[Highlight] Jokic executes normal shooting form to sink a 3
They never give him the call when the guy has his hand on his waist.
Except Jaxson Hayes for some reason lol
ya lol that was the first time i’ve seen him get it all year. Jaylin Williams did it to him like seven times and no calls
Thunder whistle on defense hits different
I hate how much the hand on waist wasn’t a big deal when the player was dribbling, but then as soon as they start to jump the hand on waist is now an immediate foul.
dribbling and shooting a jumpshot are different.
On dribbling, it barely affects the dribbler.
On jumpshot, a light tap makes a difference.
you’d be surprised how much just a tiny little bump to the hip/stomach area throws you off when you’re in the air like that
He still swishes it as if he were wide open. I do not understand how he makes these shots so cleanly
This is how Jokic got the unfair whistle narrative made. You think every marginal contact he got should have been called. You believe he is fouled every time he flails. That put hand on waist happened every game without being called. But you aren’t even aware when Jokic isn’t involved. And you believe only Jokic was treated differently.
THIS IS NOT THE ENERGY PEOPLE GIVE TO SHAI
The hand on waist is the type of shit people say shouldn’t be a foul when it’s Shai lol
The difference is they call it for him
Oh boo fucking hoo
literally just a factual observation. Didn’t even give an opinion
“They never give him a call when there is a hand on his waist” is a factual statement with no opinion?
Yes?
Yes. Where is the opinion part there?
Looks like you need to go back to school buddy
How many other players are you allowed to put a had into their stomach while shooting???
You can punch Steph in the dick and it isn’t a foul.
Sooo, just Steph that it the same or worse ? 😅
Yeah, you can smack him around, fall on top of him, your entire team can bear hug and shove him and if you’re feeling spicy just slide tackle the mf, refs ain’t going to care.
Steph’s is shocking but he does/did benefit from moving screens a lot
Steph’s is much worse lol
I still remember the time where Tatum knocked Steph over and landed under his foot on a 3 and it was a no-call in the finals. It’s not important, but that particular one is stuck in my brain.
The LeBron slide tackle on Steph was another wild finals moment
Hot stove contact
The hot stove contact last 2-minute report still makes me mad every time I get reminded of it.
It’s the most absurd “ruling” I’ve ever seen. Especially considering they can just admit it should have been a foul and nothing bad will happen to them.
Context? This sounds stupid as hell and typical nba
You should see what they can do when he doesn’t have the ball!
Refs to steph: Psh no blood no foul. Refs to grifters: Don’t you dare touch my daddy.
You can stick a finger up Steph’s Draymond and the refs will act like they are Kerring a Poole
Yeah, Steph gets pretty bad whistle too
Pretty sure hayes got called for that the other day against Jokic.
All players are allowed. Jokic always try to make it look like he’s being pushed hard when the defender puts a hand on his waist. Any words for the flop?
did they win
All of them? Watch a full game.
SGA stiff armed someone into a shooting foul yesterday and you have the balls to still post something like this lol. Why don’t YOU watch a game.
An absolute fuck you three for the refs, he was staring them down the whole time back down the court lmao
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Tbf it was a 2 for 1 shot
2 for 1
Tin foil hat on for conspiracy theorist nuggets fans
When Jokic flops it’s a statement to the refs for not giving him calls he deserves, when Shai flops it’s a war crime.
Hmmm how can I make this about me
Thunder fans try not to be insufferable in conversations that have nothing to do with them challenge: impossible
shai has gotten undue hate this season, but it’s probably because thunder fans are insufferable as reigning champs
Most of the team is insufferable too, look at how they enable play from guys like Dort.
2 guys isnt most of the team
I find Jalen/Jaylin to be annoying af and I think Caruso gets away with a lot of sneaky shit. I’m not a fan of most of their bigger name players/main guys.
Eh, I think I’m sufferable.
I know you’re saying this in bad faith but I actually don’t care about flops if the basket is made. I hate flopping with no attempt to score just to get free throws. And yes, I hate it when Jokic tries to do it, especially because it rarely works out for him and often is just a shitty turnover. Was several of those tonight.
This is how Jokic got the unfair whistle narrative made. They think every marginal contact he got should have been called. They believe he is fouled every time he flails. That put hand on waist happened every game without being called. But they aren’t even aware when Jokic isn’t involved. And they believe only Jokic was treated differently.
Jokic haters and OKC flairs will be in here to explain how this is a flop and he’s a flopping fraud
Honestly I think for most it’s a reaction to the SGA hate, pointing at a double standard. Neither is a fraud they’re the two best players in the world at the moment and to get so focused on the flopping that you call either a fraud is delusional, and a waste of excellent basketball
There are probably OKC fans who would call Jokic a fraud but they’d be just as emotional as people who say that about SGA, like why are we even doing this dumb narrative
Not sure why you’re being downvoted this is actually a very reasonable and levelheaded take(and this is coming from a Seattle sports fan lol)
Jokic too fat to get that call
Wanna mention how he got fouled?
Defenders entire right hand is in his stomach throughout his entire motion.
some youngbloods have no respect for their elders these dayz
Does that matter? I think it does, but that seems to not matter with other players on this sub.
Just different rules for this guy vs every one of his peers man
Shaq treatment
Or you just being tricked by his flopping. If you actually watch games without bias, you’ve seen players put their hands on their waists countless times without getting called a foul. If you think one player was officiated with a different rule, you should ask yourself if you’re biased.
He was fouled. No call, of course
I love how this man is arguably the best player in the world among apex athletes
Meanwhile, SGA would get 3 shots and the ball.
Flagrant 1
Carried to the line on a stretcher ala Scott sterling
See your favorite player flop. Then spin it to how refs officiate SGA differently that doesn’t actually happen. You are shameless.
I hate these sarcastic headlines. Even moreso when they are wrong
Gut foul
Foul. Can’t push someone in the stomach while they are midair shooting, fuckin zero IQ never played basketball casual OP
Is this supposed to make us angry and up in arms? Every player tries to sell calls, and this one isn’t even post worthy
The Dolphin move while making a 3 makes it post worthy
I don’t get the title, looks like he got fouled there.
1 assist short of a quadruple double. He almost got a Westbrook+Harden dub quad.
29/14/9/10 TOs
A jokic flop is the bat signal for thunder flairs
100% AI there is no way he shot like that.
Damn I really like Jokic but it’s crazy seeing people defend him for this and say he should get 3 fts for flopping off almost zero contact way under his shooting pocket lmao. It’s fine he goes for it, but the fact that he makes every one tells you the contact isn’t hurting him that bad
That’s what him and Embiid were talking about the other day. The master has taught the joker well.
This thread is a perfect example of why basketball is becoming/is so shitty people defending this bum ass flop hoping to watch more free throws
“what a flopper” - Thunder Fans
Man we really love in your head rent free huh
lose* not love my son
Both can be true, Jokic is a flopper but he also gets fouled a lot with missed calls.
It’s a flop lmao
Why would Jokic flop like that with the guys hand clearly on his stomach while he was in the shooting motion? He’s just as bad as SGA, Doncic, Reaves, Embiid, and Harden. Very dirty
Interesting. As you said, he was clearly being fouled. So did the flop negate the foul call or was he never going to get the foul call regardless of whether he flopped?
Impossible to know for certain, but very interesting to consider.
I thought my sarcasm was pretty obvious. That I was making fun of the way y’all have been talking about Jokic this past few months
Nope. Your sarcasm blended right into the milieu.
*I believe the correct term is dorty not dirty
So youre saying a 290lb guy contorted his body mid air and didnt fall, is flopping?
Any other player and that ball is thrown to the rafters in the effort of a successful flop
Are we now pretending jokic doesn’t flop?
Are we pretending that other players don’t even bother taking the shot but instead just chuck the ball for emphasis?
Lmao perfectly normal form
Barely touched 300 lb jokic and he acted like he got ran into by a bear
Talk about the pot calling the kettle black
Because he shouldn’t have touched him and apparently Jokic knows the rules better then the high school dropouts who call themselves the referees
Flopic
Hand on the stomach during a shot is an automatic foul