‘What just happened?’: Calls for NBA veteran to be cut after ‘inexcusable’ act, ejection

That’s one was to trigger a scene.

Miami veteran huge man Dewayne Demon was ejected from his workforce’s residence conflict with the OKC Thunder on Wednesday (all occasions AEDT) after throwing a therapeutic massage gun onto the courtroom.

Dedmon early within the second quarter was seen arguing with the Heat workers together with coach Erik Spoelstra throughout a timeout, earlier than storming away and throwing the Theragun on the ground throughout dwell play.

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“I was watching during that last stoppage of play during that timeout and Dedmon was having a verbal argument with some of the staff including Caron Butler. Udonis Haslem was trying to step in and calm things down,” ESPN’s Stephanie Ready defined on the tv broadcast.

“I don’t know exactly what escalated the conversation, but it was very heated – I could tell from this distance. When he stormed off, that was what you saw, the result of his frustration with whatever that conversation was.”

It meant a shorthanded Heat facet that was already enjoying with only a nine-man roster – with the likes of Bam Adebayo, Kyle Lowry, Tyler Herro and Caleb Martin all out – was all the way down to an eight-player rotation.

But Spoelstra downplayed the Dedmon incident, telling ESPN: “It’s a regular Tuesday night (EST) for the Miami Heat. We’re in a one-point game and we have some skirmishes on the bench.”

Many had been mystified by Dedmon’s weird blow up together with former NBA coach Stan Van Gundy.

“What possessed him to do that?” Van Gundy posed on ESPN.

“I really don’t care if he’s upset – players can get upset. Granted, players can yell at coaches, I don’t have a problem with that in the heat of the moment.

“Especially on a night when you’ve got nine guys, you can’t do this. You can’t do anything to get ejected from the game when you’re already as shorthanded as the Heat are. That’s inexcusable.”

Some even questioned if it might spell the top of the 33-year outdated’s time with the Heat.

Miami reporter Wes Goldberg highlighted that on the earlier play, Dedmon lacked desperation on the defensive finish didn’t defend the rim because the Thunder scored a simple bucket.

He famous it’s unclear if it’s associated to Dedmon getting so fired up, nevertheless the centre was pulled frm the sport in favour of Orlando Robinson.

No matter, the Heat lead the Thunder 77-75 late within the third behind a giant efficiency from Jimmy Butler, tallying 20 factors, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, three steals and two blocks, whereas Max Strus has added 20 factors.

For OKC, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has 19 factors and three steals and Josh Giddey has racked up eight factors, 9 rebounds and eight assists.