[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama gets into Jalen Brunson’s landing space on Brunson’s 3-point attempt, and Brunson rolls his ankle, gets furious at the refs. Vassell hits the 3-pointer.
Wemby also trips his teammate, Harper.
Adam Silver doesn’t have the balls to suspend Wemby for a potential game 6 at MSG
They’ll say they can’t add a flagrant now because nothing was called on the court.
They reviewed the shove to the back of Brunson’s head tho? And that wasn’t called a foul during the game
Yeah but they didnt actually upgrade to a flagrant lol
I know but this one is absolutely unarguable
Just watch them man
Can watch doesn’t make the truth no longer true.
That’s true, but they won’t call it.
Totally rigged. The NBA is a joke
So was that one lol. They don’t have the balls, they’ll say Brunson shot was not normal shooting motion.
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He absolutely is not getting suspended
I hope you are right
That rule doesn’t apply to Superstars. There’s no way they suspend him. You’re crazy to think otherwise.
Everyone come back to this comment when this doesn’t happen.
Did they? I didn’t hear that
They reviewed it and said no flagrant which is crazy.
Does set the precedent for reviewing a non call, not that it matters.
No wonder I didn’t hear about it. Same thing will happen with that play
It would seem that they’ve boxed themselves into a corner here.
But Wemby.
Which is BS. Haven’t they done it before?
Yeah with Draymond
Wemby isn’t Draymond and they were up 3-1 at the time. This league is corrupt to its core and he will not be suspended. It’s actually a joke how much they will bend over and destroy the integrity of the game for a buck.
With draymond yea
They just reviewed that wemby pushing Brunsons head play which wasn’t called. Anyone saying they might say they can’t review it since nothing was called is just being idiots lol
Nothing was called on Draymond on the court and it was still upgraded after the game.
Only Lebron has that power to retroactively give a tech to Draymond
And the integrity. Dont forget about integrity.
I bet they say something like they both extended their legs. No way wemby is out if this goes 6.
Looks like Jalen Brunson is suspending him himself
I guess we’ll never know
They should cancel that rule if they won’t call it. Let’s play without it.
The NBA is the new WWE
Silver made a call. Like as much as I love the NBA, this shit seriously just turns me off.
I still don’t understand how that wasn’t a flagrant? Is it because they knew he’d be suspended for a potential Game 6 so they purposely pretended it wasn’t clearly a landing space foul?
Correct. He’d have to punch someone closed fist to get a flagrant for the rest of the series.
The refs would say they jumped into his hand.
“He doesn’t have a history so we’ll let it slide”
The way his elbow to Naz’s head just got brushed off still baffles me. Bro looked at Naz, wound up and delivered a clear blow lol.
And now on this play you can see him look down towards his and Brunson’s feet. He needs to stop getting the excuse of this “oh he’s just lanky” or “well defenses play him hard, he’s allowed to stand up for himself” stuff.
honestly it completely contradicts wemby’s image of being this disciplined, stoic, trained by monks type of person
He isn’t, that’s why he needs the monk training.
Wemby should just take out the Knicks one by one. They aren’t going to call it. Just start elbow blasting everyone’s dome.
It’s almost comical they didn’t call an obvious poke to Mikal’s eye right after this.
Well game 7 they can call one to prove that nothing was going on without having to suspend him.
Top 5 player privilege + face of the league privilege
For a player like that to get suspended for the finals, it’d probably taking fighting a fan or a ref
After the bullshit Wemby has been on through the playoffs I don’t want a league he’s the face of
Yep, if you’ve watched the nba for a couple of years it is very blatant when the league wants to extend a series + manufacture a star (when he doesn’t need the help)
If this is the face of the league, we are cooked. Fuck him, he is an immature emotional kid, and for some reason the refs are coddling him. Hope he never even sniffs another finals.
They can and should still suspend him for game 6. They can review postgame and asses a flagrant.
NBA still gets their extra game in NY and the Knicks get to win at home
They can, but they also could have given him a flagrant for shoving Brunson to ground by his neck. Or for an even worse close out on Brunson 3 last game. It’s delusional if you think this will be retroactively called a flagrant
Yeah, as much as people don’t want to admit it, if they didn’t give a flagrant for what he did in Game 3, there’s no way they’re going to do it now. Because now the narrative would be, “well why didn’t they do it for Game 3?” They essentially put themselves into a corner. The refs have got to do better.
Yeah they’ll just say uncalled foul but there wasn’t malicious intent and sweep it under the rug
NBA headquarters is in NYC. If the Knicks can’t overcome Scott Foster, NYK fans should storm the building until their demands of a W*mby Game 6 suspension are met.
Ah the jan6 angle. Bold
That’s exactly what it is lol. TV ratings matter
You want to go insane? Watch last game when they called a flagrant on Brunson for a similar play.
Just like when Wemby shoved Brunson above the head and no foul was called even after review. Next game Mitch does a lesser shove on Wemby and it gets called and upgraded.
Too much money on the sportsbooks and event contracts. Once you allow gambling sponsorships on sporting events the product has the illusion of being tainted.
Refs miss this call all the time. I feel like you see more landing space fouls called on review than you actually see during live play.
The real tell is gonna be if they upgrade this foul after the game
It’s hard to see how it shouldn’t be upgraded
And that’s the problem. Wemby gets the benefit of the doubt so much. There’s nothing to review because the refs let the play go on.
If Mitch’s “push” in the back was a flagrant, this is a flagrant, too.
Adam Silver is the worst commish the league has ever seen. Absolute gremlin. Looks like a fucking reptile too
The sterling scandal bought him some cheap good will that he has been riding for a decade. Disaster of a commissioner
Doesn’t punish the Clippers for paying Kawhi under the table, gets in the way of the Knicks’ legendary run and win streak by having the refs push the Spurs to a disgusting degree, honestly it’s infuriating.
Yeah. It’s been absurd this playoffs. I truly felt like the NBA could have had a great playoffs if they just let everything happen organically. Instead, we all think a handful of games were obviously rigged.
A guy who is 7’4” shouldn’t need any help but he gets all of the fucking help in the world
They literally re-write the rules of the game to benefit him.
He is legitimate the worst DPOY in league history.
He has ZERO self control, reaches in on every defensive possession, and somehow his defensive reaches turn into “hooking” offensive fouls…..
He is also the only player in the entire NBA allowed to set screens by putting both his hands on the defender…. He does it every single game, since his rookie year…..
lebron is about to retire, so the league’s getting desperate
Pick literally anybody else. I’d rather have Shai as the face of the league, man might flop but at least he is a solid human being outside the court.
There’s not really any other way to see this. Someone please present a serious argument this was the right call.
Huge reason I hardly follow anymore, it’s such a frustrating product
Seeing that happen, be that obvious, and not be called *at all* zapped any enthusiasm I have for this series. If he’s not suspended, I probably won’t bother watching the rest of the series.
And as a Cavs fan, I am safely not biased to the Knicks.
You can even see him looking down. Holy shit.
i mean i’m not defending a non flagrant call but he looks down after he sets his foot, not to target it. It looks like he was concerned about where he was actually landing
yup agreed, was definitely a flagrant, and anyone who thinks it was somehow intentional is truly unintelligent
Yeah wtf is he thinking, he could be suspended if he was trying to do it on purpose
He should be suspended. Foot in the landing area is a flagrant all year long.
He would hit the limit on flagrant and be suspended for game 6.
Edit: Wemby won’t be playing in game 6.
I don’t think it was intentional, but it HAS to be called.
Wemby has no control over his enormous body, and he’s pretty much stopped trying to. He’s legit going to cripple someone.
That no control over his body is bullshit, he wouldnt be able to do step back 3s at 7 foot if that was the case
At this point I would not give him the benefit of the doubt. It’s just so many incidents seeing him do reckless acts.
lol thunder fans jumping in on this like they don’t have the human recking ball on their team
I think it definitely was intentional and he knows he’s not getting suspended unless he like falcon punches someone in the face. I’ve begun to really not like this guy.
Hes been 7’ for at least 7 years. You know where your fucking feet are.
I don’t like him either.
He doesn’t need to do it intentionally to receive the flavagrent And suspension…
I think he looked down cause he realized he was fucking up, but I can definitely understand not giving him the benefit of the doubt at this point…
don’t forget Gregg Popovich encouraging this in the 2000’s
From this article:
Popovich said Bowen is being singled out, citing incidents where New Jersey’s Richard Jefferson and Dallas’ Josh Howard sprained ankles after landing on Miami’s Shaquille O’Neal and Golden State’s Mickael Pietrus. “Did (the league) call them?” Popovich said. “Did they call all those guys (Dirk) Nowitzki landed on when he sprained his ankles the past three, four years? The answer is no. “So why did they call Bruce? Because it’s happened to him twice? Bruce guards an All-Star every night. If he was doing what they’re accusing him of doing, wouldn’t it have happened a higher percentage of times? “The people who cry about it are just frustrated about having to go against Bruce.” “The league is just trying to cover its ass,” Popovich said. “I told Bruce, ‘You be Bruce Bowen. You’re the best (expletive) defender in this league. You will NOT change the way you play defense.’ “Stu Jackson is not going to change my team just because he thinks he’s doing the right thing.”
Popovich said Bowen is being singled out, citing incidents where New Jersey’s Richard Jefferson and Dallas’ Josh Howard sprained ankles after landing on Miami’s Shaquille O’Neal and Golden State’s Mickael Pietrus.
“Did (the league) call them?” Popovich said. “Did they call all those guys (Dirk) Nowitzki landed on when he sprained his ankles the past three, four years? The answer is no.
“So why did they call Bruce? Because it’s happened to him twice? Bruce guards an All-Star every night. If he was doing what they’re accusing him of doing, wouldn’t it have happened a higher percentage of times?
“The people who cry about it are just frustrated about having to go against Bruce.”
“The league is just trying to cover its ass,” Popovich said. “I told Bruce, ‘You be Bruce Bowen. You’re the best (expletive) defender in this league. You will NOT change the way you play defense.’
“Stu Jackson is not going to change my team just because he thinks he’s doing the right thing.”
The extender is on the floor. He has a job to do, NBA Finals ratings skyrocketing. Why end it too early??
He’s washed. Couldn’t get the job done tonight despite his best efforts. Fox and Mitch helping us evened it out
Why didn’t Wemby just commit more uncalled flagrant fouls to stop the Knicks comeback? Is he stupid?
Is he stupid?
Honestly, kinda.
6 point swing too
Can they review this after the game and apply the flagrant ?
In theory yes
In practice they probably won’t even though it’s the right call because they want a Game 7 and they want the superstar in the game
They don’t have to follow any precedent lol they can do whatever they want
Yeah. You can’t not suspend him for this. It’s blatant.
wemby is the new golden boy of the nba. they would never suspend him for a finals game lmfao
It’s the nba, they will literally do whatever they want. They do not care about any of that.
Well I got news for you about that game 7…
The playerhater in me wants them to retroactively assess it now anyways hahaha
Didn’t say they would get it, just said they wanted it. Anybody who doubted the Knicks could make a comeback after seeing the preceding games was a fool lol
Oh I know I’m just messin around
This is getting upgraded tomorrow.
If the Knicks close out the series yes if we don’t then no
They can but I highly doubt that the NBA is going to suspend their golden boy in the Finals.
This may be the most textbook landing zone flagrant I’ve ever seen. I’m sick
Literally a perfect example for that rule. Not calling it is insane
They didn’t upgrade the Wemby push in the back of Brunson head to a flagrant so it’s not likely.
Nah this is different. You can explain away that one with “playing physically” same way Alvarado didn’t get his single leg against Wemby called/upgraded. The league is different about the “by-the-rule” flagrants like landing zone.
It’s like how the IRS is what put away Al Capone lol.
Landing space violation, should be a flagrant and that would be 4 pts and he should be suspended 1 game
but we all know its not happening.
The spurs also got an open 3 as a result. 4 point swing and no suspension
6 point. that would have been 3 shots no?
He hit the 3, so 1 for the free throw after. 4 points
and possession
Led to a 9-0 run
Why does a player who is 7’4” need help from the fucking refs it’s so fucking absurd. They already have a massive advantage
Wait going in someone’s landing space is a flagrant in NBA? In FIBA rules it’s just a blocking foul and you get standard free throws.
yep
/u/MrBuckBuck do you have the missed poke in the eye on Mikal Bridges?
Someone else posted it, so I didn’t.
Poked right in front of Foster too 😂
On the very next play
Wemby could pull a bat out of his shirt and beat Brunson with it and it still wouldn’t be a flagrant
Foul on Brunson for injuring the bat
Has to be changed tomorrow but it won’t
It won’t because the series is over tonight! 🙏
They called him a mad man
This one might. It’s pretty much textbook.
Edit: Plus then the Knicks will win in New York. That’s the scene silver is dreaming about, lol
I was gonna say, this is quite literally as blatant and as textbook as this call gets. There is no other way for this not to be a flagrant aside from Referees just not looking at it.
I’m biased but imo it’s worse than the one they called on Brunson in game 3
You’re not biased. I do think Brunson was being cheeky and trying to walk the line, but this was without a doubt much worse.
Yeah they’ve called some slightly questionable landing zone flagrants this playoffs where shooters jump 2 feet past the 3 point line and land on a defender, so for them not to call this is kinda disgusting.
I watched my team get called for one of these this past playoffs, and it was essentially a toenail under a toenail.
Wemby slid his whole foot under Brunson’s.
Adam. You Voldemort looking fuck. I fucking hate you, man.
Brunson definitely extended his leg
I thought that too but was scared to say anything in here 🤐
I didn’t think so initially but when they came back from break and showed the other angle (which isn’t getting posted here) it looked like Brunson stuck his leg out. If they called it a common foul it woulda been fine IMO but its not a flagrant
The other angle is in this video. You can see him kick his leg out and his foot almost lands on the 3 point line
Ah ok there are so many videos being posted due to the frenzy about this no call I didn’t know which post I was commenting on. But yeah I mean I think it would be fine if they called it a common foul but people are totally overboard thinking Wemby intentionally tried to stick out under his foot
Fuck these clowns that only see what they want to see
Yeah so many angry fans here lol
It’s pointless arguing in these reddit spaces. It is so funny how much people hated on SGA for the same exact antics and they’re giving Brunson a pass.
I think the landing space foul is the dumbest foul in the NBA because shooters can abuse it so hard. It makes defending anyone shooting way more difficult and I think the NBA has gotten boring because the defense is often so lackadaisical because defenders have little protecting them. Wemby has fatass feet. I understand the frustration people have with the other missed flagrant this series but the landing space foul should not be a flagrant foul when it’s incidental 99% of the time
Agree, it’s a really hard rule to ref in real time honestly and I also just think its something that can happen on accident a lot when someone’s just running to close out a 3 pointer. Just a dumb rule all around.
His natural shooting motion is just to do the splits in mid-air. SGA school of foulbaiting 101
That’s what I saw too. People all over SGA for this shit but it’s happening right here and everyone is saying the other player should be suspended smh
Like the third flagrant this series they just don’t call on him
if the spurs win the chip shit is more fake than a fairy tale
Fuck the refs, fuck the NBA
This shit is so annoying wemby is genuinely gonna ruin someone’s career
Jalen Brunson very clearly sticks his leg out to where Wemby is contesting. This isn’t a foul at all.
Same thing I see, and I’m not a spurs fan at all
Yep, people are choosing not to see that
Im not conspiratorial like ever but that is an extremely convenient oversight from The Extender.
League won’t suspend their new golden boy
Dirty player. He’s had 1-2 plays like this every game.
Anyone else seeing Brunsons foot land 4 feet from where he jumped? Wemby almost ends up right back where he started the contest.
Still waiting on the “ethical” part of his game to show up
Thunder fans can’t talk
OKC wasn’t sniffing their own farts and talking about ethical hoops. Wemby deserves to be clowned for that shit it has nothing to do with OKC.
Like it’s the blatant hypocrisy of claiming to be ethical but judo throwing Alvarado, shoving Brunson by the neck, elbowing KAT, and then that. He is a dirty player
Good no call, Brunson kicked his leg out on the landing looks like he was trying to draw the foul.
I feel like I’m losing my mind. That step forward that late is such an unnatural motion. Wembanyama barely stepped forward at all. Brunson kicks his foot several feet forward just before landing.
I don’t get how people think this is dirty and I especially don’t get why anyone thinks it’s a flagrant. Brunson’s foot moves forward so much lmao
https://i.imgur.com/LhoQdkX.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/EjGNr0H.jpeg
Foot has to be under the shooter’s natural landing spot, which…
Most clearly rigged shit ever that he didn’t get the flagrant
Fcking dirty shit . Then bridges get poked in the eye and the refs pretend not to see it.
If Wemby doesn’t get suspended then the league is fcking rigged
Good luck NBA retroactively reviewing that saying it’s not a flagrant.
I was expecting this to be egregious, but Wembys foot isn’t any further up court than it is when Brunson starts his shot. Brunson moves a good bit forward is his shot, which is not all that common. Definitely not a zaza
Proceeds to go OFF for 45 🔥
Wembitch
I’m with you, Brunson sticks his leg out
You can pile on Wemby all you want, Spurs fans cried rivers about Zaza like they didn’t cheer Bowen
But Brunson jumped a mile forward, come on lmao That’s not what the rule was invented for
Foster legacy game
Then Bridges gets slapped in the face on the next play and it turns into a jump ball
Brunson kicked his front leg out more than Wemby stepped forward.
I feel like I’m losing my mind. I’m rooting for the Knicks in this series and am no fan of Wemby, but if you go frame by frame, it looks to me like Brunson moves forward more than Wemby does.
Brunson extended his foot, not a flagrant foul
Seriously. r/nba crying about a tech. The 7’6” guy has long legs, wow. He is looking down because he feels contact and is human so looks to see what is happening.
That’s 100% a flagrant. There is zero ambiguity. He should be gone for Game 6 or the series is rigged.
So.. you’re saying analytically Wemby has 5 flagrents now
Great product NBA. Way to play into the notion the league is fixed
Brunson kicked his leg out looking for contact.
For people saying that it should be UPGRADED to a flagrant, how can something be upgraded when the foul was never called in the first place?
They didn’t call a foul Wemby for pushing Brunson’s head into the floor but said it was called a foul afterward and not a flagrant. So yes, they can assess fouls afterward as they see fit.
The collective fan switch up on Wemby has been interesting to watch. From hero to villain in less than a series.
Brunson previously given a flagrant for the exact same thing. NBA (and all league) are rigged, but sometimes talent overcomes it.
wemby is a dirty player abd shiuld be suspended
at least no one can say NY didn’t earn it
Knicks won like 6 games to 0.
Brunson leg went miles forward and you guys are whining like him
lmao
he was getting help big times this quarter from ref
Not sure how this wasn’t a flagrant. That being said, this series would be wraps without Wembanyama, so I get why the league doesn’t want to suspend him. It would probably bring the viewership down a lot, which is more or less all they care about.
I don’t think that should be a flagrant, and I felt that way about the F1 called on a similar play in another game. Sometimes you’re making a play on the ball and your foot gets too close - that should be a foul, but not a flagrant.
That being said, there’s no chance that anything borderline gets upgraded to a flagrant. I will go do my deathbed believing that the league only suspended Draymond with an upgrade because the team was up 3-1 and they were sure the Warriors were going to win anyway.
I really don’t care for Wemby after this playoff run.
get fucked wemby!
The whole product is inconsistent and thats not good
Flagrant foul. Unless it changes the outcome of the series, of course.