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Fans have been vocal for a really long time about how rapidly NBA officials blow the whistle to call technical fouls and eject players. It’s one of the reasons why the league’s fastest ejection times range from less than three minutes to just over a minute. Since Rasheed Wallace is the king of technical fouls, it is likely that he will appear on the list. Wallace holds the record for most ejections in NBA history with 29 and is third on the all-time technical fouls list with 317 behind Karl Malone (332) and Charles Barkley (329).
Rasheed Wallace – (1:25)
Rasheed Wallace is on top of the list when it comes to ejections in the NBA. He likewise holds the record for the quickest ejection ever at only one minute and 25 seconds. It occurred on December 2, 2012, when he was playing for the New York Knicks against the Phoenix Suns. Wallace was discontent with a call and was called for a technical foul. The big man yelled, “Ball don’t lie,” after Goran Dragic missed the bonus free throw. The ball surely didn’t lie right now, yet it likewise caused a subsequent technical foul.
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Isaiah Thomas – (1:28)
Isaiah Thomas missed the chance to break Rasheed Wallace’s record in a game on January 3, 2020, by just 3 seconds. Thomas was playing for the Washington Wizards when he got caught right off the bat in the game by the Portland Pioneers. He got into a physical fight with referee Marat Kogut, who called him a technical foul and threw him out right away. The other officials looked over the situation and decided that Thomas was disqualified. Players are not permitted to connect with the referees regardless of what the circumstance.
Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Jaden McDaniels – (1:43)
Jaden McDaniels, Draymond Green, and Klay Thompson are all tied for the third-fastest NBA ejection. Early in the Golden State Warriors-Minnesota Timberwolves game on November, all three players were ejected. The most bizarre brawl followed Thompson and McDaniels’ jersey-twisting brawl. Green put Rudy Gobert in a wrestler’s hold that began the Heroes star’s turbulent year that was loaded with suspensions.
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