Grayson Allen is a dirty basketball player and has been for quite some time. He loves to trip opponents and take them out, all in the spirit of “competition” or so they say.
Grayson Allen has done some appalling things on a basketball court but even he had to have been shaking his head at what Syracuse’s leading scorer Buddy Boeheim did in the Orange’s blowout victory over Florida State on Wednesday.
Boeheim was not called for a foul after he swung his hand into Florida State’s Wyatt Wilkes midsection as he turned to run back to the defensive end, following a made jump shot by Syracuse. No foul was called on the play.
See the video below.
I’ve read a good amount of articles and seen plenty of tweets about this across the internet. To anyone out there who might be writing about this please do everyone a favor and stop saying Boeheim “appears to punch” an opponent.
He does it, it doesn’t just look like he does it, he flat out does it. Did Woody Hayes “appear to punch” the Clemson player when the legendary Ohio State coach was ultimately fired? You’re safe saying Hayes punched that player and you’re safe saying Boeheim did the same.
Boeheim, a senior and the son of legendary Syracuse head coach Jim, has played 120 games for the Orange in his four seasons. Assuming Syracuse has any sense about themselves they’ll do the right thing and not have him in uniform again for this ridiculousness.
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