The NBA doesn't appreciate Jaylen Brown sounding off about the refs.
The Boston Celtics guard was fined $50,000 for public criticism of officiating, the league announced Tuesday.
Brown made his comments on a livestream on Sunday following the Celtics’ 109-100 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series the previous night.
Per ESPN, Brown raised issues about the officiating as a whole as well as specific calls for Sixers star Joel Embiid.
Brown accused Embiid of flopping, saying it has "ruined our game."
"Joel Embiid is a great player. One of the best bigs in basketball history. (But he) flops. He (knows) it," Brown said. "This ain't breaking news. It is what it is."
ESPN reported Brown was called for an NBA-high 10 offensive fouls in the first round.
"Every good basketball player does this. What are y'all talking about? They clearly had an agenda," Brown said. "If Jaylen does this move, call the offensive foul and follow him every time. I don't know if it's because I pissed the refs off. I've been critical about them, and I called them out a bunch of times. So, they were like, 'You know what, I got you in the playoffs. Watch this.' (Because) that's exactly what they did.
"It's clearly an agenda. Look at the same move. Some referees that if I had to choose, if I had to, like, say there's some referees that need to be investigated. We had three of them in the last three games."
