ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith was fuming about Giannis Antetokounmpo’s ejection in opposition to the Pistons on Wednesday night time.
The ejection was fairly a wierd one.
Antetokounmpo was celebrating a dunk over Isaiah Stewart and did a stare down in addition to the ‘too small’ signal.
Giannis simply received ejected pic.twitter.com/DBN4Izqwii
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) November 9, 2023
Giannis was handed a technical foul for the transfer and since it was his second of the night time, it meant he was out of the sport.
Smith was irate {that a} star like Giannis acquired that form of remedy.
“I’m gonna call the league office today,” Smith said on First Take. “I’m gonna call the league office today. Who the hell is paying to see the referee? That is not a reason to eject Giannis Antetokounmpo from a game. That is ridiculous. That is a disservice to the fans, to the paying customer coming to see them play. That is ridiculous.”
The ESPN host knew that The Greak Freak has been ejected, however till Wednesday’s present, was unaware of the rationale why.
“I did not know that that was the reason that Giannis Antetokounmpo got ejected from a basketball game,” Smith defined. “That is not a reason to eject a superstar basketball player who clearly the paying customer is coming to see. I know you get him 41 nights a year in the locale that is Milwaukee, I get all of that. Thank God it wasn’t a road game where you only get to see him once or twice a year. But for Giannis Antetokounmpo to get ejected for that reason is ridiculous.”
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