CutLonzosHair2017 | LAL

435 | 18 hours ago

Like it has been said for years, whats stopping people from purposefully injuring stars to win playoff series? Jalen Rose will forever be a bitch for doing it. As will Zaza. And now LaMelo.

AccordingGain6208

127 | 18 hours ago

Dort tries.

Probably saw Melo tonight and got excited for playoff “basketball”.

CutLonzosHair2017 | LAL

47 | 18 hours ago

Personally I hold players playing dirty during the playoffs to a different level of animosity since it matters more and a game missed here or there could have huge implications.

RiloAlDente | Spurs

-20 | 17 hours ago

Y’all so weird.

LeRoiDeNord

-7 | 15 hours ago

You’re getting downvoted, but op is literally writing a fiction lol.

RiloAlDente | Spurs

4 | 13 hours ago

We’re about to see whole new level of insanity this playoffs if OKC is being dunked on for imaginary scenarios even when they don’t play.

Stand_On_It

-1 | 10 hours ago

If you defend a player like Dort, I don’t think you really like basketball.

Frozenfire21 | Cavaliers

105 | 17 hours ago

Don’t forget Kelly Olynk with K Love on the Cavs first run to the finals in Round 1 post Miami Heat Bron

SourMgk | Cavaliers

24 | 16 hours ago

All my friends hate Kelly Olynk

Frodounchainedd | Lakers

15 | 16 hours ago

Kelly Olynyk undercut me at a camp lol dude is a genuine jackass

One_Caregiver_1055

3 | 8 hours ago

Don’t forget D wade trying to injure rondo

restless_vagabond | NBA

14 | 17 hours ago

But the old heads will tell you that’s what made 90’s basketball great.

Something Something Laimbeer and the bad boy Pistons.

Something something Kids soft these days

Something Something could never play “real” basketball

theskyopenedup | Knicks

18 | 16 hours ago

There’s obviously a difference between good tough ball and purposefully injuring players.

restless_vagabond | NBA

8 | 16 hours ago

I think you’ll find that line is not as obvious as you’d like it to be, especially when rooting interest and nostalgia are added to the mix.

Forget the bad boy pistons, Draymond Green will be a guaranteed hall of famer with a history of intentionally hurting players.

AccordingMedicine129

4 | 12 hours ago

Players grabbed other players by the ankles to trip them in the 90s?

Stand_On_It

1 | 10 hours ago

Of course. You don’t think this happened in the 90s? Only reason we’re discussing this is because Bam got hurt. People do worse shit but the result isn’t a game ending injury. The energy here is overwhelming hating the result more than the act.

theskyopenedup | Knicks

3 | 15 hours ago

I don’t think Draymond is a good example of the play I’m talking about though. I’d say more like Rodman.

jnightrain | Mavericks

4 | 16 hours ago

Absolutely, what Draymond and lamelo do isn’t 90s “tough ball”. That was not being afraid of getting on a poster so you contest everything and occasionally rake someone to make them think twice the next time they drive.

theskyopenedup | Knicks

1 | 15 hours ago

Yeah idk why people are bringing up Draymond, that dude is not who I’m talking about lol.

EnwardGamerz | Suns

2 | 12 hours ago

I find myself agreeing with this side of the debate. If you’re beat on a possession but can put them at the line instead of giving up an easy bucket and have the fouls to spare, in my eyes, that’s still in the realm of a basketball move. Obviously I’m not saying trip them or tackle them or anything like that, but interact with their arms in the midst of a shooting motion, don’t let them finish, and do it hard.

manbare | Celtics

-2 | 16 hours ago

not so obvious a difference when a small difference in an angle when playing “good tough ball” can result in a severe ankle sprain.

theskyopenedup | Knicks

5 | 16 hours ago

You think this play is an example of good tough ball? Lol

NBAccount | Warriors

5 | 16 hours ago

Bruce Fucking Bowen

EnwardGamerz | Suns

6 | 12 hours ago

My man. Bowen is so overlooked as a dirty player that it’s criminal. In fact, how dirty he was has forever tainted the image of Popovich for me.

Important-Net-9805 | Cavaliers

1 | 6 hours ago

the spurs game plan was take nash out. i agree with you. pop was going off on zaza. still surprised he had the gall to say all that

jglab | OKC

2 | 10 hours ago

kicked Wally in the face.

Outcast824 | Lakers

1 | 14 hours ago

Dahntay Jones

YeaItsBig4L

0 | 15 hours ago

He said with the laker flair. Kobe’s elbow had a mean game against the kings.

CutLonzosHair2017 | LAL

-4 | 15 hours ago

Classic swim through. Face got in the way. Could be a flagrant. But was it dirty? I don’t think so. And was he trying to injure Bibby? No.

QuebecMasterRace | Japan

-1 | 16 hours ago

Giannis to Kyrie, that chip was paid in blood

BattleFresh003 | Hornets

-11 | 16 hours ago

I really, really don’t think he was trying to hurt Bam on purpose.

Talentagentfriend

405 | 18 hours ago

yes lorem ipsum

HenrikCrown | Pelicans

60 | 18 hours ago

I saw them at Coachella last weekend

Ok_Pineapple_Num | Warriors

30 | 17 hours ago

Lorem ipsum

*Dolorem ipsum

(Is the actual untruncated version meaning “pain itself”)

DaOoozii9MM | Bulls

7 | 17 hours ago

Bro just learned what this meant in his Khan Academy Latin course

iamacelticsenjoyer | Celtics

33 | 17 hours ago

It literally doesn’t mean anything, though

Banana_Jackson | Heat

357 | 18 hours ago

If you’ve ever fallen on your tailbone you know how much that shit sucks

cricket9818 | Knicks

121 | 18 hours ago

Amen to that. I’ve had a couple tailbone surgeries, total pain in the ass

KorgG29 | Bucks

16 | 18 hours ago

r/angryupvote

cricket9818 | Knicks

17 | 18 hours ago

I usually don’t go for low hanging puns but man, recovering from those procedures is not fun

JamToEarDelivery

-12 | 16 hours ago

dumb karma farming comment smfh. you’re a moron . dont respond to me

cricket9818 | Knicks

5 | 16 hours ago

Lmao bruh 99% of comments are for karma.

Go get a fucking life

You’re a moron. Don’t respond to me

kyleb402 | Bucks

33 | 18 hours ago

Giannis missed the majority of a playoff series after landing on his back like that.

It sucks.

Colorapt0r | Bucks

15 | 18 hours ago

Coincidentally against the heat

cl353 | Heat

4 | 16 hours ago

Yea somehow jimmy had the same injury and fall lol

Ok_Shop7600 | Lakers

15 | 18 hours ago

Jimmy fell on it a few times didn’t he

dr_shastafarian | Knicks

5 | 18 hours ago

Jimmy’s never fallen on my tailbone….

StefSierra7 | Celtics

7 | 18 hours ago

Getting out of chairs was a pain. Spasms were a pain in the ass lasting to a couple of months

Who_ate_my_cookie | Celtics

3 | 16 hours ago

I’ve gotten my leg swept on a turf field and bruised my tailbone for months, I can’t imagine the same thing happening on a hard court

SandwitchJ | Celtics

2 | 16 hours ago

One of the worst injuries ive had playing ball. Could barely run for a couple weeks and even once I could again it was with pain.

VintageRudy | Trail Blazers

1 | 15 hours ago

yeeeah. I got a bone bruise in grade school from hitting a jump on a wooden sled that knocked the wind out of me. It took a year to be right. I remember not being able to sit in movie theater seats more than an hr without there being discomfort

Danibear285 | Clippers

1 | 14 hours ago

Slipped on a patch of ice and landed on my tailbone. I don’t want to experience that pain again

heat_fan_ | Raptors

321 | 18 hours ago

It was a dirty play by Ball

Transky13 | Pacers

107 | 17 hours ago

He shoulda been ejected for that. Crazy

poop_magoo | Pacers

3 | 6 hours ago

If he should have been ejected and wasn’t, he should be suspended for the next game.

GorillaX | Thunder

-34 | 15 hours ago

Thanks, Magic

AccordingMedicine129

4 | 12 hours ago

Lamello is on the hornets

justusinreddit

287 | 18 hours ago

Fucking dirty play from Lamelo. He should be suspended at least 1 game for that intentional dirty play

Serious-Wish4868

83 | 18 hours ago

yes, he deserves a 1 game suspension, but I have seen much worse from dort all season long and he has never been suspended

RealRaifort | Warriors

27 | 17 hours ago

For sure but LaMelo should still get suspended because it’d probably be the most high stakes game to suspend someone and if that doesn’t send a clear message than what will?

Killakaronic

18 | 16 hours ago

NBA ain’t sending messages to anyone. Accountability is a thing of the past. Watch the Clippers get a slap on the wrist for their under the table deal with Kawhi.

RealRaifort | Warriors

2 | 15 hours ago

Oh definitely not. Especially cuz it’d hurt ratings too. I just mean in a just world it should happen

Colorapt0r | Bucks

22 | 18 hours ago

“Worse” just means a similar level foul performed by a Thunder player I guess

reiycoins13 | Thunder

-15 | 18 hours ago

definitely not as bad as this, cmon.

mickelboy182 | Nuggets

16 | 18 hours ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/p1jFEIlJPs

Pretty bad, could have seriously messed up KDs knee

reiycoins13 | Thunder

17 | 17 hours ago

it’s bad, he’s fighting through a screen and he flopped. He didn’t grab a man’s ankle and trip him while he was in the air…very different?

mickelboy182 | Nuggets

12 | 17 hours ago

He stuck out his leg to stop a moving player. I can probably share another handful of similar shit he has done this season alone. Neither are basketball plays.

Edit: to be very clear, I am not suggesting the acts are similar mechanically (they obviously are not). I’m suggesting they are both extremely dirty plays with high chance for causing injury, and are not normal basketball actions.

flaming_burrito_ | Wizards

-2 | 18 hours ago

It’s something he would do if in that position. He’s definitely intentionally tripped people up before

DiamondsInHerButt | West

6 | 17 hours ago

Legitimately should be out for the next series if they advance, imo. That was about as bad a cheap shot as I can remember. Way worse than swinging on a guy in a fight.

Snoo14570 | Raptors

-3 | 17 hours ago

But are we reacting to the outcome, or the play itself? We’ve seen players fall like that and get right back up. Would we still think they deserve a suspension then?

We saw Vince Williams Jr tear his ACL this year after Tari Eason bumped him during a fast break, something you see hundreds of times during games, and people were calling for Tari’s suspension because of the outcome

Injuries suck and they happen. It was a dirty play by LaMelo (as dirty as his driving), but it’d be worse if he’s suspended for a more important game against the Magic/76ers if they win tonight

EthicalBballFan | Heat

6 | 13 hours ago

I take it that you didn’t watch it. His fingers bend to grab the ankle. The play is worth suspension regardless of outcome.

Solid_Preparation_33

-2 | 12 hours ago

“LaMelos finger causes 250lb Bam to fall” 💀

Waikuku3

121 | 18 hours ago

Fuck Lamelo Ball. Spoiled shit kid with such a dirty play

AvailableReporter484 | Heat

39 | 18 hours ago

Should have been ejected

aiden3buckets | Hornets

-136 | 18 hours ago

He don’t know you

back2ya | Knicks

99 | 18 hours ago

Thank god or he might hit us all with his car

pwnd32 | Lakers

17 | 18 hours ago

Being friends with Lamelo gotta involve safety and liability waivers or some shit, especially if he invites you to go for a drive

No_Brother3257 | Hornets

39 | 18 hours ago

Hey man it was a really really nasty play by Lamelo. Gotta eat these well deserved insults and hope he never does some stupid shit like this again

bleedrrr | 76ers

31 | 18 hours ago

Dickriding when he don’t know you either 💀

MintyFreshBreathYo | Pistons

3 | 12 hours ago

Ok. It was still a dirty play

Ok-Comfortable9449 | Heat

100 | 18 hours ago

had to injure our best player to win f lamelo ball

Sharp-Selection-3541

19 | 18 hours ago

Dont worry Kel’el Ware is okay

lowes18 | Heat

91 | 18 hours ago

Why is Ball still in the game?

randomuser051 | Lakers

48 | 18 hours ago

Bc they missed the call and can’t go back and review fouls that weren’t called.

Kevinar | Knicks

71 | 18 hours ago

But they can review whether players were out of bounds on a 3 and just subtract 3 points minutes later

OrangeMonkE | 76ers

11 | 18 hours ago

Yeah, quite literally happened to use the other day. Just crazy shit what is and isn’t allowed

Flymia | Heat

10 | 17 hours ago

Happened to the Miami Heat in game 7 of the 2022 ECF too.

BS.

daboys765 | Celtics

27 | 18 hours ago

Which is insane, considering Bam HAD THE BALL

ekun

2 | 16 hours ago

This leads to a situation where the other team is justified in retaliating and escalating the violence. Horrible reffing / rules to allow that to go unpunished.

bluepaint88

2 | 14 hours ago

No, imagine it was SGA who got hurt. This was rigged.

YaPhetsEz

19 | 18 hours ago

Should be suspended for the playoffs.

If you guys lose a close elimination game with your star intentionally injured, I see zero reason why the hornets should have their star going forwards.

If not, why shouldn’t teams just try to injure the opposing star? I’m taking lebrons ankle out game 1 because clearly there is no punishment.

Particular_Twist_653

6 | 18 hours ago

I’d imagine a game maybe for recklessness… whole playoffs is hilarious calm down. Players get less for legit punching each other.

daboys765 | Celtics

12 | 18 hours ago

It wasn’t recklessness. It was a clear (and successful) attempt to injure another player.

flaming_burrito_ | Wizards

-3 | 17 hours ago

I think it was impulsiveness more than anything. I’ve never seen him do anything dirty like that before, so I’ve got to assume it was a heat of the moment thing. Should still be punished though, 1 game suspension is the standard for something like that

RogueRaith | Heat

7 | 16 hours ago

He literally did something similar (to Bam) a couple years ago, but Bam didn’t get injured that time

flaming_burrito_ | Wizards

-2 | 16 hours ago

Do you have a clip of that? I mean I haven’t watched every Hornets game, I’m just saying I personally have never seen this from him

EthicalBballFan | Heat

2 | 13 hours ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/196uql0/highlight_lamelo_ball_grabs_at_bams_leg_as_he/

flaming_burrito_ | Wizards

1 | 12 hours ago

Fair, I hadn’t seen that. I wonder if he has something against Bam specifically?

daboys765 | Celtics

4 | 17 hours ago

My dude he reached out and pulled his ankle

flaming_burrito_ | Wizards

-3 | 17 hours ago

He hits the ground and then immediately pulls at his ankle in less than a second. Definitely a dirty play, but what I’m saying is it was some impulsive knee jerk shit. I doubt he had the thought in his head that he was gonna injure Bam, I think he just did it

MintyFreshBreathYo | Pistons

2 | 12 hours ago

In your defense, I doubt Lamelo has many thoughts in his head

YaPhetsEz

7 | 18 hours ago

Idk man what precedent does that set? If I’m the nuggets, why wouldn’t I just try to injure wemby?

The NBA needs to be way more strict when someone intentionally hurts another player.

justsaywhatsreal

-2 | 16 hours ago

No need to be a prisoner of the moment. Suspended for the playoffs is crazy. You know the NBA is trying to make money off this silly game, right?

YouSeemNiceXB | Supersonics

89 | 18 hours ago

So LaMelo has to sit if the Hornets advance, yeah?

Zloggt | Bulls

43 | 18 hours ago

That’s depending on what the NBA will do between tonight and the first game of the series…

haaammooond | Cavaliers

42 | 18 hours ago

it would be preposterous if LaMelo escapes suspension when even Draymond couldn’t escape it post-stomp

Stand_On_It

4 | 10 hours ago

Those two players are not comparable on a body of work for being dirty basis.

WeathrNinja | CHO

13 | 18 hours ago

No way he doesn’t if the NBA has eyes. They suspended Draymond for the stomp and will hopefully do the same thing here.

Celtic_Legend | Celtics

4 | 18 hours ago

A dirty play that causes an injury and ends a postseason for a team should be like a year suspension minimum imo

vapemyashes | Timberwolves

1 | 15 hours ago

Yup

WeathrNinja | CHO

38 | 18 hours ago

The entire season’s momentum just fell flat with this. I can’t excuse it, leaves such a bad taste in my mouth. This is gonna feel like an illegitimate win if it is close. Just depressing. I hope Bam’s injury is not serious and LaMelo gets a suspension for this regardless of if we win or not…

This team has been slowly rehabilitating it’s image this year and LaMelo has been doing everything in his power to remind people how stupid he is.

RiloAlDente | Spurs

50 | 18 hours ago

Miles Bridges still on your team bro.

WeathrNinja | CHO

22 | 18 hours ago

I’m well aware, he remains the biggest image issue with this team. I have been anti-Bridges since the day his abuse came to light. I was never in favor of bringing him back, always in favor of having him banned from the league, and persistently in favor of trading him.

I’m sure he’s also been a terrible influence on LaMelo and has encouraged his immature behavior.

Transky13 | Pacers

6 | 17 hours ago

Hardcore respect you being a real fan but still acknowledging the shit

thebossphoenix

1 | 6 hours ago

Agree, as a Hornets fan that was a dirty play and not a good look at all.

Zloggt | Bulls

48 | 18 hours ago

So far, a second half from hell for Heat fans…

99LedBalloons | Timberwolves

10 | 18 hours ago

Coby White doing Coby White things

Zestyclose-Draft-724 | Lakers

25 | 18 hours ago

Fuck LaMelo ball.

Dirty player

Kyro_Official_ | Raptors

7 | 17 hours ago

Dirty person more like

Wise-Priority-9918

22 | 18 hours ago

Dirty play leading directly to the Hornets’ lead. NBA better do something. Ball was caught in 4k causing that. An actual “disgusting act.”

WeathrNinja | CHO

-20 | 18 hours ago

I mean this is probably an illegitimate win for us regardless but they started playing better after Bam went down and Bam wasn’t going to stop Coby White from bombing a slew of threes.

Doesn’t change that he should be suspended though.

Wise-Priority-9918

1 | 18 hours ago

Yeah, no argument there. Just definitely changes how both teams play.

Key-Wall-4378

1 | 16 hours ago

True

Spyned | Celtics

19 | 18 hours ago

Pretty insane to not even review it, bad look from the refs.

AdGreat3174

18 | 18 hours ago

Lamelo is a dirty fucking player. Excited to watch the Hornets lose in this year’s playoffs just for that.

howzdaweatha | Lakers

14 | 17 hours ago

If Charlotte wins, I’m livid as a Heat fan. I’m livid regardless but especially in that case. Dirty play. Unsportsmanlike as fuck.

AgenYT0 | Heat

9 | 17 hours ago

Lorem ipsum. Pain itself.

Was that deliberate?

awkwardninja_

4 | 17 hours ago

Remove the mask Scooby Doo style and it is Draymond

worryaboutnothing

3 | 17 hours ago

That sucks and they lost . I bet they would’ve won if he played the full game

Free-Employee-2868

3 | 18 hours ago

noooo :<

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1 | 18 hours ago

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Kevinar | Knicks

2 | 18 hours ago

Udonis Haslem from the top rope

Miserable_Archer_769

1 | 18 hours ago

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daboys765 | Celtics

1 | 18 hours ago

Can’t wait for Lamelo to get suspended, hopefully for the rest of the playoffs.

Afrohatch

5 | 17 hours ago

Sooo a 1 game suspension lol

MannerSuperb

1 | 17 hours ago

Zero chance that happens cmon draymond did worse and got suspended a game

cokepartyhamburger | Lakers

3 | 18 hours ago

Dammit, wtf.

sol5377

4 | 18 hours ago

Dirty play… remember when Embiid tried that on Mitch and injured him but didn’t get suspended? Let’s see what the league does this time.

ProfessionalCLA

3 | 14 hours ago

Fuck LaMelo.

BarryChopman

3 | 14 hours ago

… “an injury caused by Lamelo Ball grabbing and pulling on his ankle. No whistle was called. No review was performed.”

Refs fucking suck. Can’t even watch this bulldhit anymore

ooSPECTACULARoo

3 | 13 hours ago

Dirty ass play just to get swept on national tv if they make it that far

dokterr

1 | 18 hours ago

Dirty play, shit league

goodshotbiga | NBA

1 | 18 hours ago

The NHL has a suspension thing where it’s equivalent to the player they injured, correct? That’d be tight fuck Lamelo for doing that. He’ll say he didn’t intentionally hurt him but it’s still reckless (and still intentional)

Apprehensive-Bug7087

1 | 18 hours ago

That’s how they get, pretty it’s him or me. Playoff def rougher and reckless if they can get away with it

whospepesilvia | Rockets

2 | 17 hours ago

Lamelo missing the next game might be a good thing for them. He’s been awful tonight

concretecowboiiiii | Pistons

3 | 16 hours ago

Insufferable team dahn’ere in charlotte

Affectionate_Reply78

1 | 16 hours ago

Devil’s advocate - if Ball had gotten ejected obviously the shot late in OT doesn’t happen like it did, but Miami benefits that he didn’t, I think, because he was still in there to hoist up a bunch of horrible bricks from 3 and Charlotte likely gets better shots on all those possessions.

Showdenfroid_99 | Pistons

1 | 5 hours ago

NBA players absolutely soft as hell. Not even attempting to return to a win and advance game???? Crazy soft

Boring-Community3575

-13 | 17 hours ago

A light fall like that caused a lower back injury? I’ve seen numerous players get up from that

OklahomaRuns

-22 | 18 hours ago

Don’t understand all the heat fans acting like this isn’t the playoffs. You play hard and ya there might be some extra curriculars. Welcome to the playoffs lol

Jalexiev | Heat

5 | 18 hours ago

The majority of these comments are not coming from Heat fans lol

[Scotto] Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo suffered a lower back injury and is out for the rest of tonight’s Play-In Tournament game against the Charlotte Hornets.