[Keerthika Uthayakumar]: People will eat up “first player to have 23 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 steals & 2 blocks on 59% shooting with 0 turnovers” but want to put asterisks on 2nd-most points in a game in NBA history.
You really can’t go wrong with this at all. No arbitrary requirements just straight up “Players that have scored 80+ in a game” and Bams name will be in there forever
The funny thing is that most 50+ games are a little flukey so OF COURSE an 80+ game will be. It was like game 65 of the regular season between the Heat and the Wizards. At least something made it fun/interesting.
Exactly. There’s a reason why only one other person has ever scored this much before. It’s not going to happen unless something weird and flukey happens.
Yeah but it wasn’t fluky though was it. It isn’t a fluke to just go through someone’s chest and draw 20 fouls in 22 minutes like Bam did when sarr wasn’t on the floor.
So he earned it.
Yes. That is what I was saying. It wasn’t like he was hacka’ed the wizards had no one who could guard him and he just kept going straight through everyone’s body with 1-2 power dribbles.
Defend him without fouling
I immediately thought of Corey brewer when I heard this one.
But is Bam as good as Thaddeus Young?
Don’t get carried away now, there are levels to this
Bam was never in the club
Also, bam seems like a very good guy and so I’m just happy in that sense also.
people that scored 81+ but not 83 points
I mean tbf the 100 point game itself was filled with statpadding. It’s existence still didn’t take away from Kobe’s 81 being the greatest scoring performance in history.
Kobe fans and Laker fans in general should realize that “greatest” does not have to be synonymous with “highest.”
By comparison with the 100 point game or even other recent egregious examples of statpadding, Bam Adebayo’s game isn’t even bad at all. A lot of those fouls on Bam were legit by the Wizards.
Both those moralizing about the “state of the game” and those defending the 83 point game like it’s the GOAT scoring masterpiece should be able to see some nuance.
and every day that goes by will dull the attitude that people have in the immediate aftermath.
Numbers live forever and noone will remember 90% of this discourse looking back in a few years.
He made the free throws right?
Shaq could never
He could in a given game, just like Wilt did in his 100 point game, where he went a (quite superb) 28⁄32 from the line despite being a career 51% FT shooter.
Supposedly, Wilt shot the FTs “granny style” in that game, that’s why he made them.
But then, despite clear evidence that it worked, he went back to his normal style and was a bad shooter again.
It’s kinda funny to me that it’s viewed some alpha male thing not to shoot granny free throws (maybe the name doesn’t help).
Cause a regular free throw or any jumpshot is some twinklefingers fairy stuff, especially if you hold the follow through.
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Players will flop like a fish and cry like a baby, but underarm FTs are where they draw the line
It sounds very unlike Wilt to put his pride and personal preferences above what was needed to win the game.
I get what you’re saying, but even from a selfish point of view why wouldn’t you struck with the style that works?
More FTs means more stats for him.
Because ultimately what he wanted was people’s acceptance, because the dude was extremely insecure. A big reason why he chased stats (and even the 20,000 women shit) was so that people would say he’s great, etc. Shooting granny-style would make people think he was a sissy, so he stopped doing it.
and most of that insecurity stemmed from being a Black man in America
The odds of Wilt going 28⁄32 or better if he was actually a 51% FT shooter on that day would be 0.0016%, or about one in 64,000
In other words, he was on fucking fire that day. More proof, if proof were needed, that the whole “myth of the hot hand” thing was a total myth.
I think the only thing that’s throwing off most people is intentionally fouling in the 4th qtr to gain more offensive possessions
It’s not like the wizards weren’t intentionally fouling other players that weren’t Bam so he wouldn’t get a chance to get more points lol, we were shameless but so were they
Or intentionally dragging out the shot clock to further limit Heat possessions
In their defense, they also want to lose regardless of who’s scoring on them
Which is also something that happened in Wilt’s 100 PT game.
Well if the other team isn’t even going to play then you do what you have to. Or the nba needs to institute a mercy rule.
Oh the other team played, their entire game plan in the 2nd half was to make sure Bam didnt score. It didnt work because they dont know how to play defense, but they did want to play lol
They did this on 23 possesions to be safe. Bam had 83 with 76 seconds left to go so it wasnt necessary anyway.
So no, its not throwing most people off because it didnt make a difference and theres only two three instances of it in a game thats 48mins long
edit to fix 2 to 3, but here is the proof. https://i.imgur.com/l377xdv.jpeg
There is no “6 intentional fouls” what some other user below me claims
They did it about 6 times
Timestamp it.
1:40 4s in after the bad turnover.
1:35 2s in.
1:24 1s in.
Bam hits 83.
Idk why i said 2 when ive said 3 on so many other posts but yeah not 6. Edited first comment. Still the intentional fouling saved 24x3 -4-2-1 seconds which is 65. Bam had 83 with 76 seconds remaining.
The last foul before 1:40 was at 5:29 17s into the shotclock. The last foul before that was at 10:52 4s into the shotclock but it was on a shooting attempt in a fast break so where are you getting 6 intentional fouls from?
Clearly worked 🤣they put up 150!
Dwight had a very funny tweet about this lmao. “Making that many free throws aint easy”
i did not watch the game. why were they fouling him so much? were they ticky tack fouls? that was a crazy number of free throws.
These reporters will come up with the stupidest ragebait to get clicks
The point is that the only thing he did elite in the entire game was FT attempts. His shooting from the field was below NBA average.
That entire season he shot them granny style..including the 100 point game Highest ft% season of his career. Highest scoring game of his career
Then went back to regular style because he didn’t want to ‘look like a sissy’
[1961-62 season] Improved his free-throw percentage from roughly 50% to 61.3%. 100-Point Game: He was 28-for-32 (87.5%) from the line using this method on March 2, 1962.
[1961-62 season] Improved his free-throw percentage from roughly 50% to 61.3%.
100-Point Game: He was 28-for-32 (87.5%) from the line using this method on March 2, 1962.
Nobody eats that up we’re being force fed that crap
I’ve had to look at “LeBron 27-7-7” threads for 15 years
It’s incredible to average that - not the same type of stat at all. Bad example.
Because he’s done it for 15 years. No one gives a shit about half ESPNs random “first player with 9 toes to shoot 6-9 from 3 in a game where they grabbed 13 boards, 5 assists, 1 technical foul, and kissed your mother”
Remember the GOAT of all stats: A PENN STATER HAS APPEARED IN EVERY SUPER BOWL!…
except five.
Bro, if it’s literally a dudes stats then it would be in the same category as the Bam stat not the hand picked stats lol. You done missed the whole damn point.
Nobody cares about it in a historic sense, it’s just funny that that’s basically his career average yet he’s never had a single 27-7-7 game.
thank you.
Ya’ll upovte and engage with it all the time lmao
Here’s your daily reminder that Reddit or “people” (from the OP) is not a monolith
That’s like saying “yall voted for Trump” when referring to Americans when only 22% of all Americans voted for him
Daily reminder that this argument doesn’t work when they literally said “nobody” as in nobody on this sub…
I was addressing that, and saying that the majority do.
It’s not rocket science.
r/nba has 2.9 million weekly visitors and you say “majority” when a post has a few thousand upvotes… the irony of you correcting them for saying nobody but then using an equally inaccurate term
It’s “y’all” btw
Force fed like Bam on the 4th. Har har.
fr as if the super specific record breaking statlines dont get memed to death. the “why are people making fun of this thing and nothing else ever?” mentality has to stop
Fucking amen!
Well how about the same people pushing those stat lines as meaningful are the same ones dismissing Bam
I see you’ve never met a Jokic stan
Yup lmao
some of these posts are so hard to read without having to deliberately slow down, please put in a fucking comma every now and then
the fuck she talkin about i hate those dumbass tweets
Literally zero people ever say any of those things, besides Media
Couldn’t agree more, people just can’t be appreciative nowadays
People can’t live in the moment. They want to dissect the moment, and then listen to 15 podcasts about the moment.
Every new generation always struggles with finding meaning in their own era. I wish we’d stop worrying about how relevant we are in the timeline and focus instead on moving forward.
We don’t get to decide the importance of our own time.
Tell me about it, how easy would it be to simply be hyped for your players accomplishment instead of listening to every negative clip and hate reading every negative Reddit comment.
I agree, but the first problem is people aren’t even attending “the moment.” Then, even if they are, many don’t have friends to share in the moment or to even later listen to a retelling of how much joy it brought the person.
Isn’t that living in the moment? Making it last longer?
I actually couldn’t agree less, nobody is eating up those cherry picked stat lines, and it’s literally people like her (aspiring sports pundits) that are driving both sides of this shit
Then both of yall would have the same level of intelligence. And it wouldn’t be that high.
No one cares about those dumb stats either…
I do agree with you, but I feel like its a reasonable take to have that yes it was 100 % legitimate, and yes it was awesome, but it was also a complete clown show. Can have nuance with opinions
No. Nobody eats up those cherry picked stats
Then why are they posted all the fucking time?
Good question they are so stupid
Why do people post half the shit that gets posted in here
Cuz people engage with it?
Because people eat it up
Negative reactions are still engagement and social media has been shaped to reward engagement no matter the type. Which is why it all sucks so bad now.
There was a time when you could go on MySpace or Facebook just to talk to friends and see pictures and news of things you are interested in and it was nice. That all changed when the algorithm changed and it truly fucked up society as a whole.
can I bite you?
As bait
Tbf they aren’t eaten up but they get posted because of engagement.
Why are they always called out as a cherry picked stat?
Fans dont post it bc they wouldnt give af. Media teams post it bc its their job to promote
This sub only cares about stats
For engagement
Depends, they can showcase a great all time performance!
the one in the title is a bit borderline but I like em in general. breaking records and pushing the envelope is cool!
This. This is just whataboutism
Beat me to it, people bring it up but nobody cares or remembers after that day.
I do. They’re fun.
Insane straw man by her when she is literally part of the media who creates these stats that no one cares about
Thaddeus Young in shambles
Those are not the same people to be fair.
Goomba fallacy
Literally no one would eat that first statline up
Other than being the first to do it, that sounds like exactly the kind of thing that gets posted here 10x a day.
Wait until any game is over and you’ll see posts show up like “despite the loss, Brandon Ingram had 23/7/8 with 6 steals on 59% TS.”
Literally posting players statlines for the night is not eating anything up lol
You must be new because that shit gets posted AND upvoted all the fucking time.
Beat me to it, that shit would absolutely be at the top of this sub
And the entire front page was Bam’s 83pt game?
The people putting asterisks aren’t the ones hyping up the arbitrary lines. And even the people talking about the random statlines don’t make it some all time discussion (besides the usual internet weirdos)
OP’s comparison/complaint makes no sense
arguing the semantics 🙄
its so funny seeing people desperately trying to make others care about this game lol
Yeah I saw 40+ FTs and couldn’t even be bothered to watch the highlights lol
The last 5 minutes were comedy gold and someone should do a Benny Hill edit. You missed out
30 minutes if free by a single player is insanity. Its not like bam even is visually pleasing to watch
Again, another reason why the biggest detriment to this league is the media
And the fans*
We’re just as culpable as ESPN when it comes to sucking the enjoyment out of the game.
Fans honestly might be worse then the media at this point
Who?
Ya u google that name and it shows this one image from bluesky…. And i dont even really kno what that is
no one eats that shit up who even is this person
A person who has seen them constantly posted and reposted every day of the NBA season.
Raptors beat reporter
https://www.np.reddit.com/r/nba/s/gl9ZOera2H
https://www.np.reddit.com/r/nba/s/p7hHRllP9s
https://www.np.reddit.com/r/nba/s/kHVKkjcUNp
https://www.np.reddit.com/r/nba/s/biSCNDLvAS
Not hard to find
And most people would laugh at shit like that and call them absurd. Someone posting it doesn’t mean other people can’t have different opinions. Crazy for a child to understand I’d imagine tho
Wow your right theyre not eating up shit in those threads
My #1 problem with sports is the gambling. My #2 is how fucking stat horny the game has become. It’s not a stretch to see the connection.
“fucking stat horny” is getting written down and added to the vocabulary.
Yea no one really cares about those stats lol
We all know the #1 thing fans like to do is to hate, and the #2 thing is defend their own players so this actually makes sense
Strawman
Who’s eating that up? Chill lol
This sub jerks to single game statlines all the time, especially if it reinforces preconceived opinions
Nobody gives a shit about those statlines where they mention 10 stats. Its just something that people keep saying but nobody gives any weight.
And nobody should give any weight to a manufactured high scoring game (yes i include Wilts 100 point game in this).
Yeah its noy like this changes how you look at bam. Hr is now a piece of trivia ans thats about it
Nailed it
Not really. Whataboutism never makes for a compelling argument
who’s eating up on random SGA stats
I agree with the sentiment, but those first player to score 21 points and 5 steals in a quarter on the first Tuesday of the month while playing at home type posts are dumb as fuck.
But yeah, people are just hating on Bam for no reason.
Facts. NBA blows and people can’t handle a fan favorite didn’t do this.
If a guy’s team was stopping the clock the entire fourth quarter for him to get 23 points and 7 rebounds I think people would probably mock him for it
People clown on stat lines like this all the time wtf?
Brain rot
who the hell wants to put an asterisk on it?
Forty. Three. Free. Throws.
The modern NBA sucks.
No actually, those made up stat lines are always trashed too.
Who is this person eating the picked cherries??
Strawman argument to make a point. Nobody eats up those types of stats.
The game was over at half. All the other HEAT starters only played 25 minutes, BAM PLAYED 42. the Heat were up by 25 with 2 minutes left in the game and he was still chucking 3s. There are levels to scoring records, this one is at the bottom. Give me Klay scoring 37 in a quarter and then sitting the end of the game because the warriors were up huge. I respect that. Chucking 3s when you’re up by 25 at the end of the game is just clownish
Bryant’s last points were him up 14 trying to drive the hoop with 3 seconds to go let’s not act like the Lakers were coasting at the end of that game. He was shooting a 3 up 15 points with a minute 47 to go. Yeah this is a bit goofier but just a little bit
ESPN makes up those kind of stats to make Lebron stand out more
No actually we really don’t like “first player to have 23 points, 7 rebounds, …”
All of thia is just because bam is a lowe rlevel star and thats about it
Casual reminder that LeBron played 10 minutes of garbage time a couple of weeks ago just to get 3 rebounds so he could take the “oldest player with a triple double” crown. People lapped it up.
Do they eat it up? Because it’s usually laughed at
People dont give a fuck about those cherry picked stats. Not sure what shes talking about.
I think people are missing why it’s upsetting. That many foul calls just makes the game that’s come under controversy more boring.
Such a strawman. Nobody eats that random shit up. It’s something stat nerds with tech and free time do, but no serious fan cares about the first to have some random completely meaningless odd combo of stats. You can get creative and do almost anything with statistics
People being worked up about Bam is the ultimate litmus test of how big of a loser someone is.
Imagine caring about it.
If it wasn’t shady, you wouldnt need to try so hard to convince us otherwise.
Ricky Davis 2.0
No one eats that up. 43 FTs is still BS
What was Bam supposed to do? Not score?
Sit on the bench. It was a blow out. Tell his teammates intentionally fouling a missing FT for more positions is embarrassing.
You can think the spectacle as a whole was lame without blaming anyone
And I am not blaming anyone
Yes thank you that is clear. You are insinuating that the criticism is blame of Bam.
No one eats that shit up. We might note a highly efficient game but no one gives it more than a seconds thought.
Yeah this is straight up creating a fictional scenario
Seriously, why can’t people just be happy and celebrate the guy?
It was a random weekday game and people are still talking. I say that’s successful
From High School, College to Old Head Rec League, anytime you play a trash team, most players look to stat pad.
That said, I hate combo states to manufacture ‘a first time ever’ BS. Infinitely tired of my sports people using it every single night.
Now the karma bots are just posting people complain about the complaining
Do….do people “eat up” that first stat line?
I never eat up those bullshit stats, though I recognize Bam’s achivement too.
Weren’t the wizards intentionally trying to lose tho?
If my teammate had a great game going, I’d be shamelessly feeding him the ball and begging him to shoot. Everything I watched was very human and awesome. We’re talking about some nothing regular season NBA game rn and people have somehow made themselves mad about it. It’s like a lot of you don’t even enjoy hoops.
I don’t know anyone who gives a shit for cherry pick stats like that.
Rubbish. Literally everything thread that has a title like that gets blasted as being stupidly cherry picked. These dudes just making stuff up to make their own narratives seem more legit.
Who is eating up obscure stat lines like that? Sounds like a strawman.
Those have actually become the dumbest thing. Even in football.
“Eat up”? I hate when people do this. Create a narrative that they know not to be true. And there’ no reason to even do it. You can call people out for their opinions without bullshitting. It makes your opinion hold more weight.
Literally the most joked about statistics among fans. It’s more of a little neat thing but i dont remember ever seeing random stats post like that ever get highly upvoted unless they are either INSANE STATS or the game itself was insane. You usually have to scroll 2-3 pages to see the “Ant first to have 24/2/3/4/5/3/5/5” And it has like 14 comments and it’s either Ant/Wolves fans or people joking about the stats.
As the most casual fan ever, this “controversy “ makes the nba look so weak lol
i hate seeing her thumbnail
That might be the best take I’ve read about this
Nba is so desperate to make people care about this. When Kobe had 81, everyone was in awe bc nobody thought you could score that much. Modern nba is corny, watching somebody shoot 50 fucking freethrows
I think a lot of people nowadays see the NBA as an extension of reality TV rather than an actual sport to watch. Where they care about stat lines, narratives, personalities, off the field drama etc more than the games themselves. Of course fans always cared about that stuff but usually would put the game first. These days feels like it’s backwards
Bruh I already forgot about this game let’s move on
No we don’t ? What are these stupid arguments
100% right
some statline posts made me lmao but they try to discredit bam
Fuck all the haters who have nothing positive in their lives so have to bring others down
So we’re at the backlash to the backlash part of this
you take that Thaddeus Young hate back and shove it up ur ass
If 80+ points was easy we’d see it happen more than once every other decade (not even happening at that rate historically).
Every time a stat like this comes up people say made up stat, holy straw man.
Can’t wait till this dumbass discourse about one game goes away
Its laker fan cry boys and their media influence trying to shit on Bam
It’s a cool stat for Bam but I feel like both sides are blowing it out of proportion. Like the Kobe stans who are acting like it’s a sacred record (wasn’t even the record) and the people who are like “just shut up and appreciate it, scoring 83 clearly makes it the greatest scoring performance in the history of our sport (it’s not). It’s just something that happened. Do you know who has the second most passing years in a NFL game in history? Matt Schaub with 527. Did I know that without googling? Hell no, because it’s not that serious.
if they didnt like bams stat line they wont like that one either
Literally nobody “eats up” those stats
I don’t agree with this woman, but she’s cute as hell!