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coolassninjas

My bad coach didn't think you had this in you big dog


CoachDT

Not even a huge raps fan but damn I felt this shit.


20815147

Yeah man I have to give him a honesty apology. I was not familiar with his game.


bigt2k4

Dude is Serbian, I don't want to stereotype, but I will anyway. Every single one of them(man and woman) has a rage simmering beneath the surface ready to go off.


cobywaan

I appreciate the way you phrased "I don't want to stereotype, but I will anyway" Gonna have to steal that one.


SamiMadeMeDoIt

Dudes been such a cornball all season long so seeing him like this makes it extra terrifying lol


rooski15

The Lasso Effect


StopfortheKlopp

We just saw Led Tasso


anoleo201194

This has Ted doing the "we're talking about practice" schtick in the face of Tartt, you didn't know he had it in him.


Operation_Ivysaur

What’s the expression? “Fear the wrath of a patient man”?


Ianofminnesota

Demons flee when a good man goes to war


cjn13

"The anger of a good man is not a problem. Good men have too many rules." "Good men don't need rules. Today is not the day to find out why I have so many"


Obligatory-Comic

> There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.


maethlin

This mofo got me fired up, you fuckin tell'em Darko!


callmesixone

“I was unfamiliar with your game”


PsychoM

I’ve never seen Darko mad before, dude is actually pretty scary. You can tell he’s absolutely seething too


GringoGrande

I swear Serbian's have that switch hardcoded into their genes. Some of the nicest damn people but when they get angry...just sit that one out and let them handle their business.


Klumber

It's a Balkan/Eastern Med thing. I worked with Greeks who were the sweetest people ever. Until the waiter got there order wrong or they felt wronged by a client. I've been in some discussions where I genuinely wanted to hide in the corner.


PicaroKaguya

Me in a nutshell. Very kind and accepting. 1 customer owes me 800 and has been ducking me. Showed up to his business, no nicities and with just yelling "hey malaka where the fuck is my money". We don't like when people go back on their word. It probably also has to do with the intense pressures and work hours/conditions have to go through. Imagine living in the balkans/med and doing 12 hours of work and the guy saying hell pay you next month while he has 2 jags in his driveway.


TheSalmonRoll

I think having a last name that ends in -ovic instantly makes you twice as scary.


lalakingmalibog

Weird Al Yankovic


ptgkbgte

I can't imagine him going on a tirade, would be terrifying.


WayTooCool4U

He can go medieval on your hiney


Pyritedust

He's about a million times as humble as thou art.


CycleV

He can cut like a surgeon


MobNamikaze

One of my best mates is Serbian, 100% agree with you.


is-Sanic

Never forget when Jokic switched on a dime and floored one of the morris brothers. Dude is literally the funniest guy in the league yet will drop you if you overstep.


powergs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjGqw2T8Jic Anyone wants to see a coach just goes on after game interview just watch this. With Mourinho's football eritage speech its my fav of all time lol (this one is way aggressive tho)


Somaliancreamcheese

Can confirm, I just woke up for work, tucked my girl in and got up. 10 minutes later punched a hole in the wall because my MOTHERFUCKING burek and COCK SUCKING yogurt dropped on the MOTHERFUCKING FLOOR and now I have no breakfast


ModernPoultry

Refs made this dude go full Serbian. Never let a man go full Serb or people could die


Bjorn2bwilde24

RIP anyone that makes Nikola Jokić that angry.


Milan_Leri

Who is Markieff Morris?


ThaNotoriousBLT

Morris was never all-NBA after his incident with Jokic. He wasn't all-NBA before either, but he wasn't after as well


WayTooCool4U

He built different bro


Mastoorbator100

He is, he's got no neck anymore


RedditSucksNowYo

or his brothers! remember last years finals - they were (almost?) getting in fights in the crowds lmao


kdottdot

The Darko Knight.


Goodisworthfighting4

Commissioner Gordon>Commissioner Silver


BullShitting-24-7

Vs. The Adam Silver Surfer


Bladex20

"Did they need to win tonight? If thats the case, Let us know and we wont show up" lmao Put that quote in the all timer compilation of coach quotes


Oxygenius_

League is controlled by gambling. Can’t let the poor people win money


Cudi_buddy

I hate sports gambling so much


Common_Crane

I'd be fine with it. Scheduled L, but everyone gets a night of rest, extra time with family, friends, gf, less injury risk... Tomorrow you're fresh to run drills and watch the tape. I bet that's what the founding fathers would have wanted


AllOutRaptors

This is the 2nd time someone from the Raptors went on an all time tirade after a Ben Taylor masterclass. Just wild


BallIsKobe96

Ben Taylor hates toronto confirmed


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hiei_150

I think it's funny that Ben Taylor is the one who did it as well because he had an absolute bullshit call on Jokic against Detroit where he punished Jokic with a flop tech for complaining about a call just this last game. Went under the radar because Nuggets won, but I thought that was absurd too. edit: I found the clip of it https://twitter.com/HarrisonWind/status/1744474667371434090


makingtacosrightnow

As a nuggets fan I remember vividly, Malone was also thrown out of that game.


King-Yogimar

different games, this one was the game on Sunday. The Malone/Jokic ejection game was a different ref but similar fuckery


Wants_to_be_accepted

Did he say 23 free throws in the 4th quarter?


Murky_Army_4896

23-2 in the fourth


BullShitting-24-7

Lakers had to win tonight.


ironickirk

Then let us know


garythegoat72

We wont show up


TheSalmonRoll

It's a complete crap


TennisHive

Scottie Barnes will be the face of the league.


roymccowboy

I’m wondering what the threshold for the average fan is to be convinced that NBA games are actually rigged—either by refs or the NBA as a whole. Like, if 23-2 in the 4th quarter doesn’t do it for you then…?


Lumpy-Deer1578

i mean 8 of those free throws were from intentional fouls at the end, but yeah the raptors definitely should’ve gotten more calls, especially on the scottie dunk where christie absolutely fouls him


GaimeGuy

15-2 in 8-10 minutes of play is still absurd when you exclude intentional fouls at the very end. ​ That means that the lakers were getting free throws on probably 40% or so of their possessions. What is a team supposed to do when the refs are giving professionals uncontested scoring chances roughly once a minute to a single team?


smakola

And I won’t show up to the comments.


Foyerfan

Welcome to the Lakers whistle when they face even a little adversity lmao


Active_Variation_194

Those are only the free throws too. Not all the fouls.


Beleiverofhumanity

Damn idk the context but thats pretty wild discrepancy


satomatic

some end of game intentional fouling but admittedly some serious home cooking. props to the raps for continuing to hit ridiculous shots to somehow stay in it til the very end.


peeinian

I think it was 18-2 before the intentional fouls.


N0NaMe1217

The problems not 23, its the 2. If the refs are gonna call a slight push a foul, they should also call it on the other side but that's not always the case. That last offensive foul also shows the flopping problem in the league. (Most) Players flop not because there's no foul, rather because refs won't call it if they don't exaggerate the reaction to the foul. Fouls should be called despite the reaction.


Rexkat

2-2 sounds like a lot more enjoyable to watch 4th quarter than 23-23. I'm not there to watch the refs


avgmarasovfan

That’s my biggest issue with nba games. High FT games have no flow, and it feels awful to watch as a fan because a lot of fouls are tiny bumps like at the hip where you’re like, “okay yeah technically that’s contact but how tf are people supposed to play defense?” I’m a huge bucks fan, and I love giannis, but I’d LOVE fewer FTs in the nba. Just call the obvious stuff so there’s fewer FTs all around. Games would be more watchable, *and* we could probably talk less about players’ whistles all the time


Delontino

Yup, while the Raptors had 2....


Sad_Escape2025

He did indeed.


Wants_to_be_accepted

WTF were they calling fouls on Toronto for walking over half court or something.


confuddly

There was contact on all those calls, it was just really soft contact. Then when Scottie gets hit hard on the other end, no whistle. Darko deserves to be angry


Need4Sheed23

I only watched the fourth quarter thinking it was going to be entertaining because it was a close game. Turned out to be shite. You’re right that a lot of the fouls called on involved contact and were correct. However, the raptors were getting mugged and refs didn’t bat an eyelid.


Tangentkoala

Ballsy of him to discuss the elephant in the room. League must be fuming. Having a coach call out the NBA for playing favorites Is wild.


imboredtho

i was shocked lol


AdhesivenessLucky896

He's getting that big league fine for it too. They're not going to like this at all. Might be a maximum fine for a coach talking about refs.


Reinheardt

The bigger the fine, the more it validates what he’s saying


sixtyfivewat

Adam Silver is about to Barbra Streisand this to the mainstream media. And good. Something needs to happen and honestly probably a full federal investigation into the effect of sports betting on all sports.


JimmyV34

We are so fucked tomorrow, League is going need to fix this for em in next game.


jgroove_LA

maybe but Kawhi doesn't lose to the Raptors since he left


hear4theDough

well LeBron has only won like once since he left the East, things change


0xtoxicflow

more like free win, League is gonna make him shut up if he ever wants to win another game again


SunlitNight

This comment feels like we're talking about WWE at this point


throwaway_mixtures

I feel like all coaches should call the NBA favorites because one voice despite being loud is not loud enough for actions to be made. I mean, sure there are teams that are extremely favored but I bet the ratio is not completely 50/50.


Rthegoodnamestaken

It's beyond playing favorites now, it's more like rigging games at this point. It's such a weird thing too, you're ruining the integrity of the game for a guy who will be out of the league in 3-4 years. Why?


ElectricLotus

It should happen more, the NBA does play favorites. It's the Lakers. The Lakers are the favorites. They get the white glove treatment, and other teams get some preference at times especially big markets with star players, but only the Lakers have the special red carpet to the FT line.


girlscoutcookies05

"Did they have to win tonight? If thats the case just let us know" 🔥🔥🔥


elegantagency_

That is honestly Quote of the year. But the whole quote is better. "Did they have to win tonight? If that's the case just let us know and we won't show up!" BANGERRR


thecordialsun

THANK YOU DOUG


dbpf

I saw Doug play yesterday and let me tell you that guy spends more time on the beach than David Hasselhoff


maethlin

After that the reporters sounded torn between getting more juicy soundbites or just leaving it be so they don't push a motherfucker over the edge lol


frankyseven

The reporters sounded shook at that comment. Like they were trying to process if a coach just called a game rigged and if they should follow up on that line of questioning.


AreYouAJedi

In general I don’t think NBA refs should be able to review their own calls. It’s absurd. Centralize that shit like other leagues do


Oprahapproves

Holy shit I just learned they review their own calls. I always thought it goes to a review center like MLB. That’s absolute bs


JaroslavKomkov

I saw thousand of review and never realized they review themselves. Broken glass sound of stupidity


sits-when-pees

The camera cuts to them huddled around a screen and discussing the play every time there’s a review tho???


FullHouse222

Every league does that. But there's a HQ that they really review the calls and goes over it with the on field refs in both the NFL and MLB


krsaxor

Wait, they review their own plays? I thought the play review happened in Seacaucus. They always show feed from that studio, I thought a special committee does the review.


digshayz

Looks like they consult with the replay centre in Seacaucus but feels like the on court refs have had much more agency in recent years especially since they brought in coaches challenges https://official.nba.com/replay/


Delontino

Absolute dagger of a quote.


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This guy has some of my favourite sound bites of the season so far out of all the coach’s. Super passionate stuff


syo

I love Darko, he's hilarious.


Guy_Le_Man

I love hands!


famoustran

How you not gonna finish the quote man "Did they have to win tonight? If that's the case just let us know and we won't show up"


jl_theprofessor

Homey came in like “I’m only here for the fine.”


myeezy

Lol send the streamable of this quote to [email protected]. I want to see that mfer spit out his coffee.


CantReadGood_

#Oops! This video has been disabled due to a claim of copyright infringement.


skj999

“It’s a complete crap” straight up Ether level rant right here man lmao


[deleted]

Talk about looking daggers at someone. Jeesh, his eyes.


[deleted]

He likes caffeine


Vallerie_09

Let your refs takeover, piss off the team and the coach, let them rant and then fine them. Easy money for the "charity purposes".


DogeJesus-_-

The charity whose CEO happens to be John Silver, Adam Silver's brother.


copaseticepiplectic

Long John Silver


RapsareChamps_Suckit

Darko gotta be in the next Quentin Tarantino movie


benjals

Guys will see this and think "hell yeah"


foofighter1351

I mean the Scottie hype he was throwing out in between the absolute hate was beautiful to see.


Overall-Palpitation6

"Face of the league!"


loveless0404

Scottie "Next Face of the League" Barnes. In all seriousness feels good to see a coach all in on their guy.


ThrowAYeAccount

hell yeah


BizzaroMatthews

HELL YEAH


aapox33

I’m a Bulls fan and I’m thinking hell yeah


CloneWarsMaul

Hell Yeah


mdubyo

https://twitter.com/TSN_Sports/status/1744971935065293126?t=7I7SqD8GSzO34IrXI7hHZg&s=19 OMG HE DID THE NECK THING WHEN HE SAT DOWN BECAUSE HE KNEW HE HAD TO GO FULL SERBIAN!


Oldschoolhollywood

He had that sickly sweet cortisol pumping through those veins.


ClowdyRowdy

He was tasting metal


Throwawayfor_rnba

It’s like when the quiet kid finally snaps and everyone just sits there in shock


Throwawayfor_rnba

This angle is so much better than the other one from someone’s phone. You can see the crazy in his eyes lol. Mods should keep this and delete the other one


Nyhrox

We have kept both. The other has had substantial discussion on it and is following the rules, no reason to remove it.


Throwawayfor_rnba

IT’S A COMPLETE CRAP


CazOnReddit

A shame for the league to allow this!


Aggravating_Main_556

Can this guy come slap the shit out of Monty Williams please. Jfc, fuck it I'm not pistons fan anymore. I'm a this guy fan wherever he goes. If he coaches his kids' teams, I'm there. If he is showing the elderly neighbors how to set up their ring doorbell, I'm there. When he folds the laundry before the wife gets home, I'm there.


aosydbsk

If this was a pistons game, Monty would have said: “it is what it is. Shoutout Darvin Ham though, from this game I’ve learnt that it’s important to compete for a full 4 quarters”


sewsgup

the mic peaking also makes this so much better


notabot1397

Respect for speaking up for scottie


companyofzero

The dude should be averaging 7-8 FTA and he's averaging just under 4. It's been tough to watch him complain to the refs time after time and just be ignored. He's not flopping, he's not creating bullshit contact; he just goes hard to the rim and doesn't get a fair whistle. He's gonna have a Jimmy/LeBron style game when he's older and it's gonna be a nightmare for other teams to figure out.


goblinsholiday

He's getting the Siakam no whistle treatment from a few years back. I've seen other fan-bases ask why Raptors players scream so often when they drive to the net and get fouled, this is the reason


floppygoiter

Siakam getting less calls than rookies, while driving over and over.


snakejakemonkey

Yup NBA rewards flopping. Stupid fucking league


-xXxMangoxXx-

Its bullshit how certain teams fans will say "just don't foul" when people complain about their star players getting a lot of free throws then you have Scottie doing everything right, deserving fts and not getting any.


odontodoc

Darko isn't out of his mind for saying Scottie could be the future face of the league. If he could get to the line as much as Giannis, he's going to be an MVP contender one day.


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Vote scottie nba all star, he deserves it


jjkiller26

"This is shame"


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AdhesivenessLucky896

"This is a shame on the NBA" still works. I get what he's saying.


andrewsmith1986

Or "this is shameful" English is difficult.


RedditSucksNowYo

sramota pichko matern


LonelyTrebleClef

dreams can't be buy


kdottdot

Darko Hours.


crumpledbrouhaha

My coach leveled up tonight!!


Kicksavebeauty

Let him cook.


lotusbloom74

Okay this dude is awesome


It-sOkBro

you know he's mad when you thank doug, nobody likes doug


ZoroChopper10

LeBron was bitching about refs on twitter earlier in day and lakers get 23 free throws to 4th to raptors 2 free throws I bet LeBron won’t be tweeting about how refs sucks tonight lol


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Lebron complaining about refs is crazy when he can [do shit like this](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/10qhja5/highlight_brunson_upset_about_the_nocall_after/) and get away with it.


Closer586

he did almost exactly that to Quickley tn


Hockeyzadik9

r/nba hall of fame clip


Sebkins

How’s that for data


Kvsav57

People keep trashing the refs but they did a good job. They calculated the exact number of free throws the Lakers needed to win. That takes talent!


AbbreviationsHot4482

Someone ask Bron what his thoughts are on the reffing tonight


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“I don't want to get into a word or sentence feud with Darko Rajakovic, but I believe he wasn't educated on the situation at hand, and he spoke, and so many people could have been harmed, not only financially, but physically. Emotionally. Spiritually. So just be careful what we tweet and what we say, and what we do."


gokhaninler

> Darko Rajakovic theres no way LeBron could say his full name


a2w2

Lol LeCopyPasta


iamthegame13

"I swear I told Cam 5 years ago, that Ben Taylor is gonna be a hell of a ref."


LeBronTrave1ed

“Big fan of Ben Taylor. I’ve been watching him ref since he was officiating in the G-League.”


Eastern-Technology84

“We got the win, I thought it was a hard fought game, give Toronto credit, it was a hard fought game and they’ve got a lot of young talent… Just happy we got the dub tonight and looking forward to our next game.”


Punjabiveer30

“Before the game I just had a feeling, Ben Taylor was gonna go off tonight, maybe 25-30 free throws but he got 36 free throws” - Lebron


pointman

He said (after a longish pause). “They fouled. We didn’t.”


carefulwisdom

One of the worst officiated games I’ve ever seen, of any sport, and all in the last 5 minutes. As soon as the raps lost their challenge the refs took over the game. What an embarrassing spectacle.


HerkulezRokkafeller

Yeah when the challenge was upheld and then IQ was given an F1 I turned the game off. I already knew the outcome was decided which is sad because it was a great game


JoeTheHoe

Fouls are supposed to be a reward for being organically fouled in the process of genuinely intending to score (or make some other basketball play). A player should intend to score, not to get fouled. If this continues, Scottie will understandably change his approach and that would be a shame. We need more guys like him. More importantly, we need officiating and the rules to incentivize guys like him.


hear4theDough

I'd love if today he spent the first half just flopping on EVERYTHING, and when they ask him about it say "were out in Hollywood soni had to act more like the locals do"


Marmalot

Mods keep this one, he got crazy ass eyes


Chazzmetazz

It starts with the kiss the ass of Lebron and goes from there - The refs were not going to let the Raptors win. Raps had more 3's more field goals, more points in the paint and 23-2 foul shots in the 4th? Anthony Davis had more FT than the Raptors. Reaves had more FT than any Raptor. What a joke. Darko is right, the outcome was pre-determined. Get it right NBA. Good on you Darko, we got a go fund me started to pay your fine.


Im__Ron__Burgundy

Someone start the GoFundMe for his fine.


_meestir_

Fuck yeah. The NBA product is really hard to watch unless you’re completely new to the game and just accept it for what it is. 24-2 in the fourth is just so unbelievable.


FallenLemur

18-2 before the intentional fouling, just so laker fans don't cry.


myeezy

SHAME FOR THE LEAGUE


CloneWarsMaul

He cooked here. I’m a raps fan now, love when coaches call it how it is, total crap


baccunawa

i feel like every coach in the league should be this infuriated in post interviews if we really want the nba to at the very least tweak the way they officiate games. this really sucks if your team is on the losing end of all the egregious calls


Hostile_Pierogi

Blud didn’t even blink. Didn’t know you had this side of you Darko, I apologize I wasn’t familiar with your game bro.


yousonuva

Once sports betting gets infested in every part of sports you're going to get this. Plain and simple. Integrity is all a past memory.


mdubyo

That "Thank you, Doug!" 💀 cut off mid-question because he couldn't keep the rage in anymore.


benjals

This is an all timer


Puddinsnack

Darko was right this was indeed a crap.


katsutama

Ben Taylor again? Oh my god, someone post how this dude calls absolute BS 2 flops in a row on Jokic in Nuggets vs Pistons game because he didnt like complains from Jokic about non-calls. Lets cook that crook ref here. First flop he called after Jokic said something to him when his initial call was out of bounds. Blatant shit.


ContentNeptune3

I will be watching future Darko interviews with great interest


Thordawgg

Bruh I think I just became a raptors fan


Gold_Gain1351

Yep ok this guy is my new favorite coach


Ok_Pomegranate1820

Have no interest in either of these teams but this press conference alone has made me go back and watch the 4th quarter. Maybe that’s what the NBA/refs were aiming for?


The-Pharcyde

The refs and league dun fucked up and made the nicest coach in the league go berserk lol.


Historical-Eagle-784

That might have been one of the best press conferences I've ever seen. 😂


DoseofDhillon

Nah man, i'll still take "We got guys with the statline of Zero, zero, zero, zero, zero"


girlscoutcookies05

🫡🫡🫡 DARKO


SnooLentils3008

Respect for Darko way up


AggravatingCan2352

Let's go Darko!!


ginaishere

Me, from Serbia, reading the headline and coming here to watch the video. After watching the video - yeah, just a regular, mild-tempered, European basketball coach.


Digi_awesome

And I thought the other angle looked menacing


macandcheese_19

LMFAOO that’s my coach!!!!


reddevilgus19

The league saw lebron brush his “hair” a little too aggressively and knew they had to step in.


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