[Highlight] Jared McCain with a judo throw on Devin Vassell
Weird that it wasn’t reviewed imo.
This up there with Bruce Bowens flying kick. How do you get away with a straight up martial arts move in an NBA game?
They’ve let both teams be pretty physical, but this definitely needed to be reviewed. Wild stuff.
Spurs were more than ethical and that swayed the judges. Mitch didn’t call a single review.
Well coached and well deserved win.
But when Spurs swing the finger they will deserve the review. It’s a long term play. It’ll last beyond this year. Thunder’s bs is unsustainable because of review
You save it cuz god knows when Shai gets some phantom call and you need to challenge. Also you save your timeouts.
so finally they admit it
Legit the only people I know in San Antonio who don’t admit BB was dirty are young spurs fans who didn’t watch him or bandwagoners. Dude was dirty, as was Horry
It’s funny that I absolutely despised the old guard of spurs fans, but I kind of really like the new gen spurs fans.
i feel like fans get worse the more successful a team is
It’s the bandwagoners who don’t really care about ball.
True, some of the OKC fans may convert to Spurs fans now
That would be incredibly pathetic. They should be rooting for the knicks like I would be doing if we lost lol.
Truly is the way always root for the team the team that’s facing the team that beat you
Spurs already had bunch of Wemby bandwagoners, just look at the game thread after loss 😂😂
That is absolutely true. One of the reasons I hate reading in our sub, so full of Wemby-only fans there now.
Same people who are constantly calling for trades
At least they shut the fuck up when we win games. The doomer posting at the start of the year was so absurd.
My roommate once put it well to me, “remember that most Spurs fans are Cowboys fans.” Every fanbase has a good section who’s too reactionary and annoying
Generally there is a bigger spike in fan size with more success. We saw that the last few seasons with Wemby arrival
Because there was a Spurs / Lakers rivalry back then
Yeah any sensible Spurs fan would day Bruce crosses the line from time to time , especially since they let them llay more physical back then.
As a spurs fan bowen was beyond dirty
I am still amazed how Kobe survived playing against Bowen 8-10 times a year.
Bowen probably watched how Bibby nearly got a broken nose from defending Kobe and kept a bit more space than he would others.
Dude he had a mosquito on his face. Bowen was just stomping out west nile.
I mean it was called a foul so at least he didn’t totally get away with it. But the bar for a flagrant seems incredibly high in this game.
Bro that BB kick was in a different stratosphere of dirty as this
That was like the single most dirty play in this century of basketball
have a thunder jersey on.
Well, they’re in SGA’s gym, so…🙄
Would make shit awkward in the group chat Caruso has with the refs
There was an earlier play where Caruso chopped down Castle, grabbed him with both arms when Castle went for a shot and threw him to the ground. Foul was called, players told the refs what they say, refs went back to review. You can clearly see what happened on the slow motion. Refs come back and say nah it’s a common foul.
Weird calls and no calls all night
Go rewatch the replay. He did foul him, but he clearly didn’t throw him down but instead moves his right arm all the way back around to catch and brace Castle’s fall. This judo move was dirtier in my opinion.
OKC got the home whistle and you guys still put them in the ground. Fuck yeah. Thank you for your service.
Didn’t want to waste their time favoring OKC lol the Caruso slam earlier was a common fouldl when you grab a person’s body with both hands after the ball leaves and throw him into the ground so why waste time
Ippon
I see you know your judo well
What is the charge?
Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?
Let go of my
Penis!
This is the bloke that got me on the penis, people
Basically a Seoi Nage.
The rare /r/judo crossover
All the judo I know is from physical 100/asia, and damn are judokas always so impressive
I didn’t know judo was a TikTok dance trend
This fucking boomed me
Take down into kesa gatame
I have seen stuff I’ve never seen before in basketball this series
Waiting for the bicycle kick
The Bruce Bowen/Spurs special from way back lmao
Hadouken coming up next
Wemby will pull out the shun goku satsu
He gonna train with a demonic fruit salesman this offseason
That hair pull would have gotten you DQ’d in most sports, or at least some points taken away. In Silver’s NBA, iHart’s consequences?…… absolutely nothing. Pull away babeeeey
Gotta watch more ball, it’s been physical but not “never seen before” level
Edit: Yall don’t know shit about judo or ball
Do you have a playlist of judo throws cause that’s wild that I missed them
https://youtu.be/xvk5F4nI7M8?si=ZFgUA-FaBh6UDsde
“Something that has only happened twice in the history of the nba with this being the first time in 33 years and the previous time it was an ejection and two game suspension so this is first to only be called a common foul” work better
Judo is judo, just sayin it’s been seen
Clip you posted wasn’t even during a live game, like the clip were all talking about here. It’s literally during a scuffle AFTER a whistle.
You’ve got serious redditor “well akshally” energy.
I’ll find a clip of Naismith karate chopping someone in his free time I don’t give a fuck, my drunk ass wasnt spending actual time looking for a clip
Harper was also ejected, suspended 2 games, and fined for his part of the brawl
Loved that he flopped on the ensuing spurs possession and it led to wide open 3 for champenie
missed that in live. watched it again and such a blatant flop punished by champagnie
Honestly still not a flagrant for me cause the physicality in this game been through the roof and they’re handwrestling the whole game but lol
it’s not a basketball play, by definition it’s a flagrant
Atp I don’t even know what a foul is or isn’t
Shits more confusing than the old nfl catch rules
It’s a wild play whatever it is
That is not the definition of a flagrant.
agreed, fuck dort though trying to take wemby last play
Classic dort move
I don’t even know what it’s gonna take to get a flagrant called tonight. It should obviously get called if it meet the criteria but even the refs have to be in their own head to some degree about a critical call that could determine an important Game 7 and are letting a lot of physicality go
Lowkey, despite all the talk about refs and rigging games and shit calls, I can’t imagine the fucking pressure of calling a game like this. Every single whistle you blow is going to be scrutinized to death. Brutal job
Yeah, I honestly don’t hate the refs this game. There’s a few questionable calls/no-calls but honestly they’re just calling a physical game decently well.
bro we are lucky Vassell’s arm wasn’t dislocated or worse, a head or neck injury. McCain been doing this shit all series, throwing elbows into Harper’s throat and Kornet’s chest. it’s over and this Thunder team can go self-evaluate or learn more cross sport moves, whatever they do in the offseason.
Also the form was immaculate. A respectful sparring partner.
No idea how this isn’t a flagrant either
because its game 7, you gotta murder a starter to get a flagrant, bench guy dont count
Devin is a starter, bro 😭
and he’s still breathing, if he killed him, he’d get a flagrant 1
he is still alive so no flagrant
The rules allow each team to kill one bench player. 2nd bench player is a flagrant
I found my copy and it says “by rule, one Judo throw is okay, 2 is not”
Not reviewed. Vassel wanted it reviewed because of it and they figured it’s fine cause the foul went against Mccain.
Part of me is happy it wasn’t (in a way) because it makes it that much funnier what both of these teams are allowed to do. Like a boxing match.
Because he exaggerated the hell out of that. 100% a foul but 100% exaggerated. I find it hard to believe McCain can just ragdoll a dude bigger than him so easily lol
I love how people act like McCain is this cutey when he’s a 6’3 over 200 pound dude
Vassell has five pounds on McCain, you don’t think people can hip toss people the same weight they are? Ever watch any martial arts before lol
McCain was not doing this on the sixers
That OKC water is something else.
Same water that turned the frogs gay probably
No chance. gay people would give way better interviews than the Thunder do.
It’s all the fracking.
What are they doing in those secret Thunder training sessions in the corn fields of Oklahoma? Quick…… someone send Connor Stalions.
was a big supporter of him and all his tiktok shit on the sixers but man, being in OKC has changed him for the worse considerably in my eyes.
love to see his game be used so effectively compared to the sixers but hate that his game has degraded so much with the egregious fouling and flopping.
Playoff basketball changes a man. Especially when your team has a chance to win the championship
na its clearly coaching, bro started dolphin diving on shots to flop this series
Wow. Title actually accurate
Was surprised too.
I thought it was exaggerating….it was not
Watched it live and the first words out of my mouth were “I think that was a fucking judo throw”
why do the thunder keep getting away with this stuff 😭
And OKC players will just say “But the Spurs shot more free throws”.
This is the shit they get away with.
how did they get away with it? vassell was hugging the hell out of him and the ball was handed to the spurs where they scored a three.
McCain was dragging him by the wrist and fucking threw him. What are you smoking?
??? absolutely not, mccain didnt grab his wrist till he actually body slammed him. vassell was real life dragging him and he got the call. its not a flagrant if you’re dragging the player before it. plus, last game bryant ran at sga with zero intention of anything except a knock down and it was called a common foul so whats the big deal?
ur smoking dick LMAO
They’re just an unflaired thunder fan. Move along lol
By your logic that foul on chapaignie when sga jumped into him also shouldnt be a foul.
Doesn’t mean mccain gets to yoink them to the ground. Jfc my dude. Are you ok?
“I learned it from watching Lu, Dad”
I leaned it from Luuuu
Bruh, my judo bros would nod in approval
You’d want to use your right leg to block or sweep his legs but the unbalancing and follow-through by McCain are both solid
It was almost like a drop Seoi Nage lol
Someone please superimpose Morey’s head over Vassell’s
i’ve seen enough, have him feature with hali on WWE
I’ve seen enough. 2 free throws for Shai.
That’s a flagrant. Idgaf what weird narrative this sub is on day to day or w/e the fuck delusional shit they’re talking about today. That’s a flagrant foul.
Thought maybe Caruso was injured.
Nah, just faking again like he does 10x a game
What is basketball anymore? You literally have two guys holding onto each other as one of them tries to get away you have another two dudes holding onto each other to block the two original players holding onto each each other and then it just goes into chaos like what the fuck is this? This isn’t basketball this is just football at this point.
that’s like 2 or 3 penalties on a football play off the ball…
Put in Plumlee
The Caruso Castle matchup has been so intense. It’s kind of funny as a non Spurs fan or non OKC fan but those two are cut from the same cloth but probably both fan bases hate each one lol
Announcers said that’s 2 points haha.
OKC getting away with murder
ReFs ArE FaiR On aLL SiDeS!
• OKC fans
Put him on the white house card
Ippon!
Wait, wrong sport.
Mccain is a bitch, clown jus smiles a lot so people think he cute. OKC is the perfect fit for him.
As a Sixers fan, I loved McCain. The second he got an OKC. He started flopping and committing pretty egregious fouls. It’s just gotta be an OKC thing I guess. McCain is a bitch now.
If they find out he does judo in the off season they gotta upgrade this
Hit him with a straight up Ricky Steamboat arm drag takedown, wtf are we doing refs
Spurs should go on a run now
Actual seoi nage lmao
Another easy peasy f2 that they were allowed to get away with
soei nage
Judo McCain
Can we get a flagrant call FFS ?
2 uncalled flagrants
Cool take down move. But people love him because he smiles while wearing a purse.
I feel like this should be way more talked about. insane move and insane call
Well damn, I did not think McCain would have the strength for something like this
Crazy
thats a collarbone breaker
Can OKC stop trying to injure SAS like they’re coached by Sean Payton for one period please?
Steven Segal would be proud. Judo chopped his ass
what has OKC done to Mccain
Jared I see you know your judo well
No idea how that wasn’t reviewed.
He’s better than me at it
Cheating asses… why play basketball when you can be scam artists.
Judo Flip
Flop Flop Flop
Looked like prime Ronda rousey
the outcry after that Plumlee foul lol
r/thunder is saying the spurs won the series because the refs let them play physical
Lmao
And the softest of flops on the very next possession.
So glad these asshats are out.
this has been an exhilarating series haha
the acting, the flopping, the takedowns, bodies on the ground, this series just full on WWE lmao
Ronda Rousey esque. But let them play.
Common foul. 🧑🦯
Me when I foul flagrantly
These teams hate each other and I love it.
Thats one thing wrong with sports today. Not enough hated rivals vying for championships.
What made Bird vs Magic great? Hated rivals competing for chip.
What made Bulls vs Pistons great? Same thing..
Red Sox vs Yanks? LA vs SF? Same..
I stand with plumdog millionaire
Random dude Wallace keeping them in the game
Least dirty OKC play
u/savevideo
Glad to see the cheaters lose
straight into side control wonderful technique
Damn even McCain doing this shit now. Mark Diagonal coaching style everyone!
Everybody was kung fu fighting
Feminine move
Nail polish did the trick
Plumlee vindicated
Trash product.
This was a drawn up coordinated dirty play intended to elbow Vassel in face/throat. Evidence is clear as day. Intent to injure twice in one play. First watch Hartenstein.
1. Watch closely Hartenstein wave his arm right arm. Gesturing “come here” to McCain.
2. McCain holds on tightly to Vassel. Dragging him straight to Hartensteinin order to make it look like a random collision.
3. Hartenstein raises his elbow into Vassel, makes direct contact, as McCain was literally pulling him into to it.
OKC did this exact play all season with refs backing. FUCK OKC
Jared “The Eagle” McCain
Sick takedown
Jesus you guys are pathetic
What else would you call this lol
lol no bias in the title. Looked like a bit both ways
It was but you also can’t just throw someone down like that
How the hell can it be both ways lmfao only Vassell got thrown to the ground
I mean grabbing on defense is allowed on both sides in the playoffs, judo throws definitely aren’t lol
I mean it was clearly both ways to start it was normal fighting through to screen then McCain tries to hank the shoulder out of the socket
There was hand fighting both ways but that doesn’t justify grabbing a players harm and throwing them down
Come on he even had wrist control that was an Olympic level throw.