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RowdierBob
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cLutZ
United States19574 Posts
On May 14 2014 22:17 Ace wrote: ok you're being silly now. Chris Paul couldn't pass it to Blake - guess why? Blake was setting an illegal screen. He moved his man about 10 feet before Paul even got to the paint and held him. You should really, really watch that last play in it's entirety. This. A foul on Blake was the only appropriate call. That might have been a penalty if he was a left tackle. | ||
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Ace
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Jibba
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Even the NFL calls that. | ||
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9175 Posts
He should've easily won that game without the refs being able to do a thing. Besides, there are a ton of uncalled touches where a screenshot will show a foul. In real time it looked less obvious than a lot of other no-calls. Lowry and Curry (Ginobili last year) all probably deserved foul calls just as much Paul did. If you put yourself in a position where you need that call to go your way, then it's already on you, can't expect the refs to get it right even close to 100% of the time. | ||
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Ace
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Zorkmid
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Haiq343
United States2548 Posts
On May 15 2014 01:36 Zorkmid wrote: All this controversy is the reason that refs usually swallow the whistle in the last 10 seconds. Erm, the refs have a very difficult job and generally do pretty decently at it. But the end of the game was just abysmal even without slow motion aides (Barnes on Jackson, Blake's fullback screen, Jackson on Paul), but the out of bounds call in particular is just indefensible because they looked at it in slow motion and somehow got it wrong. Not calling rule violations doesn't provide cover for poor officiating. | ||
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Jibba
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Haiq343
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
in related news... Heard Dumars wanted to re-sign him actually. I like this move, the 3 big men thing didn't work out, Drummond is a better prospect, and you're not going to get shit for J-Smoove right now. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
On May 15 2014 00:40 Scarecrow wrote: Why go on about the refs so much? CP3 didn't even want to talk about it in the interview and said, rightly, it was all on him. Even not getting that last shot off. He should've easily won that game without the refs being able to do a thing. Besides, there are a ton of uncalled touches where a screenshot will show a foul. In real time it looked less obvious than a lot of other no-calls. Lowry and Curry (Ginobili last year) all probably deserved foul calls just as much Paul did. If you put yourself in a position where you need that call to go your way, then it's already on you, can't expect the refs to get it right even close to 100% of the time. I feel that the bolded part is a really dumb way of thinking about these things. Teams just don't put themselves in these positions. There's another talented team opposing them that is trying to put them in that position as well. Saying that one team should be able to avoid that position does a complete disservice to their opponent. | ||
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
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MassHysteria
United States3678 Posts
On May 14 2014 07:56 DystopiaX wrote: It's not a case for basketball skill but the culture and hype around Jordan was different, like he was such a huge thing in pop culture and (although I was really young then) seemed to be unbeatable or whatever, like there was just something different about Jordan and his legacy that I think is untouchable. Like there might be players who come along who will be better than him on the court, but no one will touch the legacy of Michael Jordan. The social significance of Jordan is nearly untouchable I agree. Even taking this out completely and just comparing all-time-greats' seasons by numbers and results, Jordan still has a case for greatest-ever though. Add to this how athletic he was (still holds highest vertical jump record for rookie), along with his mindset, skill, and determination.. and he also has an argument to be able to be great/dominate in today's game. In an off-court sense, the best thing I've heard about LBJ is his desire to attach himself to bigger causes . Like the Travyn Martin case, and now with this Sterling thing. He seems to understand and act in a way that he gets that the platform he is in is to be used for something bigger (unlike a Tiger Woods, for example). This could come to serve him well down the line in his career/legacy dependent on situation (like a Muhammad Ali). | ||
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Haiq343
United States2548 Posts
On May 15 2014 05:44 DystopiaX wrote: https://twitter.com/MySportsLegion/status/466609087979859968 in related news... Heard Dumars wanted to re-sign him actually. I like this move, the 3 big men thing didn't work out, Drummond is a better prospect, and you're not going to get shit for J-Smoove right now. That seems a bit extreme. Monroe is offensively good and defensively bad, and has room to improve. I think ti's reasonable to not give him a max deal, but restricted free agency is totally stacked in the Piston's favor and it would be silly for them not to leverage that. | ||
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RowdierBob
Australia13537 Posts
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Roggay
Switzerland6320 Posts
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cLutZ
United States19574 Posts
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red_
United States8474 Posts
On May 15 2014 08:09 Roggay wrote: Why does this Miami - Nets game have some many empty seats in the middle of the playoffs?... Miami fans are awful and show up mid 2nd quarter. | ||
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
On May 15 2014 07:46 Haiq343 wrote: That seems a bit extreme. Monroe is offensively good and defensively bad, and has room to improve. I think ti's reasonable to not give him a max deal, but restricted free agency is totally stacked in the Piston's favor and it would be silly for them not to leverage that. Yeah I don't think Monroe is a bad player but rumor is that he's asking for close to the max and if not 10+ million per year and there's just no reason for the Pistons to match that with the roster that they have. | ||
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