Florida State Assistant Says Grayson Allen Didn’t Commit a ‘Dirty Play’

Florida State assistant coach Dennis Gates says that Grayson Allen did not commit a dirty play during FSU’s win on Tuesday night.

“That was not a dirty play…he dove after a lose ball,” Gates Tweeted in reference to Allen’s dive toward the FSU bench.

Here’s the video:

Grayson Allen has serious issues pic.twitter.com/yEaIusuiRF
— Atlanta Sports Guy (@Atlantasportguy) January 11, 2017

Allen was coming off a one-game suspension for his latest tripping incident and was booed when he touched the ball. A year ago, he tripped FSU’s Xavier Rathan-Mayes, who said he was looking forward to seeing Allen again and promptly dropped 21 points in the win.

I want to make this very clear! #givegraysonabreak @ESPN @TDOnline @Warchant @Noles247 @GraysonJAllen @DukeMBB pic.twitter.com/3gKBNWfUIC
— Dennis Gates (@coachdgates) January 11, 2017

Written by Adam Zagoria

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