
Chimezie Metu Rumors
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Position: F
Born: 03/22/97
Height: 6-9 / 2.06
Weight:225 lbs. / 102.1 kg.
Salary: $499,115
Born: 03/22/97
Height: 6-9 / 2.06
Weight:225 lbs. / 102.1 kg.
Salary: $499,115

Kings coach Luke Walton said Memphis Grizzlies center Jonas Valanciunas made a dangerous play when he threw Chimezie Metu to the floor following a fourth-quarter dunk Sunday night in Sacramento. Walton used a different word to describe Valanciunas’ actions after learning Metu will be out at least four weeks with a broken right wrist. “I thought it was a dirty play — still do,” Walton said. “Don’t see how that’s anything resembling a basketball motion or movement. Watched it a lot since and just disappointed.”
The Kings were baffled by the NBA’s ruling after general manager Monte McNair discussed the incident with the league office earlier this week. Game officials gave Valanciunas a technical foul but determined no flagrant foul had occurred. After reviewing the altercation, league officials concurred, an NBA spokesman told The Sacramento Bee.
Kings baffled by NBA ruling
The Kings were baffled by the NBA’s ruling after general manager Monte McNair discussed the incident with the league office earlier this week. Game officials gave Valanciunas a technical foul but determined no flagrant foul had occurred. After reviewing the altercation, league officials concurred, an NBA spokesman told The Sacramento Bee. “In-game, the referees ruled the act to be a dead ball physical taunt and assessed an unsportsmanlike technical foul,” the spokesman said. “Upon league office review, we agree with how it was adjudicated on court.”
Walton said he was disappointed in the league’s response, saying the NBA would have imposed harsher penalties if LeBron James or another star player had been thrown to the floor under similar circumstances. “I don’t think that’s much of a question,” Walton said. “I feel like that’s a certainty more than anything else. It’s player safety. That’s what this league is all about now. It’s come a long way since the 80s, but I think anyone who saw that play knows that it would be different if it was someone else hanging on the rim trying to land safely.”

Jason Jones: “I felt like what happened was definitely wrong.” Tyrese Haliburton on what happened to Chimezie Metu. Said it’s ridiculous for anyone to think what happened to Metu was right or thought he was taunting JV. Said Metu is a hard worker on a two-way contract trying to prove himself.

Sacramento Kings forward-center Chimezie Metu underwent X-ray imaging in Sacramento on Monday which confirmed a right wrist fracture sustained during Sunday’s game versus the Memphis Grizzlies. Metu will be re-evaluated in four weeks and further updates will be provided as appropriate.