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No where is safe when speaking critical of NBA officials.
Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was fined $25k for critical comments of officiating during a radio interview over the weekend.
The NBA just announced a $25,000 fine for Warriors coach Steve Kerr for public criticism of officiating earlier this week.
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) November 20, 2016
Kerr appeared on KNBR a few days ago and said he could literally put together a blooper reel of the lack of traveling calls so far this season.
“Speaking of which, did you enjoy the DeMar DeRozan foray to the rim last night?” Kerr said. “How is it that everybody on earth can see these traveling violations except for the three people that we pay to do the job? I don’t get it.”
“(Traveling) is a point of emphasis on one particular play, and that’s when you catch-and-go,” Kerr said. “Like if a ball is swung to a guy on the wing, he catches and he goes. That’s an automatic travel whether he travels or not. Honestly. It’s just the one that the officials are taught to see.
“I can literally put together a blooper reel of plays that are embarrassing travels that are just not called. I believe what you just said. It’s a case of they have so many things to look at. They are looking at defensive three seconds, they’re looking at contact in the lane when people are cutting through. They are looking at the charge and block circle. They are looking at everything they should be looking at, which is the basic rule of the game: which is traveling.
“It’s a shame. Guys are getting away with murder out there. And fans see it. My favorite is when you see the visiting team travel and you see like a 1,000 fans in the background all doing the traveling signal with their hands. If those people saw it, how come the refs didn’t?”
This was clearly something that really bothered Kerr. He probably knew the fine was coming.
