We’ve seen some soft ejections in the NBA over the years. Last season, J.J. Redick was tossed because a ref didn’t like how he passed the ball back to him. As weird as that ejection was, you probably won’t see a quicker double-technical all season than what sent Kelly Oubre Jr. to the locker room on Sunday night.
He was ejected for doing a gesture that you see pretty often in NBA games.
During the fourth quarter of the Hornets’ game against the Warriors, Oubre finished off a layup at the rim and turned to the ref to ask for a foul call. He signaled that he was shoved on the play, which, again, was pretty mild in terms of complaints directed at refs.
Yet, Oubre would get ejected in a matter of seconds.