[Highlight]Keldon Johnson cleanly scoring over Chet Holmgreen
unrelated but looked it up and keldon has been in the league for 7 years? wtf that does not feel like it
Was our draft pick from the Kawhi trade
Seems like only yesterday that Pop nepo’d him onto the Olympic team.
fun fact: he’s top 7 in scoring (500pts more than zion) and top 5 in rebounds in his draft class
he’s top 7 in scoring (500pts more than zion) and top 5 in rebounds in his draft class
So…7th and 5th?
Yes, but the top 7 and 5. Not just the seventh and fifth.
Makes sense, super hyped class but a lot of guards/wings (ja, garland, coby, rj, reddish), and then zion being injured (but I’m assuming still above keldon in both)
And then hunter, a couple others that didn’t pan out?
Every medal team needs a christian laetner
Wasn’t nepo literally everyone on the team loved Keldon and wanted him there. Legit every older player who meets KJ loves him, he’s a lot like Westbrook in that he is just infinite energy and a great teammate
time flies way too quickly I feel old when I found that out lol
He’s the new Derrick Favors. Good player that flies under the radar that was drafted at 19 YO so you’re surprised at how long he’s been in the league
What the heck happened to that guy?
Ran out of Favors
didn’t he go to the 2021 olympics?
Yup. It’s how we learned to pronounce his name through those Javale vlogs
JOHNSON
That’s why he’s Mr. San Antonio. Used to lead our team in ppg in the dark days too.
I feel the same way, but I think it’s because I always mix up Keldon Johnson, Keyontae Johnson, and Keyonte George.
Genuinely what is the ref looking at if he cant see the elbow lol
he was admiring the Spurs’ jerseys can’t blame him tbh
fr the retro color scheme is so iconic and sharp
I wish we had a jersey this nice, from any year.
Those orange highlighter jerseys are atrocious
Totally agree. Hard to think of a single highlighter uni that has worked.
Maybe Heat one?
I like our blue ones very iconic for me
Our Native American heritage ones? I had forgotten about those. Can’t believe it’s almost been 10 years.
Those ones but also the normal blue
My favorite of yalls was the darker blue with the vertical thunder lettering on the right side
Those Fiesta jerseys are sick. Thank goodness they’re no longer just a memory from when we sucked
Probably a combination of Keldon’s feet for a travel, and watching Chet’s right arm in relation to a shot attempt. If he went straight up Chet might’ve gotten him on the forearm, put I think ref just followed the shooting arm out and missed the other elbow. There was a pretty meh offensive foul called on the spurs next possession that seemed like a pretty obvious make up call once they saw the blood coming out of Chet’s nose
Thats true my initial thought was Keldon pivoted so much it felt like a travel but wasnt
It looks like he switched pivots to me. Always thought that was a travel.
Big body.
BIG BODY > STICK BODY
Girth wins yet again
Thicccccccccc boi
Big elbow
Spurs fan but how was that not traveling on us tho lol
Whats a travel?
He barely shifts his pivot foot. For nba standards this isn’t close to a travel. It was clearly a foul though.
Barely? He did more than a full 360 he took like 7 steps.
Pivot foot lifted like three times. No way someone can do like a 540 on a pivot foot without traveling.
Jokic does it sometimes, especially on his Garen E’s
Garen E’s LMAO we got League and NBA sub crossover once again
JUSTICE!
He travels hard on all of those lol. Usually by changing contact point from heel to toe and back
“travels on all of those” visit the eye doctor lately?
Refs don’t have slo-mo vision.
He never picks up his left foot
I can’t tell from this angle but if the foot never leaves the ground, but slides around a bunch, then it should still be a travel. But again I cannot see it from here so I have no idea what the right call should be.
I mean, it’s called a pivot foot for a reason… he’s pivoting on it. I guess it was relatively egregious pivoting, but if they called every pivot like it was a travel, then everything’s a travel.
I’m talking like slides 8+ inches away from the spot it landed on. Like if his pivot foot was in the key to start. Then by the time the shot goes up its 6 inches out of the key. Even if it never left the ground you can’t just be dragging your foot around like that, its a travel.
Eh it wasn’t even that bad. I feel like they won’t call these unless it’s pretty bad/lots of movement. He didn’t really gain advantage from any movement his pivot had.
Tbh the Shai one was worse than this but also I think that wasn’t too bad either.
The main issue is def the missed elbow. I don’t mind no travel call
Does anyone really get called on travelling though?
3 in the key, elbow to the face
And a travel too
The refs are in prime mid-season form
Playoff*
Almost never see offensive 3 in the key called anymore. Still see them call it on a defender though
I was so confused with OP’s title after watching the video. the elbow to the face what made Chet unable to contest the shot properly.
It was a joke
“How dare the refs not call a foul against our team! Competely outrageous! We are always called for every foul! Competely rigged! “
Chris Finch’s head would’ve exploded if this call was missed on his team
I like how thunder fans in the comments think everyone’s agreeing with them
No everyone in the thread hates us lol
This has been a growing moment for you; proud of you son.
Give it a break, you’re embarrassing yourself.
This is Reddit, who gives an eff lol
Thunder had 3 free throws to the Spurs 20 at this point
Because they wouldn’t try Victor in the restricted area, where a majority of shooting fouls get called.
Spurs made something like 26⁄27 shots in the restricted area last night, whereas the thunder only made 14⁄15.
The Thunder were settling for middies and threes instead of testing Victor. It’s why there was such a FT disparity.
“SGA should’ve gotten his usual 10 FT per game its obvious this is rigged”
Nobody said that, but keep up the victim complex, man.
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It wasn’t just a factor, it was thee main factor. Add on that the Spurs have 3 players that are prime at the driving to the basket, against a VERY handsy team? Anyone that watched the game and understands what they are looking at, is not shocked at the difference in free throw numbers.
Refs are often unreliable, and yes there were missed calls/no calls this game. But it went both ways. What comes to mind for the Spurs is the all ball steal by Harper they blew a whistle on.
If your game plan consist of taking mostly mid range shots and drive and kicking. You are not going to be in a position to receive a lot of shooting fouls. If you want the foul numbers to match up, you have to put pressure on the basket.
Again, the Spurs scored like 56 points in the restricted area, compared to the Thunder 24.
OKC was fouling the Spurs on fast breaks. You guys had tons of turnover that leads to you guys fouling. Context matters. I watched the game twice already.
This video is definitely a foul on KJ,and the refs did not call foul on some plays that deserve it.
👏 Thank you. It’s always refreshing to see stat reciters get their fairly lazy arguments busted by the context of what actually happened in the game… but you have to actually watch the game and know what you’re looking at to recognize.
I explained why there was such a FT disparity. Of course in any game there will be missed calls, but OKC didn’t get to the line last game simply because they were too afraid to attack the Victor at the basket.
Spurs had like 56 points in the restricted area compared to the Thunder with like 24 points.
exactly
“so… in a game where Wemby’s block streak ended because the Thunder were too scared to try and score in the paint… you think the Thunder should have more free throws?” is all you really gotta say
the thunder routinely have a free throw disparity to their competition. The narrative that they get a favored whistle is r/nba hoax
💯!!! You don’t get many fouls avoiding wemby like that
Because they only shot midranges?
Nba balancing out the okc hot start
tHe tHuNdeR aRe noW GetTiNg reFFeD faIRly
An obvious missed call on Keldon here. I think there was a make up call quickly after.
I seem to remember that as well, couldn’t tell you what it was but it felt like they only called it due to this
Harper strip that we didn’t challenge
and Harper proceeded to steal the ball straight after and score on the fast break anyway lol
That’s right, folks, the victims of the NBA, the Thunders.
I know a laker fan isn’t talking. Your whistle makes okc look reasonable.
Not the defensive whistle or the lack there of. Got em, bois!
Lakers fan 1 - OKC fan 0
Not sure if this doesn’t make any sense, or I just can’t read cause I was given the worst education.
As a fellow Thunder fan in the same shoes, probably a mix of both.
One positive OKC post and people like you can’t handle it lol it’s wild
One little jab at the thunders and the softest fanbase in the league can’t take it.
Can’t make this up
Sports fans callin other people soft is projection 100% of the time lol
What do you call someone projecting a projection?
I thought this sub was all in favor of calling out bad refs
You aren’t calling out bad officiating, you are just complaining because one call didn’t go your way
I literally just posted the clip, what are you even saying
Lmao
Folks here aren’t as dumb as you’d like them to be
More like you guys are fucking unhinged
And also dumb lmao
Missing calls is bad officiating. Or am I stupid? Could be both.
Its all bullshit, its just thunder=bad, anything negative to the thunder=good
I mean the nba is rigged for us after all
This one was just a warning since they knew Chet was about to snitch
Youre not used to not getting these calls, we get it.
Wasn’t Scott Foster in our pocket? Surely we’d have more FT with him refereeing this game. Right?
/s
Inadvertent elbows are bad?
When the refs miss blatant ones like this, yes lol
Man, have you heard about the lord and savior, Shai-elbows Alexander?
lmao this sub never fails to amuse
you people are playing defense for nba refs just to shelter your narrative
Says the guy posting pity highlights to feed his agenda.
the insanity to think you can talk about having an agenda when you are throwing a tantrum because of one clip of an OKC player getting elbowed in the face
I just posted the clip, how the fuck am I throwing a tantrum lol
It’s you guys who are so bothered by the clip that you come here to bitch about it
Oh no, have I touched a nerve? Might wanna get it checked out, else someone might post a highlight of you feeling pressed.
Enjoy your Christmas.
bro this is not a normal reaction to a bad no call highlight
enjoy your christmas too lol
Thjs sub is just an OKC hate circlejerk lmao. Winning has consequences and that’s being hated by the echo chamber.
I actually agree. He traveled and Chet got elbowed (although you could argue the elbow was incidental).
To be totally pedantic, it’s actually much more incidental than accidental.
This is indeed a hate sub, and I am guilty of that as well, but it’s not just OKC, it’s hating those who master the “skill” of getting calls. This sub hates Harden, Embiid, Brinson, Butler, and now it’s SGA on the throne getting the hate. Fuck carrying, traveling, moving screens, jumping into dudes, and all that noise. It’s not just offense, either. Fuck floppers too.
Yes it is a skill and we’re I a player I’d use whatever advantage I can. But I’m a fan, and I really hate watching refball.
Heck, my boy Castle looks to be a dude that plays so physical and goes to the rim all day so he’s living at the line for a Sophomore. If you hate on him for that, I’d understand.
OKC= Cooked and generationally soft
Cleanly is used differently in this generation
I think the joke is that Chet got elbowed at the end
Ya know, Thunder flair poster and all
This sub is heavy on sarcasm on posts sometimes, this is one of them
Travel.
Someone said that Chet always finds a way to get hit in the face. I can’t not see that now.
Keldon’s Ethical Basketball
“Deke leads with his beak.”
RIP dikembe
Complete drama
WEIGHT ROOM
Travel and an offensive foul but it’s against the thunder
So outmatched
Don’t get fooled, this was God giving us a makeup no-call for when lu dort first kicked out on a three and tripped Vic. Refs initially called it a foul on wemby, but spurs won the challenge. They didnt acknowledge the dangerous move though, just decided to leave it a no call despite it being extremely dirty.
Woah you mean another team plays physically and gets away with fouls sometimes?
/r/nba: that’s completely clean
When dort does this to someone: is that a 40, or a 50 game suspension?
I mean, the two 3 point trip attempts he did were indeed pretty outrageous.
Keldon did foul here and got away with it, but it wasn’t an intentional elbow (not making excuses for the no call).
But Dort literally stuck his leg out not once, but two times and only got an offensive foul call on the second one. Both plays were intentional and could’ve injured Wemby or Barnes.
Yea that was dumb. He made the shot too.. Tried to be cute but it cost us. Stupid move from Dort.
/r/nba: a dude who repeatedly does dirty shit, while also being a notorious flopper, has tried to injure Spurs players twice. man, what a piece of shit
/u/here_for_the_lols : but remember that one time a player not known for being dirty accidentally elbowed someone while making a legit basketball play?!
probably because Dort is known for being a dirty player while Keldon typically wouldn’t hurt a fly
If you are gonna crowd the offense player the elbows are inevitable.
Chet without a friendly whistle is a modern Gheorge Murasan. OKC is the most Adam Silver endorsed fraudulent champ ever
Must be hard trying to play defense, and be in a constant battle mentally of if you want to actually play defense. Or flop.
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Just because a no call highlight against OKC bothers people in this sub it doesn’t mean it was supposed to instigate shit
I didn’t think people would actually throw a fit like this about it, usually when these no calls get ironic titles people understand it’s a joke
Boo hoo
Lmao get fucked Chet
Reminds me of the game where Castle had bruises and a bloody nose and just got his first free throws in garbage time. Think it was versus OKC too, eh. Who cares about elbows to their faces atp.
As long as it’s not out of control or intentionally flagrant let them play.
Wemby gave him that bloody nose by the way
That was a rough ass game lol Chet took a shot, Steph was bleeding from the nose and Shai hacked the shit out of Wemby towards the end and he had a huge red mark across his forehead. When the refs let them play it’s awesome. OKC isn’t used to being challenged and we’re trying to show we belong. It’s a great time to be a fan of these teams
Referring to castle as ‘Steph’ is weird
Why
I mean, Steph is Steph. Nobody refers to Marc Jackson as MJ
Steph is short for Stephen….same for Stephon. We also call Wembanyama Wemby to shorten it. We call Michael Jordan MJ to shorten it. Steph Curry isn’t the only guy allowed to be called Steph
Are you being purposefully obtuse? Lol
If you just drop Steph, everyone thinks of Curry.
That’d be like someone calling Cameron Payne or Chandler Parsons, CP.
I’m not gatekeeping the name Steph like the other guy wtf lol
He wasn’t gate keeping 😂
Literally just said it’s weird because no one (besides maybe Spurs fans) would think of Castle when they read Steph.
It was that simple.
And I just so happen to be a Spurs fan and that’s what we call him….
…in a thread about the spurs… in a subthread that names Castle. I know there is a comprehension epidemic in the states right now, but the you can’t make the context any clearer.
sigh please follow the thread him and I had.
I said that below and tried to explain why that exchange even happened.
You expect me to read? What is this school?
lol I never said if it was allowed or not, just that it’s weird. Nobody thinks Castle when they hear ‘Steph’
Spurs fans do. We call him Steph Castle for the same reason fans say Steph Curry instead of Stephen Curry
So if a Spurs fan was apart of a conversation discussing the general NBA & someone mentioned Steph had a good game the other day, they would assume that person was referring to Castle? I doubt that but sure.
matter of time
something something “the future is now old man”
Haha he’s got a tampon in his cunt face
Very normal discussion on the nba subject as per usual
Y’all are weirdos man
Chet for being a mostly inoffensive player who doesn’t start shit or play dirty gets an unnecessary amount of hostility form people
This weakling doesn’t belong in the NBA, fucking scum, soft
I’m just tired of this soft abomination, a shame only the US invests legit money on the sport
Totally normal not 4chan behavior