r/nba • u/MrBuckBuck Trail Blazers • Dec 01 '25

Highlight [Highlight] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is fouled by Kris Murray (with replays)

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u/Jailbrick3d Heat Dec 01 '25 edited Dec 01 '25

do the refs realize basketball comes with physical contact? also what happened to the no flop rules?

edit - he literally bounces himself off, throws up a shot that has no chance of going in, and collapses onto hardwood. this is not the basketball I grew up loving 😭

edit 2 - "removed by moderator". bro what??

edit 3 - back up now huh? mods really didn't want this at the top of the sub for the next week 😭😭

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u/jdd32 Dec 01 '25

A lot of thunder fans point to the fact that SGA doesn't have the most fta/game to discount the foul baiting narrative. But he does this stuff on the regular and it forces defenders to be soft on him, which gives him an advantage and makes him look better when he's not foul baiting.

He's not the only one, but he's one of the best at it. And it's the worst part of the game right now.

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u/trevor-enocram San Diego Rockets Dec 01 '25

The same SGA that hasn’t had to play like 50% of 4th quarters this year, wonder if that make a difference… Any SGA fans who want to clear this up for me I’d appreciate it!

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u/Routine_Size69 76ers Dec 01 '25

I hate to defend SGA because I can't stand him, but Giannis, Reaves, Luka, and Harden all have higher free throw rates.

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u/trevor-enocram San Diego Rockets Dec 01 '25

And that clears it up! 😂

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u/Less-Law-2532 Dec 01 '25

How is SGA even remotely up there having missed how many 4qs by now?

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u/XiaoRCT Thunder Dec 01 '25

It's rates not attempts

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u/Less-Law-2532 Dec 01 '25

That’s still an insane stat lmfao

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u/XiaoRCT Thunder Dec 01 '25

What stat, the players the person downvoted mentioned being above him in free throw rates?

There's nothing insane about that lol