On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo and Brian Windhorst discuss Nikola Jokic being ejected on Serbian Heritage Night in Chicago.
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@YugoZex
December 14, 2023 at 1:13 am
This idiot in the middle is like dirty JUDGE that is defending Dirty COPS.
@benberry792
December 14, 2023 at 1:15 am
“Bland” u were right about that SAS
@ryanandress1850
December 14, 2023 at 1:19 am
I’ve gotten sick and tired of the NBA. Fix the reffing problem. People pay to see the players play. Not eejit refs. I’d rather play call your own fouls that watch this garbage.
@rohanshah7559
December 14, 2023 at 1:20 am
Mad dog is an absolute waste of space
@T1Oracle
December 14, 2023 at 1:26 am
Fun fact: NBA fans don’t care if a referee gets cursed out. No one is paying those ticket prices to see referees.
@diegocarvajalcastro
December 14, 2023 at 1:27 am
ESPN is stupid, making a debate about something you can´t argue against, it was a terrible call, period.
@francisfoiakau957
December 14, 2023 at 1:33 am
Trying to defend the ref in this circumstance is crazy. Out of touch.
@Clateon
December 14, 2023 at 1:34 am
God bless the audio technicians trying to balance microphones around Mad Dog….
@ricardo2ko523
December 14, 2023 at 1:37 am
These refs selling games for the betting industry 😒 🙄. .. jus saying 🤷
@tuckerdoyle4492
December 14, 2023 at 1:41 am
Russo is absolutely wrong. He’s a 2 time MVP and the face of the league. He’s earned the right to talk to the refs and voice his complaints. Motherfucker gets Jokic ejected? Pitiful. So soft. The fans, who payed a ton of money to go to the game, also earned the opportunity to see the 2 time MVP play the entire game. I’m sorry, but this was just horrible and a terrible look for the league
@athrinean
December 14, 2023 at 1:47 am
Refs think that people pay money to see them. Delusional
@genesmith3582
December 14, 2023 at 1:55 am
This Mad Dog dude is a raging idiot…. As Jokic stated, sometimes that word is okay with them. It’s not even a sure fire technical from all officials. It was 1 super sensitive official.
@user-fk2ed5kv3n
December 14, 2023 at 1:55 am
Let’s look at the statistics of personal fouls per game: Embid – over 12, Yanis. over 11, Lebron – over 10, and Jokic 6.8. Look at Jokić’s arms and shoulders – they are often covered in scratches, redness and bumps. So much for respecting the two-time MVP!
The problem is that he is not an American by origin, but a Serb, from some “genocidal” Serbia. In front of the audience, where there were a lot of Serbs, it was necessary to disparage Jokić, who was annoyed after an apparently unsanctioned foul. I may be unobjective and biased, but the statistics say it all. Referees protect self integrity but not the integrity of the players, they belittle him and act like insulted greatness. Does basketball exist for the referees or for the players, the game and the spectators!?
@amirsoleiman7214
December 14, 2023 at 1:56 am
Would they have kicked out MJ, Kobe, LeBron, Shaq, or even Draymond for cursing? NBA is racist towards white players
@redcanoy6914
December 14, 2023 at 1:59 am
Cat and dog talking 🙀🐶😻🐕🐱🐈
@leonardohirata4209
December 14, 2023 at 2:10 am
Mad dog is an absolute idiot, Just retire pls
@danielnajdek
December 14, 2023 at 2:15 am
LMAO looking at Windys facial expressions and laughing had me laughing my head off.
@davidmarkman5678
December 14, 2023 at 2:15 am
Mad Dog is an idiot!
@boons8102
December 14, 2023 at 2:19 am
Nuggets fan here, toss him. toss him every time for saying it to the ref, but you should toss every single player that crosses the line and calls a ref a curse word. I don’t want my kids sitting next to me watch a professional say that to a ref, but they got to be consistent.
@tigrengbisakol8280
December 14, 2023 at 2:21 am
the NBA should also suspend referees if they consistently make these bad calls
@boylabog2390
December 14, 2023 at 2:30 am
That is why Tyrese said in a JJ interview that these refs must also have a press conference after games just like what players and coaches do so we can pick their brains, what were they thinking, hear them out, in these moments of big calls.
@Stressedantihero
December 14, 2023 at 2:30 am
Is there a public way to find out these refs get held accountable for ridiculous calls? The same way we can see a players TOs or their FG%.. better yet when they get fined… we need allllat publicized for Refs. Cause lately they been getting away with craziness lol this case there’s a lot of semantics so I’ll just say generally speaking
@charliegultiano6701
December 14, 2023 at 2:37 am
Hahhahahah galit na yarn!!!!!
@JimmyMarison
December 14, 2023 at 2:42 am
Remember a couple weeks ago when the opposing coach got to call LeBron a b**** 3 times before getting ejected? As a Man, it’s nothing new to have somebody say negative things to you. You don’t have to be soft and eject him after 1 lol
@shakaowens4983
December 14, 2023 at 2:43 am
Dog is tripping