The Indiana Pacers beat the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals to tie the series at 3-3. Center Roy Hibbert was fired up — maybe a little too fired up. Here’s his response in his postgame news conference when asked why he came in 10th in defensive player of the year voting, despite the impact he has had in this series:
(WARNING: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS NSFW LANGUAGE)
On the one hand, Hibbert has a point. The process for awards voting is very flawed and often skews towards players from bigger markets, leaving players such as Hibbert out of luck. The idea that there are nine better defenders in the NBA than Roy Hibbert is laughable.
On the other hand:
Hibbert might get fined for the profanity, but he didn’t say anything out of line. At least, not in that part of the news conference. However, there also was this:
Hibbert is far from the only NBA player ever to say “no homo” or “pause” in an interview or on Twitter, but it’s very disappointing nonetheless. Hibbert probably didn’t mean anything by it, and it shouldn’t be a referendum on his entire character. But maybe pick something else.
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