If there were ever a coach primed and ready to be the face of what a “players’ coach” should look like, Toronto Raptors’ Darko Rajaković may have cemented his spot as a top candidate on Tuesday night.
After a tough 132–131 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, Rajaković completely unloaded on the officials for the free throw disparity between the two teams during his postgame presser and Raptors team ambassador and music mogul Drake was seemingly loving every minute of it.
“It’s outrageous. What happened tonight, this is completely b.s.,” Rajaković began. “This is shame. Shame for the referees. Shame for the league to allow this. Twenty-three free throws for them, and we get two free throws in the fourth quarter? Like, how to play the game? I understand respect for all-stars and all that, but we have stars on our team as well.”
