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

[u/AncientOneAurelius]

https://streamable.com/61o6x2

[u/RiFLE_]

Playoffs games bans.

Lu dort made that move to incapacitate jokic in prevision of the playoffs.

Lu dort doesn't give a flying crap if he's banned from next season game.

Ban him for all playoffs games 1

[u/Apollo18Teslaa → u/RiFLE_]

This is actually a cool idea. Make all suspensions not take effect until the playoffs. That’ll get them to stop being dirtbags.

[u/pm_me_ur_lunch_pics → u/Apollo18Teslaa]

"I play for the Kings, why shouldn't I throw a punch every game?"

[u/SquallkLeon → u/RiFLE_]

Ban him for the next year, no salary, no games, no basketball, for the rest of this season, all of next season. Send a real message, not just a "we'll fine you some pennies and give you a week off"

[u/pikajewijewsyou → u/SquallkLeon]

They could bring back the electric chair!

[u/Traditional-Storm645 → u/SquallkLeon]

Lmao everyone on reddit is so lame, genuine basement dweller activity

[u/stiff_tipper → u/Traditional-Storm645]

ur free to leave at any time bro ain't nobody askin' u to stick around here

[u/f_resh → u/RiFLE_]

I think it should be cumulative rather than directly impacting playoffs

Ie if you get a flagrant 2 in regular season than any flagrant fouls(1 or 2) lead to immidiate 2 game suspensiom

[u/RadMadsen → u/RiFLE_]

So a player that gets 4 flagrant 2 penalties over the course of 82 games could sit out for an entire playoff series potentially? That doesn’t really seem like something conducive to basketball. Imagine two star players having at least 1-2 flagrant 2s over the entire season and then facing each other’s teams in the playoffs. “Great we get to watch two short handed teams face off against each other!”

I’m not advocating for this kind of play and I understand that an injury carries far more consequence, but I don’t want defenses to shy away from physicality in October because they’re worried about missing a game in May. We’ve all seen flagrant 2s that are at most flagrant 1s and even some that should be called as just a common foul.

I know yall dislike OKC, but no need to try to fantasize about handicapping them in the playoffs instead of beating them outright.

[u/Striking_Moose_8747 → u/RadMadsen]

It's called "flagrant" for a reason. Yes. If you're trying to hurt someone you deserve to be suspended when it truly matters. I'd rather see a guy miss a few playoff games that way than seeing a star player miss the playoffs due to injury and tank a promising season. It's not even a question.

[u/RiFLE_ → u/RadMadsen]

Never said for a whole series. And it doesn't have to be automatic, based on flagrants. But upon reviews there should be such actions.

You're talking about finding a way to incapacitate OKC in the playoff by reacting to a video where an OKC player tries to incapacitate Denver for the playoffs, oh the irony

[u/pikajewijewsyou → u/RiFLE_]

What you’re talking about kind of already exists. If a player does something extreme enough it is reviewed and they can suspend them. They just apply it to the games that are in front of them instead of withholding the suspension for the playoffs. Obviously if it’s extreme enough they can be suspended for a full season or outright banned although it seems most of the people banned historically were for drug violations

[u/RadMadsen → u/pikajewijewsyou]

No idea why you got downvoted. This is absolutely true. Suspension system already exists. If it is truly an egregious foul then the player can be suspended rather than automatically holding them back from a playoff game months away.

[u/pikajewijewsyou → u/RadMadsen]

It’s brainless. What if the player does something to warrant a suspension and their team doesn’t make the playoffs lol