Paul Pierce says NBA refs think Luka Doncic is an ‘a–hole’ after controversial Finals call


Luka Doncic has a “reputation” with NBA officials that is going to be hard to walk back.

That’s according to Paul Pierce, who was on FS1’s “Undisputed” on Friday reacting to commentary from ESPN NBA insider Brian Windhorst, who said earlier this week that the Mavericks have “begged” Doncic to stop griping so much to the referees.

“Sports is based on reputations, and the reason they’re telling him this is because he’s developed a reputation now that I don’t know if he can scale it back,” Pierce said.


Paul Pierce said that NBA officials think Luka Doncic is an 'asshole' on FS1's 'Undisputed' on Friday.
Paul Pierce said that NBA officials think Luka Doncic is an ‘asshole’ on FS1’s ‘Undisputed’ on Friday. X / Awful Announcing

“Because once you’re too far gone in developing a reputation that’s always gonna be there. Draymond [Green] is gonna be who he is, so he’s going to get looked at a little bit closer. Rasheed [Wallace] was who he was when he played, so he was always looked at a little bit closer. Allen Iverson complained a lot to the refs, too.”

Pierce then got to the practical application of what this means.

“So now, I don’t know if he can change this, but they look at him like, ‘Oh no, he’s an a–hole,’” he said.

The Mavericks are now down 0-3 to the Celtics in the best-of-seven NBA Finals.

Warning: Explicit language

On “SportsCenter” with Scott Van Pelt after Wednesday’s Game 3, Windhorst lit into Doncic.

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“I thought it was perfect that Luka fell onto the ground there in an unacceptable position to put himself in with four minutes left and five fouls,” Windhorst started. “And then immediately looks at the bench and says, ‘You better bleeping challenge it.’ As if it’s the bench’s fault that he made a terrible play.

“I’m standing here in the Mavericks’ tunnel, over there is the Celtics’ tunnel, that’s where the winners are. If Luka’s ever going to be a winner coming out of this tunnel here, he’s going to have to use what’s happened in this Finals as a learning experience.


Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) reacts to receiving his sixth foul
Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic (77) reacts to receiving his sixth foul. USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con

“His defensive performance is unacceptable — he is a hole on the court.”

Doncic fouled out in the final minutes of the Mavericks’ Game 3 loss.

Windhorst continued to say that people around Doncic have implored him to stop whining so much to the referees.

“He’s gotta get over this, and the fact that he came out after the game and blamed the officials showed me he’s nowhere close yet,” he said. “Maybe over the summer somebody with get to him because nobody with the Mavericks or anybody else in his life has.”

The Mavericks host the Celtics in a do-or-die Game 4 on Friday night.

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