The NBA has fined Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown $50,000 for criticizing the officials following the Celtics’ Game 7 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, the league announced on Tuesday.
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Brown went live on Twitch just a day after the loss and criticized the referees in a number of ways.
“If you’re going to call push-offs, call that,” Brown said. “Same move. Same refs. Oh, it’s nothing? It’s play on, right? Every good basketball player does this. What are y’all talking about? They clearly had an agenda.”
“It’s clearly an agenda. Look at the same move. Some referees that if I had to choose, if I had to, like, say there’s some referees that need to be investigated. We had three of them in the last three games.”
Those weren’t the only comments made by Brown during the stream that turned heads, he also called out Sixers star Joel Embiid.
“Joel Embiid is a great player. One of the best bigs in basketball history. [But he] flops. He know it,” Brown said. “This ain’t breaking news. It is what it is.”
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