Ex-NBA star Richard Jefferson slams colleague's take on court-storming consequences: 'Dumbest thing'

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Richard Jefferson blasted his ESPN colleague’s take on court-storming after Jay Bilas suggested those who enter the playing field to celebrate upset victories should be arrested for the action.

Jefferson, who played several years in the NBA after a standout collegiate career with Arizona, took apart Bilas’ take on ESPN’s "NBA Today."

"That’s gotta be the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard in my entire …," Jefferson said on Monday. "Did he say detain 10,000 people? Did he say give 10,000 people citations?"

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Wake Forest Demon Deacons fans storm the court after a win over the Duke Blue Devils at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Feb. 24, 2024 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. (Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

Jefferson said he has had the court stormed on him as a player a handful of times, and "it sucks."

"But this is about college basketball, this is about college football. To say something, and I love Jay Bilas – a legend in this game – that is asinine to suggest that," he continued. "Because for me, when you look at this, yeah, get your players off the floor. … But this is a part of college sports, it always has been, for what? Forty years? Fifty years?

"You know what? Even in football. You’re gonna stop all the people from running on the field when Alabama loses to Florida A&M? No, you’re not going to stop it. Figured out a way to protect your players. Again, we’re talking about one situation, two situations over the course of how many court stormings?

"We get it. But let’s not get old and get the ‘Get off my lawn, get a citation, let’s arrest them all.’ Do we know what we’re