ones you get the 6040 ones and you know
Where it’s you know debatable and you could go one way or another with it well what was going on last night was just whenever LeBron was in the vicinity whenever he was just in the sort of Stratosphere of a Toronto Raptor player whether it was LeBron ad just anyone on
His team whistles getting blown Scotty Barnes that e young had some egregiously clear fouls on him that wasn’t that weren’t called uh Gary drove the lane a couple times RJ Barrett especially getting into that lane even Emanuel quickly getting into that bucket Dennis shoter there were a ton of just brutal
Plays brutal plays that the Raptors were clearly fouled on it was blatant you know not even soft ones just clear foul calls and they weren’t getting C and that’s fair enough I’m not someone that sucks about not getting foul calls if it’s going both ways but then the Lakers
Come down the other way and just get lightly tapped a grazed hand on the shoulder and then the whistle gets blown right away frankly it’s disgusting it’s brutal and then none of the calls are going to go your way as B bson said 29 of them even Leo routon who again is
Employed by TSN as a part of the organization coming out and saying that I don’t uh I don’t talk about the NBA officials often but last night’s fourth quarter the Raptors Lakers games was pathetic 23 to two free throw attempts when LA and the Raptors were more were
When uh for La when the Raptors were more aggressive team driving the basketball and scoring the paint Mak zero sense La needed a win and they were given one couldn’t put it better myself I mean the Raptors we aren’t a soft team anymore we aren’t a team that’s just casually sort
Of chucking up a bunch of Threes or anything like that Toronto was driving those Lanes we going straight to the basket and nothing was getting C nothing was getting C and the Lakers don’t have a impeccable defense I know Anthony Davis is a defensive player of the year
Candidate but and he was fouling last night but the rest of the LA Lakers they’re getting blown by a lot Reeves LeBron heck even cam reddish she was a solid on ball Defender they were getting cooked at times and they were just pushing hand checking just those classic
Sort of under theand pushes you know it wasn’t egregious slaps and stuff but it was just straight up arm and the shoulder shove and the Raptors just weren’t getting calls and then we also you know had that brutal play again I’ll show it up one more time I mean this to
To sound to end off the the cherry on top of everything that’s going on Anthony Davis being an absolute Flopper looking like Joel and beid out there I mean that’s disgraceful Emanuel quickly also just doing a regular sort of rip through again you’re natural basketball motion getting called for a flagrant one
That one point literally was the difference in the win and Lo in this one people sort of have overlooked that that just egregiously bad call I don’t know it’s shocking it’s horrible it’s stupid let me know what you guys think in the comments section down below about all
This but you know some serious Heats going the way of Adam Silver the NBA I’ve seen some people saying this is why they don’t watch basketball because of how much impact the referees have on it and I get it I get the frustration if I didn’t love this game so much you know
Love this team so invested in it I I understand that frustration too nothing’s going to stop me from watching basketball maybe something could but nothing like this but you know it’s bad for the product it’s bad for the NBA this can’t be happening so let me know
What you guys think I’m signing up cheers
The NBA is catching some SERIOUS heat following the shockingly bad officiating in the Toronto Raptors loss to the LA Lakers last night. Ben Rogers breaks down everything that has been going on!
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23 Comments
Ben Taylor is absolute trash. Good, honest refs are few and far between in the NBA
This game is why for the last 20 years I have avoided anything LeBum.
Whenever his teams are playing, you know fukcary will happen.
All I want to know is how the NBA is going to recover once he's gone.
There is no competition in the league… this guy came and created a circle jerk.
If LeBron played with the raptors, would he still get the calls….?
What a shame
They have to trained this referees properly it shameful
The Raps have a history( pattern ) of wining and complaing about the refs. It comes from the top down!! They come across as " sore losers "
Because ADAM SILVER IS CORRUPT AND MUST RESIGN !!!!!!!!
dude, RJ was not set at all, that call was okay…
Harsh truth: I agree last nights reffing was one sided but as a raptors fan our defensive positioning is horrible which allows the refs to make more calls against us. I hate to say it but In other words these shitty calls are partially our fault too because we put ourselves in bad defensive positioning. We rarely move sideways with our feet, we don’t close out with choppy steps which leads to us chasing and getting beat, we double team when there is absolutely no need for it, instead of arms being straight up or put out laterally they are all over the player… all these things either lead to fouls, us getting beat, or a player left wide open (especially in the corner). We need to understand that as the raptors we have a target on our heads because 1. Canadian team and 2. compared to most teams in the league we barely make the nba money. Don’t get me wrong last nights officiating was frustrating to watch and there were many fouls that wouldn’t of been called if the lakers commited them. Quickley’s flagrant was bs, AD’s flops etc. but with that being said as an organization the raptors need to see this for what it is again we have a target on our heads. We need to play better defence. Run back instead of staying behind to argue with the ref etc. Stop giving the refs more excuses to make worse calls and we’ll see a difference.
lol young man welcome to Lebron James league lol for last 201 years what it been the problem was that there was the spur team kobe d wade and the celtics at the being of the Lebron James time period but Lebron trying to own the time period lol
instead of crying lets talk about how your team sucks. I'll give you 17 minutes LOL
Taylor Jenkins been complaining too about the refs
we will refer to this as Hack a Rap minus the whistle
The fact that the NBA hasn't fine Darko yet. Speaks volumes.
Flopping ass Davis🤣😂👎👎💯👀🤦♂️
Great video Ben. Agreed 100 percent with everything you said
The lakers want all the records don’t they. They make new ones up for lebron every day. Lebron is the only one to tie his shoe and make a shot afterwards in the 3 rd quarter on a Friday. 😂
I started watching basketball a few months back during the Nuggets furore and it was difficult to understand the foul rules. Too much inconsistency, it is definitely biased.
When lakers get robbed no vids come out 🤡🤡🤡
That was actually a moving screen for sure. Lack of fouls and the disparity between how often they were called for the same level of contact is crazy though
I watched that whole game it was probably the most frustrating thing I’ve ever witnessed!!
NBA and all sports are rigged!!
It's a business that's all about profit. Don't expect things to be even!
as a raps fan, it really wasn't 23-2 ft. the last 10 ft were intentional fouls so lets say 13-2. still bad, but people have to stop saying 23-2. its not an accurate representation