NBA: Leagues most protected superstar

[irishock]

Vote!

[Malik Hairston]

It's Durant and it isn't even close, tbh..

[ElNono]

KD... He's just not as protected when he plays the Heat... which is not a lot

[irishock]

Case for Kobe: FT's, Always drags his pivot
Case against Kobe: still amongst league leader in techs, fines

Case for Bron: No foul calls against him, no fines for flopping, travels
Case against Bron: only 6 FTA/G this year

Case for Melo: FT's, offensive foul no calls
Case against Melo: gets fair share of no-calls as well

Case for Durant: ridiculous FT trips
Case against Durant: nothing

Case for Bible: hacking, elbowing, def 3 sec no calls
Case against Bible: perrenial league leader in Techs

[Brunodf]

1a)KD
1b)Lebron

[namlook]

KD gets the benefit on offense while LJ gets the benefit on both sides of the ball.

[Danny.Zhu]

1. Durant
2. Dirk
3. Lebron
4. Kobe

[Clipper Nation]

Food Stamps Bryant and Welfare Queen Durant are tied for most protected imho...

[Josepatches_]

Rapist. A ing jumpshooter going to the line play after play.

Durant is close tbh


Lebron? He's fouled every time he goes to the rim. 6FT per game is a joke vs Kobe's ones.

[DMC]

Durant is just good at getting to the hole and drawing the foul. He's not a great defender so it's hard to say he's getting favorable calls. He's just a bad mother er. There's no reason for the league to give a about him.

It's not that superstars get calls in their favor as much as rookies don't get obvious calls they should, because they are rookies. That's the elephant in the room.

[TDMVPDPOY]

OKC TEAM
lebron
heat wankers

[Malik Hairston]

2012 numbers..

77% of Durant's shots are outside of the paint, yet he averages 9.5 FTAs per game..

80% of Kobe's shots are outside of the paint, yet he averages 9 FTAs per game..

65% of Lebron's shots are outside of the paint, only averages 6 FTAs per game..

68% of Wade's shots are outside of the paint, only averages 5 FTAs per game..


Looking at peak years..

Dominos peaked at 10.2 FTAs per game with only 25% of his shots coming the paint..

Snitch rapist had the same peak on only 21% of his shots coming in the paint..



The idea that Wade and Lebron receive more preferential treatment than other stars is based almost entirely on biased YouTube videos, etc tbh..they are players that attack the paint and force the officials to make a call..predictably, this leads to poor calls in their favor, but at least they aren't jump shooters that receive the same treatment, tbh..

[Latarian Milton]

to be fair, superstars all get help from the refs more or less, and durant might have got more help than anyone had at his age. dude has been receiving foodstamps since his rookie season it seems tbh

[100%duncan]

Acne and Rapist.

[Ashy Larry]

LeBron .... as physical as the dude is, he hasn't had a foul called on him in damn near six games

[KL2]

Toss up between KD and Lebron, KD gets some ridiculous calls though it reminds me of the way Dirk used to be protected, lay a hand on him and it's an automatic foul.