<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Andrei Kirilenko has a spotless record again. As far as the NBA is concerned, the Jazz forward has never committed a technical foul. Kirilenko received word Wednesday that the league's disciplinarian, senior vice president Stu Jackson, agreed with his contention that he did nothing to warrant earning his first technical foul in the Jazz's 95-86 loss to San Antonio on April 4. That means Kirilenko can keep his automatic $1,000 fine, which he said means nothing to him. And he can keep his reputation for good sportsmanship, which means quite a bit. "I'm glad there was little investigation, because definitely this was not a situation for a technical," Kirilenko said. "I just think sometimes things get too sensitive for referees." That seemed to be true in this case, the NBA ruled. Kirilenko said he was grabbed on the arm as he came down with a rebound, and yelled at the impact, though not in the direction of official Joe Forte. But Forte whistled him for a technical anyway. "I was not saying anything to him," Kirilenko said. "I'm not really using cursing words, even in Russian. I would never say something disrespectful to referee. Maybe something like, 'Hey, c'mon, go buy glasses.' Or 'you should blow the whistle.' Something more appropriate." </div> Source
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting MrJ:</div><div class="quote_post">To my knowledge, only Walt Frazier has 0 technical fouls.</div> Wow, that's an elite group AK is with
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Marbire:</div><div class="quote_post">Maybe his wife will give him more allowance on women if he doesn't get any technical fouls....</div> This would explain why he was so adament about getting it revoked.
