Veteran NBA official Joey Crawford was reinstated today after being suspended by the league on April 17th of this year. Crawford was suspended by NBA commissioner David Stern for improper conduct during the Spurs Vs. Mavericks game last season. Crawford gave Spurs all-star forward Tim Duncan two technical fouls, which led to his ejection out of the game. Now the second technical Duncan received was when he was on the bench; Duncan was laughing at the reaction a teammate made after one of Crawford's many bad calls. Crawford felt upstaged by Duncan and begun a verbal argument with him as he ejected Duncan. Crawford also gave Duncan his first Tech.
The NBA has had a few bumps in the road this off-season. The future face of the league (No. 1 overall pick Greg Oden) is out for the season with an injury, That hurts marketing and endorsements. The NBA official with a gambling problem (Ted Donaghy) and a Mob affiliate is threatening to "Blow the Whistle" on others in the league; somebody needs to send him a copy of a good Mobster movie..."Snitches get Stitches". Now they allow the quickest whistle on this side of the Mississippi to come back and reign more terror on players he don't like...Let's just hope the regular season is just as exciting...Drama means ratings.
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