The ugliest part of NBA basketball is the foul fest at the end of most close games. Both the trailing and leading teams fouling each other is a massive joke. We need some rule changes

The worst is the two hand shove being a screen

moving screen where he steps up to impede the defender

I call those Draymond Screens because he is patient zero for the moving screen epidemic and it rhymes with his name

The NBA decided that the way the Warriors played was good for business and now here we are.

Hardly the first time they’ve done it if you read into things the way the carrying rule used to be enforced

The ugliest part of the game is attackers jumping into defenders and the defender has to jump out of the way to avoid getting called for a foul.

you aint wrong. people talk about many injuries are cause of how fast the pace is in modern game but if NBA actually enforced rules like illegal screens, carrying and traveling, players would be forced to play more carefully and slower

I can’t blame prime GSW for using moving screens because it was just a counter for defenders blatantly grabbing and roughing up Curry on every play. I’ll never understand the league just allowing everyone to do it now though. Jaxson Hayes has never set a legal screen in his NBA career

The officiating on screens has been the single biggest issue in the league for a while. It’s incredibly difficult to defend screening actions in the league, especially because referees will call a defensive foul basically any time a defensive player brushes against a screener. Marcin Gortat’s legacy.

The whole travel carry uhm akshually a gather step crab dribble BS is the most atrocious of all.

That and OKC falling on the floor Jordan whistle.

It has become such an offense-lopsided game.

Every since Jordan’s rise to the stratosphere. Facts.

Let me introduce you to Miami Heat basketball where screens are for the weak

It is incredibly strange to me how the league makes substantive changes to the officiating without a) changing the rulebook or b) telling anyone. If there’s enough of a fuss about this, we’ll see a midseason change, but won’t hear about it until Adam Silver’s press conference after the Finals.

Get in line behind all Cavs fans. The Warriors illegal screened their way to several rings.

I think Jo is one of the more ugly parts of the game, tbh

agreed, ir also made it so stars don’t guard one another anymore

what’s the point if it’s just gonna be 6 illegal screens to get the switch anyways

I thought it was Draymond

I mean Dort being allowed to hack any big he guards with no calls is also pretty annoying but generally i agree with you

This is more like ball than basketball. Pivot foots are now either foot, gather step as many times as you need, dribble can go higher than shoulders etc

Cant you just move around stationary screen super easily?

I guess it has become like the NFL where, as they say, they could call holding on every play.

Still sucks. A perfectly executed screen is a thing of beauty. These guys look more like offensive lineman in the open field.