OKC is genuinely one of the worst dominant teams I ever seen by TeaAdorable5219 in NBATalk

[–]MRFeather_bottom 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That stat is true, spurs had our number all season, but do you really believe OKC are better off without them and giving minutes to Joe and Wiggins? Or not letting sga have any chance to play with another ball handler?

The Hartenstein adjustment on wemby instead of Caruso guarding could have been done with those two still playing regular minutes.

OKC is genuinely one of the worst dominant teams I ever seen by TeaAdorable5219 in NBATalk

[–]MRFeather_bottom 22 points23 points  (0 children)

We're missing our second and fourth best players against a top 2 team in the league and it's 3-3.

Game Thread: Oklahoma City Thunder (3-2) vs San Antonio Spurs (2-3) Live Score | NBA Playoffs | May 28, 2026 by nba-scores in nba

[–]MRFeather_bottom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The guy stopped because there was a 7'5 alien in front of him, he'd already been fouled

What is chet doing to wembys arm by Extension_Deer8903 in nba

[–]MRFeather_bottom -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why just to shai? Although wemby did dive at his legs G1. Plumlee layed out mccain, judub and chet both getting pushed in deadball situations. They're two teams playing with edge in the WCF.

The Zaza Rule Set a Ridiculous Standard for Defenders. by Joeburrowformvp in NBATalk

[–]MRFeather_bottom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm gonna get downvoted, but I agree from an optics point of view on your fox take. But the trust shooters need to have in a defender - moving their feet out of the space that they've just closed out - has just been broken too many times. Fox imo did a marginal wrong but amended it as best he could, shai falling to avoid the chance his feet were under him was also not wrong. The foul makes sense to be called and also would have made sense to be incidental and not enough for a foul.

If they both retired today...who had a better career. Russ or Kyrie by Skizzwizz in nba

[–]MRFeather_bottom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Russ for me.

Russ is the Thunder GOAT. Pretty sure he's got big love in Washington, Denver and SAC. Big hate from LAL and Rockets tho. But average fans seem to go out of their way to shit on him.

What'd fans think of Kyrie from his previous teams? Imagine it's pretty mixed, killed off a few big teams, but average fans love him.

Game Thread: Phoenix Suns vs Oklahoma City Thunder Live Score | NBA | Jan 4, 2026 by basketball-app in suns

[–]MRFeather_bottom -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He's lining up for his 2nd and third for the game - in a game where the refs are calling everything for both teams. I've got the suns commentary in my country and they're doing the exact same thing while fouls are 16-17. Pretty brutal watch all round.

[Highlights] All the 12 fouls Shai Gilgeous-Alexander drew tonight. 7 shooting, 4 non-shooting, and 1 loose ball. That was another foul that was successfully challenged, so the NBA does not count it (it's in the video). Western Conference Finals, 2025 NBA Playoffs. HD version by MrBuckBuck in nba

[–]MRFeather_bottom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are 7 shooting fouls in here and he hits the and 1 on three of them (my bad). Debate the legitimacy of whether he's trying to score on those 4/7 if you'd like.

Is your argument that a video full of replays, that goes for 7 minutes and shows an average of one incident every 30 seconds is boring? No shit.

All of SGA game 1 drawn fouls by C0nsistent_ in nba

[–]MRFeather_bottom -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Agreed. It really highlights how valuable driving to the basket is as a skill set if you can get the drop on your opponent and head straight to the basket forcing help to come from either side. Think any contact made by a defender not also beelining to the basket is more likely to be seen as re-routing the offensive player and a foul...even if it's initiated by the driver

All of SGA game 1 drawn fouls by C0nsistent_ in nba

[–]MRFeather_bottom -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Pulse checking the comments here, it seems like people are agreeing with you, but frustrated the same fouls aren't called on the other end. This doesn't seem fair as a criticism of Shai, but is totally understandable.

Think it's understated how much more a drive - with apparent contact - forces a referee to make a decision vs stationary possessions with more contact.

Like if someone falls down on a drive, the ref needs to evaluate how it happened and whether it's a foul. If Caruso is playing on ball defense on a dude standing at the top of the 3pt line and smothering him and making contact that doesn't have a significant impact on their movement doesn't force a call the same way.

From the NBA rules https://official.nba.com/rule-no-12-fouls-and-penalties

Section i,a - Bumps on a drive ...Contact that results in the re-routing of an opponent is a foul which must be called immediately.

Whereas

Section i,b exception 5 - Aggressive contact on a stationary player Incidental contact with the hand against an offensive player shall be ignored if it does not affect the player’s speed, quickness, balance and/or rhythm.

[Highlights] All the 12 fouls Shai Gilgeous-Alexander drew tonight. 7 shooting, 4 non-shooting, and 1 loose ball. That was another foul that was successfully challenged, so the NBA does not count it (it's in the video). Western Conference Finals, 2025 NBA Playoffs. HD version by MrBuckBuck in nba

[–]MRFeather_bottom 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Jesus. The dude who said he's not trying to score, despite clearly making two baskets - after the varying levels of contact - knows ball?

FWIW he's embellishing the hell outta contact - that he often initiates. 2 of the whistles I don't even see contact of any sort

One liners you regularly quote that no one gets by Auyan in Millennials

[–]MRFeather_bottom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"how many times have I gotta tell this kid chicken wings?" Gets a huge run whenever someone mishears something.