thebuzzardman wrote:stuporman wrote:I reluctantly rewatched the end of this game a couple of times and am even more flabbergasted at the soft foul calls given to Wemby, even one when he tripped over his own feet and should have been a travel compared to the significantly more contact Brunson had to finish through without any calls.
The nonsensical jump ball violation the refs literally stealing away possessions at the end of a tightly contested game. Oh and anyone criticizing Mitch fighting through tweaking his ankle to get crucial offensive rebounds and points to put the Knicks in a position to win the game need to grow a pair.
Although, even with all of that against them they had two opportunities to win the game and missed the shots. That's the hardest part of it, they fought back from more than 20 down to give themselves a chance to win the game and just missed the shots. Brutal, absolutely brutal.
It's just one game though even if between that loss and the Bucks win tonight erased any chance of the 2nd seed and now have to fight it out to get the 3rd seed so avoid the Boston bracket. If OG and/or Randle don't come back playing well for the playoffs, it won't matter anyway.
I know eventually he'd get these calls, and the way the NBA is run, he'd deserve them.
In the past, players had to earn, at least pay some rookie dues.
Now the NBA just gifts guys that status out of the gate.
Oh well, that's entertainment!
After two years of nearly everyone in the media beating the drum that he's not that good, he's not a real superstar, he's not 1a, he's not on those other guys level it has to seep into the mindset of the refs because they aren't in a hermetically sealed bubble, they hear it.
He used to get more calls when he's fouled but it seems that when the league wanted to let some of the physicality happen after the AS break to help the defense he got lumped into the same group with the 'foul baiters' so they swallow their whistle on him now.
It's not like he is one of those baiters that constantly throw themselves into defenders and flails away expecting to get bailed out. He drives into the paint with a shifty dribble and pivoting that draws illegal contact from players, which he tries to finish through it. These are two different things.
It seems the refs have conflated the idea he isn't a true superstar so is relying on foul baiting tactics to get bailed out because he's not good enough, and they are tasked with cleaning up that baiting so have taken away and penalize him for the skills that actually makes him a star.
I hope they do eventually give him the respect of calling the actual fouls on him but it's frustrating as a fan to watch how inconsistently they call different players and different teams in the same game. I feel like Thibs just wanting consistency.
If you'd rather see your team fail so you can be right
...you are a fan of your opinion not the team.
?Knowledge is just information stuffed into a mental bag
Wisdom is knowing what to pull out of the bag to do the job
