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Why are ball-handlers now allowed to use off hand to push off?
M Dogg™:
--- Quote from: Infinite Trapped In 1996 on June 14, 2015, 08:25:27 PM ---
--- Quote from: M Dogg™ on June 14, 2015, 08:02:33 PM ---Shaq didn't push off though, but other physical stars did, and they got away with it too.
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Yeah... I did think Shaq sometimes backed straight in just running over guys and sometimes he would get away with it... but compared to what I see guys like Lebron doing now I would say Shaq was playing within the rules.
...According to the rules, a charge is when the defensive player is in a set position, the defensive player has a right to that position and the offensive player can not just go into him and move him backwards—however the way it is called now as long as the offensive player has his back turned its as if he has free license to back in as hard as he wants whenever he wants and just run over a defensive man in a set position.
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--- Quote from: Sccit on June 15, 2015, 07:02:02 AM ---only Lebron is allowed because he is the leagues golden child. it's even a foul on the opposing team half the time.
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I agree that in today's game, it's worse than it's ever been, and with LeBron it's worse than I've ever seen a star get special treatment. Second only to Jordan, LeBron might be the most favored by the refs player I'd ever seen play. I still don't ever remember an offensive foul being called on Michael Jordan. But at least in Jordan's days, it went both ways and Jordan didn't flop when someone pushed off him.
https://www.youtube.com/v/hddYKP5XYac
Now that I think about it, LeBron would have flopped on this play and got the push off called. I think I change my mind. It could be LeBron is the most favored player in NBA history. I never thought I'd see a player more favored than MJ, but I think we may have it.
7even:
^Do you actually watch the playoffs? LeBron gets his share of offensive fouls and rarely gets to the line without being severly hacked. Difference is also that LeBron is much stronger than Jordan or Kobe. So if you hack them, they fall to the ground. If you hack LeBron, he might miss the lay-up, but he stays firmly in the air. With that said superstars always get special treatment. You couldn't breathe on D-Wade in the 2006 Finals without sending him to the line. Shaq got extra FTs in the 2006 Finals if he missed. You couldn't stand near Durant if he shot a jumper and missed during his emergence as a top tier superstar.
M Dogg™:
--- Quote from: 7even on June 15, 2015, 10:20:56 AM ---^Do you actually watch the playoffs? LeBron gets his share of offensive fouls and rarely gets to the line without being severly hacked. Difference is also that LeBron is much stronger than Jordan or Kobe. So if you hack them, they fall to the ground. If you hack LeBron, he might miss the lay-up, but he stays firmly in the air. With that said superstars always get special treatment. You couldn't breathe on D-Wade in the 2006 Finals without sending him to the line. Shaq got extra FTs in the 2006 Finals if he missed. You couldn't stand near Durant if he shot a jumper and missed during his emergence as a top tier superstar.
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Okay, never getting called is a bit of a stretch. But getting called to the level he's suppose to, no, he doesn't get called for offensive fouls like he should. Not even close.
Sccit:
--- Quote from: 7even on June 15, 2015, 10:20:56 AM ---^Do you actually watch the playoffs? LeBron gets his share of offensive fouls and rarely gets to the line without being severly hacked. Difference is also that LeBron is much stronger than Jordan or Kobe. So if you hack them, they fall to the ground. If you hack LeBron, he might miss the lay-up, but he stays firmly in the air.
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WTF ARE U TALKING ABOUT? LEBRON IS THE FLOPPIEST, FLIMSIEST BITCH OUT THERE...FOR HIS SIZE, IT'S EMBARRASSING. EVEN BOGUT WAS MAKING FUN OF HOW HE FELL INTO THE CAMERA MAN BECAUSE OF HOW HE TRIED TO SELL CONTACT.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/playoffs/2015/06/12/andrew-bogut-lebron-james-injury/71107710/
HE SAID "FIRM" LMAO
7even:
^I'm talking about the 2015 playoffs, during which he in fact does not get the ref treatment he is used to. You know damn well a lot of calls COULD have been made in his favor, and had been in the past. For some reason they don't blow the whistle right now. And if someone plays in over a 1000 NBA games and is scrutinized the way LeBron simply is, it is only normal that such gifs exist.
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