FILE - NBA official Joey Crawford is seen during an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and Milwaukee Bucks, Dec. 20, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File)

FILE - Boston Celtics' Shaquille O'Neal (36) talks with referee Joey Crawford before the start of an NBA basketball game against the New Jersey Nets at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., Dec. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz, File)

FILE - NBA official Joey Crawford is seen during an NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Clippers and Milwaukee Bucks, Dec. 20, 2014, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok, File)

Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James and Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid play during an NBA basketball game, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

FILE - Congressional candidate Ben Jones, center, prepares to watch the Hawks-Pacers NBA game at the Omni arena Nov. 8, 1988, Atlanta, GA. (AP Photo/Joe Holloway Jr., File)

FILE - Golden State Warriors' Baron Davis, right, hugs coach Don Nelson in the fourth quarter of an NBA Western Conference first-round basketball playoff game against the Dallas Mavericks in Oakland, Calif., May 3, 2007. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

FILE - Boston Celtics' Don Nelson (19) goes to the basket against Milwaukee's Cornell Warner (35) during a NBA Championship game, May 12, 1974, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Don Nelson speaks during a press conference before Game 2 of the NBA Finals basketball series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, June 8, 2025, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Kyle Phillips, File)