NBA Thread

[Demo]

12 minutes ago, jermhoosierfan said:

It's a huge problem.  I was watching Thunder @ Spurs the other night, and they called a foul on the guy guarding SGA.  The dude was literally standing straight up on a jump shot with SGA's foot tapped his leg, and SGA fell to the floor.  They called the foul on the defender with him just with his hands up.  He didn't touch him outside of the foot tapping his leg.  It is getting out of hand kinda like Brunson's dreads go flying when he gets tapped as if he got shot.  It is pretty bad.

Hate it so much and actually really hate it for what that nonsense is doing to their reputation and legacy. They’re really good and a small market team becoming a monster by just being straight up smarter than everyone else ought to make them crazy easy to root for. Instead, they’re impossible to root for. And it’s not just Shai, it’s obviously cultural. That play the other night with McCain coming to a dead stop in front of Castle was such bull$hit. Not sure I can actually watch a Thunder-Knicks final.

[Stuhoo]

17 minutes ago, Demo said:

Hate it so much and actually really hate it for what that nonsense is doing to their reputation and legacy. They’re really good and a small market team becoming a monster by just being straight up smarter than everyone else ought to make them crazy easy to root for. Instead, they’re impossible to root for. And it’s not just Shai, it’s obviously cultural. That play the other night with McCain coming to a dead stop in front of Castle was such bull$hit. Not sure I can actually watch a Thunder-Knicks final.

A Knicks/Thunder final would be such a must watch, especially if the Knicks get a questionable whistle in MSG. NBA refs are as confident as sports refs can possibly be, but I'm betting that even they can be influenced by an MSG finals crowd.

And fwiw, the cutural floppabilityness of the Thunder is real, but I was fine with McLain feeling someone on his back and putting the brakes on to draw a foul. That time the contact was real and it just seemed like a heady play.

[Hovadipo]

56 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

And fwiw, the cutural floppabilityness of the Thunder is real, but I was fine with McLain feeling someone on his back and putting the brakes on to draw a foul. That time the contact was real and it just seemed like a heady play.

It was even headier when he threw a Walter Payton forearm shiver to Harper’s throat before acting like Harper was The Fridge running him over from behind. 

[Stuhoo]

18 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

It was even headier when he threw a Walter Payton forearm shiver to Harper’s throat before acting like Harper was The Fridge running him over from behind. 

That was simply a badly missed call—probably a flagrant. Different thing than the flopalopolous monster 

forgive my mediocre memory; isn’t there currently a “technical foul for flopping” rule in college?

[Hovadipo]

10 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

That was simply a badly missed call—probably a flagrant. Different thing than the flopalopolous monster 

forgive my mediocre memory; isn’t there currently a “technical foul for flopping” rule in college?

There was, at least. And I seem to remember the NBA fining guys after the fact for it too. 

[Home Jersey]

They just called a ridiculous foul on Fox after a challenge from OKC. His foot barely grazed Chet's thigh.

I don't get it. Basketball is a contact sport. OKC are basketball terrorists and the current NBA product mostly sucks IMO.

[Brass Cannon]

29 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

They just called a ridiculous foul on Fox after a challenge from OKC. His foot barely grazed Chet's thigh.

I don't get it. Basketball is a contact sport. OKC are basketball terrorists and the current NBA product mostly sucks IMO.

Hali could have gone for 50 on 22-26 shooting and the refs would have stolen Game 7 from the pacers. They had their orders.  League is garbage. Just like the refs will ensure the thunder win game 7 of thud series