Why is her story suspect? The male ref even went as far as to corroborate the female refs story and said Lowry was even verbally abusive with him. Even Corey Magette apologized on behalf of Lowry. Lowry threw the basketball and it embarrassed Magette so much even he went to apologize. What is suspect is Lowry's behavior.
What's suspect is how much of a "crime" this is. Was Lowry wrong? Yes. Was he over the line? Yes. But is that the type of altercation you think of when you hear someone has committed battery? I'm not a lawyer, but I'm going to guess if you look at the list of batteries that people get convicted on over the past years, they are likely things much more severe than this. And quite frankly, I don't believe the ref would file charges if Lowry weren't a millionaire. Generally these sort of things get sorted out with an apology of some nature.
Refs corroborate about everything. They're freaking refs! I doubt that the ball was thrown all that hard, and I doubt it was as malicious as many of you are making it out to be... Regardless, there is just not enough info to go by, either way.
Yes there is, there were charges filed, that is enough info. Kyle will have to face those charges. He will learn his lesson...and go on from there. DD
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Maggette has nothing to do with it. He thought he would emphasize it because she was a woman. AGAIN those are not very professional refs......verbally abusive....heard of trash talk???? it is a common thing in the NBA....you are paid to absorb that.......apparently they are underpaid non professional refs....
That is just not right at all on any level. Filling charges is never enough info and you know that. Seldom is the whole truth (and sometimes none of the truth) found in the charges. At the very least you should acknowledge that.
I agree. While I doubt that many would argue that what Kyle did was right, or smart, how often have we seen players lose their tempers? The young Akeem did it all the time, yet he changed that aspect of his life, without, obviously, changing his competitive desire to be the best he could be. What makes this different is that a ref had a ball thrown at her, and that it was a her. Frankly, I think charges being made against Lowry is a reaction that went overboard. This should have been taken care of after a heartfelt apology by Lowry. He did apologize, did he not? And if the ref felt that wasn't enough, Kyle's should have offered a cash settlement through his attorney. I don't know if that happened, but once the police were involved, having this quietly handled didn't become a possibility, and I'm sorry that is the case. Sorry for Kyle, and sorry for the ref, because going to this extreme doesn't make her look good, either. Not in my opinion.
