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Jason Kidd Wants Luka Doncic To Stop Complaining To Officials During Live Plays: “It Puts Us In Harm’s Way”
Luka Doncic has become one of the biggest whiners in the NBA, and it has come to a point that Doncic’s blatant whining to the referees puts his team on a disadvantage every time he decides to argue instead of helping his team during live ball plays.
The 22-year old Mavericks superstar vowed to stop this after recording his 16th technical foul during the past 2020-21 NBA season, but it appears that Doncic still has a lot of work to do considering the number of excessive reactions he’s been committing this season.
Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd even took notice of this and suggested that the 22-year old Mavericks superstar has to learn when to complain and when to say nothing after dealing with an undesired whistle from the referees. Further addressing Doncic’s issue in their recent post-game interview, Kidd said it puts the team in harm’s way.
“I would lean towards playing five on five a little bit more,” Kidd said. “You’re not going to get any calls. Officials, they tend not to stop the game to change calls. So you’d have to understand that there’s a point in time in games, dead ball, to be able to talk to the officials.
“But while the game is going on, transition defense is one of the things that we’ve talked about, that we have to get better. If we’re lobbying for calls during live play, it puts us in harm’s way.”
