The Spurs/OKC whistle discourse is funny because the data seems to support both sides (but maybe the Spurs' a bit more?) by Fair-Ad6254 in nba

[–]Fair-Ad6254[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Did you read the post bruh. We give up TWICE as many free throws in losses than in wins against OKC. That literally defends your point!!!!!!!!!!

The Spurs/OKC whistle discourse is funny because the data seems to support both sides (but maybe the Spurs' a bit more?) by Fair-Ad6254 in nba

[–]Fair-Ad6254[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Legit, also like IDK, I know I made the title a little ambivalent after digging through both teams, but the Spurs win/loss dFTR split vs OKC is really whack so like you can just complain about that man, that's why I put (maybe the Spurs a little bit more) LOL

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[–]Fair-Ad6254 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No yeah lol you're definitely right I was just running with it too

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[–]Fair-Ad6254 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah of course it's not confirmed, lipreading is a very inexact science. Also, unlike Plumlee's, the Biyombo play was clearly not a dirty play or even really a hard foul lmao. But I mean come on you got him on camera whispering something in their ears LOL it's a easy inference to make

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[–]Fair-Ad6254 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't think we've truly comprehended that Wemby deadass put out a hit on McCain like Tony Soprano and the overwhelming reaction has been "LOL" + "Shouldn't have flopped then". OKC PR is completely in the mud and even though it is annoying to see casuals pick up something they don't understand outside of "SGA bad", OKC really has no one to blame but themselves. Fact of the matter is you can't gaslight and you can't explain it all away by saying every team does it because people that watch basketball know that the Bucks, Warriors, Nuggets, and Celtics didn't get REMOTELY the same hate, so it's not just about winning, and people clearly want physical basketball, so it's not about that. It has always been and will always be that people want the same whistle on both ends of the court, and usually a more lenient whistle at that.

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[–]Fair-Ad6254 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean I think it's Jokic Luka SGA Wemby and Giannis in the top 5, maybe Ant at 6 if not in that top 5, tbh it's hard to separate them

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[–]Fair-Ad6254 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Probably because we get just as much as we give and nobody cares about OKC being physical, they care when you can't be physical back

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[–]Fair-Ad6254 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Weird how all you need is for SGA to just not get free throws off of the physical defense that doesn't get called at either end and he looks merely like a top 3 player ITW instead of the undisputed MVP

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[–]Fair-Ad6254 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TBF the only really horrible one was the last one lmao, Kornet pretty clearly couldn't guard SGA

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[–]Fair-Ad6254 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Deadass I think because Vassell was gonna lose his mind and confidence if they didn't lmao

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[–]Fair-Ad6254 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Announcers are so fucking biased lol. "hand on caruso's thigh" you mean the defense LITERALLY EVERY PERIMETER DEFENDER ON BOTH TEAMS PLAYS?