[Highlight] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander knocks down the mid-range jumper over Christian Braun and hits him with the “too small”
This will be his most upvoted highlight of the night for that bump
Is a bump illegal? Stg I’ve seen everyone and their mother doing it. I thought it’s only illegal when you extend your hand fully?
Travelling used to be illegal. Clownball has no such rules in current NBA.
When you travel to do it, absolutely
Depends on what side of the ball you’re on
Nothing illegal about a shoulder bump like that, we just scrutinize everything to fuel hate narratives
If the thunder puts you in a victim mindset breathing is illegal. But if you stand a fair chance to beat them its legal
Blame Lebron. Travel and bumps become so much lenient due to him not having handles.
any contact is illegal for SGA according to this sub
TO THE TOP WE GO
Aged like milk, luckily.
That bump almost never gets called on anyone, nuggets commentators calling it an obvious offensive foul lol.
A perfect showcase of Shai’s game: uncalled offensive foul and travel all in one lmao
And the travel
Dude moved his pivot foot like half an inch. You losers got this man under a microscope
Took a full step with his pivot to regain balance. Just stfu lmao
Classic Timberwolves fan with zero fucking eyeballs, finch has rotted your brain
And you’re an idiot defending a blatant travel. Modern NBA has rotted your brain
His right foot is his pivot and it moves maybe an inch. If you want this to be called a travel, expect half of each possession to end in a travel.
Just mad sga bitched the everliving fuck out of your poverty wolves last year.
Yeah the league should call every travel. I 100% agree
Actually I’m upvoting this because he’s shuffling his feet all over the place after coming to a stop
What even is a pivot foot these days?
Yeah, is this not a travel?
Yep, mega travel
Mega travel if you’re blind. His right foot is his pivot and it moves an inch, if that. There’d be a travel every play if that’s getting called.
Every lebron play
He establishes his right pivot foot after the stepback, and I honestly don’t think he picks it up. You might be seeing it rotate as he’s turning.
Shai thrives in all the pockets in which in the NBA has stopped giving a fuck about calling lol
This is magnitudes less egregious than something like Hakeem’s famous shake on Robinson so I’m not really sure what the complaint is.
His foot moved slightly and didn’t advantage him.
His right foot stays put
lol great example of People see what they want to see
I mean, it moves an inch. If you want this called get ready for hundreds of travels every game.
Yeah call em. I dont hate Shai, I hate what the league has become.
Nah, you don’t want them called because games would never finish. You think players didn’t move their pivot foot in the 90s or something? It’s fine to admit you don’t like him.
you think these guys are programmed robots that can execute things at a 100% level of accuracy?
these are humans, there will always be a certain threshold of error that is deemed acceptable, and the same goes for the refs.
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Imagine trying to play victim while having the most favorable whistle in the league
Does this narrative align with real stats?
Depends if you have eyes or not
It must be exhausting being this sad
Top 1%er, no flair lol
“Is Quahog in the grip of a serial arsonist? Police say no, but our producer says yes.”
Aint got a thing to do with Shai. I’ve been hatin on James Harden for 15 years too. Just call the game like its written down.
Correct. When he stopped his dribble, his right foot stays put. He’s just real quick so it confused people.
yea idk why people are calling travel so much
Is this not a travel? Steps back and shuffles both feet.
Feels like each season the refs get worse and worse and calling travels
yeah i cant even tell which foot is his pivot he moves both lol
The NBA doesn’t call travels like this, totally different to FIBA. I hate that aspect of the NBA being it’s own product.
Technically but any player would be given the same amount of leeway. The nba just doesn’t really enforce traveling to the letter of the law
also looks like a shoulder bump to create space
This game is fantastic
Shai cooking every thing in front of him rn
He has to shove it first
Can you imagine if defenders can push offensive players like this lmao
Shove + travel
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I wanna shit talk about the bump, but I can’t pile on with someone who won’t even take the time to flair up.
It’s a simple rule, flair up, not doing so is bitch made. I get my team is easy to hate, but flair the fuck up if you are going to take the low hanging fruit.
Low hanging fruit? He just called out the entire offense?
They are the same height.
That’s the point of the taunt. Works best when the opponent is actually taller than you then you call them little.
Can somebody put the Simpsons “that’s the joke” meme here please I’m dumb and don’t know how
Surprised he didn’t fall over after the shot
Shai throws himself to the ground with half that contact
Lu Dort would literally be dead
Travel
Man I’ll never pay for league pass again. Screw the NBA for allowing locked games to boost these services and blocking paying customers from watching. Only gonna get worse.
Definitely thought he was getting the foul for that bump lol
Huge travel and borderline offensive foul. Is this supposed to be impressive?
Sassiest too low celly I’ve seen. Dude is not bothered
More like zestiest
Why does the announcer say “bounces off” instead of “bumps into”? That is just disingenuous
Maybe I’m old but that ‘too small’ shit is cause for some fisticuffs to be thrown around
8⁄9 in the half is insane
10 years from now, nephews asking “what is a travel?” The uncles respond “my dad used to complain about that all the time, but honestly man I don’t know”.
NBA gonna NBA
Braun got abused tonight
My genetics and childhood nutrition provided me a miniscule height advantage over you, loser
Karak Norn in shambles
the unfortunate part of the league is that if shai were to accentuate the contact from braun he would get the call, and if braun were to accentuate the contact from shai he would get the call
Is this like one of those TikTok threads where it’s just a normal basketball play but there are hundreds of comments arguing whether it was a travel? Feels like it
They not gone like this one
Why was he ever guarding SGA?
Yall be hating so much on that man for nun 🤣 get his piece out ya mouth 💯 let’s go SGA
big body big body
10 years from now nba players will be straight up running up the court with the ball and shoving defenders out of the way to put up a jumper.
bro darts in for a bump like a biiiiiiiiiiitch
Shai “Egregious-Travel” Alexander
Braun will get him in the second half
Everything this dude does is a foul or travel. He’s just truly not fun to watch at all
Travels, pushes off, typical fta slop
Polite widdit
Denver caught up by 10, still not a single Denver highlight
You would be more surprised if you saw the refereeing in this game.
they haven’t had a highlight worthy play then i i guess, this subs not biased to okc bro 😭
Murray had a nice step back shot.
No way y’all think this sub is pro OKC lmfaooooo
You can post them
Albert Epstein chiming in, thanks for your contribution
Hardaway hit a couple 3s and they shot free throws? SGA is 8⁄9 and is torching the defense with a hospital squad around him…
No you’re right, every SGA mid range is worthy of a highlight though, as demonstrated by the state of this sub rn
It’s the OKC agenda!!!
Surprised an OKC fan understands it, thanks
lol
SGA gets away with so many push offs.
my guy that’s a body bump you still got time to delete your comment 💀
Literally pushes off, Braun recovers, then SGA shoulders him out of the way. Offensive foul all day. But yeah he looks so smooth doing it.
What’s the difference between SGA bumping Braun here and Jokic bumping guys back in the post?
Jokic bumps are classier.
And here we go, OKC fans trying to make everything about race again
I think the Celtics fan might want to sit this one out.
So we’re doing stereotypes too?
For Celtics fans? Yes. Yes we are lmao. At least I am.
Alright, cowfucker. Or would you prefer methhead?
Who mentioned race? 🤔
Because Jokic is “ethical”. He could never intentionally ever bump people on the post intentionally
/s
If you’re in the lower box/restricted area of the key and posting up with your back to the basket, it’s legal to dislodge and back up your opponent. Otherwise this could technically be a foul if the refs deem the shoulder shove significant enough. Braun looks like his feet were set, maybe he just needs to flop for a ref to actually call a foul.
None, he’s just mad his team doesn’t have Belgian Brunson or American Brunson
You’re allowed to use a lot more physicality back against Jokic. If Braun could bump SGA back, I don’t think anybody would complain about this clip.
why are yall such crybaby’s like you said he instantly recovers to get back on defense, Shai bumps him and still hits the 2. It’s almost like Shai didn’t push off in the first place to begin with Ik right crazy
Idk, the extending arm seems like a push off. Like he always does. But it’s gucci.
And Jokic gets away with flopping to get free throws just like the play after this
Jokic just threw an extra forearm smack for this comment
The way the refs call this type of contact is not controversial and not favoring any one player. Any player can create space this way. Show me another player getting called for an offensive foul for that shoulder bump, or any push off where they aren’t extending their arms.
If you can’t then stop talking
SGAy is getting premium whistle allowance to push off on every “play” he makes.
Listen I’m all for gay jokes but I’m pretty sure this is a leftist sub and your people won’t like this lmao
I don’t have an actual response to your point because it’s just bitching with no real substance
Cmon man fuck the thunder but fuck you and your bigotry more.
Deuteronomy 23
Now we’re talking. Let the hate flow through you
Leviticus 20 13
Now we’re just agreeing
Corinthians 6 9
Honestly idk the rules enough to know what is and isn’t considered a push off and I’m too scared to ask
usually it’d be like a full arm extension into the defender, no idea if that’s the only thing considered a push but this is like a post up pretty much
Imagine not liking this guy 🤷♂️
Okay, now what?
Let me guess, you’ve been a Nuggs fan since way back in 2023? 🤡
Yup. I didn’t care about basketball ever because I didn’t try to understand it.