"That's BS" Chris Webber Reacts To Nikola Jokic's Game 4 Altercation With Jaden McDaniels

Chris Webber pulled no punches on The Rich Eisen Show when asked to weigh in on Nikola Jokic's late-game altercation with Jaden McDaniels.

The scenario: McDaniels scored with 1.3 seconds left in a Timberwolves blowout. Jokic took offense. Webber was not having it.

"That's BS," Webber said. "The fact you want to get mad now, you know, that's one thing."

Webber, who was honest enough to admit he'd done the same kind of thing as a player, said the entire culture of unwritten rules has reached its expiration date. If you're up by ten and the other team is still playing, that's the price of admission.

"The mentality that I have, if I were playing in the league now, when we're up 10, I'mma practice dunks just to do at the end to piss you off," Webber said. "That's what it's going to take. It's no more protocol."

Webber connected the moment to a broader thread he sees running through every sport. He referenced a clip he saw of Reggie Jackson hitting a home run and getting attacked by the pitcher. He referenced the old NFL ethos of acting like you've been to the end zone before.

The through line, in his read, is the same. The complaint about the showboat is misplaced. The answer is on the scoreboard.

"You don't want the guy to dance in the end zone, tackle them," Webber said. "You don't want a guy to hit a home run, strike them out. You don't want a guy to score at the last second because they're up, then win the game."

Webber also flagged the part of the moment that bothered him most. Nobody was actually going to fight. The whole exchange, in his view, was performance for the road crowd ahead of the next game, an attempt to manufacture energy that the team had already failed to produce on the floor.

"That was fake BS," he said. "Plus, nobody was going to fight anyway. You just want to show, oh, I'm frustrated."

Rich followed up by pointing out what Jokic did at the end of the next game, holding the ball as time wound down and tossing it to a Timberwolves player to force a jump ball. Webber was a fan of the move.

"That's so awesome," he said. "I'm from the place where we plant the flag in the middle of your home field, man."

Webber's larger point landed clean. The handshake line is the only ceremonial line that should still matter to him. The four corners of the floor are open territory.

"How righteous of you to come over and start a fight because I score at the end of the game," Webber said. "Get out of here."

The message to anyone offended by a late-game flex was simple, and Webber said it twice. Win the game.