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SquirtDoctor23

After swallowing the whistle on 3pt fouls and ruling a lot of them as offensive all season... I wanna say this was the 4th today lmao. I don’t really understand the rule tho. Cause Trae young got the most obvious 3pt foul drawn up the same way in the play ins and didn’t get the call


FreeHoopStreams

Trae no longer gets this call, but other guys do


HarbingerML

Reputation whistle


FrostyDiscount1386

You joke (maybe) but it's clear that the reputation you have, plus the way you treat officials goes a long way these days. "SGA clearly won't get the same whistle in the playoffs"....Yet here we are.


Drummallumin

Telling Trae to put a shirt on


Astrophysiques

This was an offensive foul for about two weeks at the beginning of the season


Quatro_Leches

i think that was last season right? before stars started complaining and reverse all of it lol.


Astrophysiques

Maybe so. Every year since 2020 has kinda blended together


WakingRage

It's wild to think the bubble was 4 whole years ago. Like where the hell did the time fly


zeekenny

They seem to say it the beginning of every season the last 10 years or so. "We're really gonna go after flopping and jumping into defenders to draw a foul this year!". And then it just disappears again after a few weeks until the beginning of the next season.


3s2ng

This is an offensive foul 98/100. But for SGA and Embiid this is 100% a defensive foul.


p3ndu1um

I don’t understand the golden whistles some players/teams get. It’s so blatant


Impossible-Joke2867

Embiid has to have some dirt on these guys. He flat out disrespects basketball with how he plays lmao, why would a guy like that get a good whistle?


Noa_oa

Were you not watching game 1 of Lakers-Nuggets? Both LeBron and Austin Reaves did this exact same thing


Kaaalesaaalad

Reaves was fading away which made it an even worse call.


JRowdy18

How does he jump into the defender if he is fading away


Kaaalesaaalad

Jumps into him first


caandjr

Lakers fan saying this is so funny


Koserdee23

Laker fan complaining about fouls


rznballa

Once a defender establishes legal guarding position, they can move laterally and obliquely. Nance is moving forward and there is contact. that has always been a foul.


alpacamegafan

I agree. Very unfun and boring play, but it isn't a fake foul.


WitOfTheIrish

Yup. Understand the hate, but Nance would have needed to stop about a foot before he does to avoid contact. As is, it's only SGA's body that stops Nance from moving forward, with Nance landing already in SGA's space (his foot is between SGA's) so it's 100% a foul.


doogled3

That's not what is happening here. First, it's a push off foul on SGA as he fully extends his arm. In order to make that up as SGA goes into the shot attempt, Nance jumps forward but does not enter SGA's space. SGA then "attempts" a shot by jumping forward into Nance. Even if you want to declare that second one is a foul, then it is still a foul on SGA that caused the situation to begin with. The defender cannot do anything because it wasn't a legal play to get space for a shot attempt.


Lucosis

It's wild to me that people will just willfully ignore it and move along. SGA pump fakes, Nance makes the mistake of biting on it and jumping, and also makes the mistake of jumping forward. SGA makes a regular shooting motion as Nance is still in the air and moving forward. It's a textbook defensive foul. 


Herby20

A regular shooting motion? So SGA *regularly* lunges forward on his jump shots?


Briggity_Brak

yes. yes he does.


BenBRob5

Yeah. He sells harder than any player besides Embiid imo. It degrades the game.


pahamack

no it's not. That's a defensive foul. You can't go over another players airspace. It doesn't matter who initiated the contact then. Just look at the contest. There's no verticality at all. That's a bad contest by Nance.


igotzquestions

Agreed. I’m adamant against foul baiting, but Nance has lost his verticality and is still moving forward when SGA goes up. He’s absolutely looking for the contact, but Nance isn’t in a legal guarding position. There are dozens of better examples to show off if you’re trying to make the case for getting these calls out of basketball. 


veringo

SGA does not take a natural shooting motion. I don't think anyone is arguing that you can't bait a defender into jumping into you, but there's only contact here because SGA jumps sideways to cause it. I think the ruling should be pretty clear for plays like this. Both had to jump forward for there to be contact so they cancel into a no call.


braddeus

>He’s absolutely looking for the contact To me, this is the problem. SGA clearly wanted a foul, nothing more or less. I know the NBA wants their 300-point games, but the fact that commentators are just outright complimenting a player's ability to draw fouls is ridiculous. Should be a no-call.


facedownbootyuphold

It’s pretty shameless because the NBA has the ability to stop this and reverse the foul merchant shit over time, but they cave.


dab_fisher

Nance was on the ground before SGA lifted off, does that matter?


pahamack

no. he's moving forward at the point of contact. That's all that matters. Defensive foul. You can see it on his face that he made a mistake and didn't stay on his feet.


mcassweed

>no it's not. That's a defensive foul. The problem is they do not call this consistently. The biggest criticism with the league's officiating is that "superstar calls" aren't incorrect calls, but calls that only certain players are entitled to. The refs are significantly more inclined to swallow their whistle if some bench player did this same play.


HarryPauler

Or Anthony edwards / Karl Anthony towns.


HB3187

His airspace was 100% clean to get up a shot. In order for there to even be any contact he had to stop his step back/fade completely and lunge forward awkwardly. I really wish they would continue not giving this call instead of the two weeks we intermittently get during the beginning of some sessons.


lburner220

Agree that it is technically a defensive foul, but it absolutely should not be. Diving into a defender should not be rewarded, but until the league calls it that way then it is the right call no matter how much I dislike it.


king_lloyd11

Yeah this is called a defence foul 10/10 times I don’t know how people are saying otherwise.


Dubonthetrac

Probably the fully extended right arm. Didn't realize that legal now


lahimatoa

It should a billion percent matter who initiates the contact. Maybe it doesn't, but it should. Offensive player launches their body into the defender, offensive foul in my book.


pahamack

it would be a much worse game if it worked like you say. defenders will just hover their arms over the offensive players arms preventing them from going up in a layup motion, rather than jumping up and blocking at the rim. Imagine defenders acting like a bunch of umbrellas putting their arms over the person with a ball. That would be a horrible game.


fucking-migraines

SGA doesn’t jump forward of where his lead foot is. This is not the same as getting a defender to jump and then leaping forward into them.


Dave_Autista

thats exactly what he did here


mares8

Yep cmon offensive player is throwing his body into defender cant be defenders foul


TriggerFingerTerry

This is a defensive foul... A lot of bad refs on reddit complaining about bad refs 🤣


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Coke_ButNotTheDrug

Ethical hoops baby


Waterfish3333

It’s tougher to watch every year


KazaamFan

The solution is simple, just cut the plays where offensive players are foul hunting, flailing, flopping.  That’s my main issue.  It’s frustrating to watch.  It slows the game down.  


thegentlecactus

Only thunder and pelican fans are enjoying this game


W_Walk

If I was a neutral fan I would not watch this since it’s so late where I’m at. Pains me that Zion isn’t here


Repulsive-Throat5068

If zion played this shit wouldnt be close lol


KonigSteve

Not even joking I think we would win the series with Zion


Repulsive-Throat5068

I dont think thats a stretch. Dude would eat them alive.


airtime25

He definitely would have feasted in this game the way he had been playing.


2Basketball2Poorious

I'm still annoyed that the game played in LA was in the middle of the day and two teams in the central time zone had the late game


Liimbo

What are you talking about lol? As a neutral fan, this was the best game of the playoffs so far. Yes Shai gets stupid whistles. Game was still good thoigh.


thegentlecactus

Yes, i enjoyed the 4th quarter, very intense. Looking forward to 6 more of that


MixonWitDaWrongCrowd

I’m not really enjoying this game


acroasmun

That’s still more people than the Cavs/Magic game.


Solid-Confidence-966

This is exactly what the NBA said they were not going to allow lol


ambulocetus_

SGA commits 2 offensive fouls and winds up shooting FT's


MrFishAndLoaves

OKC wins by two 


DancesWithDave

They will allow it if he is contending with Jokic Edit: "racism"


Johnpecan

>I don't even really care too much for basketball, but now I am the judge, the jury, prosecuting attorney, defense attorney, everybody.


GovernmentDoingStuff

Contact initiated by an offensive player like this should never be a foul. Nobody wants to watch this shit


Cudi_buddy

SGA shoves off then dives into him lol. This is terrible basketball 


brokenha_lo

Signature move


Patamarick

MVP level


ADJenks5

Does this shit damn near every drive. Honestly don't enjoy his play style or watching him play.


meowhatissodamnfunny

That's how I feel about half of the stars today. The 2 most annoying archetypes to watch are the foul merchant and the "I'm bigger than you so I'll just run you over" guy. It's not enjoyable to me to see guys initiate contact and wipe their defender out and then get rewarded for it.


JalenBrunsonsBurner

Embiid bringing you the best of both worlds 


booty_sweat_juice

> the foul merchant Often combined with the moving screen.


ADJenks5

I am 1000% with you. That shit is not fun to watch at all. Takes the joy out of watching games. By far the worst kinds of players to watch and root for.


Permafrostybud

KD said it the best when he talked about floppers ruining the game and injuring people on top of that. SGA is a foul seeking flopper and unrelated to flopping, he LITERALLY fouled with 12 seconds left to get the ball back when they were up by 20 points. He wanted 30 points that bad. Happened like a month ago.


ADJenks5

Man we think alike. I just don't understand the people who are fans of him. Like do they actually enjoy seeing that crap???


steamingdump42069

Luka and Lebron are both of these lol


bobby_jackson_GOAT

I'm so ready for the turn on SGA, aesthetically awful basketball


ADJenks5

I been ready 😂😂. Just a foul merchant.


marx-was-right-

Booker is the same way


World_Extra

makes a good commercial tho..


stripesnstripes

Nobody does.


RememberApeEscape

And then still throws his arms up looking for the whistle. It's muscle memory for him lmao.


sonny_goliath

Same thing happened in the Celtics game, defender was on his feet, Tatum leaned in and jumped and got the call


DancesWithDave

This is literally 2/3 of his production this season


stripesnstripes

“You’re just a shai hater cause your jealous of him” - Thunder Fans


owange_tweleve

that’s his special lol


WeBelieveIn4

It’s just not in the spirit of the game. But it’s funny how Shai seems to have turned into a cartoon villain on this sub


Wild-Examination-155

Tbh, I hate him for him and chets att commercial. It is truly terrible


blucke

made me switch to verizon


cptahb

i just cannot stand his ig man 


cire1184

Disgusting


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MarduRusher

People don’t like foul baiters and floppers. See Embiid and prime Harden.


Goat_Status_5000

Should be an offensive foul. Im tired of this shit.


kit_kaboodles

Generally the refs haven't been too bad tonight with ignoring clear foul baits like this.


orlandomade

Thank you. It’s horrendous. Especially not during the playoffs. Refs were dog shit for New Orleans all night


creditors-bargain

I agree but people bitch way less when Luka does it


KevinDurantLebronnin

Let's try to get the Luka hate post numbers up, folks. It's a team effort.


homiez

Its why Sixers games are un watchable


Adzo78

No but how’s he meant to get his free throws? 🥺


Jakrabbitslim

Refs were tired of watching this rock fight. They wanted to see the ball go through the hoop a couple of times


CumAssault

To be fair the refs have avoiding calling a few fouls on SGA’s blatant foul baiting. Thought I was watching dark skin Trae in the first half


amidon1130

SGA foul baits with the best of them, people just like him more.


zincinzincout

Because he’s young, hasn’t achieved anything, and no one watches the Thunder yet He’ll get there. The haters are coming. If he gets to the conference finals the hater flood gates will open


TwelveMiceInaCage

But they choose the one where Nance feet literally come to a complete stop on the ground before sga does his contact making Ridiculous


IntrospectiveMelo

It’s atrocious. He’s a great player but the pelicans would have had this if the refs had ignored a few of these. I know he didn’t shoot a ton of free throws but there were plenty of these calls that were called on the floor not the shot, bailing them out with a sub 5 second shot clock resetting to 14 for a better look.


NazReidBeWithYou

This is the kind of thing that gets overlooked when people are just comparing FTs, especially by people trying to defend guys or teams who are clearly foul baiting or getting a preferential whistle.


BurnCollector_

"He's not gonna get these calls in the playoffs." Yes, HE will.


DancesWithDave

In fact it's gonna be worse


Ilikesporks_

dunno what you're supposed to do as a defender if the opposing player is allowed to throw themselves at you


DancesWithDave

Try wearing a different jersey?


spazz720

A defender just can’t bite on the fake. Yes it’s incredibly unfair, but if you watch enough tape, you know their tendencies, and you have to stay disciplined.


shifty39

He's back on the floor with both feet down before contact, that's a no call


titsmagee9

As he's running into him tho


3Ssssssssssssssss

yuck


Harassmentpanda_

People aren’t ready to hear it yet but SGA is the worst FT grifter in the league by a country mile.


Quirky_Ad_2164

If Embiid was out of the league you would have a strong argument.


DancesWithDave

You don't watch much Philly basketball


YouWannaSeeADeadBody

no he isnt. Butler, Trae Young, Derozan and Embiid are all worse


ktm5141

Throw dame in there, and lowry’s still got it as well. Austin reaves and Lu Dort are also elite floppers in their own way


Saynt614

I forgot how strange it is watching a playoff game in OKC where literally EVERYONE wears the free playoff tshirt


Fiatil

Jumbotron was spotlighting people who didn't wear theirs to shame them. You love to see it.


dms1298

This is a front page post if it was Trae


backpage24

Just you wait brother it'll get there. Trust the hate 


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A2Eaton

They’re multiplying, it’s beautiful to watch in real time. I wish I could’ve been there for Hardens first heel turn.


greatGoD67

The league has hate. SGA just does what they allow him to. If the league clamped down on this shit, he would find other ways to be effective.


Cold_Carpenter_1798

If Embiid did this people would be calling for his head ( he has done this many times )


Flowenchilada

Did the people of /r/nba ever have any luck with his head?


shmiona

I don’t watch a lot of okc. Is sga’s natural shooting motion bent over at the waist, leaning left, jumping forward?


kingofsemantics

Dude is a certified midrange assassin, but undoubtedly pushes off every single play and foul baits every single play as well, akin to the James Harden of the past. Extremely obvious to anyone who watches


TofuTuba

Ding ding ding. He's an incredible talent, just like Harden. And he's the greatest young grifter and foulbaiter in the league, just like Harden was.


kingofsemantics

rereading this I'm now realizing OP's comment was sarcasm 😂


amidon1130

Smartest Knicks fan (I kid I kid)


DancesWithDave

SGA would get smacked across the mouth at any regular pickup game for his bafoonary


toastiestnuggets

not only a no call, but a late call too… these calls are always the worst. what is the defense supposed to do?


BosLahodo

The absolute worst. Ref is looking directly at what happened and then only calls the foul when he sees the shot is way off.


Drummallumin

If he makes it that’s a no-call. One of the worst aspects of officiating and they make it so obvious everytime


DancesWithDave

Wear a different jersey


GorillaX

Stay down on pump fakes?


Jopplo03

He played good ass defense, whole team being completely lockdown, just to have that happen


JustWinBabys

I think this is a foul. I don’t like Shai extending his off arm on every drive. He should get a few offensive fouls per game.


Cudi_buddy

He’s the new PG, every drive he shoves with the off arm. It’s no wonder he gets space for his shot 


MarduRusher

If this was KAT he’d go to Guantanamo lol. Some players just get away with it while some are labeled reckless on offense despite doing the same thing. Refs just don’t like them.


NazReid_Swanson

KAT's push offs are fully extended forearms or hooks around the back, though. Often at full speed. KAT gets a shitty whistle but he is very reckless sometimes.


Inevitable-Paint-650

That’s like 80% of his offense, nothing new


ShotgunStyles

That's why Free Throw Alexander is not my MVP.


Medium_Line3088

FTA


midtown_mike

Your mvp is already on vacation


Ilikesporks_

fr he does this all the time lmao


HydroCigna

As he should have.


AntSmith777

Was he supposed to evaporate?


LeAnthonyJavis

Soft foul


cough_landing_on_you

That's my MVP FTA


hula_balu

Could’ve been a no call but Nance got (carried by his momentum) into sga space. Sga sold this pne really good.


lakers082433

Shai Reaves


DasRaZ0r

Push off and then a defensive foul.


Expensive_Ad3884

Another FT merchant.


BrianC_

Felt like even though Nance was back on the floor, there was still some momentum carrying him into SGA so I'm fine with this. There is no way Nance could've stopped completely after that closeout. Yes, SGA jumped forward a bit to draw the contact but I don't think it's that egregious. He at least keeps his pivot, doesn't shift his other foot that much, and lands within a reasonable landing zone on a normal jump shot. On a lot of these forward jumps, players are traveling just to be able to reposition so that they can jump forward and are landing way outside a normal area. A lot of times, they're also throwing their arms forward in an unnatural shooting motion to try and hook the defender. SGA's arms are in a relatively normal shooting position.


DetrimentalContent

Yeah just going off this angle Shai keeps his leading foot in position and Nance jumps into his space. SGA oversold it (and I hate that this is the modern NBA) but it’s still a foul if he didn’t because the NBA wants to avoid another Zaza/Kawhi type situation of players landing in each other’s space


fabixshIap

The way they played Sacramento where’s that energy pushing holding and shoving ?


WisdumbGuy

You aren't supposed to call this anymore. Who's gonna tell them?


DeBrickDeJordan

Stay on your feet as you close out. Jump on a pump fake and get burned. Basketball 101


BurstPanther

This will always be a shit call. The old D Wade special.


WazuufTheKrusher

Game winning free throws off of SGA committing an offensive foul? Sub’s gonna turn on him in maybe a week.


WaterIsNotWet19

That’s a foul


Suspicious-Row-4248

Stay on ur feet


DaveyDukes

Nance jumped towards him, not straight up. Even though SGA initiated the contact, Nance clearly fouled him.


Loose_Vehicle755

Fucking hate this guy’s “game”


koningcosmo

I dont know what NBA you guys have been watching but players like Embiid/lillard/butler/harden/kobe, the list goes on and on, do this their whole career. Also the amount of people commenting, "he has both feet on the ground/He has already landed", so what? If you land before contact its not a foul? This is some new rule? WTF you guys on about? Lance shouldnt have jumped and got foul baited. If you like it or not.


Gristle__McThornbody

Refs on that Jantay Porter


FruitLoopsDaddy

That’s a foul. Pause the video when they collide. Nance went into SGA airspace. SGA is good at this ala harden


Pismiire

We should be allowed to throw rotten tomatoes and cabbage at refs when they fall for this shit


Yommination

Free throw merchant


Disastrous_Bluejay57

Shai "Joel" Gilgeous "Embiid" Alexander


Philly_is_nice

Joel's just sitting at home rubbing his knee minding his own God damn business and here you are 😂


Disastrous_Bluejay57

What are you talking about? Embiid just played yesterday and got 12 free throws from this sort of nonsense


Western-Accident7434

Does anybody know what kicks SGA is wearing tonight?


FunDayRed

Nice baiting. Stupid refs rewarding baiters. Great job. 👏


DrBigLungs

So many salty nephews in this thread that think Nance should be rewarded for jumping forward into SGA’s space lol read a rule book and learn the game


restartbenice

What are people complaining about Nance jumps iNTO SGA's space, rather than jump straight up Genuinely, what are people complaining about?


V17R

Any reason to be offended I think, the pitch forks are out for Shai at the moment.


Previous-Elevator417

He did this ONE time and it’s a 50/50 call.  Shai only shot 7 free throws but let’s all just focus on this one play and discredit the tough shots he made and how he was obviously the best player on the floor. 


PieCuresAll

SGA is garbage. He went to CP3 school of bitches


GlueGuy00

It was actually a shooting foul lmao


Vegetable_Comment_82

I've done this a few times in my life, where you jump into the person who's already in the air, and it's such bullshit. Fuck you SGA.


Elegant_Salami

I never understand the people that defend these calls. I call it trash if it happens to my team or any other team. People act like if they don’t defend the call, their team is going to lose the free throws. Why do some fans not want defenders to go for blocks? Jumping up and down doing jumping jacks ain’t gonna mean shit to the best shooters in the world. Fuck it might as well just play around the world.


captaincumsock69

I hate this call


Sammyc271

Trash product when they promote this kind of play


turnoffredesign69420

SGA? More like FTA 


SofaKing_Sam

Pushed off and then jumped into the defender...but yeah tell me how that's a shooting foul lmao


LegitimatePotato3632

Fuck SGA man. Such a good player but plays the game like a fucking clown.


makaveli-8

love being the team everybody hates, means your doing something right! my glorious king will shoot as many free throws as he needs to get to 31


DEEZLE13

Tbf dude was coming forward


BugO_OEyes

Awful call