‘Kick him out of the NBA’: US villain torched over filthy act

One of America’s most disliked basketball players took things to a whole new level with an outrageous act that left his rivals seeing red.

What was Grayson Allen thinking?

American basketball star Grayson Allen’s game has grown since he left Duke and the college system.

He’s stronger, has a better jump-shot and perhaps even takes players down with his hands rather than his feet.

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The New York Post reports Allen, whose reputation as a serial tripper grew while with the Blue Devils in college, sent Chicago’s Alex Caruso crashing to the ground in a play that got Allen tossed out of the game and Caruso called “bulls***”.

In the third quarter of Saturday’s match-up between Milwaukee and the Bulls, Chicago had a three-on-two breakaway in which Caruso, at a full tilt, received a pass, leapt in the air and glided to the basket.

Allen undercut him at an angle and didn’t get nearly as high. He used his left hand to hook Caruso’s right arm and send him twirling, and Allen’s right hand then forced its way in, as if blocking a ball that was no longer there.

Caruso hit the ground hard and was down for several moments. He said his wrist was “a little banged up”, though he played through it and X-rays came back negative.

Allen was given a Flagrant 2 foul that ejected him from the game and Bulls coach Billy Donovan hopes the discipline does not end there.

“Really, really bad,” Donovan told reporters after the Bucks’ 94-90 win. “For Alex to be in the air like that, for him to take him down like that, he could have ended his career. And (Allen) has a history of this. That, to me, was really dangerous.“

“I really hope the league takes a hard look at something like that.”

Grayson Allen just pulled a Grayson Allen pic.twitter.com/aRLi7oBGRK

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) January 22, 2022

Alex Caruso fractured his wrist after taking a flagrant 2 from Grayson Allen Friday in Milwaukeepic.twitter.com/NjCJEzo7zu

— Bulls Talk (@NBCSBulls) January 22, 2022

Donovan compared the incident unfavourably with the October play in which the New York Knicks’ Mitchell Robinson tried to block Bulls forward Patrick Williams and didn’t come close.

Robinson got Williams in the face, and Williams landed on his wrist, which resulted in a dislocation. Donovan thought Robinson’s play was fair – it was an attempt at the ball.

The play from Allen was different.

“Dude just grabbed me out of the air. Kind of bulls***,” Caruso said. “I don’t know what else you can do about it. Just glad I didn’t have any major, scary injuries right away.”

Allen, a solid contributor for Milwaukee, has mostly been out of the spotlight since leaving Duke with a nasty reputation.

This was his first flagrant foul of the season and second of his NBA career — but the reaction on social media was savage.

Jason Patt tweeted: “Kick Grayson Allen out of the NBA I don’t care.

“In all seriousness that second swipe should get him kicked out of this game. Dirtbag.”

Dan Katz of Barstool sports wrote: “Jail for Grayson Allen.”

Dale Talde called Grayson a “dirty player” while Richard Jefferson said: “Grayson Allen giggling after receiving a flagrant 2 and being ejected seems pretty on brand for him.”

Ricky O’Donnell of SB Nation tweeted: “Grayson Allen stays the biggest thug in basketball.

“Grayson Allen has been doing this dirty s**t with zero on-court retribution since his sophomore year at Duke.”

I hate Grayson Allen. Dirty.

— Russell Dorsey (@Russ_Dorsey1) January 22, 2022

Caruso never stood a chance.

This story first appeared on the New York Post and was reproduced with permission

Originally published as ‘Kick him out of the NBA’: US villain torched over filthy act