[Highlight] Moritz Wagner receives loud cheers as he is about to get subbed in for the first time since December 21st, 2024, returning from ACL injury. Except it was too late, and he is forced to get back on the bench.
Refs having one hell of a season this year it feels like
I feel like we said that 7 years ago and it’s been getting worse.
Main character syndrome is a prerequisite for being a ref apparently.
Man this is the 40th/41st game in this season, let them have the emotional comeback
They couldn’t just let this slide lmao
Refs need to be in discussion for next season.
They need a serious revamp to how they operate.
All the shit the league talks about “a great product” for fans and you get this petty stuff from refs who just can’t get over themselves.
the reaction here is crazy lmfao it’s on the coach to know how to sub players into the game legally.
wahhhhhh these corrupt refs wanted to ruin the moment by not skirting the rules as a safety net for my incorrectly executed rotations wahhhhh even tho I like this player wahhhhhh how could they do this
☝️🤓 personified
The ref did their job, the coach did not, and yall are like wow fuck the refs.
They suck enough without making up shit to be mad about.
You can be objectively correct and still annoying about it. You’re falling into that right now lol. The prevailing thought from my estimation seems to be “can’t we bend the rules a tiny bit for a cool sports moment?”
No one’s saying the rules aren’t what they are, they’re just asking for the refs to be human for a one-off moment
The commenter i replied to implied the ref did it specifically to power trip. You think this was inhuman of them? It’s not that deep man.
Subbing a player in is basic as fuck, coach fucked the moment up and that’s all that happened imo
You think this was inhuman of them? It’s not that deep man.
Come on bro, you’re being obtuse lol. I’m using hyperbolic language here, not describing a terrorist Nico Harrison
I’m so not, tho. I genuinely don’t think they have any heartstring-related obligation to cover for the coach fucking up here. If it’s such an emotional moment, why’s it an afterthought for the coach?
If you wanna be human about it, why we blaming someone who did nothing wrong? You can’t cry about refs being inconsistent all the time and then cry when they’re consistent, as well.
They’re inconsistent when they should be consistent and then when there’s a rare opportunity for a cool inconsistent moment, then they wanna be by the book, to the letter with the rules. That’s the frustration I think. Of course they’re not obligated to go outside the rules, it would just be a cool way of earning some good will that’s all
Do you think my statement only applies to this? You think I would only refer to the NBA revamping how the refs work due to this single annoyance as if they don’t have bigger issues at hand? You believe they’ve been on top of things and there’s nothing that they’ve been getting wrong?
Please enlighten us how good of a job the refs are doing and how we as fans are complaining too much.
Remind me when tf I replied to the comment you’re up your own ass about?
I just said ‘the refs fuck up enough without making up imaginary shit to be mad about’ about this situation, because this is a nothing burger and the only person who fucked this up was the coach.
I don’t know that that disagrees with your ELITE observation of ‘dae refs bad updoots to the left’, but sure, go off.
why would they, the system works perfectly, just look up tim doughnahey and everything makes sense
Dude they caught Tim Doughanhey, it’s okay now. The bad man is gone!
Ref wanted the spotlight for themselves 😭
Love Mo showing Jordan Poole love, that 2018 Michigan team was so much fun
It always cool seeing former college teammates show love.
Magic my team, that’s how I know this is the most Magic thing.
“Isaac with the fadeaway jumper” why…lol
This but they want to blame Paolo for all the magic issues like why is Paolo feeding JI a post pass
Allowing him to shoot the basketball ever is coaching malpractice
Moritz going off this year just fucking wait
Never been a huge Florida sports fan, but I’m not sure how much longer I can resist the allure of how clean Magic jerseys are.
Mosely can’t even get this right.
-Magic fans
That’s funny
By “too late” I thought you meant he had torn his ACL again
my goat
C’mon guys, the correct call was made. We can’t just be skirting the rules for feel-good moments. /refs fan