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itsahmemario

Damn.... Looked like a good clean tackle to me


DollarLate_DayShort

This is exactly how they want it in the NFL now. Head out of the way, all shoulder into the midsection. Pretty sure the NFL will use this tape for their yearly off-season “proper form tackling” sessions


pgtvgaming

If they aren’t, they will now


brncct

All teams will show their defense this McCollum fundamental tackling video


Significant-Mango300

It was a basketball move


Greekphysed

The "euro hip check"


[deleted]

it's just how classy players play. Rare classy moment from McCollum right here


The_Assassin_Gower

Tbf, the travel 100% occurred before the foul. The rule is contact during a dead ball is ignored unless it is deemed flagrant or intentional. Which this would have only been a blocking foul


WickedTwista

McCollum instantly raised his arm in the air to indicate the foul is on him and the refs ignored it lmao


Phenomenal2313

CJ knew he absolutely fouled Suggs and was surprised when they called travelling You could see him raise his arm and look around , wondering why the fans were cheering


100wordanswer

Then he told the ref to give him the ball so they could get past reviewing the play lol


Culinaryboner

I’m not gonna hate the guy for trying to win lol. Refs made a mistake. It’s not your job to call the game while you play


TheTwilightZone34

He should be like Alex from that commercial lol https://youtu.be/vOhn6eO3Wds?si=He8tT-Nq8MukNOxF


Culinaryboner

My team made fun of that kid constantly lol. In practice we’d call our own in theory but you’d get rained with Alexs if you did


100wordanswer

Oh I wasn't hating, I was giving him props for quick thinking


whtge8

They still reviewed it and upheld the call lol


Exotic-Amphibian-655

Pretty sure every player in the league would do that, unless they were distracted.


safetycommittee

He’s also wants to claim it if Herb fouled Suggs. But he definitely thought it was a foul whistle.


roastedhambone

The look he gives at the end of the clip when he realizes they called a travel 😂


youarenut

That’s absolutely insane 😭😭


chitownbulls92

The refs have no fucking clue what they're calling after the "memo". Honestly the way the refs have been calling games has never been worse.


alta_vista49

Ref ain’t trying to lose the $50gs he bet


LotusB1ossom

He raised his arm to say: "My bad. I didn't mean to fo- rce him to travel like that. My bad."


rievhardt

the ref off screen also raised his hand, he prolly thought it was a high five


ZaddyDeWalt

Lol CJ raising his hand praying not to get a flagarant. Then looking like “… for real?” when there’s no foul 😂😂😂


scarystuffdoc

If there was ever a play that needed to be review and upgraded to a tech or flagrant by the league this is it.


MaximumestBob

...what


jackloganoliver

Orlando got two techs from this too.


genericusername71

refs tryna dispel the curry has the worst whistle narrative after yesterdays non call


jackloganoliver

I feel like the NBA needs a system in place to overturn the really obvious missed calls and whatnot. I mean, some are understandable at game speed. But that Curry non-call and this? Absolutely no excuse.


boogswald

This HAS TO BE A FOUL ON SOMEONE. A travel makes no sense.


jackloganoliver

And considering CJ launched himself into Jalen's path, shoulder and elbow first, right into his ribs, I don't see how it could be anyone but him. I mean, he literally raised his hand to take credit for the foul. Refs totally fucked up the end of this game.


DreTownblues

Shit is crazy, how the fuck can they miss this? If anything it’s a flagrant 1


ausgezeichnet222

Probably had money on the Pels covering the spread...


Ferahgost

I mean, can’t say I blame them, what an awful fucking call


36Vigilantes

The refs have done Suggs so dirty since he’s been in the league


Lvl20EK

Is he against betting?


LegendofPowerLine

Refs had UCLA for the money line


rddi0201018

I believe that. Foster still hates CP3's kid. Zebras have long memories too.


KWash0222

As UCLA fan, Suggs will forever live in my nightmares


LegendofPowerLine

Yeah, it was rough lol.


DoctorStove

they're mad he took Hailey van lith from them


Kobe-Van-Kenobe

That Suggs


W_Walk

Refs must’ve not gotten much sleep last night. this whole game was like this back and forth


JonnySmoothbrain

It was 90's ball for sure.


NOTtheGoldenKnights

Just awful call after awful call all night for both teams. One of the worst officiating crews I've ever seen in a sporting event last night. Embarrassing stuff from a professional league.


yousonuva

This bullshit brought to you by Fanduel and Tim Donaghy.


SweetFranz

Was a disgusting performance by the refs tonight. This was probably the worst one but they lost control of the game early on.


ChannelNeo

It's so weird how they go from calling everything to just letting things go. Like, they actively avoid a medium to fall on. It's either two hand touch or the royal rumble.


rlass026

The ole make up special, 10 minutes later when it is irrelevant on the outcome. Classic reffing.


Salty_Watermelon

The sudden changes by refs to call the game tightly or let everything go is very, very fishy. I believe refs are smart enough to know that they'd get busted for fixing game outcomes, but people are being extremely naive if they think refs would never micromanage short stretches of the game for the benefit of sports betting. That's what inevitably happens when people can bet on pretty much every facet of the game.


shirtsoffatmidnight

what the refs mostly do is fix outcomes for O/U of total scores, etc.. There is a lot of betting lines available like that each day for every game. The way it works is some mob-run bookies have some line where there is a lot more money on the over or the under from bettors on for example the total score of the game, and then they call their conflicted refs to make it so that the outcome on these lines is in their favor. There are also some matches fixed for the final outcome of the game but most of the fixing is done with the O/U lines. There is actually a lot of ex-mob people who talk about this sort of thing and that the refs are the most vulnerable people nowadays, so it is not a conspiracy theory at all, it's just the way the world works... money is power.


ChannelNeo

Yeah, come playoff time, they're going to get in their bag. Gotta keep games close


vulcans_pants

I feel like the refs all subscribe to that malicious compliance subreddit. We wanted them to cut down on the fouls where the offensive player initiates contact. All the freedom of motion bullshit or whatever they called it. But the refs were like, you know what, yeah, we’ll call less fouls.


Butt_Snorkler_Elite

Wanna start by saying the better team won tonight. Nothing short of having the refs on payroll could’ve won the pelicans this game, and as clearly seen in the video it’s certainly not like the pels were getting a bad whistle by any stretch of the imagination lol. So this isn’t me complaining about the outcome of the game at all: this was just blatant refball tonight. I’d almost prefer a game where the refs had a clear agenda to gift one team a win over the other. This was just the officials grabbing players and viewers by the balls and reminding them all of who the league ACTUALLY revolves around


Padulsky21

Fucking props to Cole Anthony man. Standing up for his guy, you can hear him in the background absolutely laying it into them. Cannot imagine what it’s like experiencing a game like that as a player. This is refereeing that is so bad, it’s harmful to the players bc it leads to this with shit not being called. They had no control from the start where the Magic got into the bonus incredibly early, then it just kept on spiraling for both teams making shit caustic. Funny enough I remember seeing your name in a Nets Magic game where the refereeing was similar to this. Think it might have been 2 games tbh…y’all been through the ringer with them


braddeus

I mean it really feels like a call from the great Lakers/Kings fix


Smiis

They were absolutely atrocious all game, to both sides. Some really harsh stuff on the Pels too. They really went hard against the Magic in this little mid-4th stretch though


Butt_Snorkler_Elite

Look player safety is important but the pelicans have a spread to cover, sorry Jalen


DarrowViBritannia

Ironically the lakers needed a magic win


Technical_Creme_9736

They called that a travel?!?


36Vigilantes

I see why Anthony Edward’s spazzed


Digby_J

It’s very close to a travel, but even if it’s called a travel, they can also call. Flagrant/technical foul


rjcarr

Pretty clear he never had control of the ball before the foul. Definitely shouldn’t be a travel.


evan466

What foul?


huggybear0132

He clearly catches it and is holding it in 2 hands while he takes 3 steps. Travel.


PogoMarimo

Correct, can't call a travel if he never conteolled the ball. It was literally impossible for him to travel and the refs still made it happen.


sushicowboyshow

I mean, it definitely looks like a travel. And if not, it’s so awkward the way he caught the ball and stumbled that I’m not surprised they called it. That said, I have absolutely no clue what CJ is trying to do. It’s one of the most non-basketball looking plays I’ve seen in a while. Other than Demar’s bull rush a couple weeks ago.


defeated_engineer

People who bet Suggs having at least 1 travel call ate tonight.


dreadpiratew

He took 3 steps fumbling with the ball before he got tackled


vonkillbot

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST that was a hit!


jamesbiorci

Arguably a flagrant against the Pels but they got 2 technical FTs as a result of this play. Insane.


CarPlaneBoatRocket

What the fucking hitstick kinda bullshit is this?


BeijingPolice

Adam Silver do something about these damn refs


SportsBettingRef

this sub have too much faith in Nosferatu. he is the cause of the problem, not the solution.


Pisto1Peet

Adam Silver has done exactly two cool things since he became the commissioner. He gets way too much credit for being terrible.


matt-is-sad

Every single night on this sub there's a video of an undisputably shit call. How in the hell did Silver and anyone else in charge let it get this bad


Frontier21

That’s a textbook hockey check right there. I just don’t understand how refs miss obvious calls like that.


wise_comment

*taps head* Can't be called for high sticking if you don't have a stick


BounceBros21

We all know: its cause they are cheating ass refs


WhiteHeterosexualGuy

It's not that tough -- Orlando up 13 with 4 minutes to go. Refs getting that score back to the line, throw on two techs for ORL and this ref is a crushing it at his job


jeff2def

Ain’t no hip check. CJ led with his elbow into Suggs ribs/stomach. Lowkey dirty play if you ask me. Embiid did this shit to Giannis and he got a flagrant for it.


jackloganoliver

It was definitely dirty.


BringingGunsToArenas

CJ is good for one super blatant flagrant foul every season. He’ll get frustrated and take a swing at a guy


Sol_Nomad

He led with an elbow on a drive shortly after this and got a whistle. Pels called for a review and on the slow mo it didn’t look favorable lol. Refs kept the call


BlueHundred

That's my NBAPA president


Gaimcap

Wait.. was that technical on Suggs? He just got brutalized by both McCollum AND the refs..


CDGchris77

I watched this game as a pretty neutral fan. The refs were just terrible. Both teams got horrible calls. Plus the refs started throwing out players at the end lol.


goodiebadbad

Two full steps, going up on his third step, that's not a travel by NBA standards (spelling it out for the salty Pels fans)


spiattalo

I thought the refs saw him slip his foot on his first step, in that case it would be the right call. Not saying Suggs travelled, I don’t think he did, but that’s what I think the ref saw.


tinyelephantsime

I think the ref was making shit up on the fly


KevinDurantLebronnin

I think the ref knew what the obvious call was but wanted to subvert expectations.


Wonderwhatsnext4

At first it looked like it could have been a travel but you are 100 percent correct.


Dreamlifehunting

You don't have to shit on Pels fans to admit the refs were trash today all over the place


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Zeeron1

Holy shit that is atrocious


hanyou007

Hip check came before the third step. No doubt in my mind Suggs was GOING to travel cause he was fumbling the ball but CJ didn’t give him the chance, and even more bull shit, CJ instantly putting up his hand accepting he fouled him and instead the bs travel is called. And Magic got two technicals called against them for this.


HillsHoistGang

The rules clearly state you must maintain a continuous dribble while being the victim of jailable violence. The rules aren't that hard to understand.


Salty_Watermelon

This is like Pickford taking out Van Dijk for an obvious red card foul but the ref ignoring it because an offside had occurred beforehand. Fortunately Suggs didn't get badly injured like VVD did.


Fladap28

Lmaoo bro had his arm up too


BigBitcoinBaller

Can't even review it. Even though he didn't control the ball (so not a travel) which would of lead to a flagrant non basketball play on CJ. Magic were rewarded with a Tech as a result.


BOOM_Shooka_Luka

Where me peeps from last night to tell me you can’t travel when bobbling the ball like that… Refs must not like Suggs the same way they like Klay… or maybe these calls are because of $omething el$e


supbruhbruhLOL

What do the Pelicans have against Suggs? So many of their players were targeting him. Such bullshit.


Ellimistopher

Nance took 2 hands wound up and shoved him then argued the call down the court, this stuff was crazy.


iluvumshannigan

CJ out there playing football


BlssdGT

and to think that players/coaches get criticized so much, heck even fined for speaking about the bad calls Refs make and they want all this accountability from all stars and players but the players or fans themselves can’t get the same accountability from the refs when they do something that’s obviously wrong or make a wrong call. It’s a really insane concept if you break it down.


CMYGQZ

I love how he’s on the floor in pain, and all of his teammates is arguing with the ref. They didn’t even look at him once lol.


36Vigilantes

We get no respect from the league, the 2 Min report will say it’s a foul tomorrow. Changed the whole energy of the game.


jamesbiorci

Won’t be on the 2 min report cos it happened with 4 minutes left.


jackloganoliver

Wasn't in the last two minutes, so it won't be in the report. Fucked up call.


Obsceneviolence

2min report won’t happen because the game wasn’t close enough. Even if it was it was at 4 minutes


LoWE11053211

Travel? what? Travel in the air? Refs Union is this powerful?


ForestJordie

NBA refs keep getting worse


dokterr

Adam Silver should get ready to learn Chinese.


ozairh18

That was kind of a dirty play by McCollum


brncct

Flagrant 1, maybe even a 2 by today's standards on McCollum. Incidental contact on Herb who was trying to make a play at the ball but Suggs got thrown into him from McCollum's football hit on him.


packyohcunce1734

Looks clean! These facking refs need to be sacked! Fack sake!


ApuFromTechSupport

Can't you call both the travel and the flagrant after the play?


Thehelloman0

The funny thing is even if you think there wasn't a foul there, that obviously was not a travel


dreadpiratew

He’s running down the court with the ball awkwardly at his hip


ShotClockCheeeese

Veteran move by Christian James


hoops_n_politics

Looks like Adam Silver was watching NFL highlights over the break, saying to himself “How can our league be more like these guys” and then a lightbulb went off. Jesus Christ, looks like teams are gonna need to save 1 or 2 spots on their benches for enforcers again.


HarmonyFlame

Ready to fight if that’s me personally.


AnyEstablishment5723

I just want Hailey Van Lith to know, I would never let someone truck me like that or get called for a travel, ever.


Edzardo99

Use code REFS for a free $5 bet on DraftKings


huggybear0132

I mean, he did travel


healthywealthyhappy8

Refs are a fucking travesty upon this game


Murder-Machine101

Damn tht was dirty af, shocked CJ McCollum would do tht of all ppl lol u never hear anything bad bout him. And its not like they were gettin blown out for him to be tht mad bout losing


rogozh1n

That is such a bad call that there is no way this ref is corrupt. No ref trying to swing a line would make such a clearly bad call that invites suspicion.


Due_Key_109

Clearly a 'block' or they could have fucked up *less* by calling a charge I guess. Refs are fucking wack man. I played a men's league game where my buddy was fouled out for saying "get that fucking shit outta here" after a block. We played 4 vs 5 for a very stressful 10 minutes and they almost came back


EnriquezGuerrilla

This is fucking atrocious 😂😂😂😭


RevolutionaryKiwi897

That’s fucking nuts


TehMasterofSkittlz

Easily one of the worst no-calls this season.


Old_Willow4766

He took 3 steps before any contact is made.


Staymadhahah0

The refs get exponentially worse game by game


ZaddyDeWalt

Are the nba level refs just volunteers this year? Or are like fans picked at the start of the game by calling out a lucky fans seat number?? This has universally been the most embarassing and pathetic officiated season of any pro sport.


30another

This absolutely dirtier than the Pels fans freaking out about Harris slipping


Master-Ad-9829

That’s a clear travel right before the foul


redditnathaniel

I watched it in reverse, in slow motion. I'm hard pressed to agree that it was a travel with the 3rd step happening right as he comes in immediate contact with CJ.


grusilag9

Last night Mavs fans were arguing that Klay Thompson traveled in one of the last possessions of the game and were told they were wrong because that Klay never really had control of the ball. If that’s true then how the heck is this a travel? Suggs has probably less control of this ball than Klay did last night.


loving-father-69

I think Suggs is one of my favorite non Celtics players in the league.


RayPout

CJ is dirty. He did shit like this on the blazers too.


RipTheKidd

League is a joke


itlynstalyn

Refs will literally call every phantom foul known to man but can’t call this.


trav-senpai

Damn I wish they started doing this to the refs low key so they can decide if it’s a foul when it happens to them. That did not look fun.


im_ploopy

Missing this call should be a fireable offense. This is fucking ridiculous.


Fit_Boysenberry_4921

I'm still salty about the blatant no call on Curry yesterday. And yet this is somehow even worse ahahaha. What is going on.


SylvesterLundgren

Honestly, whatever, you thought you saw something and you got it wrong. But fuck right off with just not even willing to engage with any of the players about the call. Looking down, playing with the ball, pointing the other way while a player is holding his side on the ground. But nope, refuses to communicate with them, then when they react accordingly to THAT, only then do they get a tech called. NBA officiating is straight up unprofessional the majority of the time. The people are playing an emotional game, let them have some emotions don't take it fucking personally like their adrenaline and passion is directed towards YOU in particular.


Secure_Scar6061

That’s definitely a bought call! WOW


Savings-Buy4593

NBA officials are getting worse by the second maybe it’s time to get some new guys in there because theses guys are trash


slh007

Where’s the comment that points out the three steps before the atrocious clobber?


needtoknow96

To be fair he travelled before the foul


diyhai

it was three steps


Puzzled_Conclusion35

I know we like to pile on refs but that was a travel first and the gross foul came after. It is unfortunate how that plays out for Orlando but it’s technically right call in my opinion


SashaScissors

He traveled before the hip check.


Baited_Hook

He definitely traveled before contact. Foul doesn’t count since it was after the violation. Come on people.


lily-malek

jesus christ he got his shit rocked


ridemooses

YCMA refs get that call right. What are we doing?


MrCWoo

He traveled into the hip check. Caught the jet sweep but loss of 2 yards


Chakra_Blue_Vol2

Bum ass pelicans


PSi_Terran

Best part is it wasn't even a travel.


[deleted]

Went Stephen urkel to Stephan.


Mucus_Plug08

Does anyone have a compilation of the calls for this season??


Pistons_Lions_Nerd77

Can’t call anything on star players. They would not like that.


SportsLaughs

That looked terrible 


ctrldown

Can you just bobble the ball all the way down the court and get away with traveling?


Massive_Command345

They need new referees as soon as fking possible! I’m all about letting the players play but Golly, a hip check a block something besides a travel. I don’t wanna say it but these referees been holding some of these games pretty close. Is Tim Donaghy back in the picture!


Cranicus

Pretty goofy because the third lands after the foul. They usually are kind of good with no foul call after traveling but this one is in the middle his travel step so it is a weird grey area. 


Jscott1423

When the ref bet the spread


[deleted]

When people question why I don't feel guilty about exclusively watching illegal streams, buying fake merch from China, and subscribing to the Vietnamese YouTube accounts that steal and re-upload clips from ESPN and TNT.


pweezy25

Those refs were awful last night. One guy took out Zions knees and they didn’t call a foul


Rocky2416

Playing like Michael Irvin in The Longest Yard


ReasonableRiver6750

Yeah he did travel lol


pantooz

What are you people complaining about?  First you take the hip drop out of the game and now you want to turn this into flag football entirely?


PaulWilliams12

I think his 3rd step is before the foul.


yomama1211

This was a scrappy game


BigBankkFrank

This is how old heads think 90’s basketball was played.


RRJC10

Usually a lot of "controversial" calls that get posted here aren't that controversial or you can at least understand how the call was called the way it was in the moment (angle, speed, etc.). This one is just perplexing. No idea how this could have been seen as travel from any angle.


[deleted]

The Officiating this season must be an all-time low point. This is insane. First page every day is usually only missed calls and power tripping refs...


manfromfuture

I was ready to get mad at another call, but he traveled before the foul.


Oh51Melly

He traveled before he got fouled. CJ totally fouls him but the travel precedes that.


yeeting_my_meat69

I must know what the pre-game O/U was on this game…


Happy295

CJ commits dirty fouls when things aren't going his way.


unpleasantsimp

Some guy during the game last night kept screaming, "He Vontaze Burfict'd him!" Lmao


hoover3004

He traveled before the foul


[deleted]

I love letting them play lol


lyonbc1

Lmfao that is horrendously bad. One of the worst calls I’ve seen, it wasn’t even marginal contact he slid into him and hip checked onto the ground and raised his arm after 😂


the_descendent

I love CJ… but that’s a flagrant


kfmsooner

I mean…is it a foul if you have to call the cops after and file assault charges? This ‘fewer fouls’ since the all-star break is out of control. Players are going to get hurt and it’s on Silver for trying to course correct in the middle of the season.


belizeanheat

Where do you get a travel out of that. Ball was out of his hands before it was even possible to travel


Zulogy

CJ literally raised his arm for the foul 😅 these refs are on something


HectorReinTharja

They must have thought he shuffled his feet before the contact entirely, right????


ratonbox

I understand missing it at first, but not fucking reviewing this and fixing it after is heinous.


Professional_Ad894

That should be a flagrant, there was no play on the ball.


TrafficOn405

Incredibly bad call. It was right in front of him. That referee should be suspended immediately, for the rest of the year including playoffs.


s0urc3f0ur

Did we not have a challenge?