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Shaq didn't push off though, but other physical stars did, and they got away with it too.
Quote from: M Dogg™ on June 14, 2015, 08:02:33 PMShaq didn't push off though, but other physical stars did, and they got away with it too.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.
only Lebron is allowed because he is the leagues golden child. it's even a foul on the opposing team half the time.
^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.
^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.
^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.
This nigga's tryna talk about getting calls....CAN YOU IMAGINE what would be written on this forum if LeBron was awarded a ring, while playing second fiddle to a superior player, WHILE this happened...https://www.youtube.com/v/cxTjOPImyts
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