OT - Okafor rejects Durant above the rim at the rim
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Re: OT - Okafor rejects Durant above the rim at the rim
That was a block man. He had the ball blocked first. Durant lost possession of the ball after.
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Re: OT - Okafor rejects Durant above the rim at the rim
About as clean a block as you can have. Ball first, then contact is a defensive play on the ball. Contact first, then missed/contested shot is a foul.
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he follows through with his arm swinging downward. clear foul. if he kept his arms straight up it'd be cool. good for okafor. still a huge bum. remember when bosh dropped 27 points on him on 9/9 shooting? lol
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Those of you calling that a foul should be ashamed of yourselves.
Its a hard call for a ref in the heat of the moment but you have slo mo replay showing contact with the ball before momentum created contact.
Dick Bavetta loves you though.
Its a hard call for a ref in the heat of the moment but you have slo mo replay showing contact with the ball before momentum created contact.
Dick Bavetta loves you though.
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durant still had control of the ball after okafor made contact with the ball tho :/ (see pic by Volcano) and okafor followed through and hacked his whole arm. nba is soft/refs are corrupt is the meme+agenda though i guess? cool.
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tracey_nice wrote:durant still had control of the ball after okafor made contact with the ball tho :/ (see pic by Volcano) and okafor followed through and hacked his whole arm. nba is soft/refs are corrupt is the meme+agenda though i guess? cool.
Okafor got ball, Durant's momentum created the arm contact as he pushed through for the dunk. No foul
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S.W.A.N wrote:Those of you calling that a foul should be ashamed of yourselves.
Its a hard call for a ref in the heat of the moment but you have slo mo replay showing contact with the ball before momentum created contact.
Dick Bavetta loves you though.
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S.W.A.N wrote:Those of you calling that a foul should be ashamed of yourselves.
Its a hard call for a ref in the heat of the moment but you have slo mo replay showing contact with the ball before momentum created contact.
Dick Bavetta loves you though.
It's tough to see live, so I have no problem with the non-call, but in hindsight with replay, it's an obvious foul.
DURANT STILL HAS THE BALL AFTER OKAFOR GRAZES IT. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF HE TOUCHED THE BALL FIRST. HIS FOLLOW THROUGH AFTERWARDS WAS A COMPLETE FOUL.
LEARN NBA.
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S.W.A.N wrote:tracey_nice wrote:durant still had control of the ball after okafor made contact with the ball tho :/ (see pic by Volcano) and okafor followed through and hacked his whole arm. nba is soft/refs are corrupt is the meme+agenda though i guess? cool.
Okafor got ball, Durant's momentum created the arm contact as he pushed through for the dunk. No foul
he didn't "get" the ball, he altered it at first and Durant was STILL palming it.
Instead of stopping it head on, he changed it's course of direction while Durant was still controlling it. His follow through was swatting it down on Durant's wrist..THAT part was a foul. It wouldn't have been a foul if Okafor kept his hands straight up in the air.
Ignore everything before the moment of the screenshot that i took. The sequence of events is: 1) ball in Durant's hands 2) Okafor hits Durant's wrists downwards and gets no ball
It doesn't get any simpler than that.
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Re: OT - Okafor rejects Durant above the rim at the rim
Jason Maxiell still has the best highlights of meeting guys at the rim and blocking dunk attempts.
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Volcano wrote:S.W.A.N wrote:tracey_nice wrote:durant still had control of the ball after okafor made contact with the ball tho :/ (see pic by Volcano) and okafor followed through and hacked his whole arm. nba is soft/refs are corrupt is the meme+agenda though i guess? cool.
Okafor got ball, Durant's momentum created the arm contact as he pushed through for the dunk. No foul
he didn't "get" the ball, he altered it at first and Durant was STILL palming it.
Instead of stopping it head on, he changed it's course of direction while Durant was still controlling it. His follow through was swatting it down on Durant's wrist..THAT part was a foul. It wouldn't have been a foul if Okafor kept his hands straight up in the air.
Ignore everything before the moment of the screenshot that i took. The sequence of events is: 1) ball in Durant's hands 2) Okafor hits Durant's wrists downwards and gets no ball
It doesn't get any simpler than that.
^+juan. yeah. really not that complicated lol. durant still had full control of the ball AFTER okafor got the block. THEN okafor followed through and hacked his arm. obvious foul.
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tracey_nice wrote:Volcano wrote:S.W.A.N wrote:
Okafor got ball, Durant's momentum created the arm contact as he pushed through for the dunk. No foul
he didn't "get" the ball, he altered it at first and Durant was STILL palming it.
Instead of stopping it head on, he changed it's course of direction while Durant was still controlling it. His follow through was swatting it down on Durant's wrist..THAT part was a foul. It wouldn't have been a foul if Okafor kept his hands straight up in the air.
Ignore everything before the moment of the screenshot that i took. The sequence of events is: 1) ball in Durant's hands 2) Okafor hits Durant's wrists downwards and gets no ball
It doesn't get any simpler than that.
^+juan. yeah. really not that complicated lol. durant still had full control of the ball AFTER okafor got the block. THEN okafor followed through and hacked his arm. obvious foul.
No, Okafor clearly goes up and gets full ball. The contact with Durants wrist is on the follow through caused by Durant pushing forward.
You guys are acting like there are two seperate plays, the initial block then the subsequent contact on the wrist. In this case they are not. The initial contact is on the ball, the rest of the play is incidental contact.
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durant still had control of the ball after the block!!!!!!!
w/e though.
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J Dilla wrote:That was dirty. RIP Kevin Durant
I've been wanting Okafor for a long time now, if you can swap Oak for Bargnani, you do it in a heartbeat. He won't demand a lot of shots I think he'll be a perfect fit here beside Davis.
If I remember correctly, when Bosh was still here, a trade was proposed that would send G.Wallace/Okafor from the Bobcats for Bargnani. Jesus...
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Re: OT - Okafor rejects Durant above the rim at the rim
Hell yeah boy!
And it was a clear block, you can see it live. That camera angle lies to you. Emeka grabbed the ball from one side of the ball while Durant was still pushing it from another. They hands touched because the ball is round and was rocketing away because of the pushing force. By no means KD was in control of the ball at that point. Again, camera angle. I doubt Durant even noticed Emeka touched him in that played.
And it was a clear block, you can see it live. That camera angle lies to you. Emeka grabbed the ball from one side of the ball while Durant was still pushing it from another. They hands touched because the ball is round and was rocketing away because of the pushing force. By no means KD was in control of the ball at that point. Again, camera angle. I doubt Durant even noticed Emeka touched him in that played.
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Wtf do people think blocks are?
You don't tap the ball, you smack it saying "GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE"
Durant was still moving forward while Okafor was blocking, and bumped into Okafor's swat.
You don't tap the ball, you smack it saying "GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE"
Durant was still moving forward while Okafor was blocking, and bumped into Okafor's swat.
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As others have said, he made first contact cleanly with the ball and incidental contact after while Durant still had his hand on it. Even if the first contact wasn't so clearly and obviously on the ball the hand is considered part of the ball while an offensive player has the ball in his hand specifically to allow spectacular plays like this (and swipes at the ball from guards) to happen. Few refs would ever have the guts to allow plays Ike that to go on otherwise as it would be far too difficult to know if a defender only "got ball."
PS -These 2 have a pretty solid little rivalry going. Ballislife has the videos breakdowns here:
http://ballislife.com/emeka-okafor-reje ... ach-other/
PS -These 2 have a pretty solid little rivalry going. Ballislife has the videos breakdowns here:
http://ballislife.com/emeka-okafor-reje ... ach-other/
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Say what you want...very impressive block! Hardly anyone blocks him like that.
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KD doesn't make the same mistake twice though. Didn't he switch the ball to his left hand and slam over Veasly in the same game?
Okkafor is a good shot blocker. He has solid D awareness and is a very good rebounder. He did his job challenging that shot. That's his job. You might only actually block 1 of 20 of them but at least he knows his job and goes for it even though he knows he may get posterized. If only we could bottle that and feed it to certain Raptors who would have run for cover and hidden behind the ball girl.
Okkafor is a good shot blocker. He has solid D awareness and is a very good rebounder. He did his job challenging that shot. That's his job. You might only actually block 1 of 20 of them but at least he knows his job and goes for it even though he knows he may get posterized. If only we could bottle that and feed it to certain Raptors who would have run for cover and hidden behind the ball girl.