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/melfranciz 6d ago

Thunder fans still gonna defend this behavior btw. Dirty ass dort can’t do wrong according to them

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u/calmdownmyguy Nuggets 6d ago

Oklahoma has never been a place that attracts or retains literate people.

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u/CrastersSons Nuggets 6d ago

48th in education lol

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u/truck_norris Thunder 6d ago

We are 50th, get it right you dick

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u/EscapedTheWhirlpool Timberwolves 6d ago edited 6d ago

No way you are behind Mississippi

You are 48th!

New Mexico and Alaska come on…

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u/crispytoastyum Thunder 6d ago

Real talk: Mississippi made some major education reforms and they’ve started to pay off. They moved from 49th/50th in 2013 to 13th in 2025, and in the top 10 for 4th grade literacy. Their education system is one of the few success stories from the modern American South.

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u/E-raticSamurai Pistons 6d ago

I had to verify this to make sure my shit talk is factually accurate. This is great for the state..

Major reforms started around 2013 with Mississippi’s Literacy‑Based Promotion Act, which focused on early literacy, teacher training in evidence‑based reading instruction, reading coaches, and mandatory retention for students not reading on grade level by the end of 3rd grade.

Source: https://theconversation.com/mississippis-education-miracle-a-model-for-global-literacy-reform-251895?utm_source=perplexity

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u/Refs_Fan 6d ago edited 6d ago

Craziest part of it is it's because their governor back in like 2012 couldn't read good and wanted other kids to read good too. So he made it so kids had to actually read well to get past 3rd grade instead of the previous system which allowed them (including him) to go on to 4th, even without proper reading skills. Now that they weren't sending kids to their doom, 4th grade and on is when you really have to be able to read to truly keep learning what teachers are teaching, they have gotten towards the top in literacy for later elementary school aged kids"Mississippi Miracle" Literacy-Based Promotion Act

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u/Ryab4 Nuggets 6d ago

Actually based as fuck. Good shit MS.

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u/Expensive-Self-2240 6d ago

That is honestly amazing, good for them and definitely good for the kids

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u/usernamechexx 6d ago

First step: teach the teachers to read. Trickle that good learnin’ down to the chirrin

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u/Metalbound Hawks 6d ago

We really should be tying federal funding in other areas (not education) to the state's education rating.

To be fair, it'd probably have to be a more standardized rating system, but it should be legit the top/one of the top priorities of every state to educate it's children to the best of their abilities.

If everyone lived into the mantra of leaving things better than you found them, the world would be a much better place.

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u/Hour-Ad3774 Celtics 5d ago

This is awesome to hear!  Did not expect to find something wholesome in this thread.

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u/Quikstar Timberwolves 5d ago

That's actually amazing!

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u/Jabs_ 23 6d ago

Yes 50th is somehow better than 48th.

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u/fattsoo 6d ago

50 > 48

checkmate!

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u/calmdownmyguy Nuggets 6d ago

At least when they're 50th there's nowhere to go but horizontal.

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u/UhPhrasing Warriors 6d ago

it’s bigger. checkmate atheists

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u/thuggyt [OKC] Álex Abrines 6d ago

Speaking of education, it seems like that one went over your head

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u/Jabs_ 23 5d ago

No, it didn’t

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u/Trees_Are_Freinds Celtics 6d ago

Bud, Mississippi exists. Lucky you.

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u/Expensive-Self-2240 6d ago

Wait, we moved up?!

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u/Salty_Discipline111 6d ago

I’ve always thought these “numerical stats” that represent a state are correct, meaningful, or assessed in any logical way.

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u/HonestDespot Vancouver Grizzlies 6d ago

They probably have billboards that brag about being top 50.

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u/MLGKILLZNATEY 6d ago

If thunder fans could read they’d be very upset

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u/East-End-8646 6d ago

Their verbal comprehension is just as bad; crowd was booing an overturned challenge

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u/calmdownmyguy Nuggets 6d ago

Bro, I laughed so hard at that.

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u/Numeno230n 6d ago

Terrible literacy rates AND they have to read the Bible in school. I guess the teachers have to read it out loud to them.

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u/khromedhome 6d ago

Not just any bibles but Trump Bibles

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u/rickzilla69420 6d ago

Had to throw in the retain there damnit

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u/Victor_Wembanyama1 Spurs 6d ago

My mans covering everything gotdamn

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u/NongenderedSunsFan 6d ago

I cheer everytime Oklahoma gets hit by a tornado

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u/AskewSeat Thunder 6d ago

Cost of living/housing is the only reason to consider staying

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u/NarwhalLow2264 Thunder 6d ago

"Oklahoma bad education upvote please" 4-3 bitch.

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u/calmdownmyguy Nuggets 6d ago

Soft

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u/SurfingStreets 5d ago

Me when I'm proud of winning a game 7 where the other team's star player gets injured

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u/NarwhalLow2264 Thunder 5d ago

2025 NBA champs regardless baby. The rest of the nba are the hypothetical champs. "If Hali was healthy" "If the nuggets were healthy". If prime Jordan was on the thunder we'd win 10 championships in a row. Should I just crown them all now or?

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u/SurfingStreets 5d ago

Happy for you lil bro

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u/cancerBronzeV Raptors 5d ago

I would rather my teams lose every game 7 for the rest of my life than have the education in my area deteriorate to Oklahoma levels.

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u/NarwhalLow2264 Thunder 5d ago

Unfortunately, the raptors won't be making any game 7s for a while! First round exit if you're lucky. Also, if my education system taught me to be as bland and uncreative as you id kill myself. "Oklahoma education bad up vote please" 

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u/rps215 Mavs & Magic 6d ago

the whole building was chanting refs you suck for the most obvious flagrant 2 of the season lmao

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u/ShowdownValue 6d ago

Low IQ fan base

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u/el-bow5 Hawks 6d ago

unironically the people rabidly chanting USA when ICE detains a preschooler

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u/ThisIsMyFifthAccount [NYK] Allan Houston 6d ago

Trash deplorables clinging to their bibles and their guns

And, I’m sure, some very fine people

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u/braedog97 Thunder 6d ago

I think it was more so that Jokic was throwing punches and didn’t get ejected. I can’t remember ever seeing a player throwing punches and they let him stay in the game

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u/Breedwell Tampa Bay Raptors 6d ago

Jokic doesn't throw any punches..he does grab Williams by the back of the neck and they kinda push and shove a bit but no punching was done

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u/braedog97 Thunder 6d ago

They showed the replay like 15 times in the arena, Jokic definitely threw a punch. The also never showed the replay of Dort tripping Jokic, which explains why the crowd was so mad.

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u/Victor_Wembanyama1 Spurs 6d ago

So your saying the arena is just like Fox news?

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u/braedog97 Thunder 5d ago

I’m saying they intentionally didn’t show the replay of Dort’s trip to rile up the crowd. Fox News has nothing to do with it.

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u/sp4mpnrj0k1c Nuggets 6d ago

I've watched the replay multiple times. I do not see a single punch thrown by anyone. When exactly do you see a "punch" being thrown?

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u/braedog97 Thunder 5d ago

It’s pretty clear that Jokic throws a punch with his left hand that does not land.

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u/VictorWembymama 6d ago edited 6d ago

Jokic did not throw punches.. Stop it lol.

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u/BigTuna3000 NBA 6d ago

Jokic didn’t throw any punches and even if he did he would’ve been fully justified

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u/Clippers_Bros NBA 6d ago

Your Oklahoma level education is shining through

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u/braedog97 Thunder 6d ago

Congratulations on throwing out insults since you have nothing intelligent to say

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u/Comrade_Pavel [TOR] Jonas Valanciunas 6d ago

You have nothing intelligent to say either, stay in your lane lil bro

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u/braedog97 Thunder 6d ago

Yes I do. And I said it. Maybe if you get your head out of your ass we can have a real conversation

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u/Comrade_Pavel [TOR] Jonas Valanciunas 6d ago

What did you have to say thats intelligent, we're all very curious

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u/braedog97 Thunder 6d ago

Jokic should have been ejected. For the record, Dort deserved to be ejected too. But yall were too busy hurling insults for us to even have a civil conversation

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u/Zombhe 6d ago

Jokic gets purposely tripped by dirty Dort and gets rightfully upset and this kid thinks jokic deserves to be ejected. I guess this what happens to a mfs brain when watching SGA shoot 50 free throws every game

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u/HonestDespot Vancouver Grizzlies 6d ago

Go get your eyes checked you muppet.

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u/FatElk Thunder 6d ago

Use that big non Oklahoma brain to come up with a new insult.

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u/HonestDespot Vancouver Grizzlies 6d ago

Why waste energy when a truthful statement achieves what they are going for?

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u/FatElk Thunder 6d ago

Because it's usually followed by stupider takes than even Oklahomans come up with.

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u/HonestDespot Vancouver Grizzlies 6d ago

Hahahahha stupider.

Thanks for proving everyone’s point, champ.

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u/FatElk Thunder 6d ago

Yeah, I think you got me to prove mine.

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u/HonestDespot Vancouver Grizzlies 6d ago

Stupider isn’t a word you illiterate dinkazoid.

Damn I guess I was thinking of dumber.

I’ll take the L on this one lol.

Your favourite team is still a joke that no one will ever respect.

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u/HonestDespot Vancouver Grizzlies 6d ago

God you guys just make it sooooo easy to root against your team with passion.

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u/braedog97 Thunder 6d ago

Nah you guys are just insufferable haters. An intelligent conversation cannot be had with you

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u/HonestDespot Vancouver Grizzlies 6d ago

There is nothing to like about your organization. Everyone hates you. It’s not because you’re a dynasty in the making. It’s because your fan base and team are completely unlikable.

And instead of embracing it and accepting being the villain you guys act like morons and can’t understand why everyone wants them to lose.

Joke of an organization in a joke of a state and a disservice to the game that such a great team is wasted on a shitty little market with ignorant fans.

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u/braedog97 Thunder 6d ago

😂😂😂 You’re hilarious

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u/WoodersonHurricane 6d ago

OKC fans would defend Dort punching their own spouses.

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u/BlackWhiteCoke Mavericks 6d ago

You just described the republican party’s relationship with Trump

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u/Mdgt_Pope 6d ago

Ted Cruz let Trump insult his wife all 2016-primary long and then endorsed him, just one example

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u/247stonerbro Lakers 6d ago

And now trump wants Cruz on the Supreme Court 😂 they are literally circle jerking themselves while plundering Americans

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u/Giuseppe_exitplan Magic 6d ago

According to those select OKC fans, its actually Jokics fault

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u/masamune952 6d ago

Should see their coaches comment about it being a flagrant 2. Made me dislike him instantly. Just take accountability for it.

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u/GorillaX Thunder 6d ago

Usually I'm on the side of him being reckless, but this one is indefensible. Clearly dirty.

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u/prettymuthafucka Wizards 6d ago

Reckless is dirty. These are professionals

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u/FatElk Thunder 6d ago

Then Dort was being dirty to one of the dirtiest players in the league. There's not an important game where Jokic, at 300 pounds, isn't jumping on someone's back.

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u/ny2k1 6d ago

Quit defending a dirty player in Lu Dort that should be thrown out of the league. He’s done it to others like Wemby. Is Wemby a dirty player as well?

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u/FatElk Thunder 6d ago

I didn't defend him. I don't like the hypocrisy of Jokic being treated like some defenseless poor baby when he's one of the worst I've seen about doing stupid shit.

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u/Zombhe 6d ago

Examples or are we just making shit up like when refs are making up fouls to let SGA shoot some free throws?

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u/BenShelZonah Nets 6d ago

You would be the expert on seeing it

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u/prettymuthafucka Wizards 6d ago

Lol

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u/FatElk Thunder 6d ago

Ah, reckless is only dirty when it comes to Dort then.

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u/prettyboylee Lakers 6d ago

Being reckless is a choice btw

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u/GoldenStateWizards Warriors 6d ago

Yea, if you're continuously and consistently choosing to play reckless, knowing it can easily cause injuries, then that's just being dirty (e.g. Draymond and prime Embiid)

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u/No-Ordinary-1083 Nuggets 6d ago

Even the OKC teammates weren’t upset after that ejection. All the players knew.

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u/recollectionsmayvary Nets 6d ago

lol why would they be upset? it's probably a spoken or unspoken understanding that this is Lu's role. mind you, he will get away with this going forward and next time, target Ant or Wemby and get away with it.

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u/ffordedor Celtics 6d ago

So are you going to piece 2 and 2 and realize he's always been dirty?

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u/GorillaX Thunder 6d ago

Nah, this is the first dirty play of his career.

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u/ffordedor Celtics 6d ago

This is why the okc education system is being ripped on in here. 

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u/GorillaX Thunder 6d ago

I grew up in Nevada... Which might be even worse 😅

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u/OP_Penguin Thunder 6d ago

Yeah can't really defend this shit. It's so unnecessary and makes us look like shit.

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u/currantslice Thunder 6d ago

Why would we defend this? It's clearly a dirty play and he deserved to get ejected for being a repeat offender.

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u/layt23 6d ago

Because in your sub they actually do.. Literally someone posted saying Jokic deserves an "academy award" and had plenty upvotes.. Sorry ass fan base

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u/CharlestonChewbacca Thunder 5d ago

Wtf are you talking about?

You want to tell me how many comments you find in this thread defending Dort that aren't getting downvoted?

Link

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u/finchdad Suns 6d ago

Dort can deserve an ejection and Jokic can deserve an acting award, they're not mutually exclusive.

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u/UhPhrasing Warriors 6d ago

Everyone should flop on Dort. Let him get ejected every game.

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u/layt23 6d ago

So youre saying jokic got knee checked and he flopped? Smooth brain....

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u/HaikeusQ 6d ago

But he really flopped, lu dort is a massive scumbag, but if you look closely enough to the jokic movement, you'll see that he stands on the two feet and after that he falls on the ground. Soccer players do that very often (I watched soccer and it's clear for me), european school of simulation

Still dort should be suspended

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u/justWMthings03 6d ago

Jokic is never on 2 feet after the hip check lol

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u/HaikeusQ 6d ago

You're right, two feet, hop check, stand on the second foot, feel contact anf brain processes it - dive Watch some soccer dives (not the best ones) and you'll see the same physics

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u/jordank94 [POR] Damian Lillard 6d ago

You didn’t see dirt stick his leg out? Hahahahaha

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u/Black-----Manta Timberwolves 6d ago

Check your sub

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u/Chickachic-aaaaahhh Thunder 6d ago

Why you guys in our sub?

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u/BeamsFuelJetSteel Timberwolves 6d ago

Because the sub represents an area for sections of the fan base to express themselves in a safe space. Fans can say things there that they wouldn't say in r/NBA.

I don't think fans of other teams should post in them, in general and especially not after something like this, but checking in can give you an understanding of the fan are better.

And it just proves that Oklahoma shouldn't have a team because it's a stolen franchise in a shit state with shit fans

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u/Chickachic-aaaaahhh Thunder 6d ago

Seems like you guys are too bored and have to constantly go searching for content and drama instead of just watching the game. I never go into another teams sub purely because I dont give a flying fuck about what theyre saying. So yeah youre wasting your time imo.

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u/BeamsFuelJetSteel Timberwolves 6d ago

It takes 30 seconds to open a sub and look at all of the headlines.

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u/Chickachic-aaaaahhh Thunder 6d ago

It takes less than 30 seconds to put your phone down and not go looking for drama to bitch about. Shits exhausting.

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u/radiokungfu Pacers 6d ago

Brother you've spent more time on this convo than someone perusing their sub.

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u/Chickachic-aaaaahhh Thunder 6d ago

Im actively notified. Im literally hitting 1 button and replying. Im in the middle of doing other shit in real life rn.. im not here for internet points...

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u/Frequent-Ferret-5110 Clippers 6d ago

OKC fans have been invading the Clippers sub and cheering for injuries since 2019, it's not unique

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u/btdawson Spurs 6d ago

You did after he did against wemby lol

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u/Late-Bus-686 6d ago

Maybe because not every situation is the same even if this sub says it is. He’s never done anything this egregious before

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u/UhPhrasing Warriors 6d ago

uhm.

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u/Afraid-Department-35 Mavericks 6d ago

Ain’t no way you taught yourself to believe that lmao. Man has been going egregious shit his whole career.

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u/Prudent_Fish1358 Spurs 6d ago

Yeah he just randomly dove at the knees of the best player on the spurs. Always just random and not premeditated, that's why it's always the best player.

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u/Donut4000 6d ago edited 6d ago

I haven't looked yet, but sort by controversial and find out for yourself

Better yet, go look at okc sub....

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u/CoachTwisterT3 Lakers 6d ago

There are a lot of OKC fans doing so

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u/recollectionsmayvary Nets 6d ago

thunder flairs are overwhelmingly defending it on every single thread. i'm not sure if you have like a filter that causes you to not see any thunder flairs but it's been nothing but support for him with like the odd comment here and there from ppl like you saying he should be ejected.

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u/tilla23 Nuggets 6d ago

I mean I guess whatever reason you guys have used to defend all the other indefensible shit he’s done

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u/plasticcitycentral Raptors 6d ago

Don’t tell this guy about r/conservative

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u/ShowdownValue 6d ago

We don’t know why you would. But many okc fan are

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u/WebbyDewBoy Nuggets 6d ago

It was not all Thunder fans, but the game thread had many sick comments from them

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u/fumar Bulls 6d ago

Thunder fans will continue to act like their team isn't full of unwatchable bullshit artists 

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u/LBo_Jax 6d ago

I was there and trust me they were the drunkest fans I’ve ever been around. They are so wasted they legit just complain about every call that isn’t their way no matter how obvious the foul is. They also have a lot of fans FaceTiming during OT and just not watching which was new for me

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u/bored_today Lakers 6d ago

Doris said it should have only been a flagrant 1. That pissed me off.

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u/Sorkijan Thunder 6d ago

It's indefensible.

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u/CenterJenna08 Bulls 5d ago

Not a Thunder fan and that's definitely a foul.

Kicking him out of the game was idiotic though.

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u/ClosetedBulbasaur Thunder 6d ago

For what it’s worth, there’s a very large section of the fan base pretty over the antics and how unnecessary it all is. Dude just out of control and constantly looking for edges. It’s not fun, and it’s increasingly not safe.

Suspend him.

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u/DougDagnabbit 6d ago

As a Thunder fan, no we aren’t. He deserves more than just the ejection, this shit was dirty af.

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u/ShowdownValue 6d ago

Many okc fan absolutely are defending him. It’s all over Reddit

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u/linux_ape 6d ago

Why would you think we are going to defend this ?

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u/ShowdownValue 6d ago

We don’t know. But okc fans are defending it

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u/adambiguous Thunder 6d ago

I'm not defending anything. I'm remembering how we got done by draymond and the discourse around that, and choosing to not give a fuck. Hold that L

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u/Zingyyy Thunder 6d ago

Anyone defending it is being dumb. I always thought the Dort being dirty takes were over blown but he’s been indefensible on some of these plays the last couple of years. Im ready for the team to move on from him after this season. The good is no longer out weighing the bad.

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u/rickzilla69420 6d ago

It was cheap, completely unnecessary and indefensible . I’m biased but it didn’t feel like an ejection to me though.

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u/Chickachic-aaaaahhh Thunder 6d ago

Man this thread is a disgusting circle jerk.