Mavs coach Rick Carlisle: "I've got four technicals this year. They're all from the same guy. I'm not sure exactly what that says, but there's a saying: reasonable men have a right to disagree. I'll stick with that."

Orange Man called out the Mavs for trading Luka Doncic I must tell you I don't understand the trade That trade is not good What do I know about basketball Was it Luka Maybe we can redo that trade I redo deals all the time

The refs would call a foul on Yao Ming for practically just breathing on the court yet stay silent even when an opponent smacked him in the head and avoid his angry stare Both Jeff Van Gundy and Rick Adelman often argued that Yao was being singled out by the officials

Mike Conley cracks a small joke about Joe Mazzulla being crazy Mazulla makes eye contact with him and Conley's self-preservation instincts kick in as he adjusts his statement and clarifies that Joe Mazzulla is definitely totally not crazy repeating it several times for clarity

Yao Ming would get called for a foul just for breathing on the court yet he couldn't get a call even when an opponent smacked him in the head His coaches Jeff Van Gundy and Rick Adelman often said that Yao was being singled out for unfavorable officiating

Ben Taylor of Thinking Basketball questions why the NBA has stopped calling offensive fouls when players charge into someone or use their off-arm showing clips from just a decade ago where those moves were illegal and the players didn't even argue the calls when they happened

When Yao Ming was playing he could get called for a foul just for breathing while opponents could smack him in the head and the refs would look the other way Both Jeff Van Gundy and Rick Adelman said Yao was being singled out by officials