[Highlight] Mason Plumlee sees Jared McCain and decides to wipe him out with an elbow to the back
I am genuinely shocked that the garbage time Spurs center that made a dirty play was Mason Plumlee and not Kelly Olynyk.
Give Kelly time
Over Fort Wayne Indiana legend Mason Plumlee? Seems like he’s paying homage to the homeland
I thought he was from Warsaw?
Like, behind bars?
He did already try to hurt Wallace at the end of game 3..
Kelly gets no time, he’s serving life in street cloths.
I ain’t wishing Kelly on anyone
I am positive this sub will be in an outrage over obvious attempts to hurt people in a game they aren’t watching when their opponent is a guy they think accentuates contact too much which is ruining the game they don’t watch.
Hey, hey! That’s too much logic for boneheaded casuals.
Olynyk was trying to do his signature arm grab and spin but Jwill slipped it
Bro has a signature move like he’s working for WWE
kelly olynyk so washed 😔
Ehh Plumlee has pulled some dirty stuff in his day
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Weirdo
pretty easy flagrant
For sure I just think they didn’t call it because it’s garbage time and because what can you really do to punish a guy who doesn’t play anyways?
You’re probably right but I hate that answer.
I don’t either but I mean what we gonna do ban plumlee from game 6, oh man what a punishment lol
I feel like that would be the better thing to do. Less about punishing the Spurs and more about keeping a guy who’s there to throw dirty elbows off the court.
What are the chances he shows up again? I wouldn’t disagree if he gets ejected I’m just saying that this is a massive flaw in the league. What stops them from signing Francis Ngannou right now and bringing him in when they need to rough somebody up 😭 the most you can really do right now from what I understand is fine the team and suspend the player. Oh well, not like Francis was there for basketball anyway
Better than nothing at all
Dont suspensions mean they get held from pay at least?
I mean yeah. He can’t be used for a flagrant again then in game 6. I mean they still have Kelly, but that’s besides the point.
Wemby literally whispered into both Plumlee and Biyombo’s ears before they took the floor. Feels like an insane version of “go for the leg” - John Kreese I’ve seen irl.. (for those who don’t get the reference that’s the cheap shot from Karate Kid)
Oh 100% I saw that too.
I thought it was funny that the spurs literally have a bunch of guys from the “old nba” where we had more physicality
Biyombo, plumlee and olynyk. Guarantee biyombo does not understand how he fouled McCain. In his prime that’s clean as fuck
Old nba with more physicality? During their primes it was called the softest league
Tell Jared it was me.
We can’t have bench warmer enforcers doing that to starters.
Imagine if McCain got hurt on that play?
They didn’t call it because they’re fucking trash referees. The day Tony Brothers and Scott Foster are both no longer crew chiefs in the NBA will be a glorious day. Fucking shameful
Easy. Ban Wemby for the rest of the series. That seems fair to me! /s
Being dirty as a vet to a second year guy is nasty work.
Both from duke too 😭😭
Duke on Duke crime? You hate to see it. But more than that, you love to see it.
If it was anybody except mccain then yes, but I think he’s the first likeable dookie since green day
Fuck Duke
Krzyzewski rolling in his grave.
Coach K very much still alive but you know he didn’t coach Jared
Yes, his spirit is alive within us every day. May he rest in peace.
In garbage time nonetheless as a bench warmer to a starter.
Just all around gross behavior.
Ummm enforcers only know bows
Lmao McCain’s face. Btw Wemby whispered something to Biyombo, prolly to beat the shit out of these guys lol
Wemby is programming our third stringers to kill
Acting like Plumlee needs instruction to do something dirty is laughable. Didn’t he try to injure Steven Adams, the dude who prevented him from breaking his neck instead of getting free points and a foul earlier in their careers?
Yes you have that correct.
ethical!
wemby glazers doing their work to be on the bench next season
dirty
Definitely looks like retaliation for McCain cooking them tonight.
Biyombo just hit McCain in the face now too.
Yeah they’re not even hiding it lol, don’t get why Daigneault doesn’t just take him out
He’s punishing him for his TikToks
Biyombo did not do anything malicious lol plumlee was, the biyombo foul was just a hard foul.
That’s just regular basketball for Biyombo 😭
He probably still doesn’t understand how that’s a foul 😭 to be honest I watched it back and don’t understand it too much either but I don’t understand half these foul calls anymore it all looks soft to me
Plumlee on the other hand has always been dirty
I find it funny the spurs literally got an unholy trio of old heads on the bench. Plumlee and olynyk always been dirty and biyombo is only 33 but it feels like he’s 45. He played in a much different nba
Biyombo didn’t hit him in the face unless it was his armpit. McCain hit his head on the fall after the block.
I think Plumlee got him in the back of the head with his shin. Not intentional
Considering Biyombo he probably tried to make a play on the ball
Or punch him in the dick, we can’t rule out anything
Looked like a clean block to me lol who the fuck knows
looked like he stuck his hip out a little to enhance the contact, so just a totally normal hard foul.
Which I genuinely feel is a totally reasonable thing to do to someone who cooks you in the game when they’re still in in garbage time. Coach needs to take the dude out or they get hard fouled.
Plumlee though? That was dirty as hell.
Plumlee was decking anyone that came next him. Had nothing to do with it being McCain
Imagine if Lu Dort did this, r/nba would meltdown
Bruce Bowen culture lives strong in the Spurs.
yes
Inb4 64 posts 40% upvoted
Spurs fans going to try and ignore this one
They were super happy about this in their game thread lol
They’ve been advocating for injuring OKC’s players since the series started
It’s almost like game threads on team subs are toxic shitholes, no matter the fan base
Nah, the Spurs are much worse.
Ours mostly hate our own players
True.
there are tons of comments here saying “deserved” “should have hit him harded” “should have been shai” etc etc. people on here are just really weird about okc and i honestly dont know what can be done about it
I sorted by most controversial and I don’t see any … Maybe there was a handful of bad apples, but tons is a stretch…
Idk posts tonight seem to be turning on the Spurs
Good. Both teams are playing physical ball but only one team is getting all the attention for it for some reason
people want their feelings validated and silver knows this
Posts go whichever way the winning team is.
Spurs win and the defending champs and defending 2xMVP are frauds and only win with whistles.
OKC wins and sometimes they are just too deep or the whistle argument still comes through and sometimes SGA is still a fraud.
It definitely doesnt swing all the way to OKC side ever
I mean search by top on the sub and aside from the post game thread the top-6 are all pro-spurs posts
McCain is pretty well liked, to the point people on this subreddit still really like him even though they hate OKC with a psychotic passion. This isn’t going to earn SAS any love.
Ethical flagrant foul
Cheap shot
Forgot he wasn’t a linebacker playing a different sport?
I mean they were practicing football holds and tackles in the tunnel before the game lmao
Putting in a lineup of plumlee, olynyk, and biyombo serves one purpose and one purpose only.
What do you think Wemby whispered into their ears as they subbed in
“Keep it ethical, for the brand”
Wemby: “You recking he was sold high or sold low?”
Plumdog Quintillionaire: “It won’t matter when I’m done with him”
Biyombo is a sweetheart stop it. The other 2 can fuck off.
Sometimes I think about how all Bizzy did while in OKC was ride the pine and faint randomly. I’m honestly super shocked he is still in the league, good for him!
I’ve always liked him since I learned he donated his entire salary one of the years he was with Phoenix to build a hospital in the DR Congo. Seems like a good dude.
Biyombo is a Thunder legend that played with this core, I’d give him the benefit of the doubt
Plumdog probably mad we waived him for Jared /s
I mean thats about as blatantly dirty as it gets. Sends the goons in and immediately elbows a guy? Thats wild
Goon? What are you talking about? Plumlee went to Duke just like McCain. Didnt you hear about that hashtag Duke marketing created a little over a decade ago, The Brotherhood?! Obviously Plumlee was just squashing a mosquito before it bit his “Brother” in the back.
spurs loves elbowing players huh?
Spurs were the most hated team in the 2000s after the Lakers. It’s kinda funny to see how much their rep has changed
Bruce Bowen was doing cartwheel kicks to dudes on the court lmao
That 2014 squad permanently changed their reputation. People don’t remember what their reputation was like during their championships in the 00s.
That 2014 squad and beating Miami.
If they weren’t against us I don’t think it’s the same.
That’s a big factor too. You guys were public enemy #1.
As soon as this Spurs team wins a title with this core they’ll go from media/public darling to public enemy number one. I’m not even saying they deserve that it’s just the natural lifecycle of a great sports team.
They stopped winning after losing Kawhi. Don’t worry give it a couple of years with Wemby and the hate will be back full force
They’ve been shitty for too long so not enough nephews hold that deserved hate in their head still. Plus pop did a number on the public with his classy schtick that people genuinely believed that the spurs could do no wrong.
Real haters know the spurs have always been dirty as fuck.
It’s like the green goblin mask
COWARD
And the mask is Bruce Bowen
its hilarious Popovich gets glazed so much on here when he used to encourage his players to be dirty as fuck
I was told only the Thunder are dirty
Spurs have played the Thunder the exact same way in this series but only OKC gets the flack for it lol this sub is funny.
It’s honestly so mind-boggling. The selective bias and double standards are heinous.
Confirmation bias has this sub in a chokehold.
Plumlee has always been a piece of shit
What are the top dirty plays of the playoffs so far? This is up there. Wemby’s might be my number 1 dirty play.
I like the Spurs because of Wemby but this is probably the worst sports sub for any kind of actually talking remotely rationally about the sport because the discourse is so one sided. I also like OKC because of Canada’s MVP but yah..
Remember the Spurs are an ethical team
“Ethical basketball”
It’s just so funny that it’s the Spurs of all teams that people are championing against OKC, considering they were tier A floppers (and also the can’t foul us all out defense) back in the Pop years.
I’ve been told by Spurs fans a million times that it’s not just that SGA draws fouls, it’s that Dort is also on our team. Somehow, they forgot about the Manu and Bowen combo.
lol their consciousness hadn’t flipped on yet when those dudes were playing, they can’t remember that stuff.
Can’t wait to send the ethical little children to Cancun
Keep telling me how the Spurs play ethical basketball. Please I love hearing about it (yes I’m still salty about people celebrating Naz Reid getting elbowed in the throat)
one of the weirdest reactions to an obviously violent and unnecessary play ive ever seen
At this point the coaching staff needs to be punished. Mitch Johnson in a PRESS CONFERENCE said that Wemby was “defending himself” which is already a horrible mentality to have. But in my opinion, even if the shit at the end of tonight was less dangerous, this was worse. Wembanyama was immature, threw a temper tantrum dirty elbow, sure. Sending in a garbage lineup specifically for targeting? That shit can get you ejected in football. FOOTBALL. The most blatantly obvious ‘rough them up’ sequence I’ve seen in decades. I’m sure Johnson is fine with them getting suspended since they don’t normally see minutes, which is why I think the coaching staff needs to be punished. Idc if it’s just a fine but the league cannot be okay with a team being ran like this.
(apologies for the yap)
i wouldnt even be as mad if there wasnt a clear double standard with how the online nba space reacts to this stuff. a bunch of people in here have already said it, but if this was dort or jwill or hartenstein, the outrage would just factually be so much greater that what we’re seeing. but because its the spurs, its mostly ignored or even celebrated
Once Wemby is winning an MVP or two and if they win a title he will get plenty of hate and then that will be brought up again later
The way this sub tried excusing that was insane. Probably the most dirty play of the decade, like Ron Artest- Harden level bad
Naz Reid is one of the last people on the league that deserves to receive a dirty hit. I love Naz.
Castle injuring JDub, Wembys elbows, Wemby diving into knees, and Plumlee/Biyombo/Olynyk tonight. I wonder how many dirty plays it takes for the Spurs to get a reputation.
Dirtiest plays in the post-season all coming from the Spurs is unexpected.
The keepers of ethical basketball
Expected by every nba watcher that isn’t on /nba so almost all nba watchers.
Talk to the Phoenix suns about that.
Fuck Robert horry and fuck the spurs.
fuck robert horry
Is it unexpected???
Oldheads remember Bruce Bowen whom the spurs allowed to be dirty for many years
Spurs just have a history of dirty players man😂
That and fat women
Fat bitches need love too Craig
Loser
Dirty af
Such a spurs move when they start losing a series
“Ethical”??
i ain’t no thunder fan but plumlee is a certified bitch and always has been
sad to see, lame shit
why hit shots when you can hit players
Mccain got hit again. Dude hit some great 3s and spurs sent out enforcers to keep him in check
Spurs aren’t ethical. Dirty hoops. Disgusting. Should be suspended.
genuinely dangerous play, good way to injure someone’s back
I agree. At the risk of imaginary negative karma due to downvotes I would also say don’t set a pick with your back to someone. Even without the elbow he set himself up for a back injury. I watched it in slow-mo and he certainly sees him and sets himself to be in his way. (None of this excuses the elbow)
Wow uncalled for. Enforcer up for the wrong time and wrong reason.
Spurs are who you think the Thunder are. Very dirty team.
This, and nephews on here refuse to admit it.
Look at these ethical hoopers
“I’ve seen enough, that’s a flagrant foul penalty one on Lu Dort”
Biyombo just did a cheap shot on him too
[insert imagine if a Thunder player did this]
would be the most upvoted post in sub history
That was dirty
How’s this not a flagrant. So dumb.
I’m sure spurs fans are rationalizing it somehow
Ethical push.
Pop made the call. Activate agent Mason “Bruce Bowen” Plumlee.
Is that ethical?
This is dirtier than anything anyone on OKC has done over the last two seasons yet people will still bitch and moan and call OKC a dirty team
I love mccain can’t wait for his next TikTok
That’s McCain’s fault
Yeah he was trying to get cute with one of those backwards screens during a point in the game where not only was it not needed but the Spurs lineup that was in would just relish the extra contact.
exactly, it’s crazy how nobody on this sub knows ball
A moving one at that
I really don’t think it’s as dirty as everyone else is saying. I more think that slow motion makes everything worse. Plumlee is running/sliding full speed and by the time you see his eyes look up hes literally half a step away from McCain.
He lifts his arm for the impact but he doesn’t extend it with the contact. I see that and think he’s trying to soften the impact not make it worse. If you were to film yourself in slow motion going at full sped then a wall pops up your arm would do the same thing.
Maybe this replay isn’t the best example, but I really think slow motion replays hurt sports. They make it seem like there’s so much time during collisions and action but they really happen so quick. People forget how insanely fast these athletes are
McCain also comes to a complete stop in front of him.
But you’re interrupting the OKC Circlejerk :(
Doesn’t even come to a full stop, just straight up sets a moving backwards screen, then acts shocked he got trucked from behind
It’s also Mason Plumlee. If you were to pick a name from to league to be least able to avoid a player while moving at high speed it’s probably him
Looks like a badly set screen. He clearly saw Plumlee defending Caruso and got in the way on purpose. Maybe don’t set a screen backwards?
McCain tried to be slick but didn’t expect Plumlee to stand on business.
McCain is doing a stealth moving screen. You can see him look over and then slow down to block Plumlee. Plumlee definitely went in harder than allowed though.
Was definitely harder than needed by Plumlee, but McCain stopped and leaned back into him. Usually not a good idea to and screen someone with your back
Also, he doesn’t even elbow him? I mean his elbow isn’t sticking out, but he’s definitely lowering his shoulder
Yeah he comes to a stop after looking back. Idk what the fuck he was thinking
Why did McCain turn his back and stop on a pick tho
I mean, McCain looks over so he was trying to clog things up and set a moving screen at worst so Plumlee ran into him. I hate the Thunder though lol
This is not very dirty. McCain is setting a screen on him. Yeah he puts a little elbow into him, but McCain completely sold the contact
Moving screen
Am I the only one wondering how it’s not a block/moving screen on McCain? He’s not set he’s just getting in the way in purpose then flinging his body forward.
Watch the one a few moments later where Bismarck was defending him, he doesn’t touch McCain and McCain falls backwards into plumlee because apparently thunder players all fall over after shooting?
Entire series feels like a gaslight by a bunch of flopping fakers.
I was scrolling comments wondering if I’m genuinely hallucinating. You can pause the video at the moment they make contact and see McCain’s feet are not planted. Plumlee clearly puts more intensity than necessary but McCain caused the contact in the first place by setting a moving screen? What is a player expected to do when their opponent sets an illegal moving screen with his back faced towards them? Give up on the play?
that good guys mask falling apart in real time
Legitimately dirty play
What a loser. Weak and dirty as hell.
Of all the Thunder players, why him? He’s like the only likeable guy on that team.
Le classy spurs at it again
Bro just stopped running for some reason
Where’s the outrage?
Standup and set a screen or get your neck out of the way when people are PLAYING BASKETBALL. Walking slowly around a bball court isn’t smart
Wemby: Omelette du fromage
Biyombo and Plumlee: Oh you want us to hit the tiktoker? Got it
i mean mcclain saw plumlee and stood in front
what is plumlee supposed to do?
the responses here acted like plumlee trucked him unprovoked
do ppl forget they plumlee is a center who happens to be on the wrong side of 30 so there is no way in hell he stopping on a dime or going around the “pick”
Oh come on, here’s how McCain played earlier – most commentators think as if the never played physical sports – it’s frustrating to see how okc gets zero accountability – so there you have it:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY00smBuG8h/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==