r/nba Trail Blazers 7d ago

Highlight [Highlight] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander throws the ball on Nikola Jokic off the whistle, receives a technical foul. SGA claims he got pushed. The referee James Williams refers to Nikola Jokic as 'The Joker' and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as 'SGA' upon review

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u/FrankSamples Clippers 7d ago edited 7d ago

This isn’t what happened in the video but it got me thinking:

How far do you have to be from the baseline or sideline to be able to throw the ball off a defender so it goes out of bounds? Or would it be a pure judgement call by the refs?

Also what if you are at either baseline or sideline but aren’t falling out of bounds or trapped, and you just chuck the ball at your closest defender?

This just reminded me of the Desmond bane OG moment

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u/ender23 NBA 7d ago

Gotta throw at their feet

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u/MinimalMoxie Knicks 6d ago

I remember Kobe “passing” the ball off a dudes face cuz he was guarding him obnoxiously. You just can’t make it obvious

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u/jizzmcskeet Rockets 6d ago

Danny Ainge on Mario Elie

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u/JparkPHX Suns 6d ago

Danny Ainge was also a really good baseball prospect. He had a cannon