Originally Posted by KC_Connection (Post 16915189)

Asterisk or no asterisk, Curry can only wish he could show up in the clutch like that in the playoffs for his team. He'll never know the feeling.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Career shots to tie/take the lead in the final second of playoff games (UPDATED):<br><br> LeBron: 7<br> Kobe: 2<br>Duncan: 2<br> Paul: 2<br> Durant: 1<br> Kawhi: 1<br> Steph: 0 (&lt;---- lmao)</p>&mdash; Barry (@BarryOnHere) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarryOnHere/status/1650731729835917312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic (Post 16915208)

I tried again to watch an NBA game, and once again, the ridiculous officiating makes it maddening to watch.

People get bumped or hit hard, and there is no foul, but a guy just watching a layup, playing zero defense, makes a crappy swipe at the ball, doesn't make contact, but it looked like he did, so they call a foul. The lack of consistency, and the questionable timing on when fouls are called, will make me believe the outcome, or at least the spread, is being manipulated, and it won't change until the officials change.

The entire Laker team pouted and cried, and threw their hands up whenever they thought they were fouled. That's LeBron's leadership, the biggest whiner in the NBA.

And dribbling, without traveling or carrying the ball, is like the most fundamental part of the game, but players and officials ignore that rule. Well, except when a ref needs to influence the game, and then they call it.

Imagine if NFL officials suddenly started called passes that bounce once a good catch. And they call a one bounce pass a good catch until the game is on the line, and suddenly they call a one bounce pass incomplete, because the rules say the call can't touch the ground.

It makes no damn sense. I cannot understand how traveling and carrying the ball, which happens on almost every single possession, became acceptable even though the rules say it's a violation.

Originally Posted by ARROW2 (Post 16915215)

Kobe was usually on the bench icing his knees in the 4th quarter because his team had already kicked ass most of the time.

Originally Posted by ChiefsFanatic (Post 16915208)

I tried again to watch an NBA game, and once again, the ridiculous officiating makes it maddening to watch.

People get bumped or hit hard, and there is no foul, but a guy just watching a layup, playing zero defense, makes a crappy swipe at the ball, doesn't make contact, but it looked like he did, so they call a foul. The lack of consistency, and the questionable timing on when fouls are called, will make me believe the outcome, or at least the spread, is being manipulated, and it won't change until the officials change.

The entire Laker team pouted and cried, and threw their hands up whenever they thought they were fouled. That's LeBron's leadership, the biggest whiner in the NBA.

And dribbling, without traveling or carrying the ball, is like the most fundamental part of the game, but players and officials ignore that rule. Well, except when a ref needs to influence the game, and then they call it.

Imagine if NFL officials suddenly started called passes that bounce once a good catch. And they call a one bounce pass a good catch until the game is on the line, and suddenly they call a one bounce pass incomplete, because the rules say the call can't touch the ground.

It makes no damn sense. I cannot understand how traveling and carrying the ball, which happens on almost every single possession, became acceptable even though the rules say it's a violation.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 16915252)

Nobody cares.

Originally Posted by Chief Pagan (Post 16915435)

The few million viewers that are left, I guess don't care...

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 16915182)

Damn shame you've gotta put an asterisk by it.

Y'know, with Clarke being out and Morant being compromised and all...

Because that's what we're doing now, right?

Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 16915303)

There was a case study done a while back that by make percentage Kobe was one of the worst players of all time on game winning or game tying baskets. He just got to shoot a ton of them.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 16915438)

Holding happens on every play. PI happens on every play.

Anyone that expects to be taken seriously when they go with "BUT THEY TRAVELED!!!!" is pissing into the wind.

It's someone that went into the game not wanting to like it so they chose not to.

If you watched the games last night saying "BuT tHeY tRaVeLeD!!!" then you're right - the game ain't for you. Go watch Indiana brick open 12 footers and play high school caliber 'hustle to the spot but close out late because you were lost and you're slow' defense. You'll be much happier.

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut (Post 16915683)

But the college game is reffed better!!!!

Fox is absolutely right regarding the shot-making. And it's what I've tried to say for a decade or more to these guys.

College scoring isn't lower because of good defense - the defense is largely awful. It's lower because these guys don't ****ing hit shots. And that's with the benefit of a baby 3 point line.

The pure shot-making is just absolutely atrocious. The number of missed wide-open 10-12 footers just drives me insane.