Amir Johnson fights ball away from ref, is ejected, throws mouthguard at ref

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[QUOTE]Amir Johnson fights ball away from ref[/QUOTE]
The Raptors' biggest victory in weeks!

Well, seeing how his team has gone, yeah I can understand that. Still.....

<3 amir

Amir is a Man.

**** the refs

Should have been a jumpball

**** the refs

Hmm, suspension seems imminent...

[QUOTE=Qwyjibo]The Raptors' biggest victory in weeks![/QUOTE]

:lol:

[QUOTE=poido123]Hmm, suspension seems imminent...[/QUOTE]

Yeah, shouldn't have thrown the mouth piece at the ref.

He should have been pissed about the ejection, but their going to fine and suspend him for doing that.

Wow Amir, you're tough :facepalm :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=Beebo]Should have been a jumpball

**** the refs[/QUOTE]
:banana:

funny as hell.

[QUOTE=Legends66NBA7]Yeah, shouldn't have thrown the mouth piece at the ref.

He should have been pissed about the ejection, but their going to fine and suspend him for doing that.[/QUOTE]

No doubt. League will punish Amir hard I suspect. Referee's safety is paramount, and league has to protect it's image. I am guessing a 5+ game suspension.

ridiculous.

To be fair, this is really out of character for Amir.

Raptor fans know that Amir's one of the good guys. Playing on a shitty raptor team must be stressful for these players.

That's the first time I've seen some passion and intensity from the Raptors all year.

He looked like he was trying to feel up the basketball, what the **** is this guy on? :oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol:

why didn't the ref let him get the ball? Usually the refs let the players rub and squeeze the ball and hand it back to the ref.

Im glad he did this, because this was the best thing he did all year this season since he took that picture with justin bieber and that other famous dude.

[QUOTE=Beebo]Should have been a jumpball

**** the refs[/QUOTE]
Ikr :facepalm Stupid refs, can't even get the right call on the most obvious moments

And when did Miguel sign with Toronto :lol

I have no idea why the ref made such a big deal out of Amir rubbing the ball during a dead ball.

Dirk usually bounces the ball a couple times on FTs he isn't shooting before he gives it to back to the refs and they have never bothered him about it.

This is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen happen in the NBA :roll:

At least a 2-game suspension. At least...

Probably 3 games. That was straight retarded.

What a dumbass nikka, teammates even needed to hold him back from the ref :facepalm

I love how the ref ejects him then turns around looking at Amir like "Whatchu gonna do b!tch."

Should have gave him the ball but say we can't do this every time. Amir could have just let the ball go too but ref has authority here and should have took proper control of the situation. Not ejecting players because they wanted to touch the ball. :facepalm

I can confrim i was ball

[QUOTE=NattyPButter]why didn't the ref let him get the ball? Usually the refs let the players rub and squeeze the ball and hand it back to the ref.[/QUOTE]
This......Ibaka does it every single time with no problem. The ref must have been pissed that he had to officiate a Raptors game. :oldlol:

That's what we call "losing your shit"

lol at the ref turning around and tossing him out in an overly dramatic way :oldlol:

Maybe Amir saw a chance to get actual touches in the paint.

Hope he gets suspended for a while.

When are players going to learn that the ref is the authority. Don't go snatching it out of his hands if hes said no. How stupid do you have to be?

Amir does this after every free throw. He touches the ball, feels it and gives it back to the ref. This is just the ref power tripping again. Amir will get 1 game for throwing the mouth-guard. Anything more than that would be stupid and excessive...

Somewhere in someplace Rasheed Wallace...

Ref was disrespecting him by not letting him get the ball. They always allow that. That ref basically said you aren't important enough to take the ball out of my hand. Had a bitchfit and then ejected him.

That would've never happened to Kobe, so it shouldn't have happened to Amir. Refs interjecting themselves like this hurts the league's image as much as Amir's actions. And that ref hurts himself because the league knows he was wrong as well, by even allowing that situation to happen. Whatever that ref's name is I guarantee you won't see him reffing in the finals

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[QUOTE=plowking]Hope he gets suspended for a while.

When are players going to learn that the ref is the authority. Don't go snatching it out of his hands if hes said no. How stupid do you have to be?[/QUOTE]

What do you define as "a while" ? 1 game suspension is enough. Anything over that is stupid.

[QUOTE=Y2Gezee]Ref was disrespecting him by not letting him get the ball. They always allow that. That ref basically said you aren't important enough to take the ball out of my hand. Had a bitchfit and then ejected him.[/QUOTE]
This. Exactly this.

:facepalm @ people on the refs side in this situation.

[QUOTE=PejaNowitzki]He looked like he was trying to feel up the basketball, what the **** is this guy on? :oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol: :oldlol:[/QUOTE]
Alot of forwards take the ball and just squeeze it after a freethrow. Off the top of my head I know guys like Duncan, Ibaka, Melo, Sheed, and really just about any forward in the NBA. Dwight literally fights for the rebound after the first freethrow to do it. It's a common ritual, officials know it. He was being a dick not letting Amir have the ball for a second especially when Amir did it earlier in the game.

[QUOTE=Legends66NBA7]What do you define as "a while" ? 1 game suspension is enough. Anything over that is stupid.[/QUOTE]

Any other sport you snatch the ball out of a refs hands and completely disrespect him by throwing your mouth-guard at him, is a long suspension. Americans and American sport in general seem to have this nonchalant attitude when it comes to these things.
If you can't follow instructions, and rules put in place, and then try to physically assault the referee, a nice 10 game suspension should be put in place.

What was he trying to prove? Who does this help?

[QUOTE=Y2Gezee]Ref was disrespecting him by not letting him get the ball. They always allow that. That ref basically said you aren't important enough to take the ball out of my hand. Had a bitchfit and then ejected him.

That would've never happened to Kobe, so it shouldn't have happened to Amir. Refs interjecting themselves like this hurts the league's image as much as Amir's actions. And that ref hurts himself because the league knows he was wrong as well, by even allowing that situation to happen. Whatever that ref's name is I guarantee you won't see him reffing in the finals[/QUOTE]

Yeah Dwight does this all the time. And prays while doing it don't see why ref made a big deal about it