Trae Young was sanctioned by the NBA. Indeed, the star of the Atlanta Hawks will have to pay a fine of a total of 15,000 dollars, due to illegal contact with a referee. An announcement made, no later than this Friday, by the prestigious Basketball League itself. It was this Thursday, on the Washington side, during a disputed and lost meeting against the Wizards (122-111), that this famous incident occurred, and more precisely in the middle of the second quarter. At that time, an action had just taken place. After being hit by one of his opponents that famous night, Trae Young then missed his shot that followed. Not satisfied with the fact that the referee did not call any faults in his favor, the star of the Atlanta Hawks, as he had withdrawn to his camp, had, with one of his arms, struck the back of the referee that night, namely Ben Taylor. Even if this famous gesture was not violent, the latter, at the time, had inflicted a technical fault on him.
Frustration with a new rule
A gesture that certainly seemed to reflect the frustration of the leader’s moment. Indeed, a new rule just entered into force stipulates to stop granting free throws to any shooter who would cause an opponent’s foul, at the time of one of his attempts. A fault that would be sought, for example, when he would jump, in the direction of the defender, to seek contact. This type of action was one of the specialties of the main interested, as was also the case of James Harden, resident of the Brooklyn Nets. On this subject and in comments reported by AFP, Trae Young said: ” When guys go straight in and are out of balance, it’s still a foul no matter if they’re using their lower body or their hands. When an attacker jumps towards the defender, it’s different. For some things, I agree with the change of rules, but for others it is always faults and players will get injured. Especially for a little guy like me (1.75m) who has to deal with taller, beefier players, they use their body, their legs and their hands to stop me. “
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