{"id":18499,"date":"2023-03-09T17:56:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T17:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/09\/what-did-fred-vanvleet-say-about-ben-taylor-toronto-raptors-star-risks-fine-with-incendiary-remarks\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T17:56:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T17:56:45","slug":"what-did-fred-vanvleet-say-about-ben-taylor-toronto-raptors-star-risks-fine-with-incendiary-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/09\/what-did-fred-vanvleet-say-about-ben-taylor-toronto-raptors-star-risks-fine-with-incendiary-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"What did Fred VanVleet say about Ben Taylor? Toronto Raptors star risks fine with incendiary remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"article-content\" class=\"keeda_widget\" data-postid=\"3882488\" data-slug-id=\"1427226\">\n<p>Fred VanVleet had some very harsh words for NBA referee Ben Taylor following the Toronto Raptors&#8217; 108-100 loss to the LA Clippers on Wednesday. VanVleet was so angry that he didn&#8217;t care about getting fined and went off on the official for his terrible calls.<\/p>\n<p>VanVleet was unhappy with how Taylor officiated the game. The two have some sort of history and VanVleet believes that most of the technical fouls he received in his career were called by Taylor.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I thought Ben Taylor was f**king terrible tonight,&#8221; VanVleet said. &#8220;I think that most nights, you know out of the three, there&#8217;s one or two that just f**k the game up. It&#8217;s been like that a couple of games in a row. Denver was tough, obviously.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/youtube\">\n<div class=\"yt-wrapper\"> <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fred VanVleet absolutely flames NBA ref &quot;Ben Taylor was f**king terrible today&quot;\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ySTEQoXIfQ0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript> <\/p>\n<div class=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/youtube\" data-embed=\"ySTEQoXIfQ0\">\n<div class=\"play-button\"><img height=\"370\" width=\"660\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/03\/8f678-16783654393745-1920.jpg\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/03\/8f678-16783654393745-1920.jpg\" class=\"lazy-img\" alt=\"youtube-cover\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fred VanVleet alluded to Ben Taylor&#8217;s performance in the Toronto Raptors-LA Clippers game, as well as Scott Foster&#8217;s questionable ejection of Scottie Barnes in Denver. VanVleet added that he doesn&#8217;t care about getting fined and continued to blast Taylor and the officiating.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You come out tonight, competing pretty hard and I get a bulls**t tech that changes the whole dynamic of the game, changed the whole flow of the game,&#8221; VanVleet said. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;And you know, most of the refs are trying hard. I like a lot of the refs, they&#8217;re trying hard, they&#8217;re pretty fair, and communicate well. And then you got the other ones who just want to be d**ks and just kind of f**k up the game. And no one&#8217;s coming to see that s**t.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fans on social media reacted to VanVleet&#8217;s tirade. Most agreed that officiating in the NBA this season has been horrible. They called out the league for not holding referees accountable for their mistakes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Here are some of the comments on Twitter:<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-outer-container\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"tweet-container\">\n<div class=\"tweet-body\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgrange\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"michaelgrange\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@michaelgrange<\/a> From a dubs fan thanks for this Fred!!! Totally agree wish more players had the heart like you to speak out!!! <noscript><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" data-img=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/twemoji\/14.0.2\/72x72\/1f44f.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4f\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/cdnjs.cloudflare.com\/ajax\/libs\/twemoji\/14.0.2\/72x72\/1f44f.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%2018%2018%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"app-tweet-blockquote\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgrange\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"michaelgrange\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@michaelgrange<\/a> From a dubs fan thanks for this Fred!!! Totally agree wish more players had the heart like you to speak out!!! \ud83d\udc4f<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-outer-container\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"tweet-container\">\n<div class=\"tweet-body\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WorldWideWob\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"WorldWideWob\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@WorldWideWob<\/a> Giannis is no longer my MVP. Fred VanVleet is pure leadership and willing to pay a fine for the betterment of the NBA. That\u2019s an MPV in my books.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"app-tweet-blockquote\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WorldWideWob\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"WorldWideWob\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@WorldWideWob<\/a> Giannis is no longer my MVP. Fred VanVleet is pure leadership and willing to pay a fine for the betterment of the NBA. That\u2019s an MPV in my books.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-outer-container\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"tweet-container\">\n<div class=\"tweet-body\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoCaping757\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"NoCaping757\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@NoCaping757<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgrange\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"michaelgrange\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@michaelgrange<\/a> Same wish more people could call refs out but they probably can suspend you for suggesting anything further than this lmao<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"app-tweet-blockquote\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoCaping757\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"NoCaping757\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@NoCaping757<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgrange\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"michaelgrange\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@michaelgrange<\/a> Same wish more people could call refs out but they probably can suspend you for suggesting anything further than this lmao<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-outer-container\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"tweet-container\">\n<div class=\"tweet-body\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgrange\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"michaelgrange\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@michaelgrange<\/a> He&#8217;s right. I watch basketball every single night and the refs have stolen my joy. I don&#8217;t even want to watch right now because it seems so pointless and unfair.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"app-tweet-blockquote\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgrange\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"michaelgrange\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@michaelgrange<\/a> He&#8217;s right. I watch basketball every single night and the refs have stolen my joy. I don&#8217;t even want to watch right now because it seems so pointless and unfair.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-outer-container\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"tweet-container\">\n<div class=\"tweet-body\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dohbeedoo\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"dohbeedoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@dohbeedoo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgrange\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"michaelgrange\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@michaelgrange<\/a> They\u2019ve been horrible and they aren\u2019t held accountable more of these players need to speak up<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"app-tweet-blockquote\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dohbeedoo\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"dohbeedoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@dohbeedoo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgrange\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"michaelgrange\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@michaelgrange<\/a> They\u2019ve been horrible and they aren\u2019t held accountable more of these players need to speak up<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sportskeeda-embed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/twitter\">\n<div class=\"tweet-outer-container\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"tweet-container\">\n<div class=\"tweet-body\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgrange\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"michaelgrange\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@michaelgrange<\/a> NBA refs are taking the joy out of the game for me. It\u2019s pretty evident that some of them want to be \u201cthe show\u201d as much as the players are.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"app-tweet-blockquote\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgrange\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"michaelgrange\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">@michaelgrange<\/a> NBA refs are taking the joy out of the game for me. It\u2019s pretty evident that some of them want to be \u201cthe show\u201d as much as the players are.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/basketball\/why-jim-boeheim-retire-confusion-prevails-fired-claims-surface-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Why did Jim Boeheim retire? Confusion prevails as fired claims surface online<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Will Fred VanVleet leave the Toronto Raptors in the offseason?<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"image\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sk-app-thumbnail\" alt=\"Fred VanVleet of the Toronto Raptors\" src=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/03\/63f3b-16783662662847-1920.jpg\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/03\/63f3b-16783662662847-1920.jpg\" alt=\"Fred VanVleet of the Toronto Raptors\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticc.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2023\/03\/63f3b-16783662662847-1920.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201280%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><figcaption>Fred VanVleet of the Toronto Raptors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fred VanVleet has a player option worth around $22 million for next season. If VanVleet opts out of his contract, he will enter unrestricted free agency. VanVleet and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/team\/toronto-raptors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Toronto Raptors<\/a> negotiated a contract extension worth $114 million earlier in the season.<\/p>\n<p>However, Michael Grange of SportsNet reported that both sides decided it was better to discuss it in the offseason. TSN&#8217;s Josh Lewenberg noted that VanVleet wants at least a four-year, $130 million deal similar to what Tyler Herro received from the Miami Heat last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the possibility of an extension, VanVleet was linked to several teams at the trade deadline. 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