NBA Fines Steve Kerr $25,000 for His Radio Show Rant on Referees Missing Traveling Calls

Steve Kerr claimed that he could create his own "blooper reel" of missed travel calls during games.

November 20, 2016

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It's no secret that NBA referees are just not good at calling travel violations anymore, and have not been for many years now. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was fined $25,000 for his harsh critique of the league's referees who turn a blind eye to these types of violations during games.

This fine stems from Kerr's rant on San Francisco sports talk radio station KNBR 680 AM last Thursday (Nov. 17). Kerr detailed how the lack of traveling calls are rampant during games, and even claimed that he could create his own "blooper reel" of the travels calls missed. He went even further to rhetorically ask if 1000 fans at the games spot traveling on the visiting team, then how do the three professionally trained officials not see this happen when they have the closest views of the game in the entire arena?

Kerr stated, per CSN Bay Area's transcription:

Kerr should know this by now even though he's accurate about how the league's officials just let travel and several other calls fall by the wayside during games, just don't complain about it if you're an NBA player or a coach. It will only hurt your wallet in the end.

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