Your Morning Dump... Where the officials blame "profanity" for Kemba Walker's ejection

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“I thought I was being nice. I thought the ref missed the call, I voiced my opinion, and the rest is history,” he said. “I guess he felt I said a little bit too much. That’s his choice. It’s on those guys to make a decision, and he made it.”

Officiating crew chief Rodney Mott later told a pool reporter that Aldridge’s screen was deemed to be legal, and that Walker used “profanity,” prompting the first whistle, and then earned his ejection by continuing to use profanity.

Walker countered that he didn’t get “personal,” and that he…