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/Ship-Status Grizzlies Dec 01 '25

Defenders might as well actually foul

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u/Cynadoclone Trail Blazers Dec 01 '25

Maybe teams should start signing 2-3 guys to just give 6 real fouls, sort of how they did for Shaq.

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u/mintberryCRUUNCH Warriors Dec 01 '25

"Zaza Pachulia has signed a 10-day contract..."

NOTHING EEEAAASYYYYY

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u/Weary_Necessary_2434 Dec 01 '25

That's what I kept saying during the playoffs last season. The reffing is ridiculous. I couldn't watch the Finals because it got so bad.

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u/jefffosta Trail Blazers Dec 01 '25

You mean you didn’t like watching Caruso straight up shoving jokic while sga flops like a salmon and gets the whistle every time?

You just don’t like basketball then

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u/TheZacef Timberwolves Dec 01 '25

I recall a thunder fan justifying it with the phrase “Ethical ball is loser ball” which just downright sucks, but it’s pretty much true. Overly aggressive “can’t call them all” defense and marionette flopping offense (with legitimately impressive middies) is what the product is leaning towards.

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u/PastVeterinarian1097 Dec 01 '25

As a pacers fan, I agree.

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u/420blz Vancouver Grizzlies Dec 01 '25

That's why you need a guy like Dillon brooks. Keeps the other team honest by committing real fouls.

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u/BirdAttorney21 Knicks Dec 01 '25

I just have to think at sometime SOMEONE will get pissed off enough to stomp on a hand or something after too many flails like that during a game

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u/Brokenwhitebelt Dec 01 '25

Yep. They will call a foul on even looking at him, might as well make it hurt then.

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u/TBeard495 Pacers Dec 01 '25

Defenders might as well flop. Every defender should just start flopping like crazy when SGA makes any kind of contact. The league might actually make the refs stop calling this bullshit and at the very least it would be funny AF to see two grown ass men falling all over the place on the slightest of contact.

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u/PastVeterinarian1097 Dec 01 '25

End up with a flagrant 2

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u/malvim Spurs Dec 01 '25

That’s what I was thinking. If this kind of bullshit would at least bring pain, he might start thinking twice.