2022-23 NBA Thread

[MU82]

Marcus Smart-worthy flop by Mat Ishbia.

[The Sultan]

Marcus Smart-worthy flop by Mat Ishbia.

My new favorite Twitter follow:

https://twitter.com/ArtButSports/status/1655379773638443010?s=20

[WhiteTrash]

I think Ishbia will be "donating" to the NBA charitable fund.

Rightfully so, he in the wrong. It's a minor incident, but he should know better.

[Uncle Rico]

I think Ishbia will be "donating" to the NBA charitable fund.

Rightfully so, he in the wrong. It's a minor incident, but he should know better.

Ishiba played for Izzo.  Not surprised he's a flopper

[WhiteTrash]

Ishiba played for Izzo.  Not surprised he's a flopper

Could be worse, if he had been a Badger, the Joker would have got a punch in the nuts.

[StillAWarrior]

Could be worse, if he had been a Badger, the Joker would have got a punch in the nuts.

Imagine if he played for Alabama.

[wadesworld]

My new favorite Twitter follow:

https://twitter.com/ArtButSports/status/1655379773638443010?s=20

Owners certainly know the NBA rewards flopping.

[WhiteTrash]

Imagine if he played for Alabama.

Lol! Right.

[MuggsyB]

Both the NBA and college hoops honestly need to-do something about the flop charge.  It's an embarrassment and isn't a basketball play. 

[tower912]

It absolutely is a basketball play that has been around forever.  As nearly every other form of physical defense has been removed, as well as the circle under the basket, I would probably quit watching if they eliminated the charge.

[MuggsyB]

It absolutely is a basketball play that has been around forever.  As nearly every other form of physical defense has been removed, as well as the circle under the basket, I would probably quit watching if they eliminated the charge.

So if a guy with very little force bumps your body going to the basket, and you fall on your ass like you were tackled by a 310 pound DT, that's a basketball play?

[tower912]

Always has been.

Conversely, you seem to think that a player like LeBron should be able to put his shoulder into a defender's sternum and plow his way to the basket.

[MuggsyB]

Always has been.

Conversely, you seem to think that a player like LeBron should be able to put his shoulder into a defender's sternum and plow his way to the basket.

You can make a distinction between a heavy player bowling over a smaller guy but stop falling down and let them be more physical defensively. 

[MuggsyB]

I'm not saying get rid of every offensive foul but distinctions have to be made. 

[tower912]

Sanogo through Oso's chest.    I would be very happy if defenders were allowed to be more physical.

Then why say it is an embarrassment and not a basketball play?  It is permissible as the rules are currently written.

[The Sultan]

I'm not saying get rid of every offensive foul but distinctions have to be made. 

If refs call it, it's a "basketball play." Refs shouldn't fall for it, but they do.

[MuggsyB]

Let's discuss this further.  Say for example Muggsy or Iverson blow by their primary defender, accelerate to the rim, and bump a guy like Kevin Love.  Shouldn't the size and weight of the players in discussion be taken into account? 

[tower912]

No.

Shaq catches, turns, and bulldozes Muggsy who is in the wrong place at the wrong time.   Block, right?

[MuggsyB]

No.

So if Muggs leveled Shaq on a drive that's a good defensive basketball play?  I disagree.

[MuggsyB]

Muggs rejected Ewing a few times. 

[tower912]

If Addae-Wusu gets into perfect help position and Sean Jones falls over him driving to the basket, it is a charge and should be.

[MuggsyB]

If Addae-Wusu gets into perfect help position and Sean Jones falls over him driving to the basket, it is a charge and should be.

Jones the Younger should be watching video of Muggsy. 

[MuggsyB]

Is Jimmy Butler a Hall of Famer?

[BM1090]

Ban secondary defenders taking charges.

[wadesworld]

Ban secondary defenders taking charges.

This would probably be the best middle ground.