Bldynails

Watch the 76ers and realize that basketball is a waste of time

But where's Ja Rule at

Defensive foul obviously. Nba in 2023

The sad part is most people seem to think this is a clear block. See "the defenders feet are still moving when contact happened". It's so ridiculous that this is what decides what is a block or a charge, Embiid just randomly throws his body against the defender but because his left feet twitches half a second before the contact it's a block

Can you elaborate on rip-throughs? From my point of view being allowed to have your arms somewhere else than stuck behind your back doesn't constitute illegal defense. And even if a defender does something illegal, swinging your arms wildly with 0 intention to shoot just to get a contact shouldn't be allowed, how is this even a debate

For me personally the refereeing has made the nba nigh unwatchable. It's bad enough that travels and carries are virtually never called, especially if you're a star. But what really pisses me off is how offensive players are constantly rewarded for initiating the contact with the defense. Things like rip-throughs (🤢), faking the shot to provoke the defender to jump and then jumping into them, pushing off defenders and then flopping to the ground...theses things happen constantly and just ruin the watching experience. How is it even basketball, they're not trying to score just to make some kind of contact and for some unknown reasons the refs always reward them.

offensive players have all the leeway in the world the carry, travel, shoulder push, push off with the arm, but then defensive players are supposed to be completely motionless, otherwise a contact isn't a charge? How brain-dead is that, how are you supposed to be motionless when a 7''1 giant is running towards the basket. If you don't fucking jump out of the way quick enough it's a defensive foul nowadays, I'm barely exaggerating

I'm just happy for the Grizzlies fans that they picked up a win