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HKPackFan · Post #161 » by **HKPackFan** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:58 am

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Did DDV spend time in green bay and learn how to tackle like a safety?

benultimate · Post #162 » by **benultimate** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:15 am

How good is Haime Haquez Hunior

Plossum · Post #163 » by **Plossum** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:17 am

Are there any other angles of the Knicks v Pistons ending? It kinda looked like Thompson lost control of the ball and Donte dived to recover it.

theFireBlanket · Post #164 » by **theFireBlanket** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:02 am

benultimate wrote:How good is Haime Haquez Hunior

Wasn't he supposed to be suspended for the NOLA fight?

sidney lanier · Post #165 » by **sidney lanier** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:45 pm

Plossum wrote:Are there any other angles of the Knicks v Pistons ending? It kinda looked like Thompson lost control of the ball and Donte dived to recover it.

Upon postgame review, we determined that Thompson gets to the ball first, and then was deprived of the opportunity to gain possession of the ball," James Williams said. "Therefore, a loose ball foul should have been whistled on New York's Donte DiVincenzo.
https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/worst-call-crew-chief-admits-missed-foul-pistons/story?id=107570525

I didn't know DDV was a New York Knickerblocker. I'd call this the worst officiating of the year, but the problem is they keep topping themselves.

emunney · Post #166 » by **emunney** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:33 pm

HKPackFan wrote:
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Did DDV spend time in green bay and learn how to tackle like a safety?

I think this is the right call. That's a loose ball and DDV got there. Contact is incidental.

Ron Swanson · Post #167 » by **Ron Swanson** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:41 pm

Sorry but when have you ever been able to body-check a guy at the knees just because he doesn't have full control of the basketball? That's not only a blatant foul, but it's also an incredibly dangerous play. No idea what the refs were looking at there.

BigO · Post #168 » by **BigO** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:54 pm

Horrible non-call, which the NBA now agrees was wrong. The non-call has everything to do with it being Detroit.

emunney · Post #169 » by **emunney** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:07 pm

Yeah on further review I think the L2M is right. Thompson definitely there first. Initially thought DDV was and Thompson ran into him; DDV would be allowed to cut him off in that situation. You can have a lot of contact not be a foul on a true loose ball, which this wasn't.

emunney · Post #170 » by **emunney** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:14 pm

Also Hart hammered Fontecchio before that and Duren did not foul Hart on the +1.

midranger · Post #171 » by **midranger** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:05 pm

Re: throttling offense. Just let perimeter players play defense. Don’t blow the whistle for every bump or slight hand check.

Would decrease over help from corner/wing leading to constant kick outs to role playing shooters. Also would end the constant parade to the FT line for negligible contact that everyone hates. Might make teams rely on post play to space the court for their shooters, which would lead to more variety in play styles.

Anything but transition/3 pointers/Free Throws being the offense for every single nba team.

Matches Malone · Post #172 » by **Matches Malone** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:30 pm

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AussieBuck · Post #173 » by **AussieBuck** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:11 pm

midranger wrote:Re: throttling offense. Just let perimeter players play defense. Don’t blow the whistle for every bump or slight hand check.

Would decrease over help from corner/wing leading to constant kick outs to role playing shooters. Also would end the constant parade to the FT line for negligible contact that everyone hates. Might make teams rely on post play to space the court for their shooters, which would lead to more variety in play styles.

Anything but transition/3 pointers/Free Throws being the offense for every single nba team.

It really is super simple, ignore the swing through fishing foul thing and call illegal screens and we're good.

AussieBuck · Post #174 » by **AussieBuck** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:18 pm

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Ron Swanson · Post #175 » by **Ron Swanson** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:24 pm

Yeah, sadly, they're never calling illegal screens anymore cuz "fREEdom Of mOVemenT". Post play is boring to casuals, so it's no coincidence that the league through the rule changes started forcing bigs away from the basket and reward them for pass-blocking like NFL offensive lineman. Pick-and-roll meta has ruined diversity of playstyles in the NBA and it's depressing.

StickeeFingaz · Post #176 » by **StickeeFingaz** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:32 pm

Summary of Zach Lowe’s Bucks commentary: “The Bucks are a mess. Lets get back to the Warriors, Nuggets, Lakers, Clippers, and Celtics.”

Jez2983 · Post #177 » by **Jez2983** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:09 pm

sidney lanier wrote:
Plossum wrote:Are there any other angles of the Knicks v Pistons ending? It kinda looked like Thompson lost control of the ball and Donte dived to recover it.

Upon postgame review, we determined that Thompson gets to the ball first, and then was deprived of the opportunity to gain possession of the ball," James Williams said. "Therefore, a loose ball foul should have been whistled on New York's Donte DiVincenzo.
https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/worst-call-crew-chief-admits-missed-foul-pistons/story?id=107570525

I didn't know DDV was a New York Knickerblocker. I'd call this the worst officiating of the year, but the problem is they keep topping themselves.

stellation · Post #178 » by **stellation** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:16 pm

AussieBuck wrote:
midranger wrote:Re: throttling offense. Just let perimeter players play defense. Don’t blow the whistle for every bump or slight hand check.

Would decrease over help from corner/wing leading to constant kick outs to role playing shooters. Also would end the constant parade to the FT line for negligible contact that everyone hates. Might make teams rely on post play to space the court for their shooters, which would lead to more variety in play styles.

Anything but transition/3 pointers/Free Throws being the offense for every single nba team.

It really is super simple, ignore the swing through fishing foul thing and call illegal screens and we're good.

It really is super simple...
ignore the swing
through fishing foul thing
and call illegal screens
and we're good.

Yes, yes, I said we're good, y'all
Yes, yes, and we're good
let's have some gabagool, y'all
Good NBA, good gabagool

glenn · Post #179 » by **glenn** » Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:59 pm

StickeeFingaz wrote:Summary of Zach Lowe’s Bucks commentary: “The Bucks are a mess. Lets get back to the Warriors, Nuggets, Lakers, Clippers, and Celtics.”

He’s been ass for a while. ESPN sure knows how to turn people into the worst versions of themselves.

tedbrogen · Post #180 » by **tedbrogen** » Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:05 am

AussieBuck wrote:
midranger wrote:Re: throttling offense. Just let perimeter players play defense. Don’t blow the whistle for every bump or slight hand check.

Would decrease over help from corner/wing leading to constant kick outs to role playing shooters. Also would end the constant parade to the FT line for negligible contact that everyone hates. Might make teams rely on post play to space the court for their shooters, which would lead to more variety in play styles.

Anything but transition/3 pointers/Free Throws being the offense for every single nba team.

It really is super simple, ignore the swing through fishing foul thing and call illegal screens and we're good.

This. Just call illegal screens and that alone would throttle offenses.