Former NBA player Matt Barnes has called him a terrible referee. ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan said everybody in the NBA has a problem with him. Future Hall of Famer Chris Paul has a history of losing almost every playoff game this official was involved in.
There’s no love lost between referee Scott Foster and basketball players as well as fans across the league. There’s even a petition started by fans five years ago to remove him from the NBA.
The Raptors just became the latest victim Monday night when Foster bizarrely tossed Scottie Barnes in the dying seconds of a crucial game against the Denver Nuggets after just one technical for “verbiage which directly questioned the integrity of the crew.