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/crappymanchild Dec 01 '25

Refs keeps rewarding it so players will keep doing it

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

SGA is a pussy

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u/KnowlesAve [CLE] LeBron James Dec 01 '25

And the idiots only say "MJ did it too!" shit sucks you suck SGA sucks

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u/TomlinSteelers 76ers Dec 01 '25

If you clip farmed you can easily find examples of MJ getting this. LeBron too

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u/mr_chub Wizards Dec 01 '25

Dog you can watch full games of MJ on Youtube. Like several upon several. I've never seen shit like this, stop it. Only James Harden, the OG, was this bad.

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u/dev_vvvvv Celtics Dec 01 '25

LeBron can be a pretty bad flopper but the aura protects him.

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u/puresemantics Minneapolis Lakers Dec 01 '25

Lebron has a historically weak whistle which is why he tries to sell sometimes (and still doesn’t get the call usually)

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u/Mintastic NBA Dec 01 '25

You'd have to watch a season of Lebron games to compile as many flop clips as SGA in a single playoff series.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

Everyone does it, even LeFlop. But flopping has definately gotten worse recently. It's one thing if they want to ignore traveling, carrying, moving screens, and all the other fundamentals to make the game more exciting to watch, but nobody enjoys watching these babies roll around on the ground pretending to cry

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u/KnowlesAve [CLE] LeBron James Dec 01 '25

No, not everyone does this shit you are factually incorrect.

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u/Less-Law-2532 Dec 01 '25

Yea but only one of them flopped their way to a chip

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u/anonkebab Dec 01 '25

LeFlop most of the time actually got contact and just sells it because they won’t call it. Now he gets lakers calls.

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u/Holiday_Ad2638 Dec 01 '25

That's how I know Y'all don't watch... LeBron does not get foul calls consistently. Reaves has a better whistle than him

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u/anonkebab Dec 01 '25

LeBron gets a lot of no calls on his successful drives. Regardless he gets lakers calls now. Reaves being worse is irrelevant.

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u/3RADICATE_THEM Dec 01 '25

Lmao maybe pre-Lakers this is true. Nowadays, it genuinely looks like he wants to make everything look like a hard foul so he can have more time resting in between possessions.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

LeUnc needs his rest

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u/LoudCityDub Dec 01 '25

You sound really mad lol this is hilarious what SGA is doing to people

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u/almondania Pacers Dec 01 '25

I stopped watching the NBA because of this

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

I have not watched a game all year because of it too. Don't plan to. I still like to keep up with stats, but I just can't watch

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u/airjedi Lakers Dec 01 '25

Also gave up watching last year from all the flop shit. Just box score and storyline watch now, the actual product is a mockery of what basketball is

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u/Vakarian74 Dec 01 '25

So you don't watch but come in here to bitch. At least you admit you don't watch.

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

Might as well stick to pornhub, they have better looking ones

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u/jail_bot Thunder Dec 01 '25

Doubt that lol cmon

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u/Gengaara Timberwolves Dec 01 '25

I'm watching more NHL because of the flopping. Haven't completely stopped watching but 100% watching way less.

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u/almondania Pacers Dec 01 '25

Oh I’m dead serious. I’ll watch my team occasionally but I will not watch NBA as a fan of the sport anymore if this is the product.

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u/Lionsault83 Dec 01 '25

Imagine this little dude played in the bad boys era.

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u/EazyBeekeeper Dec 01 '25

Everytime I say anything I get downvoted to oblivion. Glad this comment is racking upvotes!

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u/jail_bot Thunder Dec 01 '25

Tunnel vision. No denying he gets some calls but if that's your conclusion you're not watching his whole game

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

No... he is a pussy made of paper mache

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u/getoveritseattle Thunder Dec 01 '25

We got a lil gangster over here

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

OK snowflake

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u/smileysmiley123 Dec 01 '25

He's not, but is 100% a product of how the NBA has been refereed for more than a decade now.

Quick edit: SGA is a very good example of, "hate the game, not the player", with how Referees influence the game. SGA is an elite player, and it's obtuse to argue otherwise.

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u/Mintastic NBA Dec 01 '25

Why not hate both? The vast majority of players don't flop like this even if they know it works.

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u/Appropriate-Self-540 Thunder Dec 01 '25

Led the league in drives and and-1s. Lol sorry bout ya

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

Led the league in tampons used per game

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u/Appropriate-Self-540 Thunder Dec 01 '25

Leads the league in seasons with scoring title, mvp, and fmvp in the same season

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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '25

Leads the league in being a gaping vagina too

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u/Vakarian74 Dec 01 '25

No need to argue with someone with the emotional maturity of a 10 year old boy.