Crawford meets with NBA; suspension remains

[Warhawk]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2957033


PHILADELPHIA -- NBA referee Joe Crawford, suspended by the league after an April 15 run-in with San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan, met with league officials Monday.
The meeting, which included NBA president of league and basketball operations Joel Litvin, executive vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson and director of officials Ronnie Nunn, plus Crawford and his attorney, ended without a resolution.

Crawford declined comment, according to the Philadelphia Daily News. The league refused comment as well, according to the newspaper.

Crawford was supsended on April 17 and didn't work the NBA playoffs. In the April 15 game, he ejected Duncan, saying at the time that Duncan "was complaining the whole game."

Duncan said after the game: "He looked at me and said 'Do you want to fight? Do you want to fight? If he wants to fight, we can fight. I don't have any problem with him, but we can do it if he wants to. I have no reason why in the middle of a game he would yell at me 'Do you want to fight?' "

In May, the head of the NBA players association said the players would welcome Crawford back.

 

[VF21]

I have a strong feeling that, since the Donaghy thing, Crawford's time in the NBA might be over. Not because of anything like Donaghy but because of his "I am God" attitude.

 

[Geoff]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2957033


PHILADELPHIA -- NBA referee Joe Crawford, suspended by the league after an April 15 run-in with San Antonio Spurs star Tim Duncan, met with league officials Monday.
The meeting, which included NBA president of league and basketball operations Joel Litvin, executive vice president of basketball operations Stu Jackson and director of officials Ronnie Nunn, plus Crawford and his attorney, ended without a resolution.

Crawford declined comment, according to the Philadelphia Daily News. The league refused comment as well, according to the newspaper.

Crawford was supsended on April 17 and didn't work the NBA playoffs. In the April 15 game, he ejected Duncan, saying at the time that Duncan "was complaining the whole game."

Duncan said after the game: "He looked at me and said 'Do you want to fight? Do you want to fight? If he wants to fight, we can fight. I don't have any problem with him, but we can do it if he wants to. I have no reason why in the middle of a game he would yell at me 'Do you want to fight?' "

In May, the head of the NBA players association said the players would welcome Crawford back.

I read an ESPN article that had a by-the-way comment that Crawford was coming back...

 

[kyo2002]

Don't like him for the fact that he has an attitude problem and T up everyone all the time. A tyrant in my view.

 

[Circa_1985_Fan]

I have a strong feeling that, since the Donaghy thing, Crawford's time in the NBA might be over. Not because of anything like Donaghy but because of his "I am God" attitude.

There's a few Crawford-like guys that are still refs in the NBA...besides Joey, well his brother Danny to a certain extent, Steve Javie, Dick Bavetta and Joe Forte, to name a few...I would have thrown Blaine Reichelt in there, but he's simmered down at least a LITTLE in his advancing age.

edit: Reichelt was the one that called a technical foul on Jerry Reynolds when he passed out during the game in 1989.

 

[Gargamel]

There's a few Crawford-like guys that are still refs in the NBA...besides Joey, well his brother Danny to a certain extent, Steve Javie, Dick Bavetta and Joe Forte, to name a few...I would have thrown Blaine Reichelt in there, but he's simmered down at least a LITTLE in his advancing age.

edit: Reichelt was the one that called a technical foul on Jerry Reynolds when he passed out during the game in 1989.

I wouldn't put Reichelt in that class, but I would Jack Nies. Bad attitude and, imo, a shoddy ref considering how many years he has under his belt.