Jason Kidd lets his opinion on "flopping" be known

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The Brooklyn Nets almost had the greatest comeback in NBA Playoff history Wednesday night overcoming a 22-point fourth quarter deficit to tie the game in the final minute only to have a few non-calls affect the comeback.

The beginning of this first round battle had the young and whiny Toronto Raptors telling anyone with a microphone that they weren’t getting “the calls” and the refs need to make note of it.  As the series has gone on it seems that the flopping Raptors are getting a ton of calls and the Nets cant seem to get a single call.

It has been quite a shock to say the least watching the youthful Raptors get some astonishing calls on both ends of the floor in this series.  The non-call of the foul on Shaun Livingston was blatant and right in front of referee Tom Washington and he still did nothing,

Joe Johnson took 23 shots last game and ended up taking a single free throw.  Is that normal?

Jason Kidd is fed up and took the off day as a chance to do what the great coaches do in the playoffs and let the refs know what they missed and how lopsided the foul situation has been.  This is the first time that Kidd made a statement like this to anyone this season as he has been pretty calm in steering this ship.

Here is what Kidd said:

Joe Johnson shot only one free throw last night. “Mind-boggling.” Kidd said. “They didn’t blow the whistle.” #Nets

— Mike Mazzeo (@MazzESPN) May 1, 2014

“If flopping is the way to go, maybe we should play that game.” — Kidd — Stefan Bondy (@NYDNInterNets) May 1, 2014

Kidd on end of G5: “Shaun made a heck of a play to come up w/ rebound & get fouled right in front of Tom Washington, but no call was made.” — Andy Vasquez (@andy_vasquez) May 1, 2014

Jason Kidd is cruising toward a criticizing officials fine. Also, he’s correct.

— devin kharpertian (@uuords) May 1, 2014

“If flopping is the way to go, then we have to maybe play that game,” Kidd said, adding about Joe Johnson: “Unfortunately he doesn’t flop.”

— Andrew Keh (@andrewkeh) May 1, 2014

Jason Kidd planted the seed for more favorable officiating in Game 6. Mentioned lack of calls repeatedly in Game 5 on his conference call — Ohm Youngmisuk (@NotoriousOHM) May 1, 2014

But when he wants to make a point, as he did with the officials today, he knows exactly how to do so. And, in this case, it’ll work. — Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) May 1, 2014

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