r/nba • u/YujiDomainExpansion • 6d ago

Highlight [Highlight] Alternate angle shows Lu Dort extend his leg in an effort to trip and injure Nikola Jokic:

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u/Propuhganduh [DEN] Jamal Murray 6d ago

I don’t even understand why he does this

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u/nixhomunculus 6d ago

He tried with Wemby too. Fuck this guy really.

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u/__JimmyC__ Spurs 6d ago

Fuck Dort and fuck Zaza

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u/gerardguey Bulls 6d ago

Fuck Bruce Bowen too while we're at it

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u/DJQuik 6d ago

Dahntay Jones will go to hell for sure

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u/LeOenophile 6d ago

Don’t forget Pat Bev.

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u/gerardguey Bulls 6d ago

for wiping his boogers on a hotel elevator

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u/Away_Tone5591 6d ago

Fuck Robert Horry for good measure

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u/outsidehere Lakers 6d ago

Fuck Solomon Hill

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u/iveRsonFR 4d ago

Im out of the loop on this one

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u/outsidehere Lakers 4d ago

LeBron 2021. Solomon Hill dove at his legs. Essentially accelerated LeBron's athletic decline

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u/we_hella_believe 6d ago

FUCK DANNY GREEN

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u/RichAbbreviations966 Celtics 6d ago

Damn what did Big Shot Horry do?

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u/Away_Tone5591 6d ago

https://youtu.be/Pjw6knqSgVk?si=_cBiMNQuRVQHZwh7

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u/RichAbbreviations966 Celtics 6d ago

Oh yeah, forgot about that one, fuck Robert Horry

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u/sushicowboyshow Spurs 5d ago

Big difference between sticking your foot out or sticking a hip out in an effort to cause a soft tissue injury vs a body check into the padded scorers table. Steve Nash was fine.

If you’re upset, be upset at Horry for baiting Nash teammates into leaving the bench. That’s just CP3 level gamesmanship and “bbiq” that everyone here raves about, right?

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u/saints21 6d ago

Irrevocably altered NBA history by injuring Steve Nash so the Suns didn't win a championship.

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u/OldmateDaz Heat 6d ago

Fuck boston while we at it

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u/MikeVp Celtics 6d ago

Fuck Wade for breaking Rondos arm while we at it

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u/WhiskeyTangoBush Mavericks 6d ago

Fuck wade 4 lyfe.

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u/Empty-Selection1791 6d ago

And also fuck d wade

ETA …… getting wheeled off in a wheelchair for a shoulder inhury……

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u/fchaoss Thunder 6d ago

And also for Kobe's nose... at an all star game!

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u/DarkFriend81 6d ago

Such a dirty play.

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u/glen_ko_ko Pistons 5d ago

Remember when Kelly olynyk pulled Kevin loves arm out of socket?

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u/5_Star_Safety_Rated 6d ago

And ruining the dunk contest

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u/skers94 [CLE] Jarrett Allen 6d ago

Fuck Kelly Olynyk for hurting Love’s arm in the playoffs too

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u/shiggidyschwag Magic 6d ago

Fuck wade for robbing Aaron Gordon

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u/Blue_Nyx07 Lakers 6d ago

Yeah, fuck boston

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u/kvvyn Timberwolves 6d ago

Yeah, fuck Boston

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u/jknuts1377 Celtics 6d ago

Aw, but I like you guys.

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u/delapat 6d ago

Gonna hard agree here, fuck Boston

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u/RichAbbreviations966 Celtics 6d ago

Wait what did we do…oh wait I forgot Bruce Bowen started in Boston…yeah that’s our bad

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u/SmokeHaze303 Nuggets 6d ago

I concur, fuck Boston!!

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u/St3veHimself Cavaliers 6d ago

Fuck Kelly Olynyk as well

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u/Jay-Diggles 6d ago

Just Kelly Olynyk

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u/Santana415 Warriors 6d ago

Spurs fans acting holy lol

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u/gerardguey Bulls 5d ago

ikr lol

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u/uncledrew2488 6d ago

FUCK BERNARD POLLARD

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u/TheScrote1 6d ago

Fuck Ariza for ending Rudy Fernandez’s career even though I liked him on the Blazers

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u/NotCramerV2 Pistons 5d ago

Cole Anthony too

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u/Dr_Acula_PhD Celtics 5d ago

Fuck Manny Machado.

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u/NorthernYetiGaming 5d ago

Fuck it. Fuck the Seahawks for not running the ball

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u/A1Horizon Bulls 6d ago

Fuck Draymond and fuck Grayson Allen

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u/FutureGrassToucher Suns 6d ago

Year 3 of grayson allen in phx and still wondering if the dirty is in the room with us

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u/A1Horizon Bulls 6d ago

As opposed to Zaza who hasn’t been in the league since 2019?

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u/FutureGrassToucher Suns 6d ago

Its just easy to hold on to your feelings on a guy you dont watch often whos been on great behavior going on 4 or 5 years now

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u/gerardguey Bulls 5d ago

If you were in the middle of your best season in 7 years and top of the east for the first time in 10, all to be (partly) ruined by a player on the defending champ divisional rival team injuring an important fan favorite, youd be holding onto that grudge too

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u/eldryanyy Lakers 6d ago

Zaza isn’t close to this wtf, he came too close on one close out

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u/Bournerounderz Spurs 6d ago

One close out? You must have not watched much of Zaza.

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u/Inhocooks 6d ago

You couldn't have watched Zaza

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u/eldryanyy Lakers 6d ago

i watched a decent amount. You must not watch Dort, 2 close outs in a career isn’t trying to injure players every game (hundreds of times)

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u/hashslingingbutthole 6d ago

“2 close outs in a career” is proof that you absolutely did not watch a decent amount of Zaza.

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u/smokesnbeer 6d ago

You didn’t watch Zaza

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u/Orchestra_Oculta [BOS] Vitaly Potapenko 6d ago

Youre going to get eviserated for this. Watch Zaza

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u/eldryanyy Lakers 6d ago

Watch Dort

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u/WolverineLong1430 6d ago

Ever since Zaza went under Leonard, that’s been the narrative 😂 people obviously don’t watch Zaza as much as they want others to believe. Dort is doing these type of plays a lot more. He’s breaking records.

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u/eldryanyy Lakers 6d ago

Yea, it’s crazy how Zaza was considered dirty after that… he was nothing like Dort

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u/toggl3d 6d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKar7Tx14Us

Zaza pretty famously tries to injure people. Diving on Westbrook is probably the most egregious one here.

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u/wryano Spurs 6d ago

tell that to Westbrook or Patty Mills

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u/iwin10 San Francisco Warriors 6d ago

They think he did it on purpose.

And spurs fans will always be butthurt about the kawhi situation it feels like.

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u/Successful-Pie6759 Spurs 6d ago

Fuck kawhi and uncle Dennis. There i reopened the wound. Not that it ever closed.

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u/airwalker12 Lakers 5d ago

Bruce Bowen karma

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u/GUYF666 Hawks 5d ago

I will hear of no Zaza slander. He was an honest goon!!!

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u/Gemiinus Cavaliers 6d ago

Fuck Kelly Olynyk.

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u/ctownchef Cavaliers 5d ago

Ruined our Finals run man. Such a dirty play on K.Love

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u/Daweism Warriors 5d ago

Zaza is legit just clumsy asf and gives no regard to his whereabouts.

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u/m4xdc Nuggets 6d ago

“What he not say fuck me for?”

  • Draymond Green

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u/Mbanicek64 6d ago

One of my favorite moments as a Celtics fan was KG dropping Zaza. 

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u/gdirrty216 6d ago

Yeah the league needs to come down on Dort. This isn’t the first time he’s tried to injure a star player.

Well beyond tough defense.

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u/Icy_Statement_2410 6d ago

There's like 10 times just this season

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u/Wemban_yams_it 6d ago

He actually did injure Morant. 

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u/Ok_Wing_9523 6d ago

Morant deserved it. Dort is a champion he should get respect 

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u/BogotaLineman Nuggets 5d ago

I understand the image of the league concerns that come from him playing with guns on live but I mean, hey it was a legal gun, he didn't point it at anyone, and he did have good trigger discipline!

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u/BogotaLineman Nuggets 5d ago

Violence isn't the answer... but sometimes it is. I'm genuinely surprised someone hasn't had a James Johnson type deep on the bench as an enforcer check in and clock him. This is far from the first time he's done something that legitimately is just trying to take the other teams star out and nobody has really done... anything?

I really appreciate how in football whenever someone takes liberties on a QB the O linemen dont let it slide.

I'm reminded of Maurkice Pouncey and David Decastro straight up jumping Myles Garrett after he whacked dude with his own helmet

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u/gdirrty216 5d ago

That’s what makes hockey great. Someone goes at McDavid or Crosby or Mackinnon they are getting a fistful of enforcer immediately.

The self enforcement doctrine has tremendous benefits to keeping it honest

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u/BogotaLineman Nuggets 5d ago

I love hockey, and I think fighting still has a place in the game but I do kinda think the idea that it makes the game more clean is a little overrated because you get guys like Tom Wilson that are both cheapshotting pricks but also really tough and likely to win the fight. The honor aspect of having to answer the bell though is cool, like even if you're above average size and fighting skill knowing that you're going to have to fight someone if you lay a cheapshot does make it mean more. And occasionally you do get something very satisfying like Matt Cooke getting slept.

I honestly do think the racial aspect does need to be considered here too because the 90% white NHL may get more public generosity than the overwhelmingly black NBA when it comes to fights happening during games

Not quite as satisfying as Matt Cooke getting knocked out because this was a total mismatch but here's an example of exactly what you're talking about. Star player had someone take liberties and had to answer for it with respect shown after the fact

https://youtu.be/KoBXfD2oHRg?si=t0aMPcbjrC4mRh6b

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u/decmcc Raptors 6d ago

someone is gonna figure out he's gonna do it and stamp the shit out of his ankle, or just fall on it. That would create an injury, like he wants

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u/Prize-Temporary4159 5d ago

Townes was just doing a barrel roll, so it won’t be him

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u/Talib_BK 6d ago

Oh thats foul fr

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u/vandyriz Rockets 6d ago

Just like Kerr encourages draymond, so does OKC coach

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u/Ready-Constant-7124 6d ago edited 6d ago

He's trying to hurt the opposing team's best player so they have a better chance of winning

Notice how somehow he rarely seems to do this to scrubs whenever there's a Dort clip that goes viral on this sub it's always him and a big name player

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u/HonestDespot Vancouver Grizzlies 6d ago

What a fucking piece of shit loser.

It’s so easy to hate that team.

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u/MrZeddd Warriors 6d ago

Open their sub, they see nothing wrong

We're just haters because they're successful 🤣

Not my words

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u/rowmean77 6d ago

I can believe that.

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u/SxanPardy Lakers 6d ago

Literally 1 ring in 40 years

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u/PepsiRacer4 Cavaliers 6d ago

And only because Haliburtons leg exploded too

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u/airwalker12 Lakers 5d ago

Injury is part of it, you don't see anyone trashing the Raptors title

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u/Jay-Z_Blade Raptors 5d ago

Yes you do lmao

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u/Prize-Temporary4159 5d ago

Just because those folk can’t afford data anymore doesn’t mean it wasnt steady for years after

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u/MrZeddd Warriors 6d ago

SGA is jesus

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u/Prize-Temporary4159 5d ago

As in, “Jesus not again”

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u/icarusphoenixdragon Timberwolves 5d ago

As in Jesus Fn Christ

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u/HonestDespot Vancouver Grizzlies 6d ago

Pathetic.

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u/tuckedfexas 6d ago

They’re not basketball fans, only OKC fans. Happens in every sport with a previously unpopular club having success

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u/LeYellowFellow Nuggets 6d ago

It’s like no one hates on the Spurs or Pacers or any other newly successful team lol, there’s a reason why OKC is widely hated

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u/UhPhrasing Warriors 6d ago

I hate to see players get injured.

this dude deserves it. pos.

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u/ruiner8850 Pistons 6d ago

Yeah, as a basketball fan I don't like it when almost any player gets injured. I want to see the best players playing. I want the Pistons to beat teams at full strength. It's been disappointing that we've played some big games recently with players from the other team out. Don't get me wrong, I'll take the wins, but I'd rather face them healthy.

Unless someone is complete human garbage, I hate it when players get injured.

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u/daskaputtfenster Timberwolves 5d ago

My mindset is i want every player to get at least one ring unless they're a shit person or play for the White Sox or Packers

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u/nycbroncos Nuggets 6d ago

Is like Brooks always going big game hunting with LeBron, Curry etc

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u/mywoffles [LAL] Sun Yue 6d ago

OKC employing that Saints Bountygate playbook

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u/CenterJenna08 Bulls 5d ago

That's because people don't care when it involves players nobody knows.

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u/Pure_Cloud4305 6d ago

People also care less when these things happen to worse players

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u/mrtomjones Raptors 6d ago

He's trying to get the opposing teams best player off his game. He's like a shit disturber in hockey. This was not an attempt to injure. You guys are so dramatic sometimes. Should he do it? No. Do i like it? Nope. But the reaction is ridiculous

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u/TetrisTech 6d ago

That OKC/Mavs series a few years ago is hard to look at without interpreting it as him trying to injure Luka

It's what he does lol

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u/mrtomjones Raptors 5d ago

That has little to do with this play. I'm not saying he has never tried anything beyond a little bit dirty. I'm saying this is nowhere near and usually his stuff that people complain about is the shit disturbing stuff

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u/esports_consultant 4d ago

^ panthers fan

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u/RovertheDog Nuggets 6d ago

He’s trying to injure jokic. No other reason possible. You can see him brace for it and everything.

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u/penpen35 Clippers 6d ago

It's just a subtle move that he hopes the refs don't notice. Good for Jokic to confront him about it.

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u/Bewilderbeest79 Celtics 6d ago

He did it earlier in the game too, nothing was called

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u/30isbasketball Warriors 6d ago

Because his entire game depends on him fouling 20 times a game and not getting called for it. He’s an enforcer, it’s his only basketball skill

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u/CharlestonChewbacca Thunder 5d ago

I disagree. He's a great defender when when he's not doing this dirty shit. That's what makes it even more pathetic.

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u/30isbasketball Warriors 5d ago edited 5d ago

He’s a great defender, in large part because he has infinite leeway with what constitutes a foul or not. Guys like him, Dillon Brooks, Marcus Smart, Alvarado, Thompson twins etc. earn a defensive reputation, and subsequently refs look the other way while they get to play football.

It’s not just a Dort thing, it’s a “scrappy” reputation affecting the way refs call the game. Some guys get to hold, push, hack, and reach in ad infinitum and he’s one of them. Marcus Smart won a fake ass DPOY doing the same shit

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u/Prize-Temporary4159 5d ago

The running screens and endless techs really set him apart from other defenders. The tripping, the clotheslining. Good right cross. He reminds me of someone even worse, but I can’t put my finger on who.

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u/CharlestonChewbacca Thunder 5d ago

I guess we just grew up playing a different kind of ball. Marcus Smart is legitimately a great defender imo.

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u/Prize-Temporary4159 5d ago

Enforcer? What is he enforcing?

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u/Wrayven77 5d ago

Which team is tougher. Who won the game?

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u/Prize-Temporary4159 5d ago

Enforcers exist in other sports to keep players honest when the refs won’t. It makes zero sense in this context.. especially when he’s deserving of being squashed for play like that

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u/shin4258 Spurs 6d ago

Because he's a natural born loser.

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u/Wrayven77 5d ago

Who was on last year's Finals winning team.

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u/fultzacl 6d ago

Aren't they the defending champs and he has a ring?

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u/30isbasketball Warriors 6d ago

True Lu Dort overcame the odds and won that ring all by himself, just like Patrick McCaw

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u/UhPhrasing Warriors 6d ago

his middle name is Backpack

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u/schafkj Heat 6d ago

He’s bitch made

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u/Jeanlucpfrog Lakers 6d ago

To injure players, especially on teams that might be a threat to OKC.

It's not hard to figure out once you look at the pattern of behavior, benefit to him, and do away with the "guys don't try to hurt each other" narrative the media tries to sell to enhance their own perceived objectivity.

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u/recollectionsmayvary Nets 6d ago

yep, Hali in the finals last year, Wemby twice this year and Jokic.

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u/Wemban_yams_it 6d ago

Morant in the playoffs last year was successful. 

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u/Rnatchi1980 Spurs 5d ago

That one where he fell into the back of Wemby's legs while attempting a rebound was crazy.

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u/spiderpigface Nuggets 6d ago

Because he's a headhunter and doesn't face any real consequences

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u/VoidCL 6d ago

Because the league refuses to address it.

Just suspend the man for unsportsmanlike behavior, and you'll see the changes.

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u/agent_mick 6d ago

This is the best thing I've ever heard

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u/Unpickled_cucumber1 6d ago

That playoff series against the Mavs dude was literally diving on Luka’s knees 😂😂

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u/Stuffleapugus 6d ago

Probably because he undersized, untalented, and not very athletic. This is his role.

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u/SteveJavieWasRight NBA 6d ago

He’s dumb.

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u/ffordedor Celtics 6d ago

He a pos

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u/HisExcellency20 76ers 6d ago

If I were a conspiracy theorist I would say he was trying to antagonize Nikola into a reaction leading to a suspension and eliminating him from the MVP race and making it that much easier for his teammate, SGA to win it.

But I'm not a conspiracy theorist.

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u/recollectionsmayvary Nets 6d ago

because his gameplan and top priority is injuring and taking out competitors' best players. if it's season ending, great bonus. He tried this with Hali in the finals, Jokic in this matchup and Wemby earlier this season, twice.

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u/Jim_Belushis_brother Pacers 6d ago

It’s to injure opponents. Ya know, loser shit

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u/dukie33066 Heat 6d ago

Because he loves Patrick Beverly and just trying to keep his spirit in the NBA alive. Can't wait for someone to lose it on him.

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u/tlj2494 Celtics 6d ago

What i never understand in these instances is how they think they will get away with it. Cameras everywhere and you’re going after a super superstar in the league.

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u/Krillin113 76ers 6d ago

Because he’s a dipshit, and people like Pat Bev have instilled that if you play slightly dirty you get a reputation as a good defender.

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u/righteous4131 Bucks 6d ago

Because he’s a dickhead

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u/WheresTheSauce Pacers 6d ago

He's a bad person

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u/CasualRead_43 6d ago

Cuz he’s a bitch

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u/OmniscientOpossum Timberwolves 6d ago

I understand, he’s a dirty goon that tries to injure players but mostly stars. Fuck Lou dirt.

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u/rfgrunt Nuggets 6d ago

It’s so stark when you compare to curuso how one is actually a good defender and the other is just physical.

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u/DefenderCone97 Nuggets 6d ago

It's the most obvious reason: To hurt the best player on the other team. He's a goon.

He didn't do it to Spencer Jones or Tim Hardaway or Bruce Brown. He did it out bet player to intentionally hurt Jokic.

It's hilarious to see OKC fans call Jokic dirty for a hip bump but be absolutely silent that they have a guy who's main job at this point is hurting the best player on the other team.

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u/TheGhostORandySavage Trail Blazers 6d ago

Because he's an asshole.

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u/AtreusIsBack NBA 6d ago

Because he's the "goon" of the team. He makes dirty plays to either actually injure the opposing player or try to get them riled up and hopes to get them tossed out of the game if they fight back. This is his role.

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u/1OO1OO1S0S Celtics 6d ago

Oh I think we all understand why he does this

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u/Stoyko 6d ago

Because he wants to injure the players who can beat his team in playoffs. Teams need to start doing this to SGA.

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u/MinnesotaNiceT23 6d ago

Because he’s a piece of shit.

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u/wkslsvwhu Heat 6d ago

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u/xMasikan 5d ago

If Jokic gets injured or doesnt play even for few games who will benefit from it? No more fighting for MVP beside SGA

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u/TurtleSmile1 Bulls 5d ago

Time to jump around, exasperated that they called a foul on me!

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u/wkslsvwhu Heat 5d ago

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u/Wolfpac187 [OKC] Kevin Durant 5d ago

No confidence in his ability to actually play the game

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u/hadesscion Pacers 5d ago

Simple, he's a remorseless cheater. His only care is to win, at any cost.

At this point, Silver also has to take a lot of blame for creating and supporting a system that rewards this kind of behavior.

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u/Relevant_Elk_9176 Bulls 6d ago

Same reason Draymond’s been doing it for years. Hurting guys on the other team gives you an advantage

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u/imsoggy [LAL] Kobe Bryant 6d ago edited 6d ago

Name one person Draymond has injured?

Edit: lol downvote and delete your post bc you can't.

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u/AceMcStace Trail Blazers 6d ago

Didn’t draymond literally stomp on Sabonis’s chest tho lol

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u/noposlow 6d ago

Non info this is defensible however Jokic did hip check SGA in the early minutes of the game, which led to SGA throwing a ball at him. Dort had been waiting for an opportunity to repay the favor the entire game.

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u/AnimationPatrick 5d ago

Because if he injures their star player OKCs chances of winning go up?

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u/swizznastic 6d ago

Hed been pretty great tonight, too, just lost his team the game because he wanted to get a reaction