with 5 min 30 sec left in a game ZheJiang (Kirk's team) playing against FuJian. He was whistled with a foul on a FuJian player, he didn't like it, ran at the ref and threw a punch, but he missed. He team lost 93:95 eventually. http://sports.sohu.com/20090110/n261673888.shtml
Unbelievable!How dare he attempted to throw a punch on a ref? He's not thinking straight since flying to china and playing in the CBA. I guess it's gonna end his pro-basketball career.
It must suck playing in that league. I thought Kirk changed his attitude after being done with Jerry Sloans AND Jeff Van Gundy.
I'm fairly certain that his career with the Rockets ended when he was traded to Minnesota last season.
http://video.sina.com.cn/sports/cba/v/2009-01-10/124619675.shtml This is an interview to the Chief Ref of the game. He said Kirk didn't intentionally threw a punch towards the other Ref. He was just swinging his arms after a call against him and hitted the back of the palm of the Ref. The Chief Ref asked the ref if he got hitted and he answered yes therefore the Chief Ref said he could only sent Kirk off. If Kirk didn't hit the Ref (by swinging his arms), the Chief Ref said he would have given Kirk a technical foul only. Funny the Chief Ref said in the interview that if Kirk was intentionally attack the other Ref, the other Ref would definitely got beaten. So no big deal, no suspension (since there's no report) in the upcoming game against Harris.
Thanks for the link. When I read the fans' comments, surprisingly, lots of them support Synder as they thought the refs are "corrupted". Interesting...
Well, since I know Chinese, I can tell you there are some translation problems. According to my reading, it looks like he threw a paper cup full of punch (e.g. gatorade or some Communist copy of said beverage) at the referee.
In the latest match up between Kirk Snyder and Mike Harris, Harris's team won at home against Kirk's team, 118 - 102. Mike Harris: 26pts, 20rbs, 8asts Kirk Snyder: 31pts, 12rbs
