Steph Curry launches himself into defender, no call - new rule in play

[lefty]

Beautiful

https://reddit.com/r/nba/comments/q1lfnv/highlight_steph_launches_himself_into_the/

[baseline bum]

Well, looks like the Rockets got out of paying Harden at the right time.

[Ef-man]

About time the league put a stop to those calls.

[ambchang]

See how long this will last. Remember the fine on flops?

[Dirks_Finale]

:clap

[lefty]

See how long this will last. Remember the fine on flops?

Agreed

[KobesAchilles]

I just hope it happens come playoff time. Regular season is whatever. Would love to see that Nets meltdown :lol

[lefty]

:lol that Harden travel by Curry too, WTF


Also lol professional player not aware of a new rule

https://twitter.com/anthonyvslater/status/1445215196360839169

[Millennial_Messiah]

Aww man. I was hoping this title was "Steph Curry launches himself into the sun..." . Damn it. Now ya pissed in my cheerios this Tuesday morn'.

[MultiTroll]

A much better example could have been chosen.
The defender does jump forward extensively.

[monosylab1k]

I just hope it happens come playoff time. Regular season is whatever. Would love to see that Nets meltdown :lol

Yeah they tend to enforce new rule changes for about a month and then go back to the old way pretty quickly when the superstars whine.

[spurraider21]

legit brought a tear to my eye

[spurraider21]

A much better example could have been chosen.
The defender does jump forward extensively.
no its a perfect example.

why is the offensive player allowed to jump forward extensively but not the defender? screw that. just because a defender jumps shouldn't mean you have free reign to launch into him and get rewarded

[spurraider21]

Joe Biden's america :tu

[KobesAchilles]

Yeah they tend to enforce new rule changes for about a month and then go back to the old way pretty quickly when the superstars whine.
I agree. I remember one year they called palming really heavily in preseason and then never again :lol

But it is bush league that guys do this. Hell Harden doesn't even look at the basket anymore when he does this bullshit. Nobody likes watching free throws. Make them harder to get not easier

[lefty]

I agree. I remember one year they called palming really heavily in preseason and then never again :lol

But it is bush league that guys do this. Hell Harden doesn't even look at the basket anymore when he does this bullshit. Nobody likes watching free throws. Make them harder to get not easier
Exactly
MJ is to this day the most ref protected player ever, BUT he didn't look for fouls (unless he knew what he was doing when attacking the rim), not his fault Stern made him untouchable tbh

[lefty20]

This rule will be a distant memory come All-Star break, tbh.

[Dirks_Finale]

Let's go Brandon
Joe Biden's america :tu

[Killakobe81]

See how long this will last. Remember the fine on flops?

This. League doesn't have the balls to enforce consistently.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Joe Biden's america :tu

NBA was best in the Clinton and Bush administrations. It really started fagging up into zero-defense, zero-halfcourt execution chuckball under one Barack Hussein Obama. True, it got worse under Trump, but, there hasn't been a legit two way basketball team since the Memphis Grit 'n' Grind Grizzlies of the early 2010s who sort of resembled the mid 00s Pistons.

[lefty]

Harden : 0 FT in the 1st half :lol

[horseshue]

Harden : 0 FT in the 1st half :lol

Without his usual free throws harden is at best third best player of this nets team behind KD and Mills.

[resistanze]

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[lefty]

^
:lol

[spurraider21]

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[spurraider21]

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[spurraider21]

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[spurraider21]

this is the best thing the NBA has done in a long time

[ambchang]

But :lol today’s nba players didn’t benefit from these rules.

[Millennial_Messiah]

this is the best thing the NBA has done in a long time

I wished the NBA had kept the 90s rules and not nerfed defense with BS rule changes circa the mid 2000s that became abused like crazy by the early 2010s.

[Millennial_Messiah]

90s basketball was simply a better brand of basketball. More defense, scoring at a premium, let the stars shine. The scrubs scoring at will should be a special occasion, not commonplace.

[lefty]

90s basketball was simply a better brand of basketball. More defense, scoring at a premium, let the stars shine. The scrubs scoring at will should be a special occasion, not commonplace.
:lmao

[Millennial_Messiah]

:lmao
what are you laughing for? It's the truth. 122-109 type games (non-OT) should be a very special occasion NOT an every day, multiple times/teams per day occurrence. Maybe you have 1-2 teams that stand out that make that happen frequently, like the early 00s Mavericks and Kings or mid-late 00s Suns and Warriors. But not half or more of the entire league. Just makes the art of scoring too watery and the game too watery when buckets are a dime a dozen. Also, it's nice to have teams like the 00s Pistons, late 00s Celtics and 1st stint Lebron Cavs that were grind it out defensive teams that would usually win by scoring in the 90s and holding the opponent in the 70s or 80s. 100+ for those teams was a rare breakout juggernaut performance.

At this point, watching pick up basketball at the park is a more fun brand of basketball than the NBA, simply because there's more isos, more pick and rolls and more defense, more trying to get to the hoop, more action at the rim, less threes and no free throws.

[spurraider21]

Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young speaks out on new rules, frustrated with 'missed calls' (https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32499723/atlanta-star-trae-young-speaks-new-rules-frustrated-missed-calls)
https://c.tenor.com/eKRsnEzrmVUAAAAd/crying-worst-boyfriend.gif

[baseline bum]

Atlanta Hawks star Trae Young speaks out on new rules, frustrated with 'missed calls' (https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/32499723/atlanta-star-trae-young-speaks-new-rules-frustrated-missed-calls)
https://c.tenor.com/eKRsnEzrmVUAAAAd/crying-worst-boyfriend.gif

LOL that Harden highlight video when you click the link :lmao

[baseline bum]

It's so funny seeing Harden's FG percentage at 36% now that he's only shooting three free throws a game instead of when he used to get bailed out with 10+ FTA per game with his wild shots. Now that the refs aren't falling for his shit anymore it's like Playoff Harden all the time.

[lefty]

https://twitter.com/tommybeer/status/1454116112212406281

[Isitjustme?]

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You love to see it

[Isitjustme?]

Curry has been affected approximately 0% by these rules change tho, and is as effective as ever so some posters ITT are eating a big shit sandwich on that one

[Millennial_Messiah]

I wish Stephanie Carrie launched himself into the sun instead.

[lefty]

Curry has been affected approximately 0% by these rules change tho, and is as effective as ever so some posters ITT are eating a big shit sandwich on that one

Curry was the first one to adjust after testing the refs during preseason
Besides, he is so good he can do without it

[Neo.]

:lol at people who act like it was "today's rules" that allowed this to be called a foul to begin with. it was always a foul, until the rule change that began this year. the difference was players only in recent years began exploiting it on the regular. no different than flopping always existing but didn't really begin to take off until rodman and laimbeer were doing it a ton (yet somehow modern players are blamed for starting flopping :lmao)

[ambchang]

Curry has been affected approximately 0% by these rules change tho, and is as effective as ever so some posters ITT are eating a big shit sandwich on that one
The league isn’t shutting down light contact. They are shutting down offensive flops.

[lefty]

:lol at people who act like it was "today's rules" that allowed this to be called a foul to begin with. it was always a foul, until the rule change that began this year. the difference was players only in recent years began exploiting it on the regular. no different than flopping always existing but didn't really begin to take off until rodman and laimbeer were doing it a ton (yet somehow modern players are blamed for starting flopping :lmao)

Add Mahorn, Jordan, Reggie, Vlade to the list

[baseline bum]

Add Mahorn, Jordan, Reggie, Vlade to the list

No Utah little girl impregnator?

[MultiTroll]

Only saw a short highlight but appears HardenRef is back last night.

[DMC]

Only saw a short highlight but appears HardenRef is back last night.

What I saw were actually fouls. That's going to happen. The new foul calling scheme will also embolden the defense, and it's likely some fouls will still happen because the defense wants to find out how far they can go.

[lefty]

No Utah little girl impregnator?

Ah yes him and his anti vaxx teammate too

[MultiTroll]

What I saw were actually fouls. That's going to happen. The new foul calling scheme will also embolden the defense, and it's likely some fouls will still happen because the defense wants to find out how far they can go.
That is very good to hear. Because the replay i saw is exactly the same shit Harden, Steffi etc have pulled and what this enforcement was supposed to cover.
I've since watched a longer highlight and he does indeed sink many legit shots.
Just hoping the 16 FTs were at least 90% earned.

[Isitjustme?]

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[lefty]

No Utah little girl impregnator?

yeah him too

[spurraider21]

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[spurraider21]

:lmao

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[Isitjustme?]

2% nervous this will hold up as Trae Young got away with a lot of his bullshit in a game I watched the other night vs the Suns. Still very happy overall

[Neo.]

lillard is pissed lol

https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-trail-blazers-damian-lillard-officiating-is-unacceptable-since-rule-change-160505050.html

[lefty]

lillard is pissed lol

https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-trail-blazers-damian-lillard-officiating-is-unacceptable-since-rule-change-160505050.html
what a phaggot

He has been bricking 3s and he’s blaming the refs :lol

[DMC]

We all want to see and end to the faggotry but you have to admit the league allowed players to develop under one set of rules and then changed the rules on them mid-stream. These guys (Harden, Westbrook and Durant) all trained hard to get to the FT line using any means necessary - it's engrained in their gameplay and likely muscle memory by now. Changing that is going to be difficult.

[R. DeMurre]

:lol This rule has had zero effect on Curry, the Warriors are 10-1, and Steph is the leading candidate for MVP.

I remember years ago when lots of spurstalkers wanted to argue that Westbrook was better than Steph. Hilarious.

[lefty]

:lol This rule has had zero effect on Curry, the Warriors are 10-1, and Steph is the leading candidate for MVP.

I remember years ago when lots of spurstalkers wanted to argue that Westbrook was better than Steph. Hilarious.Yep

But he did try a Harden tonight vs T Wolves but the refs were not impressed :lol

[spurraider21]

:lol This rule has had zero effect on Curry, the Warriors are 10-1, and Steph is the leading candidate for MVP.

I remember years ago when lots of spurstalkers wanted to argue that Westbrook was better than Steph. Hilarious.
i remember when people argued that he was overrated and a wannabe kobe. back in 2013. and there was this one guy who kept defending curry saying he was going to be special.

[Isitjustme?]

Ew..

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[lefty]

:lol

[DMC]

Yeah that didn't last.

[lefty]

Yeah that didn't last.

to be fair it wasn’t anything like those stats suggest, I watched a video breaking down foûs on Harden in that game and it wasn’t that bad tbh

[Neo.]

yes it was frustrating to see those calls being made, and its incredibly nice not to see them being called nearly as much

but if anyone truly thought that stars like harden and trae wouldnt adjust and would be relegated to an 18ppg scorer the rest of their career or something, thats simply stupid. or to think that a game here and there of 15-20 FTA means suddenly those calls are being given like they once were, thats just untrue

[ambchang]

yes it was frustrating to see those calls being made, and its incredibly nice not to see them being called nearly as much

but if anyone truly thought that stars like harden and trae wouldnt adjust and would be relegated to an 18ppg scorer the rest of their career or something, thats simply stupid. or to think that a game here and there of 15-20 FTA means suddenly those calls are being given like they once were, thats just untrue

But we all know yesterdays nba stars can’t adjust to :lol todays nba because humans have genetically altered enough in the last ten years to mope the floor athletically with any generation that preceded it.

[Neo.]

But we all know yesterdays nba stars can’t adjust to :lol todays nba because humans have genetically altered enough in the last ten years to mope the floor athletically with any generation that preceded it.

goes both ways

that's always been my point, not that one style is superior to the other, or one era can adjust while the other cant

[lefty]

60s NBA > 90s NBA tbh

[ambchang]

goes both ways

that's always been my point, not that one style is superior to the other, or one era can adjust while the other cant

But every single sport has seen improvements generation over generation. Why can’t nba fans see that?

[ambchang]

60s NBA > 90s NBA tbh

Because of more white Americans?

[lefty]

But every single sport has seen improvements generation over generation. Why can’t nba fans see that?

I agree

Cousy would have adjusted to the 90s, he would still dominate
They don’t call him Houdini for nothing

[lefty]

Because of more white Americans?

More physical, tuffness, better fundamentals, Jordan wouldn’t have survived in that era, etc

[ambchang]

More physical, tuffness, better fundamentals, Jordan wouldn’t have survived in that era, etc

Jordan < Sam Jones. 10 rings.

[lefty]

Jordan < Sam Jones. 10 rings.
Exactly
Those 90s kids don’t know

[DMC]

I agree

Cousy would have adjusted to the 90s, he would still dominate
They don’t call him Houdini for nothing

They should call Harden "David Blaine". He disappears in the playoffs.

[MultiTroll]

Not sure if rule of verticality applies thus the defender is good. Regardless, watch the insufferable little phaggot complain and wait for it as to what comes next:
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[MultiTroll]

Check Lil Phags followup.
Would you give automatic 2nd T?
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[ambchang]

That is clearly a foul though.

[Isitjustme?]

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[MultiTroll]

That is clearly a foul though.
On who? :lol

Looks like Clipper bumped him but Curry clearly initiated contact.

[lefty]

On one angle it looks like Curry was fouled but on all other angles you can see Cucky runs into the defender

[ambchang]

On who? :lol

Looks like Clipper bumped him but Curry clearly initiated contact.

Mann was out of position, jumped into Curry's space, inside the circle. I just can't see it not being a foul on the defender. I also don't understand it was Curry initiating contact, he was in midair going for a layup, what was he supposed to do?

[MultiTroll]

Mann was out of position, jumped into Curry's space, inside the circle. I just can't see it not being a foul on the defender. I also don't understand it was Curry initiating contact, he was in midair going for a layup, what was he supposed to do?
Mann did jump slightly forward, so in that respect foul i guess.
However, what is the NBAs rule on inside the semi circle. Seems like there is contact all the time that is NOT called on defender.

Back to Curry, he most definitely altered his path and jumped into Mann. Definite foul by the old rule. And a foul too by the new rule since Mann jumped forward slightly?

Tony Parker got floored 6000 times along with many other NBA guards. So to seem prima donna phaggot act like he got taken out is pathetic.

[lefty]

Porker complained to the refs a lot tbh

[MultiTroll]

Porker complained to the refs a lot tbh
10,000 times more legit.
And no throwing the mouthpiece, other childish shit like this T sign.

[Neo.]

yeah that was clearly a foul by mann, he wasnt vertical nor had he established his position before curry jumped

i would assume there may have been some no calls or bad calls earlier that led to his reaction that way but idk i didnt see the game

[MultiTroll]

yeah that was clearly a foul by mann, he wasnt vertical nor had he established his position before curry jumped

i would assume there may have been some no calls or bad calls earlier that led to his reaction that way but idk i didnt see the game
Can't tell you how many times i have seen Donkey Green lean into a shooting player within the small arc and no call.

Agree that Mann was moving fwd. If he had gone straight up would rule of verticality on D apply thus no foul?

[ambchang]

Mann did jump slightly forward, so in that respect foul i guess.
However, what is the NBAs rule on inside the semi circle. Seems like there is contact all the time that is NOT called on defender.

Back to Curry, he most definitely altered his path and jumped into Mann. Definite foul by the old rule. And a foul too by the new rule since Mann jumped forward slightly?

Tony Parker got floored 6000 times along with many other NBA guards. So to seem prima donna phaggot act like he got taken out is pathetic.

Given it’s a foul he should be upset. I don’t really understand the level of hate against curry. Draymond I can see, klay a maybe bit curry is pretty reasonable for a superstar. For the most part. There are way more annoying superstars than him.