<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Michele Roberts, executive director of NBA Players Association, issued a statement strongly in support of Chris Paul. <a href="http://t.co/usmrvVDOQC">pic.twitter.com/usmrvVDOQC</a></p>— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/563847519906848769">February 6, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I cannot wait to see the woman whom he helped get elected head of the players association come to his aid....
Keep digging Chris! I am totally unsurprised that the organization he's president of would voice its support. If that's how they're going to do their PR, maybe this isn't for them. He needed a public reaction to diffuse the situation. But I don't think this was it. He needed to be sensitive to the pain of gender discrimination -- deny that it was his intent, but be sympathetic to people who felt hurt by the comments. Instead, he came with a deny deny deny (which is just like the NBA in general). Not only that but to call the accusation 'ridiculous' is tantamount to calling women who felt hurt by the comments irrational for feeling the way they feel. I'm going to call this another PR blunder. And there's still the sword of Damocles over his head here -- will the fine from the league come with a sexism finding of its own? Or will it be unusually harsh, suggesting that the league might believe there's some sexism even if they don't publicly accuse?
Good Job by the league finally standing up to this crybaby punk. Worst flopper in NBA history, he should get a couple of techs every game.
He didn't agree with the call and he expressed his displeasure. Fine him all you want for violating league rules for criticizing refs, but it wasn't sexist. That is just plain stupid. I thought it was a bad call and NBA refs are the worst part of the being an NBA fan.
If a woman wants to be an NBA referee, she fully understands that half of her job is going home at night and convincing herself that people don't actually hate her(as is the case with all referees). This would be no story if this was a male referee, just media fodder.
I disagree, a personal comment made about any ref publicly would get media attention and a fine. Maybe not as much but it depends on what was said.
I don't like Chris Paul. I agree that he is a fake-thug, mega-flopper, and whiner. However, he called her out personally. His words were specifically directed at her. There is no tangible evidence otherwise. If someone thinks he called out womankind, they are the ones making that huge leap in logic. It's that simple.
Strike 1: Chris Paul gets a tech for whining and being a b**** all game. Strike 2: He makes matters worse with his interview after the game. Strike 3: Instead of apologizing and trying to be diplomatic about his comments, he sends out the NBAPA puppy out there to try to defend him. Bonus Strike: Crybaby gets slapped with a $25,000 fine and pretty much NBA telling him to STFU. I love how all this has unfolded. The whiner gets called out. He makes a fool out himself. The best part: Refs are irked by Chris Paul and the NBAPA statement. Hopefully The Refs will be out looking for Chris Paul from here onwards. T his ass up every time he whines and and flops and dont give him any benefit of the doubt on any calls.
