[Highlight] Reggie Miller lets out a laugh watching OG Anonoby being called for the foul
ridiculous
Okc’s small ass fanbase are the biggest nerds 😂these mfs in every thread from this game being like “well actually, this is the correct call bc he slightly gets brushed 🤓” we need the spurs to save us.
Meanwhile my boy Devin Booker is getting scratched to hell with no calls. Jokic too
This year is probably the best whistle of Jokic’s career and it’s very noticeable. And despite it being his best whistle and him shooting a career high in fta/game, he’s currently 10th in fta/game among all players, which is actually a lower rank than last year
The free throw grifting league wide is just out of control this year compared to last year, because the players saw the league reward SGA and the Thunder last year for doing it.
Jokić is complaining more this year, its annoying, but it works.
Yep. The complaining is annoying and the complaining working is even more annoying. JB complaining and then proving it works the other day against the Thunder was schadenfreude in a vacuum, but it’s really lame that it worked too lol. Instead of the refs seeing how stupid it was and stopping, they just reward both teams for doing it which is gross to watch
Shai hardly ever complains, he didn’t learn that from the Thunder. JB is his own baby man.
He is complaining because it works.
Wemby gets bodied and tossed around all the time without getting calls, meanwhile if you’re within 6 inches of SGA on a drive it’s an immediate foul
Wemby is gonna get bodied and tossed without calls his entire career sadly. Its a seperate issue of players that are too physically dominant not getting enough calls because otherwise people are just not gonna have a chance.
Wemby falls down a lot but I’m 100% convinced he gets fouled more than anyone in the NBA off-ball. On ball perhaps not but off-ball? Bruh. Watch him sometime. Every single play he gets fouled, and it doesn’t even matter if he’s on offense or defense.
Off ball fouling, especially for big men, seems to be completely allowed under the current rules while soft calls on ball has become the norm.
As a Nuggets fan I feel Jokic is fouled nearly every possession off ball, but he dishes out a lot of punishment too so I’m fine with him not getting all the calls. Basically the only way to guard Wemby is to try to physically impose on him off ball so that he can’t get comfortable, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s being fouled every possession as well. Just wait until he is at his peak and completely unguardable. They’ll probably allow the other team to use 2x4s on him off ball.
Look at Luka’s arms after every game, he bitches to the refs otherwise no whistle for the 400 fouls he should have, boy gets hacked on every drive like he’s Shaq.
I said something about SGA and his habit of over extending for contact. I got 2 replies, both were name calling. One said OP (not me) was a dumbass combing through clips of SGA flopping that way, and Luka has plenty of himself but couldn’t show it. The other said I should touch grass and I was a dweeb for making such a comment. I looked at both of their comment histories, they were both the type to have dozens of comments a month in the OKC subreddit. I said they’ve done a good job representing what people from that sub are like.
OKC fans have never given me one example of a Luka clip thats even half as egregious as an average SGA clip.
Its my new go-to, they cry for a little after, provide the fta/game stats, but can’t provide a single clip. Easiest way to shut them down quickly without having to go into a 5 comment disqussion that leads nowhere.
Lol saying theres not a single clip of luka half as egregious as an average Shai clip is raw delusion
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Damn dude, why do you think the NBA has all banded together to push SGA and small market OKC to win so many games?
My favorite question to ask, there is no logical answer so complainers just look like the babies they are.
Of course there is. Dynasties attract interest/ratings, and with the way that they are assembled and run they are primed to be just that.
If OKC is winning because they have some super whistle, why not just give the whistle to The Clippers, Brooklyn, Miami or Orlando that have much larger markets?
They love to downvote you to hell if you say anything that could even slightly be perceived as negative towards the team.
Don’t forget that they freak out if you say “players should earn their fouls on SGA if they’re going to be called anyways”. They act like you’re wishing for him to get injured.
Meanwhile they root for Lu Dort
Thunder fans/flairs have gotten more insufferable when defending SGA than Sixer fans/flairs defending Embiid, which is something I never thought was possible.
Bruh, Lakers and spurs fans have put aside their differences here because of how shitty okc fans have been. Do you realize how insufferable you must be as a fanbase to get that to happen?
There were Celtics fans in the game thread rooting for us lmao.
Maybe you just spend too much time arguing with strangers on the internet bud
Says the guy trying to start an argument on the internet.
If you think that was me trying to start an argument you might be illiterate
The fuck else were you trying to do then, and are trying to do right now? I’m not engaging with your argumentative ass lol
Agreed, and this is coming from a Knicks fan. imo, they’re the worst fans in sports right now.
All these dorks said to me yesterday was “you really think the nba is favoring little bitty OKC over New York.” You guys just won the finals with the mvp you morons.
Why would they favor OKC though? They want to promote the team that pays them the least amount of money for being on national tv?
Your team was just in the finals and you have the MVP. Shut up
So you know there is no logical explanation and admit that you are a giant baby? As long as we can agree on that then ok.
NBA building up OKC as a dynasty with a top 3 player in the league will increase the valuation of the thunder as a team and make them wildly more popular. It’s what happened to golden state and Steph. I didn’t think I needed to explain it, but you are too stupid to understand that with your Oklahoma education
Adding: Your team is on a national spotlight because of how good they are. The difference between the Knicks and thunder on viewership and revenue they bring in from fans is closer than you think it is.
lol you are a fucking idiot if you actually think this hahahah
Google the valuation of the golden state warriors in 2009 and 2019, and see how it compares with the rest of the league. You are an idiot because you somehow dont know that dynasties are extreme money makers.
Ahhh, yes that makes sense. Meanwhile leave the Nets, Knicks, Heat, Clippers, Philly, Orlando, etc. on the sidelines to watch OKC achieve. Very smart bus strategy and excellent that Silver was able to get all the league’s referees to buy in like that without ever revealing the plan.
It was obvious when The Clippers traded SGA he was going to be pushed as the best player in the world, that’s why the NBA directed him to OKC so he could get whistles past his opponents to a championship.
They thought about giving Brunson an exceptional whistle, and then they were like - “nah, the play by play guys are calling him diminutive, we need a more savvy guy that has extra aura” and in came Shai w a sweet puffy jacket.
I never even said there was some league conspiracy. My original comment was about this singular game, and because you guys can’t deny that this game was poorly officiated in your favor, you extrapolate it to every game. You are not victims you whiny fucks. You legitimately cannot handle criticism.
You just keep adding paragraphs rambling. You’re somehow salty you get a favorable whistle and are a great team. How can you be in such denial it’s unhealthy.
I like this creative writing practice, it’s pretty fun for me.
Sure, I’ll admit this is a very soft call. I see soft calls every single game and most of the time they benefit the opposing team from what I usually see.
Brother the league has capitalized on an opportunity they saw in SGA and the thunder.
Y’all are good enough and even SGA is more than good enough to win without the foul baiting.
The league’s incentive is to try and basically guarantee a dynasty, with their most likely team to do so, which will raise the valuation of one of the smaller market teams and therefore raise all other teams’ values. You think if the thunder sell for \(10 billion in 3-5 years after winning multiple rings, anyone will ever accept less than \)7 billion for any other mid-to-decent franchise? (Exaggerating the numbers to make my point but even $10b in 5 years is not outside the realm of possibility)
What other team in this era of parity is built solidly enough to almost guarantee a dynasty with extra/unfair free throw discrepancies from the league? Imagine thinking the Knicks could be a dynasty if Brunson got free throws lol. Maybe Boston before Tatum’s injury but they have a lot of playoff-inexperienced players now. If the spurs win a ring soon I’m almost certain they’ll start to get okc level of leeway on aggressive defense and also unfair FTA calls for Wemby/Castle.
Nobody is saying the Thunder aren’t built well or aren’t a great team btw. Y’all really are. That’s what makes the unnecessary free throw calls that SGA gets + the freedom for your wings to play linebacker defense so annoying. Y’all don’t need that from the league to win.
But the league is picking it’s “lowest hanging fruit” - which is your team. Does that make sense?
Because outside of shai who the hell else are they going to promote as the face of the NBA after the old heads are gone? Ant is not that dude from a PR perspective, they kind of already tried with Jokic and that didn’t work out since he doesn’t want to be the face, Ja was in the conversation until he started doing his wild shit.
Basically the NBA was to market shai as the multi time MVP, champion, and best player in the NBA at all costs, because they have no one else.
You’ve made the same comment in several places saying there’s no possible justification, well here you go, now pipe down.
Why would they select Shai though? There are over 450 guys in the NBA, lots of 2nd 3rd year players on bigger market teams. Why would they just give some scrub 30 ppg that can’t do it without refs bailing him out if they could give it to a scrub in Miami?
Well you can’t just choose anyone, shai is extremely talented there’s no denying that, and he’s on a team with enough assets to keep them competitive for many years to come.
The refs aren’t doing everything for him, my guy, they just have their fingers firmly on the scale for him. A little help and boom they’re multi time champs and the idiots on TV get to say “where does shai rank amongst the greats?!” And keep their cheap entertainment going.
The team that Silver wants the other teams to emulate because of Presti, and that only exists because the previous commissioner was buddies with owner?
Ya, we should all trade PG13 for SGA, 4 first round picks and 2 pick swaps. I agree with Silver.
Idk why OKC fans can’t just enjoy their guy while acknowledging something is different there. Luka is my team’s small player. I love the dude, I think he’s the MVP, but I can also admit he searches for fouls too much and complains to the refs too much. It’s okay to admit your guy’s flaws, you’re still allowed to be a fan lol.
SGA is an insanely talented player who doesn’t need to do all the theatrics to be successful, but he does them quite often and it’s fucking annoying. Just leave it at that.
Yeah, the rockets fans weren’t on here lying about Harden being a foul baiter when he was in his prime. We just enjoyed it anyway. A lot of fans even hated his play style.
Harden was different. He found loopholes in rules that allowed his to exploit defensive tactics. Yea the defenders weren’t trying to foul him, he was making them foul him.
With shai you just aren’t allowed to be near him. If he misses they assume it’s a foul. Equally infuriating but for some reason I respect hardens version more.
Rocket fans were like if Harden is literally Hitler then I’m a Nazi and what can I say when Harden was averaging 40 a game, cooking the league
I wish KG was still around. He’d talk so much shit to SGA.
we need the spurs to save us.
I don’t think we get there, but the national vibe of Boston/OKC finals vs. Boston/SAS finals would be so different lol
They’ve always had a weird complex. Even their writers do. Kind of similar to the Jazz.
im telling u if its spurs vs okc in wcf, adam silver will order the refs to put an end to hitler ball and reign in alienball for the highest ratings in a long time
Has a fanbase ever worn out its welcome faster than OKC? They were the darlings of this sub less than a year ago. Not so cute anymore is it.
bc there is nothing to do in OKC except sleep w/ ur cousins or siblings
Ya, I think Shai is the only person in the NBA that gets a generous call every once in a while /s.
OKC fans have always been like that. Most “fans” don’t know a thing about the game.
But you’d cry if they got a ton of bandwagoners.
Damn sga lucky to be alive after that vicious foul. I hope his off arm is ok
YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND!! HE KNOWS HOW TO CONTORT HIS BODY!!!!!!
If he can’t play next game I hope OG gets suspended…
SGAs left elbow pushing OG is literally the only contact lol
i knew it was lopsided but literally laughed out loud when i looked at the box score and saw 38 FTs to 17, 16 for SGA. this is not basketball it’s a one-sided free throw contest
Not only did they steal Seattle’s team, they also stole the Legion of Boom’s “if you foul every play they cant call all of them” strategy
They also stole y’all’s colorway. Genuinely the least original franchise in the nba
At least the Legion of Boom was fun to watch. This shit fuckin sucks man
Yeah I first thought “Surely FTs didn’t decide the game even if this is egregious…”
Last night all the Thunder fans were saying “if the calls were bad then people would be posting the videos of the bad calls” and now people are posting the videos of the bad calls and they’re complaining about that too lmfao
To be fair, the bad call was calling the foul on the wrong player. KAT did push him on his shoulder, arm extended, which is getting called most of the time. So, there was a foul on the play, just should have been called on KAT, not OG.
They held their whistle when Chet did this exact same thing. Actually called it a foul against us.
It’s gonna be a long time before I get over a McCain goddamn ankle lock being thunder ball
Where are the other videos?
I feel part of the fault falls on Mike brown ngl, he didn’t challenge for shit, when he did it was a pretty obvious out of bounds call,
Funniest thing?
It was 32 to 9 prior to the fourth.
We got half of our FT and foul calls at the beginning of the fourth.
The Knicks were happy to shoot 3s every possession. The stretches where they went in the paint they got whistles pretty regularly. In the 3rd qtr the Knicks were in the bonus for like 8 minutes.
Knicks only shot 2 FTs in the 3rd and it was okc intentionally fouling Mitch late
Yeah. They stopped giving Kat the ball after he drew 3-4 fouls in 90 seconds.
Damn. OKC fans would be so pissed at these comments if they knew how to read
I don’t like being mean to OKC fans because they still have to wake up tomorrow in Oklahoma, and that’s punishment enough
I think my least favorite aspect of OKC were their reporters making digs at Jaylen Brown for speaking out about the officiating and saying how SGA is “humble” and “doesn’t talk back” like Jaylen does and he’s “not like the other players”
There are racial undertones to these remarks
Yup. SGA is “one of the good ones”, unlike those thugs from big cities
One of the good one’s wearing the most ridiculous jackets imaginable.
Why would SGA need to say anything to the officials? He gets an insane amount of calls in his favor lol
Which reporters were saying this?
Genuine question, what racial undertones? Without any further context, seems like the reporter just said that SGA wasnt much of a complainer unlike some other players who complain more frequently. Regardless if i agree or not, i really dont see any racial thing about this
Lmao a Boston fan accusing another team of being racist in response to a Texan shitting on the living conditions of another state. The jokes just write themselves
That’s second degree murder in the State of Oklahoma.
So that’s why their crime rate is so high
I can’t believe all the OKC fans are still defending this shit 😭
Its all they have in Oklahoma apparently
They don’t even have trees.
Look at where they live man this is their saving grace lol
I think defending this specific call is stupid, however most of this comment section is straight up saying this team and SGA are ruining the sport. Like there is a narrative on here that OKC only is good because of fouls and that SGA is a FT merchant which both could not be further from the truth.
I think people just think they need to defend every call because of the opposite reactionary take and it’s just stupid from both parties.
Most of these threads are just full of really spiteful and hateful comments for no reason. People actually look forward to these posts and just come in fuming. Nothing quite itches that amygdala addiction to outrage like r/nba. It’s a sad way to live
It’s funny seeing opposing fans beg for the spurs to “set things right” and beat OKC as if they won’t become just as hated a year from now if they’re dominating the league. It will happen like clockwork.
The thunders are a good team, but this shit happens every game bro don’t defend this bs and say it’s entertaining while dort doesn’t even get called for his “defense”. They could be the next dynasty for all I care, but man is this shit so unfun to watch
I’m dying at you sitting on your high horse here lol, cause anyone who rightfully calls out this bullshit is sad…
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, Oklahoma is literally the dumbest state in one of the dumbest countries on the planet, so this is the level of intelligence to expect!
Bro chill. Take it easy on em 😅
They always say “crickets from OKC fans in this thread” but like why would I comment in these threads when I’ll get downvoted to oblivion no matter what I say. They say we’re the worst fanbase but no level headed OKC fan wants to interact with these posts because they’ll end up with replies from angry people and a reddit cares message.
Boo hiss we don’t like this kind of ball
It’s hard to complain when you get all the calls in favor of you.
Yet somehow they still do it
Sga complained when he got called for his infamous forearm shiver.
Everytime i see someone say that i think “yeah no shit you dont see elon musk complaining about rising prices”
When the system is created to benefit you in every way possible, you tend to be happy with it
This call is obviously soft, but what makes it truly infuriating is this in conjunction with how they get officiated on the other end. OKC play an incredibly physical style of defence that generates TOs by hacking the shit out of the opponent. It leads to this obnoxious paradox where Dort and Caruso play tackle football on defence with few repercussions while Shai gets called for touch fouls on offence.
Every Knicks starter had at least 3 fouls and Bridges fouled out. Dort was called for 1 PF in 27+ minutes. Absurd.
The ticky tack bullshit that Shai gets also sets the tone for the whole game that if you breathe near him it’s a foul, so defenders have to walk on eggshells trying not to foul out of the game. Then they get possession of the ball and Dort fucking tackles them with no call and of course they get pissed off.
It is disgraceful that the NBA referees officiate the game purely off of vibes, giving certain players or teams buffs or nerfs based on perceived reputation rather than what’s actually happening on the fucking court.
There were so many instances in this game that it boggles the mind. every time OKC flopped around a set screen the refs called it, Brunson doing the same was a no call. Chet blatantly pushes Brunson in the back before a rebound, and incredibly it’s 2 free throws for Chet.
Disgusting.
I would love to see okc vs okc where dort is defending sga. Refs brains would go boom. If they had any. Lol
The ridiculous/insane amount of ref help the Thunder get was on full display last night. Ref Mitch Ervin was excited to make calls in OKC’s favor from out of position all game long.
It’s almost impossible to lose a game when you get handed a +21 fta advantage.
That’s why I think the thunder will be impossible to beat in 7, pacers probably get hosed with bad calls in game 7 if Hali stayed healthy
Best example of this is caruso on jokic game 7. Yeah, shit was disgusting.
I hate SGA man
Same. I hate watch the thunder like I hate watch the Chiefs. It’s probably taking years off my life but I can’t help it
Every time I think “wow two of the top teams in the nba going at it!” And it winds up one of them is okc, I just don’t even bother watching anymore.
Look at the merchant on your own team averaging more fta per game.
FTA’s army of loyal defenders gonna be in here busting out the spread sheets real quick telling you it’s all normal
The OKC Huggies
People really defend this man and his whistle think about that.
To be fair though, he didn’t flop he literally just fell because it was awkward. Just a bad call.
I think this is true, but he seems to get a lot of them
Well he drives the most in the league…
We dont have reasonable takes here
this getting downvoted is the epitome of irony. that’s why I don’t take this sub seriously
also KAT pushed him
sga is such a fucking fraud
Adam Silver realized they can sell more ad time with more free throws
Well, he isn’t nicknamed FTA for nothing.
I know it’s just a game but FUCK… This just isn’t fun to watch anymore.
You’re going to be okay 👍
Your team actively makes the league worse 👍
Maybe our guys should start pulling out guns on IG live. Might make them a little more tolerable for you I guess
Good one. Haven’t heard that before
And I also have not heard the same narrative repeated 1000x over about OKC the past two years so guess we are on even ground now
One has nothing to do with the other. Another obnoxious OKC troll, shocking
The refs make the league worse *
Oh look another obtuse OKC troll
We need Wemban to beat this guy for the MVP to save the morality of the basketball world.
Wemby has a flopping tech this year.
Let’s not pretend that this is about ethics.
I’d be fine with wemby not getting the mvp as long as we whup their ass in the playoffs
Thunder fans
are trash
It’s really not that hard to just admit the call was bad and laugh about it. Best way to react as a fan tbh
The refs handed OKC the game by their biased calls, this was just 1 example.
Can you link more then
NBA as a product has worsened so much in the past 10 years you cannot deny it’s a problem. More regular season games are closer to being unwatchable than bangers. It’s insulting as a fan that is a level above casual.
Also just as a fan of the Knicks I’m getting so annoyed arguing with people that the nba wasn’t doing OKC any favors here cause they’re playing a New york team. This game was poorly officiated in favor of OKC, look at numerous calls made during the game and the actual free throw numbers. Your team has the mvp you are on a national spotlight.
Not afraid to admit that Shai was a tough watch the first three quarters yesterday as someone that was at the game
So brave of you
He’s a tough watch every game bc he makes the game a shit product
Can’t touch him but Dort and Caruso can tackle you
KAT getting wacked multiple times only for him to get called for an offensive after?
Yet they call this soft bs for OKC?
Ya, OK…
If only Haliburton’s Achilles lasted 4 more hours I’m convinced they would have won Game 7 against those bums. I hate OKC so much and their only fans are Oklahomans. Based on their education rankings…it makes sense to root for trash.
Teams should have someone to just body shai. He’s getting calls anyway they all should let him feel the fouls atleast.
I don’t get this either. I was taught not to bitch about calls, you get 5 (or 6 in the NBA), and if the refs are calling tic tac contact make your fouls count.
This isn’t rocket science. No way that attitude has left the NBA….
Jordan Rules for Shai is very flattering
Literally the only contact is SGA pushing off with his left arm. This (along with the rampant carrying and traveling) is why scoring 30 isn’t considered impressive anymore.
You don’t see Kat’s hand on Shai? It’s pretty clear…
We need Wemby to go full on hater mode in the playoffs to stop these guys.
How the fuck was the game not canceled after this Foul… HE COULD BE DEAD… thanks god he alive…
Refs were wilding with this call lmao, what’s more outrageous is that Mike Brown didn’t challenge it .
Wemby you’re our only hope please
Maybe the nba is taking a page from social media algos and just ragebaiting for views? I can’t understand any other reason why they treat okc the way that they do.
Do you guys ever get bored of this
Foul was on KAT with the push if you’re calling anything here.
I’m guessing the ref saw him move a bit and assumed it was the OG contact when it was KATs push, but that’s being generous to the ref.
They need to figure out these fouls. For this one OG clearly doesn’t go straight up so I get why they called it even though he didn’t touch him. But the issue is that even if OG goes straight up they’ll call a ghost foul too randomly.
Contests at the rim seriously feels like a coin toss no matter who the players. Same as drives when the defender is at their hip, the offensive guy can create all the contact and get the call. It’s just so random.
If only it actually WAS random, rather that 95% pro-SGA
Fucking pathetic
They need big rules changes to to keep these bad calls accountable
No one in the league has SGA’s whistle. He consistently gets to the line when he shouldn’t. A guy like Kat gets mauled by defense and called for offensive fouls all the time.
It’s not a coincidence that OKC fans like this egregious foul baiting. They don’t know the rules since they can’t read as seen in Oklahoma’s literacy stats lol
It’s a farce
Reggie Miller shouldn’t be allowed to call Knicks games. or any games really, but I’ll let him have the others.
Being a completely unbiased party here. This was a stretch to be called a foul. I wonder from what side it was called, it seems KAT pushes slightly but can’t be sure from this angle. But marginally, and no idea why would it be called on OG.
League should subtract those two points and assess a technical to Dort.
at a certain point it’s if the refs are just gonna blow the whistle, you may as well actually foul them so there’s no three point play
why cant just the coach ask the defending player, say the 8th 9th man on the team, to give hard foul by intentionally swiping the hands or forearm, not to injure, but just inflict pain to send signal/message to SGA or to any free throw merchanant that if you do such unethical basketball, we do it into you as well. of course, im not saying do the hard swiping that it could make the player end his season type of way. the kind that only lasts and stings for a game, maybe two. the kind that the offensive player is still on the floor, not on air. punishing offensive player by fouling on air is a different matter. that’s just dirty and will not be tolerated.
we’ll punish SGA the amount of times he does an unethical basketball. it’s not playing dirty, it is cleaning the dirt by punishing that does dirty/unethical basetball. that includes players like Draymond Green and players with similar dirt intentions. yes you Dort. why not punish them physically too? why cant they be the one who inflict pain and not the league do it to them too? because cash fines are nothing them. they do it again and again
Refs keep calling it why would he stop
Its honestly gross and watching games against okc is miserable.
Why is this surprising anyone, the NBA picks their stars and modifies the game and how the games are called, based off their game play. It is not a competitive sport, it is entertainment and it has been that way for the last 2.5 decades.
Fingers grazed his arms, idk it’s a total no-call IMO but y’all really can’t see how this would be called at the speed of the game? OG jumps up and just swats to the ball for no reason, he should have just maintained the position vertically. Idk unless this is the last 2 minutes of a playoff game you gotta let them play here.
Reggie let out many laughs for fouls the Knicks were called for. what an awful game.
OH BAH GAWD THE HUMANITY!
Was on the treadmill at the gym and saw this was on TV so I gave it some attention for three minutes and within the three minutes there was three fouls called so I just hopped off the treadmill and said I can’t watch this shit anymore
Looks like you just wanted excuse not to workout tbh
Stop comparing Luka free throws to this.
Nah man, sit this one out.
lol tried to sneak this one in, huh.
They’re not gonna two peat. Mark my words
I’m a full blown SGA and OKC slanderer, however the foul is clearly on KAT here and anyone saying “it’s not clear” isn’t paying close attention. KAT’s hand literally goes from pushing SGA’s neck to pushing his back while he’s in the air. I took screenshots but this sub doesn’t let photos get post in comments I guess so scrub closely at the frame by frame between 2-4seconds of this video.