Blake Griffin gives massive forearm hits to people when he dunks (ask Pau lol). Are refs not seeing this or is it to protect the highlight reel or is it not a foul in your opinion.
He really annoys me for some reason. And Jason Smith too apparently. Oh and Demarcus us not a fan....
/\/\ dont the offensive player get leeway once theyre in that semi circle at the bottom of the key?
With regards to this play..
Not an offensive foul. Pau jumped into Blake AND he was inside the circle.
You're kidding right?
He extends his arm to enable him to get to the rim easier by pushing the player away!
Then he drags the arm down on Pau. Unnecessary. People have been called for fouls for WAY less and that arm was not in it's normal rhythm of a dunk.
I think you should have Blake in your avatar there instead of Westbrook....lolol
The circle has no effect on this play, it's the ELBOW IN THE NECK haha
You can get an offensive foul called on you when the player is still in the circle if you say, kick them in the groin and barrel them out of the sideline, it's not an immunity circle
Spot on! The circle is only for a 'charge' where a player is trying to set a position and take contact! Even so, the circle was aimed at a 'secondary' defender doing this, not the primary!
Also, the circle is irrelevant if the offensive player started his motion/possession from inside the lower defensive box!
It is written in the rules that an elbow above the shoulder is a flagrant 1! So he was lucky IMO. The only saving grace is that he didn't seem to do it with malice!
Still an offensive contact but there is no way that the NBA is going to come out and say that 'it should have been a foul and in future we will call it'! They are not going to give the public the perception that they won't allow these 'spectacular' plays!
Also, the over the back was a foul too! Plain and simple. If he took possession instead of just putting it back, it would have been a foul, but again, the highlight reel gets priority!
I love Blake! But that doesn't change the rules!
Vince Carter is the best in game dunker in NBA history....what do you think?
Jordan was awesome and innovative. Vince took it to a new level. Would probably agree but it's definitely a good topic to debate!
I think you should have Blake in your avatar there instead of Westbrook....lolol
The circle has no effect on this play, it's the ELBOW IN THE NECK haha
You can get an offensive foul called on you when the player is still in the circle if you say, kick them in the groin and barrel them out of the sideline, it's not an immunity circle
Here's an interesting one:
Player is making a drive, then gets a foul as they take the ball up for a shot... but then travel as they get the ball away to make it look like a shot. So, they take their 2 steps, get fouled, take a third step then throw the ball up!
I know either way, the foul is a shooting foul because they picked up the ball to prepare for the shot, but my question is, does the basket count if it goes in??
I would say no doesn't count
But an interesting one in the Celtics Hawks game today - Hawks guy got fouled and as he was on the baseline kind of behind the backboard, threw it up to try to make it a shooting foul but the refs had none of it and made it a side ball.
I would say no doesn't count
But an interesting one in the Celtics Hawks game today - Hawks guy got fouled and as he was on the baseline kind of behind the backboard, threw it up to try to make it a shooting foul but the refs had none of it and made it a side ball.
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