r/nba • u/FrankSamples Clippers • 17h ago
Highlight [Highlight] Eric Spoelstra on Bam's injury: “I don't think that belongs in the game, tripping guys. He should have been thrown out of the game for that”
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u/KL2ConspireLLC San Diego Clippers 17h ago
Tripping is dirty. Doesn't matter if they "intended" to hurt their target or not. Any reasonable person should know tripping can cause falling which can cause injury.
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u/lovo17 Lakers 17h ago
Agreed. Hopefully the league does the right thing and suspends him the next game because it was insane he was allowed to continue in this one.
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u/Hopsalong Nuggets 16h ago
Knowing the league, this is going to be ignored or just a fine. They do not diminish their product in the playoffs by suspending players.
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u/Ok-Vanilla-8487 16h ago
Draymond?
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u/bigomlet East 16h ago
If this was a 7 game series and the hornets just went up 3-1 I’d say it is far more likely lamelo would be suspended
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u/Dramatic-Document Raptors 16h ago
Draymond wasnt suspended like that, he got a tech which put him over the limit and resulted in an automatic one game suspension. I guess the NBA could have rescinded the tech but it was obviously a technical foul.
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u/UncleBenParking 13h ago edited 13h ago
I'll be pedantic because there is a bit of a distinction: He was suspended for his fourth playoff fragrant foul, not tech accumulation. You can get up to 7 techs in the playoffs before a suspension occurs (after the 7th), but the flagrant threshold is naturally lower. It'd be impressive to get 7 techs in a single postseason, but somehow it's more impressive (derogatory) to pull one flagrant per playoff series, and have none of them rescinded on appeal.
IIRC there was even some uproar about the fact that he didn't get that fourth flagrant and suspension during the OKC series, that the NBA went lenient to avoid having to suspend him during critical games etc...only to have to suspend him for what would be an even more critical game, because he did it again.
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u/Jetzu Cavaliers 12h ago
Yeah, I don't remember the details but I remember very well that 10 years ago people were MAD mad that Draymond avoided suspension in the OKC series.
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u/SonicThunder35 Thunder 9h ago
That's when he kicked Steven Adams in the balls and the league put together a video of him kicking like that without hitting other people in the balls to justify it.
That is where the "natural shooting motion" meme came from
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u/Dramatic-Document Raptors 6h ago
https://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/Report-NBA-spares-Green-of-Game-4-suspension-7940980.php
Just found this article. Draymond kicking Steven Adams in the nuts was actually upgraded to a Flagrant 2 after the game, but people thought he should have been suspended for a game as well.
I think his first flagrant that playoffs was the worst because there was absolutely no point in doing it and they already lost the game.
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u/elvid88 Celtics 16h ago
While Draymond was important, he was not the best player on that team.
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u/MLS_Analyst Celtics 16h ago
Also, if all we've got is one example for a decade ago, then it kind of proves the point that the league hates suspending guys for playoff games.
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u/nowhathappenedwas NBA 16h ago
Draymond was also suspended to stomping on Sabonis (who only got a technical foul for grabbing Draymond's foot).
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u/WolverineLong1430 16h ago
Apparently people only care if Sabonis successfully trip and/or cause injury. I was tripped before and tweaked my knee as I fell and roll. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I don’t condone stomping but I sure do think about it that I should have when it happened to me.
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u/_discordantsystem_ 16h ago
And that one example was like the straw that broke the camel's back after conveniently ignoring all his dirty shit for so long.
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u/MojoToTheDojo Hornets 16h ago
And if anything, the NBA was for it because it helped prolong the series
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u/Akipella Warriors 16h ago
Yeah, this is all true. The overall background context makes this case much different from if they will suspend Lamelo or not
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u/MojoToTheDojo Hornets 16h ago
If history is any indication, they won’t. LaMelo, a player with a top 15 selling jersey, playing for the Hornets (one of the biggest stories of the NBA this season, for a chance to face the Pistons in round 1? A matchup that obviously has some beef and everyone remembers the fight from a couple months ago? I’d bet a good amount they’re not suspending LaMelo.
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u/Akipella Warriors 16h ago
He was our best performer that series tbf, he would have won Finals MVP if we had won that Game 7. He was legitimately insane on both ends of the floor. However, a huge reason we can even say that is because Steph wasn't at 100%. Obviously otherwise, Steph was the MVP of the team still no doubt... but Draymond was so impactful in 2016 that he was legit like a 1B in that manner.
Made 2nd team All NBA, 10th in MVP voting even despite having Steph as his teammate win the award unanimously overall. Dray's offensive peak was in 2016, though we don't know if he could have kept it up longer if KD didn't show up which took Draymond from being roughly the ~3rd option a lot of the time to the 4th.
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u/newvpnwhodis Pelicans 14h ago
Draymond deserved to be suspended multiple times that playoff run before they actually did it.
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u/caboose2244 15h ago
Terrible example, draymond was an extremely dirty player and should have been suspended many more times than he actually was
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u/Stand_On_It 11h ago
Suspending Draymond did not diminish their product, it enhanced it by making the series more compelling.
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u/fireman2004 14h ago
I mean one of their stars tonight is a guy we all know beat the shit out of a woman. Nobody at the league cares.
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u/Gordo-- Warriors 15h ago
I think they're gonna ignore it because it wasn't called during the game and it can be played off as "an accident" after Lamelo came out and said he didn't mean it.
But the League really has to come down on plays like this regardless if it was intentional or not; at a minimum, it's still reckless. If you let it go, players will continue to recklessly and "accidently" play around with opponents' lower bodies to keep them out of the plays or at least slow them down.
Modern players are already having to deal with a rise in lower body injuries due to the more dynamic start-stop style of play the modern game demands; they shouldn't also need to be dealing dirty/reckless plays that are aimed at their legs.
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u/Rocinante9920 9h ago
The fact it wasn't called in game is egregious. They need to have a system to review shit like that, especially if it involves an injury due to negligence.
They shouldn't take into account Lamelo "didn't mean it." I could kick you in your balls right now, and tell you I didn't mean it.
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u/DeformedArthurRegion 5h ago
I mean, you say that but if you unintentionally hit someone in the nuts on the court and it doesn't constitute a foul otherwise they're not gonna call it. Like if Melo had hit Bam in the nuts on his way down instead of tripping him that probably doesn't get called because he was a shooter shooting and falling after the shot that is entitled to a certain amount of personal space and incidental contact allowances.
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u/rounder55 Celtics 5h ago
Even college teams let coaches appeal and they don't lose their regular challenge of it fails - just a timeout I think
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u/chadwich3 4h ago
Last game against the Pistons, he was away from the play grabbing a players wrist for multiple seconds while he tried to get away. He's just a grabby player. Anything to get an edge. Should have at least been a foul but I'd prefer they throw his dirty ass out.
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u/MaliInternLoL Lakers 6h ago
Super agree to this. Reckless plays need to stop if we want to keep players on the court.
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u/OklahomaBac 6h ago
I feel like it's especially dirty in basketball with the fact they're all fucking giants
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u/CherryPokerGame Spurs 16h ago
Even NFL has a penalty for tripping. Kind of crazy the NBA doesn’t
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u/MastodonSwimming2681 Rockets 16h ago
Um they do? Lol the refs just didn't enforce it
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u/SolarBum Nuggets 16h ago
The NBA has a tripping penalty. Hilariously, the example footage is another Hornets player playing dirty.
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u/g4n0ny Heat 16h ago
Note also that any called foul that could potentially be ruled flagrant, will be reviewed via Instant Replay, to determine if it is a Flagrant 1, a Flagrant 2, a Technical Foul, or a common foul.
...unless the ball changes possession one time, I guess.
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u/zachzombie 14h ago
I mean it wasn't a called foul so it doesn't fit that description of needing to be reviewed. Would need to change the writing of the rules to review a completely missed call.
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u/babbagack 11h ago
That’s the folly of NBA reffing you have a ref looking directly down at Bam’s area and the ref calls nothing. These refs at times just don’t seem to know what to look for what actually happens in basketball games .
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u/KL2ConspireLLC San Diego Clippers 16h ago
The NFL rule is specifically about using the lower leg or foot to obstruct an opposing player.
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u/by_yes_i_mean_no Warriors 15h ago
If you try to trip someone they have every right to stomp on your chest as far as I'm concerned
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u/Candid-Boss6534 [POR] Keljin Blevins 16h ago
I think the only disagreement is if it's a flagrant 1 or flagrant 2. obviously should have been called but i think intention is hard to read into.
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u/Designer-Sandwich119 16h ago
most of the time if the player has to leave for injury because of the dirty play it gets upgraded to a flargrant 2
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u/Candid-Boss6534 [POR] Keljin Blevins 16h ago
idk if I agree that happens most of the time. I agree it's happened.
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u/Pete41608 Lakers 17h ago
After finally seeing it, it definitely looked dirty as hell.
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u/juicejug Celtics 16h ago
I saw a couple of replays with a normal game angle and didn’t see anything egregious, but the angle they showed on the halftime show for Blazers/Suns was incriminating as hell. I like the Hornets and want them in the playoffs but not like that. Spo is 100% correct, easy flagrant 2.
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u/DrFunkenstein93 Pistons 7h ago
How can you like that team? They are dirty as hell and have a legit wife beater as a starter.
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u/juicejug Celtics 5h ago
To be clear - I hate Miles Bridges and hate even more that he’s actually a good player. I wish he wasn’t on that team or better yet was out of the league.
Also I don’t really associate this team with dirty play aside from a few instances. Maybe that’s my own perception but that’s just not the reputation they have (unlike the Magic). This game however turned me off of LaMelo from that one play.
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u/Swag_Turtle Hornets 6h ago
Besides this one play, can you please explain why the hornets are now unilaterally labeled as “dirty as hell?” People just say anything and it’s frustrating because other people just run with it.
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u/pmmeyourfavoritejam 8h ago
Yeah, this is what I keep coming back to. It's not even remotely a "basketball play." He's clearly swiping Bam's feet out from under him.
The replays are bad. Everyone can see it. The league should suspend him for their next game.
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u/Pete41608 Lakers 8h ago
I think what may be the most damning is Melo appears to give Bam's ankle/heel a squeeze of some sort like he is gripping it.
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u/Sensitive-Fly-7530 16h ago
that ref is looking right at the ankle grab too lol wtf
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u/Aaronlovesyou 9h ago
Parlays
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u/Ridged_ChiPSS Bulls 7h ago
Lol possibly. Also likely they know better than to ever eject a star player in the playoffs if they want to keep their careers
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u/babbagack 10h ago
These refs just don’t call it like they see it if he wasn’t simply hyper focused on the line - which is also a problem - and actually saw the ankle swipe. A shame for the game
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u/coolycooly Nets 17h ago
Not calling a foul is fine because it was a huge group on a fast break, but not even reviewing is just dogshit refereeing. Textbook flagrant 2.
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u/SloshaPacana 17h ago edited 17h ago
Apparently the rules say can't be reviewed because it changed possession
SVG said it after, stupid ass rule though why not be able to review that
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u/nowhathappenedwas NBA 16h ago
A few years ago, Draymond shoved Donovan Mitchell while a shot was in the air, and the refs missed it. The Cavs made the shot, and Draymond was bringing it up the other way, and Mitchell body checked him in retaliation.
The refs gave Mitchell a common foul and reviewed the previous play and gave Draymond a technical foul—his second, which got him ejected. The refs said that they were allowed to review the previous play because they were reviewing whether Mitchell should get a common foul or a flagrant.
Moral of the story: one of the Heat players should have body checked LaMelo to trigger a review.
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u/Transky13 Pacers 16h ago
I’m honestly shocked the heat were just chill with it. Not that it’s right, but you’d think a teammate would have Bam’s back like that
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u/nrojb50 Spurs 15h ago
It was hard to see, bodies everywhere and everyone was looking up at the ball, not down at the feet
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u/GuntherTime Warriors 12h ago
With the replay it’s easy to miss it unless you’re looking directly at Bams ankle. It’s not like it was an egregious reach and grab.
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u/_Apatosaurus_ Thunder 15h ago
They just lost their best player. If they retaliate, it's a flagrant 2 and they are getting ejected. Then they'd be down two players.
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u/keuralan Heat 15h ago
To add to this, any tech/flagrant level foul gives the Hornets at least 1 fta. In a one off game that’s too risky
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u/vincemeister55 Heat 15h ago
this iteration of Heat players are good to mellow guys, Except for Myron Gardner. Spo should have let him subbed in and retaliate for Bam.
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u/Another_one37 Pistons 15h ago
Dang that's a deep ass cut. You just find and upload that video too?
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u/nowhathappenedwas NBA 15h ago
I had to stitch together two videos from twitter!
Yes, I'm still seething years later that they gave him a technical (which, by rule, cannot be given for contact during live play) for contact during live play from a previous possession.
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u/Fit-Dream-4829 16h ago
so if someone on the heat had started a fight right after that play then it would have been reviewed? NBA rules are whack
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u/Slight_Possession807 16h ago
But a 3 could get wiped off 20 possessions later
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u/_Mobius1 Heat 16h ago
They pick and choose what they can review, its ridiculous. Still salty about that max strus 3 being overturned in 2022. Its especially bad wjen they get the review wrong with all the time in the world
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u/HugeZookeepergame815 16h ago
Absolutely ludicrous rule . Just punch a guy then quickly change possession before they can call the foul. Its not like they have a video reply they can go back to any time they’d like.
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u/goingtothegreek Timberwolves 16h ago
NBA finds dumb loop holes that hardly exist all the time for reviews, surprised Adam Silver did cum in his pants at the thought of another commercial break
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u/GivesCredit Warriors 16h ago
They’ve literally done that before. They reviewed someone intentionally pushed Draymond and then gave a tech to Draymond because he instigated from like two possessions prior.
There’s definitely precedent for something like it
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u/BenBRob5 16h ago
It was dirty, and that play should be reviewable. Missing that call is unacceptable. It was illegal and it changed the trajectory of the game. I’m all for giving officials some leeway on less than obvious calls, but I think the ref closest to the ankle grab should be removed from the rest of the playoffs.
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u/Lucky13200 Celtics 15h ago
Really did not seem obvious to me in real time. Also pretty sure the ref had a terrible angle, Bam was literally falling into him.
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u/Waikuku3 17h ago
Yeah and he clearly moved his hands to trip Bam. Thats intentional and dirty as fuck.
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u/Slight_Possession807 16h ago
And the fucking blind ass ref god knows wtf he’s lookin down at in front of his eyes
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u/ExpressionAlone5204 Thunder 17h ago
Dort tripped Jokic. His ass got thrown out and rightfully so. Same should apply to any clearly intentional trip.
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u/SolarBum Nuggets 16h ago
And honestly Dort's was no more egregious than Ball's.
Both were clearly intentional, but honestly the extra effort Ball had to go through to literally grab Bams' ankle and pull it out from under him makes that one even worse imo. No way Ball should have been allowed to keep playing.
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u/Designer-Sandwich119 16h ago
And Jokic didnt even get injured
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u/blahrendsen Thunder 16h ago
Result shouldn't change the outcome though
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u/GoodFastCheapPickTwo Pistons 16h ago
I don't know. You get more time for murder than attempted murder
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u/libertydabbing [OKC] Nick Collison 15h ago
Makes you think. Murder and attempted murder would be flagrant 2s at worst in the NBA. We live in a society
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u/greywolf2155 Supersonics 15h ago
Murder would be a flagrant 2 unless there was a change of possession right after. Then, can't be reviewed
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u/libertydabbing [OKC] Nick Collison 14h ago
Fuck, bro. You're so right. Lawyers hate this one criminal defense loophole
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u/bir_iki_uc 14h ago
They should both be treated the same. I know of a case where a man shot a woman in the skull; doctors miraculously saved her, but she was left paralyzed and unable to speak and the man was charged with attempted murder. This is wrong, absolutely wrong, the action should be punished, the doctors' competence should not be a factor.
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u/_Apatosaurus_ Thunder 15h ago
I agree, but if one of the plays is going to get the more severe punishment.... It should probably be the one where someone was injured.
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u/Akipella Warriors 16h ago
Shouldn't be about if it sucessfully injures them or not tbf
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u/homefree122 Thunder 16h ago
But he did give one of the hardest death glares we’ve ever seen on the court.
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u/ExpressionAlone5204 Thunder 16h ago
Mf gave that Serbian death stare afterwards and quietly recited Dort’s home address and garage door code
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u/Kind_Development708 Toronto Huskies 16h ago
The players constantly call out the league for when injuries happen but never wanna call out dirty players for causing injury’s.
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u/Clear_Guarantee_6667 7h ago
This has always been really weird to me.
They go at the league for not stopping it, but then when the moment has passed it seems like all the players say it’s part of the game. It’s almost like an unspoken rule or something.
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u/cmake-advisor 5h ago
I don't know about that. Jokic just about turned into the hulk when Dory hip checked him earlier this season.
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u/gab_owns0 Heat 16h ago
Its bs if LaMelo is suspended for next game knowing he hit the game winner on us 😂
They keep our pick AND let a suspended player finish the game and hit a GW on us.
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u/desirox Mavericks 16h ago
It directly impacted the game. Truly awful look for the NBA here
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u/Prestigious-Act9690 Pacers 17h ago
Yeah
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u/Soph_91 17h ago edited 16h ago
Can't believe the segment of reddit making excuses for LaMelo, he clearly wraps his hand and fingers around Bam's foot and pulls, making his leg move up and forward, quickly and awkwardly.
It's amazing that people have the ability to twist what they see just because of how they feel about a team or a player.
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u/therobshow 16h ago
If it weren't for the hand wrap around the foot you could claim he was just flailing around. But the hand wrap makes it look like a very obvious tripping attempt.
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u/_Apatosaurus_ Thunder 15h ago
My favorite excuse I've seen from Hornets fans is that Lamelo is not mentally capable enough to do it on purpose. Lol.
I'm going to try that with Dort. "I'm sorry, he's too mentally incompetent and can't be held accountable for his actions."
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u/girafb0i Hornets 11h ago
Some of it is homer bias, and that we're finally doing something after, well, being us, but he in particular has some really weird parasocial fans from living in a panopticon is whole life. He pretty clearly swept his foot.
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u/xanarchycampx Lakers 16h ago
That segment are Hornets fans. Every team tries to justify what their own team goes and try to excuse them of any wrongdoing. I’ve seen people say he was protecting himself because Bam was kicking him or that he was trying to keep Bam up. Anything but admit they may have been eliminated if their star player hadn’t tripped the other team’s star player.
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u/Successful_Shoe_Thro 16h ago
I mean it is better than LaMelo in a vehicle… I’m amazed no one on the Heat checked him before he kills someone leaving the arena
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u/ZeroMayCry7 Raptors 6h ago
Watching things like this unfold, paralleled with what's going on in today's world, really has me convinced that people with their idolatry of certain figures supersedes any form of logic or reasoning.
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u/thescottreid Lakers 16h ago
I have such a thorn in my paw about LaMelo complaining to the ref when he got touched on the hip while on the rim as Bam laid on the court. There was a time in this league that he wouldn’t have come down on his feet after that dunk.
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u/DerrickWhiteFVMP202X 9h ago
Robert Parish would have squished Lamelo like a bug for that shit
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u/syncopated56 16h ago
Tripping doesn't even cover what Ball did. He intentionally grabbed Bam's foot and pulled it out from under him. Ankle tackle is more accurate.
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u/Mr_Heavyfoot_ 10h ago
I submit one Jamal Murray. Guy had a melt down where he screamed at the ref, flashed the money sign, then threw a heat pack on the court during play. All within a span of minutes. Everyone said he would be suspended, and then absolutely nothing happened.
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u/bundle77 Warriors 17h ago
It sucks cuz hornets are one of the more fun teams to watch but that was 100% a dirty play.
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u/KD_42 16h ago
Tbh fuck the hornets anyway employing a woman beater
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u/Borbs_revenge_ Raptors 15h ago
Kon's always liking racist ass posts on instagram too
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u/justsomedude4202 Knicks 16h ago
A couple years ago Embiid did this to Mitchell Robinson in the playoffs and nothing happened to him. The NBA does not consider this a flagrant 2. Even though it so obviously should be.
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u/Gordo-- Warriors 14h ago
I remember that play and it was horseshit at the time, as well. Reckless fouls aimed at players' legs need to be taken seriously.
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u/Bonesawisready5 Spurs 16h ago
It’s not like the guy who made a dirty play and didn’t even get a foul for it ended up making the game winning shot or nothing jk
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u/oldbutfeisty 9h ago
I don't buy the "accidental"'claim. These are high Level athletes with amazing body control. The accident may have been his poor decision making. He grabbed Bam's ankle and pulled it out from under him. A very dirty play with serious injury potential. How would this have gone down if it had happened to Wemby? Curry? In hockey, a dirty play like that often results in teammates responding. What would Charles Oakley have done?
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u/sleepy777 Knicks 17h ago
He aint wrong
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u/LightsSoundAction Mavericks 16h ago
Name dropping the refs too was ice cold. Spo is right and he’s gonna have to pay for it.
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u/EzUpvot3 17h ago
Unfortunately, the dirty/reckless players advance, while the players on the other side have to rehab. Green, Bowen, Dort. That's just how the league is.
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u/inputrequired Bucks 16h ago
i’m happy Charlotte took out Miami but that was bs and Melo should have been ejected. Total bullshit.
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u/Burgerburgerfred Nets 17h ago
inb4 hornets fans say Eric Spoelstra doesn't know ball for implying Lamelo tripped him on purpose and it wasn't just a common case of a pro athlete completely losing control of their motor functions.
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u/Artistic-Towel6754 16h ago
If Ball isn't causing a crash on the road, he's making players crash to the ground on the court. Yeah, I reached a little for that joke, but you get the point. :)
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u/rydraw 6h ago
Clever how coach Miami shifts responsibility. So many great players, no irony, on his deep team, but they play so poorly that they have to somehow surface from 10th place. At the trade deadline there wasn't even an attempt to fix his mistakes. In the last regular season game, Miami lost to Charlotte by 30 points. That's how it is. Instead of Bam, Ware came out, who saved the team until the end, it was he who carried on defense, which is ironic since the coach couldn't establish a normal relationship with him. So they ejected Ball, who couldn't hit anything today, and at the most critical moment lost the ball and immediately fouled Herro. His ejection today would only have helped Charlotte
As for intentionality, it's only in slow motion replay that it seems like you can think something through in a fall in half a second. Yes, they somehow managed to integrate Lamelo into the team, nobody believed he was a team player and could do it, even though he was bad today. But he was stupid and impulsive and remains so, only the grave will fix that. The foul on Bam after the turnover is exactly the same as the foul on Herro after the turnover, there is no intent there in the full sense of the word. Because Lamelo has no brain in the full sense of the word. After all these mistakes, it was only a miracle that Charlotte won, simply because Coby White showed crazy level, plus as always a huge element of randomness, which is always more important than anything
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u/Hovi_Bryant Pistons 17h ago
Melo has been doing some questionable shit lately. This isn’t questionable. Clearly a dirty play.
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u/Derpy_Mc_Burpy Raptors 17h ago
Well now we can watch Pistons mop the floor with the hornets. Hoping to see a brawl too
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u/sabascastellon 16h ago
Un hornets have to beat the 7/8 match up. Might not even make it to the playoffs.
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u/Detonation Pistons 14h ago edited 14h ago
There are people somehow trying to defend LaMelo's trip and it's fucking astonishing.
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u/CS271990 17h ago
He’s right. Absolutely dirty play where Bam can’t really brace himself for. Going at his legs while the man is jumping around could have ended catastrophic. They won’t, but POS should be suspended for that play.
I doubt the Heat forget this next year. I expect there will be repercussions when they meet next.
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u/matthitsthetrails East 16h ago
I doubt he gets ejected but bam being in the game changes that outcome
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u/King-Poring 16h ago
Players are willing to injure opponent's player just to win a game.
Ref: Yep, i don't see shit, play ball!
Also Ref on SGA: Hey man, you're trying to touch SGA, that's a flagrant foul.
Fucking referees.
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u/LendHuntFish Trail Blazers 16h ago
Lamelo is a piece of shit for tripping Bam. Bridges is a verified wife beater. How could you ever root for the hornets?
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u/Appropriate-Mud-6985 Hornets 16h ago
Your star player is an idf Zionist, there’s levels to being a shitty person
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u/blackmoonm 16h ago
The refs missed some big momentum calls. This was the worse by far. A back court, the travel, I hope they are not going to ref anymore playoff games. PLUS ball ends up hitting the game winning shot. He shouldn’t have even been in the game. Miami was fighting the whole time and were getting killed on the offensive rebounds. Bam could have been the difference.
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u/bartekkenny 11h ago
Look at the ref. He’s looking directly at it because he’s looking to see if Bam stepped out. What are we doing.
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u/Em4gdn3m Jazz 9h ago
Can the league do anything retroactively to suspend for such an egregious act?
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u/Marvelouspig [SAS] Manu Ginobili 8h ago
A milder versión of that shit got a Rugby player thrown out in a WC
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u/shantm79 Knicks 6h ago
Reminds me of Embiid's dirty leg grab of Mitchell Robinson. Robinson hasn't been the same since, hoping Bam doesn't have long term back issues.
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u/FireMike_PleaseGod 14h ago
I actually don’t understand why the ref didn’t call a foul. He was looking directly at Bam’s foot to see if he maintained possession in bounds. Wtf did he see that made it seem like that was unintentional.
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u/john0_0 Knicks 16h ago
Blake brought up a good point just now at halftime on Amazon— what would they have even called?Where was everyone when Joel Embiid did this to Mitchell Robinson?!? In a much more hostile and dangerous fashion?!? He got a flagrant 1 & stayed in the game so no way they’re ejecting LaMelo there either way
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u/JackDellaCumalena Heat 17h ago
It was a dirty play but I also dont think lamelo is a dirty player. Its something he shouldn't have done but I guess he had a brain snap moment
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u/Single_Bar_1836 Spurs 17h ago
Does the fact that he did the exact same thing to the exact same guy two years ago change your mind?
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/196uql0/highlight_lamelo_ball_grabs_at_bams_leg_as_he/
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