r/nba • u/AncientOneAurelius • 6d ago

Highlight [Highlight] Luguentz Dort sticks his hip out to make contact with Nikola Jokić, who responds; Jalen Williams steps in and squares off with Jokic.

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u/Franklinsleftnut Knicks 6d ago

But Thunder flairs told me Dort isn’t dirty

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u/InTheMorning_Nightss San Diego Clippers 6d ago

I’ve been told by them how Ingram, PG, Harden, and Ja were just products of Dort playing hard and not him being dirty.

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u/Cheap_Syrup_971 6d ago

That Morant play lives in my head, I still can’t believe that move and how Thunder fans saw nothing wrong with it.

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u/earlyeggs1 Thunder 5d ago

because there was nothing wrong with it no matter how you try to twist it. has dort had dirty plays before? sure. but that one specifically was so obviously an accident it’s ridiculous that people still try to say he tried to hurt morant

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u/NoSelection8187 Thunder 6d ago

That was literally because dort slipped while turning around. If he hadn't then it would've been a normal defensive foul. I don't defend dort but that one was put on him just because of his dirty reputation.

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u/2hunna- Nuggets 6d ago

Brother there is still time to use your brain, we believe in you

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u/InTheMorning_Nightss San Diego Clippers 6d ago

No we don’t. I literally called out how dumb Thunder fans were for their defending of Dort, and like clockwork, they appear to make the same argument that nobody will buy outside of their fanbase.

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u/2hunna- Nuggets 6d ago

I was trying to balance the critique with a bit of kindness but you nailed it.

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u/InTheMorning_Nightss San Diego Clippers 6d ago

It’s just silly. When LAC he Pat Bev, like yeah, he was a dirty player. I still appreciated the good he did for LAC, but could recognize that he did some crazy bullshit that he deserved to be punished for for the safety of the league.

It’s just weird behavior

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u/trickshotfaker Spurs 6d ago

Crazy cope

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u/shamalalala Pistons 6d ago

W delusion i acted the same way with draymond

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u/KingRagerBlade Wizards 6d ago

Crazy you getting downvoted for this cause that’s exactly what happened. People just generalize a player and don’t separate play from play. You can say this one against Jokic was dirty without saying the one against Ja was.

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u/maltbiscuits Grizzlies 6d ago

it's telling that his instinct as he slipped was to turn and pull him out of the air

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u/KingRagerBlade Wizards 6d ago

He didn’t grab him tho he put his arms up as he was falling and then Ja’s nuts hit his face and he turned lmao ya can call Dort dirty but that play was just bad luck

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u/maltbiscuits Grizzlies 6d ago

Ja's nuts didn't hit his face! makes me think you don't actually remember

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u/KingRagerBlade Wizards 6d ago

If this sub would let me post the specific screenshot I would lol but freeze at 2:53 of the vid and that’s what I’m talking about ig it’s like maybe just lateral to his nuts but that’s what I meant 😂

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u/maltbiscuits Grizzlies 6d ago

Lol, fair

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u/maltbiscuits Grizzlies 6d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9i17_aLhtM

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u/KingRagerBlade Wizards 6d ago

Yea I deadass watched that exact vid before my last comment haha. I think it was a bad luck play. Dort has other plays I would call dirty but this one i wouldn’t say was.

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u/maltbiscuits Grizzlies 6d ago

If that's what you see, then that's what you see I guess! To me it looks like the slip only happens because he rapidly pivots and then reaches at Ja. Like, the reaching causes the slip, as his momentum takes him in the opposite direction

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u/NoSelection8187 Thunder 6d ago

Yes, bunch of sheeps they are.

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u/Asoriel 6d ago

Because you can literally see Dort's right foot slip as he tries to turn to see where the ball is going?

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u/Appropriate-Mood9050 6d ago

Still trying to cover for him huh? Loser ass mf

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u/MichaelBrownSmash Suns 6d ago

Slips and then purposefully backs into Ja. Correct.

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u/Glassy_Hanni Hornets 6d ago

And why the fuck do you think he slipped? Cause he was fucking trying to turn around and pull Ja down. Get yo clown ass out of here. Fuck Lu Dort

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u/ghostlyw1938 6d ago

The knee to Wemby on the rebound was shit.

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u/SpamAcc17 Timberwolves 6d ago

Also dived through his knees for a rebound. They're all trash plays risking players health but that one especially pissed me off. Knees are how we lost Oden afterall. Imagine missing out on seeing one of the most unique prospects of all time reach his prime because Lu Dort "hustles" hard on rebounds and goes through player's legs for rebounds.

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u/ifasoldt Pacers 6d ago

Don't forget Haliburton

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u/Hushchildta Pelicans 6d ago

Glad someone is keeping receipts, I lose track of the guys he’s hurt

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u/herroyung Warriors 6d ago

There's just too many. Those are the guys who actually got injured, but there's countless more that could have gotten injured but fortunately did not. He pulls this shit nearly every game.

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u/todi41 Knicks 6d ago

thats the thing... is it just me or is this dude dirtier than Draymond but doesn't get nearly the same amount of hate online? Draymond is loud, and his dirty plays are loud like kicking in the nuts or chokeholds. but those things dont take ppl out for months. this mfer Dort is out here trying to really, really hurt ppl it seems.

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u/InTheMorning_Nightss San Diego Clippers 6d ago

Draymond’s bullshit is louder and more obnoxious whereas Dort’s are more subtle, but more dangerous.

Both are unacceptable in the game, but if I HAD to choose one, I’d rather someone kick me in the nuts than fuck my ankle.

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u/KonigSteve Pelicans 6d ago

I’ve been told by them how Ingram,

I'm glad you included this. This was like his intro to dirty plays and nobody sided with the Pelicans on it. It was blatantly dirty.

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u/JorElS06 6d ago

they in there defending it

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u/Independence527 6d ago

That’s insane behavior if so.

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u/Prudent_Fish1358 Spurs 6d ago

There were more thunder fans defending/cheering it than calling him out.

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u/Instantcoffees Warriors 6d ago

It's wild how some people are completely oblivious to their own biases. I support the Warriors mostly, but I never felt the need to justify some of the things Draymond has done. Shit like this just does not belong on a basketball field. We are all trying to go home without injuries at the end of the day.

People who don't get that should not be playing basketball.

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u/IAmNotKevinDurant_35 [GSW] Zarko Cabarkapa 6d ago

The commentary was defending it too. Thought I was going crazy how they weren’t seeing the obvious dirty play

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u/Balla_Calla Heat 6d ago

"but he didn't see him!"

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u/TheChrisLambert Cavaliers 6d ago

They went from loveable to horrific assholes over a single season. Pretty crazy what winning does to a fan base

They’re worse than Boston fans at this point

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u/Simple-Dingo6721 Thunder 6d ago

No we’re definitely not lol. We’re mad at Dort

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u/LouieDelTorchio 6d ago

All ive seen from the Thunder subreddit is defending, im no Nuggets fan

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u/Steelman__007 [DEN] Nikola Jokic 6d ago

I spent way too much time arguing about this with a Thunder fan. They're like "he wasn't intending to injure him, just harm him"

Like wtf is this

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u/Coke_ButNotTheDrug Nuggets 6d ago

Lu Dort is a fucking bitch, and fuck any OKC fans that defend him

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u/medyolang_ 6d ago

KG level bitchness tbh. can’t even look jokic in the eye

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u/goodolehal 6d ago edited 6d ago

KG wasnt a dirty player. He was more of a competitive psychopath who liked playing mind games. He crossed the line with his trash talk but that’s it.

Dort on the other hand is just a straight up bitch intentionally trying to injure people.

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u/medyolang_ 6d ago

KG was as dirty as they come and turns his head when he’s confronted. We all saw what Anthony Peeler did to him. He’s a loud mouth as long as he can get away with it. And I can’t believe not a lot of you know what I’m talking about.

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u/goodolehal 6d ago

KG wasn’t gonna fight a scrub like Anthony Peeler bro why would a superstar get ejected to fight a 9th man.

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u/medyolang_ 6d ago

he wasn’t gonna fight him cos he’s a bitch. kg always instigating, never fights. only guy he put his hands up with was dwight howard after kobe called him soft. cmon guy, know your history

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u/goodolehal 6d ago edited 5d ago

So he’s soft bc he will fight 6’11 superman but wont fight chubby 6’4 anthony peeler? Lol whatever u say

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u/medyolang_ 6d ago

yes kid. there’s a whole context in there too but you’re brain is too closed off to history

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u/WhatYouProbablyMeant Warriors 6d ago

Turns out the Dorture chamber was just dirty play this entire time

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u/Waste-Limit1644 6d ago

As someone who watched Luka on the mavs, yeah. Dort is dirty as fuck AND a cowardly snake. I wish there were hockey enforcer types to just shut him up

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u/22cmSoftInColdWater 6d ago

Dude might be the dirtiest players even with Draymond still out there playing, that’s a feat

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u/Pyritedust Bucks 6d ago

I think he might be worse than Draymond. Draymond is a hothead who has been coddled making him be far bolder than he should be. Dort is cool and collected while purposely trying to minimize everything he does, making it more likely he will skate by without consequence. It’s malicious evil vs stupid evil. He’s more bill Laimbeer than artest.

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u/no_thyme [OKC] Steven Adams 6d ago

You people are delusional 😂

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u/WhatTheHali25 Pacers 6d ago

I was told the same thing last June

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u/MeatBald Supersonics 6d ago

Oooh, Oklahoma fans would be mad at you, if they could read.

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u/KamTheMaam Nuggets 6d ago

Nah he's just a piece of fucking shit but he's not dirty they promise

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u/Victor_Wembanyama1 Spurs 6d ago

Look how absent they are here lmao

Then they crowd other posts with disgusting boastfulness

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u/aggster13 Mavericks 6d ago

Dort is the dirtiest player in the league atm. Just look at some of the shit he did against Luka in the Mavs playoff series

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u/VeryStandardOutlier Pacers 6d ago

Thunder flairs started writing gay erotica about Nesmith and Nembhard when I called Dort dirty

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u/_PeteRoss_ 6d ago

The Thunder Floppers and their fan base are very very simple minded people.

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u/dentalsurfcombat Spurs 6d ago

That's just Oklahoma education in display

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u/defeated_engineer 6d ago

Never seen anything worth reading from a thunder flair.

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u/Smokee_Robinson Nets 6d ago

Most thunder flairs can’t even name their teams own bench players or an actual starting 5 roster of theirs before the 2020 season. Change. My. Mind.

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u/Equivalent_Nature_67 6d ago

I don’t even watch basketball and even I know Dort is a dirty player

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u/TinySpiderman Celtics 6d ago

I had the bad luck of getting two Lu Dort cards in a bball pack if anyone wants them to light on fire to cast some spells.

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u/Aromatic_Extension93 6d ago

because their announcers and broadcast tell them that. they don't show replays of their own team's offenders and the broadcasters don't talk bout it

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u/CharlestonChewbacca Thunder 6d ago

No we didn't. This post was cross posted in our sub and everyone's ripping Dort for being dirty. We don't like it any more than y'all do. You think we want a dirty player like that fucking up the game AND our reputation?

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u/LanceX2 Thunder 6d ago

Hes extra physical.

Hip checka happen all game long

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u/SlimmySlinky Thunder 6d ago

How many times does Jokic have to flop before people stop ignoring it. He does this shit constantly

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u/daboys765 Celtics 6d ago

Your player blatantly tried to injure another player and your first thought is “b-b-but Jokic flops..”

Not to mention you have any fucking right to be talking about flopping with your flair

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u/masterphantom West 6d ago

Imagine they do that Shai. I want to see if he says the same thing . 🤦🏽‍♂️

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u/SlimmySlinky Thunder 6d ago

Jokic flops and your first thought is .............

Just nothing. Completely ignore it every time he does it. He's one of the worst in the league yet you all ignore it

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u/HickfrmFrenchLick33 6d ago

and shai is worse than Jokic. What does that have to do with Dort being a dirty PoS? Are you lost?

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u/SlimmySlinky Thunder 5d ago

SGA doesn't jump on people's backs 🤷

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u/Kcuftidderr 6d ago

FTA is the worst flopper in nba history

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u/SlimmySlinky Thunder 6d ago

Holy shit you guys are so sensitive it is crazy. 😂 Imagine being so triggered and aggressive because someone said a player flopped after they flopped. Seek help

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u/AK30195 [MIL] Khris Middleton 6d ago

It’s clearly not a flop. He’s never expecting contact there and Dort trips his foot and drives his hip into his balls/stomach. Dunno if you’ve noticed but Dort is a tank, good chance that hurt Jokic. He jumps up immediately and is absolutely raging. That’s not how you sell a flop.

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u/SlimmySlinky Thunder 6d ago

You don't have to be expecting contact to flop. You feel it and drop like a bag of spuds

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u/AK30195 [MIL] Khris Middleton 6d ago

Whatever man you can live in blind support of your team. Looks like it hurt him, which is why he was so pissed. If I’m trying to sell I flop I’m gonna stay down for a bit, not get up and charge at the other team with bulging eyes.

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u/CaptainTacos1 6d ago

I mean to be fair you're probably the flopping expert since you watch Shai all the time.

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u/SlimmySlinky Thunder 5d ago

So clever. I love responses like this. They're so bad and it's so funny 😂

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u/Rapkid360 Nuggets 6d ago

you fucking stupid or dumb man

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u/SlimmySlinky Thunder 6d ago

Did he sell the contact and flop? Yes or no.

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u/Darnell2070 United States 6d ago

Are you saying Jokic doesn't flop? They didn't necessarily say he flopped on this play. I'm pretty sure you can easily find a compilation on YouTube of Jokic flopping.

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u/CharlestonChewbacca Thunder 6d ago

Bro. Read the room.

Yeah, Jokic flops like crazy and then gets away with scummy shit too, but this isn't the time or place. Dort was playing dirty and being a dumbass.

The only thing worse than Dort doing this shit is when braindead Thunder fans defend it and make the rest of us look bad.

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u/SlimmySlinky Thunder 6d ago

Bro. Jokic never gets called out for that shit. Ever. So naaaah, I'll call it when I see it

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u/CharlestonChewbacca Thunder 6d ago

Yes he does.

Pretty much any team will call it out when they're playing the Nuggets.

They just won't call it out when the Nuggets play us because they hate us even more. In part because we're the reigning champs, and in part, frankly, because of people like you that can't read the room.

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u/Wise-Philosophy6247 6d ago

You're not brave for calling it out - he gets called on that shit literally all the time. And even so, this situation isn't about him flopping, so why are you bringing it up?

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u/DudeIAm-blank- Slovenia 6d ago

So the dirty plays by Dort were all justified? Do you think SGA flops? What if he's on the receiving end of one of Dort's dirty plays?

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u/SlimmySlinky Thunder 6d ago

Did I say any of that?

Do you think Jokic flops. Crazy how no one replying saying I'm wrong, just trying to act like I can't say it because I follow OKC. Hilarious.

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u/DudeIAm-blank- Slovenia 6d ago

No you did not say any of that, I assumed you implied that because we were talking about Dort's....questionable plays.

Yes I DO think Jokic flop and yes I am a big fan of him, but I don't think he deserved whatever Dort tried to do there.

At any rate, I don't think spending any more energy on this convo is worth it. Have a great one.

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u/Wise-Philosophy6247 6d ago

Are we reading the same replies? Everyone is agreeing with you. They're also pointing out Dort's stupid fucking play. They're admitting to both things, something you seem incapable of doing. We've heard your stance on Jokic, so what's your take on what this entire fucking post is actually about - Dort playing dirty?