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Did Grayson Allen deliberately shove a Florida State coach?

Charles Curtis
USA TODAY

Another day, another video that has the potential to be a bad look for Grayson Allen.

During Duke's 88-72 loss to Florida State, Allen went after a loose ball heading toward the Seminoles' bench. After swatting it away, he landed on an assistant and appeared to give him a shove:

Here it is in even slower motion:

In real-time, it may have gone unnoticed - no one brought up the incident after the game. With Allen under serious scrutiny because of his tripping history and recent suspension, fans will treat every replay like the Zapruder film and find examples of questionable play.

But this is the kind of play that sets off alarms. Allen can try to claim innocence - or that he was reaching out to steady himself or even trying to push the coach out of the way to avoid a collision? - because he was flying into the bench, but that looks like a deliberate shove. And just like him fighting through a Boston College screen using his leg on Saturday, the ACC and others could claim there may not be evidence to prove his intentions.

One certainty: It's not going to make Allen's reputation suddenly disappear.

UPDATE: Dennis Gates, the assistant on the end of the alleged shove, sent a tweet with a statement and said it wasn't a dirty play:

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