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OK, fine. Add dipping the shoulder to the offensive foul. I just hate that defenders are rewarded for falling over. Unless we're talking about huge mismatches like Giannis against Payton Pritchard, these guys aren't that far apart in physical strength.Indy wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 6:22 amSo guys like Shaq or Giannis could just plow through people and it will never be a foul if they just use their shoulder?Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 9:20 pmI hate the block/charge call on a 1-on-1 dribble drive. Unless a the offensive player clearly extends their off-ball arm to get leverage, I want to see it called a blocking foul every time. I don't care if the defender is "set". Don't fall over like a chump.
Maybe the most wild part about Brooks is that his mechanics look awful. It would be one thing if he were putting up shots that looked good but just missed, but almost all of those are totally out of control like some of the kids in my basketball club who just panic when they receive a pass.bajanguy008 wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 12:50 pmSorry guys
It's me again, with a better edited version and not as long lol
Taylor Jenkins what were you thinking.....
Seriously? Almost everybody in the league is overmatched when Giannis is coming at them at 100 mph.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 1:34 pmOK, fine. Add dipping the shoulder to the offensive foul. I just hate that defenders are rewarded for falling over. Unless we're talking about huge mismatches like Giannis against Payton Pritchard, these guys aren't that far apart in physical strength.Indy wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 6:22 amSo guys like Shaq or Giannis could just plow through people and it will never be a foul if they just use their shoulder?Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 9:20 pmI hate the block/charge call on a 1-on-1 dribble drive. Unless a the offensive player clearly extends their off-ball arm to get leverage, I want to see it called a blocking foul every time. I don't care if the defender is "set". Don't fall over like a chump.
He must only look good against us. Seems like he can't miss when he's playing the Suns.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 1:37 pmMaybe the most wild part about Brooks is that his mechanics look awful. It would be one thing if he were putting up shots that looked good but just missed, but almost all of those are totally out of control like some of the kids in my basketball club who just panic when they receive a pass.bajanguy008 wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 12:50 pmSorry guys
It's me again, with a better edited version and not as long lol
Taylor Jenkins what were you thinking.....
Al Horford and Grant Williams are doing a good enough job so far.Superbone wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 1:50 pmSeriously? Almost everybody in the league is overmatched when Giannis is coming at them at 100 mph.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 1:34 pmOK, fine. Add dipping the shoulder to the offensive foul. I just hate that defenders are rewarded for falling over. Unless we're talking about huge mismatches like Giannis against Payton Pritchard, these guys aren't that far apart in physical strength.Indy wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 6:22 amSo guys like Shaq or Giannis could just plow through people and it will never be a foul if they just use their shoulder?Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 9:20 pmI hate the block/charge call on a 1-on-1 dribble drive. Unless a the offensive player clearly extends their off-ball arm to get leverage, I want to see it called a blocking foul every time. I don't care if the defender is "set". Don't fall over like a chump.
I’ll buy that.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 4:28 pmAl Horford and Grant Williams are doing a good enough job so far.Superbone wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 1:50 pmSeriously? Almost everybody in the league is overmatched when Giannis is coming at them at 100 mph.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 1:34 pmOK, fine. Add dipping the shoulder to the offensive foul. I just hate that defenders are rewarded for falling over. Unless we're talking about huge mismatches like Giannis against Payton Pritchard, these guys aren't that far apart in physical strength.Indy wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 6:22 amSo guys like Shaq or Giannis could just plow through people and it will never be a foul if they just use their shoulder?Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Mon May 09, 2022 9:20 pmI hate the block/charge call on a 1-on-1 dribble drive. Unless a the offensive player clearly extends their off-ball arm to get leverage, I want to see it called a blocking foul every time. I don't care if the defender is "set". Don't fall over like a chump.
It's important to think about the domino effect of what I'm suggesting. Taking away the defender's ability to sell a charge by falling over empowers them to defend with physicality. This would then diminish the offensive player's ability to draw blocking fouls through body contact in order to maintain competitive balance.
The problem with officiating Giannis now is that he initiates so much contact the officials are conditioned to think a foul must've occurred when there wasn't actually a foul committed at all. In many cases the correct call is just "play on", and that's the type of result I would like to achieve. Fewer stoppages, fewer free throws, more skillful basketball.
We're also starting to see the downside of the flagrant foul for "above the shoulder contact". Now every little tap to the head is reviewed and we occasionally get the absurd flagrant fouls like the one Booker was given in Game 4. That stuff never happened before they opened a pathway for players to embellish contact.
Reggie Miller sounds exactly like somebody doing a mocking impression of Reggie Miller.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 10:48 pmReggie Miller is my basketball masochism at this point. Suns only win when he's calling the game but I can't stand anything he says.
I mean seriously though. How could the golden boy get on the floor?! He's going to get dirty and not be quite as golden. It was something to behold. Like Monty Python taught us, that's how you know who's king. He doesn't have shit all over him.AmareIsGod wrote: ↑Wed May 11, 2022 9:56 amI couldn't believe it last night. There was a play when Crowder, I believe, made a great defensive play on Luka, dived on the floor and caused a jump ball. Reggie Miller couldn't stop gushing about Luka. "Luka the DON! Look at him on the floor! This is why he's the greatest!". I couldn't stop shaking my head.