John Wall unhappy with 'B.S.' technicals, treatment from refs
For someone with superstar numbers who is leading the East's hottest team since December, John Wall believes he doesn't enjoy the same treatment from officials as his peers.
Wall vented to Candace Buckner of the Washington Post on Sunday about everything from missed calls to egregious technicals.
"I'm just tired of these B.S. technical fouls that I'm getting," Wall said as he recounted a run-in with Frank Kaminsky over the weekend.
"It was just a back-and-forth talk. Just a common talk you have and Danny (Crawford) just came in and said, 'Technical fouls.'
"I’ve heard worse than that before and vulgar words have been said, which weren’t said then, and then they just slap a technical foul. I’m getting tired of it."
Wall is tied with Draymond Green for third-most technicals in the league this season with 14. He laments a lack of consistency from officials.
"I see guys cussing refs out, taking the ball from refs, they don't get technical fouls. I say one little, simple thing, it’s always a technical foul ... They need to stop showing favoritism to certain players. If you're going to give techs out, be consistent both ways with them."
More frustrating still is the lack of calls when Wall makes his marauding drives to the basket. Wall drives more often than Russell Westbrook, James Harden, and DeMar DeRozan, and only slightly less than Isaiah Thomas. Yet he doesn't get nearly as many trips to the line.
| Player | Drives | Free-Throw Attempts |
|---|---|---|
| James Harden | 10.8 | 11.0 |
| Russell Westbrook | 11.3 | 10.7 |
| Isaiah Thomas | 12.8 | 8.6 |
| DeMar DeRozan | 10.3 | 8.5 |
| John Wall | 11.6 | 6.9 |
Wall lambasted officials in February for swallowing the whistle on him while "no-name guys" got calls following a loss to the Utah Jazz.
"Just ask the refs. They know. They didn't make the calls. You keep attacking the basket and no-name guys are getting calls on the other end on little contact," Wall said.
"Then you drive to the basket and get contact the whole game and they try to make up for those calls in the last two or three minutes of the game ... Don't try to give me the calls when there is 30, 45 seconds or a minute left to make me feel good. That's not going to change the outcome or how aggressive I want to be the whole game."