So.... Ejim's "reaction" to the crowd... Suspension coming?

[ImJustKCClone]

It doesn't reflect well on Ejim, but not a big deal. The Kane thing looked bad, hopefully it wasn't intentional.

The guy caught the ball with a clear shot to the basket...all game he had been keeping the ball high. We were thinking Kane thought he was going to bring the ball up, when he actually lowered it (for once). DID look bad; then again, Hogue a few plays earlier fouled BYU with his lip and drew his own blood, so...

 

[DarkStar]

Re: Ejim gives crowd the bird

I am Ok with playing games with the crowd but there are better ways to mess with them then giving them the birb. I always liked getting the crowd to yell sit down when their player shoots his free throw.

 

[Blandboy]

keep it classy, my fellow Clones!!!

 

[HoraceGrant]

While I would understand if there was a game suspension it's kind of silly if you think about it. How many times does a guy blatantly say the f word on tv---not really much different than throwing the bird.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

Melvin Ejim ‏@M3llyM3I 13m Definitely lost my composure today. I apologize to the byu student section and Iowa state university. What I did was inexcusable and rude.

Class.

 

[awd4cy]

Ejim is not thug lyfe. There will always only be one thug lyfe.

 

[ajk4st8]

Fran said this:

Fran Fraschilla ‏@franfraschilla 16m
Good for him. Tough place! RT @ecizzle: @franfraschilla your boy Ejim flipping off the students in the crowd after fouling out.

hahaha love Fran.

That was awesome!

 

[SenorCy]

Thug Life

 

[Cycsk]

It was great because he faked out the student section on their "sit down!" and in the same motion flipped em the bird. I laughed.

This was a great act of oneupsmanship on the whole BYU student section.

 

[SoapyCy]

/story

 

[Dryburn]

I don't see a reason for suspension, and don't think there will be one. Everyone knows what kind of person and student Ejim is, plus he took full responsibility for it and apologized quickly afterwards. Not happy that he did it, but we all know he likely won't do it again.

 

[bringmagicback]

Re: Ejim gives crowd the bird

perfect example of the man keeping us down. Making ejim apologize for something that never happened.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

It was great because he faked out the student section on their "sit down!" and in the same motion flipped em the bird. I laughed.

Did you catch the move Hogue made? When they were counting his steps, he stopped at a team huddle. With his back to the camera he did this little run in place move, about six fast steps...while the student section tried to keep up.

 

[demoncore1031]

Re: Ejim gives crowd the bird

I have no issue with it at all. If a crowd can heckle a player, or chant things at a player or do a lot of other things, then a player should be able to do something like this to a crowd.

 

[swarthmoreCY]

Re: Ejim gives crowd the bird

Good, although he really should have been giving it to the refs. Ejim and Georges battle guys 3-4 inches taller every night and always get called for phantom **** while the opponents are allowed much more contact.

 

[jsb]

Re: Ejim gives crowd the bird

Doc Sadler just tweeted that he hoped his son was a stand up guy like Ejim. So I am going to go ahead and assume that something pretty bad was said to him and he reacted poorly. No big deal and we could probably stop talking about it now.

Mel could probably flip off every opponents fan base and I would still love him.

 

[Mr Janny]

Re: Ejim gives crowd the bird

Here's a gif of Pete Maravich throwing up two birds. Melvin's in good company.

 

[mitten1975]

Re: Ejim gives crowd the bird

Mel has got a temper.

 

[Ciclone]

Re: Ejim gives crowd the bird

Here's a gif of Pete Maravich throwing up two birds. Melvin's in good company.

Did Pistol Pete tweet an apology?

 

[ISUFan22]

Re: Ejim gives crowd the bird

Keep in mind this was in Provo. While still not ok, no one knows what language may have been used toward Ejim by the fans.