No one has to tell Jalen Rose how the NBA really works. He's been around. This is his 12th season and he's been to an NBA Finals and he's been on a team that has begun the season with nine straight losses.
He knows that if you're on a team going to the NBA Finals, you're more than likely to get the call he didn't get last night, a call he should have gotten and a call that might have enabled the young Raptors to record their first victory of the season. He didn't get the call, the Celtics went on to register a 100-93 victory, and all Rose could do was shrug his shoulders in the locker room.