Oso planning to go pro
One of the 2 big lies about the NBA - the other is "They don't play any defense".If you like basketball, NBA playoff basketball is light years superior to any other version of the game.
Oh please. The NBA is rigged crowd is so tiresome.
I totally agree. Kyrie, Hayward, Tatum all want to be the big dog.
As for Kyrie, I think he'd rather be a Russel Westbrook than a Steph Curry.I don't see him being a team player or sacrificing his stats to win championships.Absolutely elite talent, bound for HOF, etc... but won't win another championship.
I’m the last to believe in a conspiracy, especially one that goes to the upper echelons of the league office.But.....
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So I watched Kyrie's highlights from yesterday. He was terrible. Completely overrated player.Has won exactly one playoff series that he participated in without Lebron.
So you disagree that the NBA is a star driven league where stars have more lee way when it comes to officiating and disagree with the very clear data that home NBA teams have more favorable officiating?
Kawhi traveled on the last play. Took 3 or 4 steps before even starting to dribble.Actually traveled twice on the play. Traveled again leading into the shot where he took another 3-4 steps after picking up his dribble.
And the Virginia player famously (or infamously) double-dribbled in the NCAA title game. What's your point?
When you gotta make stuff up (6-8 steps), it kinda defeats your argument/
My point. Simple. Kawhi traveled twice in a 4 second possession, prior to making the last second shot.
I actually just rewatched the ending. From the angle I saw, I couldn't tell if he traveled early in the play, and maybe (maybe) he took a hop right before planting for the shot. It was less egregious than the "travels" that occur on pretty much every step-back jumper that every big-time shooter in pro and college basketball takes. There is not a ref at any level who would have called that a travel against any player. And you saying 4 steps ... how silly. As brand said, kinda kills your credibility. Why not say 10 steps or 50 steps or a million steps if you're gonna fib?
Mike, I kinda agree with Forgetful that he took steps (2) before dribbling, but I thought the step before the shot was OK. You can see the same thing in every game where a guy takes a step gathering for the shot.I was giving Forgetful a hard time for exaggerating that he took 6-8 steps total. I don't know why they don't call it when the guy is 30 feet from the basket - yet if he did the same thing in the lane it would be called almost every time.
Agreed on the shot, that it isn't called anymore. Live I didn't see that one, but saw videos of it afterward.
If they called things the same as when I played, there would be 200 turnovers a game.