Affirmative Talk

  According to David J. Neal and David Ovalle of the Miami Herald, former six-time NBA All-Star Amar'e Stoudemire was taken into custody on Sunday on a charge of misdemeanor violence. Stoudemire "punched her in the mouth and smacked her hard enough to draw blood," one of his children told police. The girl had blood stains on her sweatshirt and slacks, the officer noted in their report. Additionally, her mother sent police a picture of her daughter sobbing and with blood streaming down her face. According to Neal and Ovalle, Stoudemire allegedly objected to the way his daughter greeted her grandma at his condo: When the daughter denied having such a tone with her grandmother, she said her father "then responded with 'You're talking back again' and punched her on the right side of her jaw.' As a follow up, she said, he slapped her face, bloodying her nose "and continued slapping her on the left side of her body." The youngster then asked her m

  Many Memphis Grizzlies and basketball fans expressed their astonishment on social media when Ja Morant was dismissed at the conclusion of the first half on Saturday. Crew head referee John Goble gave an explanation for why Morant earned both of his technical fouls in a pool report following the game. Late in the second quarter, Morant received his first technical foul as he tried to snag a pass and seemed angry that a foul had been called. According to Goble, Morant was given a technical foul for cursing at an official. The most contentious technical was the second one, which resulted in Morant's expulsion. With 42.3 seconds remaining in the second quarter, the referees dismissed Morant for what seemed to be a chat with a spectator. Morant received his second technical foul for raising concerns about the impartiality of the umpires, according to Goble. The complete pool report on why Ja Morant received his second technical foul is available here. For using obscenities at an offic