After the Perk ejection fiasco last night I went to youtube and typed in Joey Crawford. Not surprisingly, about 10,000 clips of inexplicable calls popped up. According to everyone - fans, journalists, players, and NBA experts - he is the most biased and blatantly corrupt official out there. He's worse than Donaghy, Old Man Pavetta and Bennet Salvatore combined. And yet he still gets the nod from David Stern for many of the most important games of the year. How is this possible? This is the guy who called two technicals on Tim Duncan FOR LAUGHING ON THE BENCH, challenged him to a fight, and threw him out of the game. In another clip, he personally fouled Damon Jones and called it on Chauncey. But let's not focus on the past. The refs are judged year to year (so we're told). He hasn't made any absurd calls in the playoffs this year has he? None except one of the outrageous calls in NBA history:
Having Crawford reffing playoff games is negligence - plain and simple. The equivalent would be Obama letting Bernie Madoff manage the bailout money or Roger Goodell having Lawrence Taylor head NFL disciplinary committee. The fact that David Stern continues to not only employ this guy, but put him in charge during the biggest games of the year tells me Crawford has some dirt on Sterny Boy. Is there any other explanation?
If the NBA doesn't overturn the technicals on Perk then...then....nevermind... Stern has all the power. What are we going to do? Write a letter? Stop watching? Such a joke.
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