[Highlight] Shaqtin a fool nominee: Josh Giddey throws a perfect pass to the referee
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Referee should have shot it, he was wide open.
Definitely going to get benched now
Tbf, Buzelis probably should’ve been on the corner.
Probably? He’s even heading there as Giddey drives, then relocates to the wing after Giddey looks away. You’d think he was trying to fake him out.
Na Buzelis slides otherwise Lebron just gobbles up any kick out. Then Jalen Smith rotates to the corner.
Eapecially because that’s exactly when the ref and Matas switched places on the floor haha. Its pretty funny actually, he for sure didn’t see them switch
Saw that. BUZZ has been buns this year. Submit this to evidence
“He was open though”
Nobody’s going to mention that Buzelis was wide open right where Giddey threw the pass to, but relocated to the top of the key for no reason?
PTSD from high school basketball running suicides if I didn’t run to the corner on the strong side.
The irony is either spot is probably equal in high school, but that corner three is worth like an extra tenth of expected point in the league. And these dudes are expected to know it. Maybe. It’s all reads, and LeBron might be gaming them.
Usually, you fill upwards like the guy did so the teammate under the hoop can fill out to the corner
The only option for that action was Jalen Smith, who whiffed a ball screen then jogged down the middle of the lane. It does look like he starts to leak out to the corner at the end of the play, but Buzelis was long gone by that time. Just a microcosm of why the Bulls are 1-8.
I don’t know, LeBron was playing him to the corner and he moved into a better passing lane until Giddey took the extra dribble down low and gave LeBron time to see and zone back up higher.
I’m sure they have some kind of rules of when to go to the corner or up higher based on where strong side help is but that didn’t look like necessarily an obvious wrong drift by Buzelis to me, especially since Jalen Smith was also running to the strong corner.
You can see Giddey look right over to him at the end of the clip as well
brother what the fuck do you mean wide open? Lebron was right on him. he slipped up to where he was actually open
Dude, it’s like people are watching a different game or something? The only reason Giddey didn’t get the ball stolen or intercepted by Lebron is because Buzeli slided up like he was supposed to.
This is like basic high school basketball. Buzeli slides up whilst the 5 rotates to the corner so Lebron can’t make a play on the ball.
You slide away to make the help have to either follow you or if they double it more difficult to close out. Same as when you are on the wing and the player drives your side you slide towards the corner to put your defender in a more difficult spot.
for no reason
Jalen Smith was filling the corner correctly (but slowly) after the pnr, meaning Buzelis needs to shift up, leaving LeBron alone to cover half of the court (as shown in the clip), he moved slightly too early but it was the correct play. This is on Smith for filling way too slow (dude is basically walking) and Giddey for obvious reasons
The second it’s clear that Smith was gonna fill strong side corner it’s on Buzelis to start shifting up. And he was wide open after relocating too
I’ll disagree with you that Smith is filling the corner correctly; that may have been his responsibility, but he’s still in the lane when the pass is released, 4 seconds after he sets the ball screen. And yes, if Smith goes to the corner, Buzelis needs to slide to the top of the key to be in position for a second pass. However, I think this ultimately comes down to “play by numbers” vs reading the other players. Players should move to space the floor in concert with their teammates, not just in doing “the plays says I should go here, so I’m going even if it’s not the right time” actions. Buzelis needs to space to the top of the key as Smith makes it to the corner, but by spacing too early when Smith is not even close to being there yet, he helped worsen the situation by leaving Giddey with no teammates he can see to pass to. Even if Giddey hadn’t thrown it to the referee, it was going to be a turnover or a wild shot to beat the clock at best.
+1,000
Smith was still in Giddey’s view. Giddey was looking right at Smith as Giddey was turning.
Giddey thought Buz had not moved yet.
Ref had a better shot.
The ref was open.
Luka would’ve got him ejected
What the fuck are you doing
Isn’t he averaging like 8/7/6 this year? wtf is going on with him?
Is he contractually obligated to play like ass every other year?
New coach not trying to change the way he plays…and not to his strengths
A lot of growing pains for this Bulls team. That’s really it. He’ll tighten things up as the team gels… And hopefully some trades will happen by the deadline for some more shooting to help him out. We’ve been pathetic from three.
Don’t watch the bulls but I’m guessing what his issue always was. He needs the ball in his hands and now Caleb Wilson and Norm have the ball
He’s still averaging 8 assists though. The bigger issue is the 38/28/68.
Lowest FGA/g of his career nonetheless.
He’s trying to stuff a canteloupe into a bialy
He came into the season with a wrist injury that they’ve decided to manage him playing through instead of getting surgery.
Explains why he’s gone from career highs in shooting last season to career lows to start this season.
“Haven’t seen him play but here’s my opinion”
rnba classic
“checked the bball ref without watching any game at all, so here’s my opinion on this matter”
I didn’t say I haven’t seen him play. I have seen him play. And saw the reason he got yeeted off a championship team. He was cheeks off ball.
Don’t watch the bulls
Exactly why he suffered in Okc. Hes good as a primary ball handler but hes not good if theres competition in his spot. He struggles to find a rhythm that benefits him.
He’s playing with a wrist injury.
Yeah he has been terrible but he’s playing good today at least
prime ben simmons numbers
I drafted him in fantasy
We played them twice and I think it’s a confidence thing and his teammates been low bball iq at times. They’re dogs don’t get me wrong but they just aren’t where they’re supposed to be and you can see that affect everything
He’s not an NBA player at all. Hes tall i guess but his game screams euro league or NBL.
He isn’t good
He was putting up an efficient triple double last year until the Bulls started tanking. He can’t be that bad.
He’s still only 24, which is hard to believe
Probably struck a chord and it’s A minor
lame
Find a new slant
If you don’t want to engage with the nuance in the situation then that’s on you. But don’t you dare fucking call me a pedophile defender.
dae mustard
Ref should have taken the shot smh
Not that anyone cares, but that isn’t what you are supposed to do as a referee.
1st: Stand in position, outside of area of play (his position isn’t bad) 2nd: Dodge 3rd: Let it hit you (don’t pick ball up or catch).
Because the referee is standing inside the court, the ball is still live. He deliberately steps out while holding it to make the ball dead.
I do agree and there’s a shockingly relevant play from Tatum’s rookie year where it bounces off the ref and Tatum is the only one who plays the live ball, but i dont think it’s egregious because the ball was clearly going out of bounds and he did likely save it from hitting some fans and the ball going in the stands.
fuck them kids. woulda taught em a lesson to stay locked in courtside
I care.
Dodging and letting it hit a fan would’ve been totally fucked up. It was flying out of bounds no matter what
I agree with you, pretty much across all points. But, I think you’ll agree, this is on giddey. Especially cause he two open guys on the weak side that he ignored/missed.
Ofc lol, I’m just a pedantic referee and ref coach myself and want to see high standards in the world’s most prominent bball competition
That ref really did look ready for some ball movement though
Gigiddey stupid locked in. All he sees is flow of the game, doesnt even see color of the jersey.
Did he get ejected? /s
Believe it or not, jail. Right away.
Someone messed up the play
Giddey passed where he thought Buzelis was moving to when instead he went to the top of the key for reasons
they were mid rotation, 25 were moving towards the corner to fill for 14, but he saw someone in the corner of his eye and made the pass, assuming the rotation didn’t happen. If the ref hadn’t been there he would’ve probably assumed the rotation was complete and passed to the top of the keep instead.
Sometimes shit just happens
LeBron even anticipates the kick out to 14, reacting to “a” pass even through it goes in a completely different directiom.
That’s one way to get the refs on our side
Luka would have him thrown out the game
I would’ve blown my top as a coach. That ref is on the court. The ball hitting him is still live. He is the one that stepped out with the ball and then ruled it a turnover.
He was trying to feed even the ref tonight, lol.
Why didn’t the ref shoot? Is he stupid?
If the ball bounced off the ref and stayed in bounds, wouldn’t the ball still be in play?
Isn’t that a technical for throwing at the ref 🤣
Looks like the ref looked down and stepped ouy with right foot, he should have dropped the ball or let it hit him in the face to keep the ball in play.
ref showing how to properly space the floor
Bron be like: Yes I’m not the only one now😅
T HIM UP
Turnover on the ref.
Josh Okogie pump faking to no one, and twice, may be a shaqtin candidate too.