Tony Brothers, a longtime NBA referee who has officiated more than 1,700 games, was sidelined for allegedly using foul language at one of them. dallas mavericks player.
wig dinvidi The accused Brothers accused her of calling him a “big–motherfucker—-” in the second quarter earlier this month when he was assessed a technical foul. The guard talked about the incident after the game against the Toronto Raptors.
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“I’m not even mad at the language,” Dinwiddie said via ESPN. “Everyone has said things like that before when they’re upset or feeling sensitive or hurt. It’s okay. Just say it to my face.”
NBA reporter Mark Stein reported Tuesday that the brothers were ejected from the court for one game because of the incident. The league reportedly never announced it because it was not official and Brothers did not drop a paycheck.
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Dinwiddie told The Athletic two weeks after the November 4 incident reached the nba Him.
“I told them what happened. I was very clear with that part. After that, they do what they do, I don’t know,” he told the outlet.
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Brothers has been in the NBA for 28 seasons. He has refereed 1,626 regular-season games and 174 playoff games.
Fox News’ Joe Morgan contributed to this report.