SALT LAKE CITY — Courtney Lee maintains he didn’t direct “inappropriate language” at Memphis’ Dillon Brooks Wednesday.
Referee Derrick Stafford said that’s what led to him calling a technical on Lee with 17.8 seconds left in the Knicks’ 105-99 loss to the Grizzlies.
“Nothing was said inappropriate,” Lee said Friday morning. “If something was said that’s inappropriate, I would tell y’all. I pride myself on being an honest guy. Nothing was said that was inappropriate and nothing was said that was loud enough for him to hear it.”
The teams were lining up for a jump ball with the Knicks down three.