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Julius Randle Said Last Night's Refs Admitted They Missed Calls When He Was Fouled Because He Is Too Big And Strong

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What the fuck is this? Did the refs just admit that they are giving Julius Randle the Shaq treatment despite being half a foot shorter and like 75 pounds lighter in an era where you can draw a flagrant if a guy blows on you too hard? I'm not a big blame the refs guy, even after a game like last night where everyone seems to be blaming the refs.

But doesn't it seem like the refs straight up snitched on themselves? You can maybe get away with ignoring calls on the kid that is clearly 10 years old playing in the 8 year old league because nobody is going to check birth certificates. But in the (turns on blowhard talking head voice) NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, you can't just pick and choose which fouls are fouls because one guy hit the weight room extra hard. I hate to do this because again, I'm not a blame the refs guy. However I have no choice but to declare last night's Nets game under protest due to the literal words of these officials.

All that being said, Julius Randle getting a technical foul with 90 seconds left in a 2 point game is beyond stupid, even though giving a guy a technical foul in that situation is even stupider unless he literally choke slammed the ref through the scorer's table. I'm not sure when Julius will start getting star treatment from the refs considering he made All NBA 2nd Team last season. But I'll just take regular NBA player treatment for a guy that spent his entire night in the fake ass Continental Airlines Arena paint and only shot 2 free throws, which is utter failure at best and Tim Donaghy 2.0 at worst.

P.S. Mitch still has to be better and just keep his arms straight up on that last defensive play because that was the lamest end to a fun game I've seen in a while.