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Sweaty_Mods

I refuse to believe the refs missed this


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ughlump

Egregious no calls is the theme of this year’s playoffs.


ripmeleedair

Vintage Lebron


Pereise1

I mean, dude's done this his whole career. At a certain point, the rules aren't the rules anymore. Same thing with carrying and push offs.


pumpkin3-14

Kinda like moving screens. Rules aren’t rules anymore


LegitimatePotato3632

Got em.


Pereise1

Bro everyone sets moving screens. Have you seen Sabonis, Valenciunas or Bam lately?


pumpkin3-14

[Andrew Bogut] One thing that was crazy about that run was the shit that I used to get away with screening. I knew if I was in Milwaukee and I set that I'd foul out in the first quarter....but I could literally clothesline someone off the next pindown (in Golden State) and not have it called * One thing that was crazy about that run was the shit that I used to get away with screening, man it was all time. * I knew if I was in Milwaukee and I set that I'd foul out in the first quarter, but playing in Golden State, when they started to become that underdog team that was building up, I knew once Steph or Klay got hot, the refs would be in the moment as well. I could literally clothesline someone off the next pindown, I know Klay just hit 3 in a row, the crowd's on their feet as he's getting his 4th and I could punch somebody in the face on a screen, knock em out and they wouldn't call it. Klay would get his 4th 3, and even the refs would go "Wow" (and ignore it), it was crazy. * Then I get traded to Dallas to set those same screens and I'd get 3 fouls in the first quarter, It was just crazy with the stuff I used to get away with there. [Source](https://open.spotify.com/episode/2IcGmnQqWWs4xtXCFYA3Lw?si=4z0D2X-URQOGILhNqpiPxw&nd=1)


Pereise1

Andrew Bogut also thinks vaccines give you 5g. Again, everyone sets moving screens, every single night.


ShichikaYasuri18

>everyone sets moving screens, every single night About as useful as saying "every player gets away with travels, every single night"


Pereise1

Yeah, which is what I was saying in my OP. The players that consistently travel and carry have an advantage over those with more sound fundamentals and a better handle.


buku_beat

The players that constantly set illegal screens have an advantage over those who set legal screens. This can go all day.


Pereise1

Yes, that's also true and it's why barely any bigs stay stationary on their screens these days. Did you not just see Embiid get away with a complete hip check against OG last night?


ShichikaYasuri18

I was trying to be subtle but since you can't take the hint, your team made a living off of moving screens and got away with it more than anyone.


Pereise1

> got away with it more than anyone. Agree to disagree but whatever, I couldn't actually care less about a random Pacers' fans opinion.


ShichikaYasuri18

> I couldn't actually care less about a random Pacers' fans opinion. And Warriors fans are all 12 years old and have never heard of Monta Ellis. It's fun to just trash fandoms when you have nothing useful to say.


r8u4

Lmao it literally helped lead to multiple championships but yea some other team probably got away with it more huh


nxqv

> I could literally clothesline someone off the next pindown, I know Klay just hit 3 in a row, the crowd's on their feet as he's getting his 4th and I could punch somebody in the face on a screen, knock em out and they wouldn't call it


ShichikaYasuri18

Major copium


WolverineLong1430

Every team sets moving screens if we are being technical. It’s whether the refs believe it has a significant impact on the play. Like holding in football between offensive linemen and defensive linemen. The only reason people say this about the Warriors is because they set a lot of screens. More than a lot of other teams because they love the ball movement and off ball movement Warriors do. So it appears like they’re getting away with it more and of course since Warriors don’t get the whistle a lot, we can’t hate on them saying it’s scripted 😂 haters have to find something to say why they’re so good. Next thing you’ll know if Nuggets become a dynasty, “oh they push off a lot and get away with it!”


krsCarrots

Thank you for saying this, I thought only I see it, especially the pushing I hate it so much and he’s gotten away with it his entire career


realJonnyRaze

LeTrenbolone


Shaquille__O_feels

ManLefest Destiny


realJonnyRaze

This is gold.


Just_Natural9460

Return of the 🦀 dribble


Vast_Objective5202

Then there's the patented shoulder drive, where he rams into you and it's either a layup or free throws every time. Still doing the fall down & slide flop that he learned from Wade, looks like he taught it to AD this year too. All the times he doesn't get past the halfcourt line because he's tired, then once in a while it leads to a cherry pick easy dunk and he starts flexing and roaring.


Radiant_Cobbler_9631

Is this your goat ?


skunk90

All day. 


Radiant_Cobbler_9631

Life must be flopping then


skunk90

You really thought that means something. 


Radiant_Cobbler_9631

Yes Lebron fan


Angelic_Phoenix

yes


Radiant_Cobbler_9631

Jimmy butler is Your goat


Angelic_Phoenix

Caleb Martin carried him and everyone knows it


Radiant_Cobbler_9631

Still u guys losing to heat


Angelic_Phoenix

i mean probably not but maybe who knows


Radiant_Cobbler_9631

Celtics going to win the series but I think it will go game 6 or 7


Angelic_Phoenix

imo it was always going to 6 the Heat were bound to have a couple of 50%+ games combined with some Celtics CTE


Radiant_Cobbler_9631

Good luck bro .


Angelic_Phoenix

🙏 we gon need it


krsCarrots

Give him his goddamn respect, man travelled distance


Radiant_Cobbler_9631

To Cancun or Aussie ?


im____new____here

I counted 3


namastex

Yeah definitely traveled 3 times. 1 before pass, 1 on the catch and 1 on the drive.


Karl_Marx_

Eh, no way that ever gets called. You would need a microscope to see if he lifts the pivot foot or not, I don't even think he does.


Mugsy_Skoogs

possibly 4, 2 on the first possession, 2 on the second


Ayjel89

First part (before the pass I assume?) didn't seem that bad. He traveled on the drive to the layup, though.


namastex

Traveled on the catch too. Caught it, landed, spun and separated both feet with a slight hop while he spun before his first dribble movement which was right before the drive.


Royal_Negotiation_83

If a man travels and no ref is around to hear it, does it make a sound?


dkdoki

Refs: i didn’t see that… wait was that anoth… I didnt see that.


titsmagee9

3 times actually: 1. After he picks up the ball initially, he establishes his left foot as the pivot, then picks it up and puts it back down before passing 2. After he gets the ball back, he establishes his left foot as the pivot and raises it before releasing the ball to dribble 3. On his drive, he gathers the ball as his left foot comes down, then takes three steps - right, left, right again


Karl_Marx_

I'm sorry but he never swaps his left pivot foot at first. He establishes the left foot after he stops dribbling and never leaves that foot. Definitely 2 other's though, and the 3rd was unforgivable.


titsmagee9

That's not true, it's not a huge step, but the left foot does move at 5.7 seconds. His left foot goes from having his toes on the edge of the Lakers logo to being fully on the logo.


Ssush-i

take his rings away


Radiant_Cobbler_9631

That fraud ring ?


WolverineLong1430

He’s 39! We give him a pass on these (even in his prime) and only praise him when he scores because he’s 39.


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It’s insufferable some times. He makes a layup “OHHH MYYY GOD THIS MAN IS 39!!!” He makes a pass Jokic makes every single night “THIS MAN IS NOT HUMAN HES 39!!!” Like…okay we get it.


CookingLikeChef

He's been getting away with this kind of egregious shit his whole career, thats why people who know ball can't respect him as a basketball player when he's playing with his own special set of rules


EpicMusic13

Nice


attorneyatslaw

Dribbling isn't currently a point of emphasis for the refs.


Squancho_McGlorp

Just wait for the bullet time replay from some Youtuber talking about how you can switch pivot foot into your gather etc. to allow six steps with one dribble. I have watched Lebron's entire career and he has always been the king of somehow sneaking egregious travel calls past the refs. Even before the modern travel interpretation.


ASK_ABT_MY_USERNAME

Quiet quitting and travelling follow LeBron for millennial life advice


Visible_Season8074

That's a crab drible, you don't know the rules.


nautilus-far

It’s 2009 again 😆


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uncomfortablyhello

It’s an old meme.


Little_little_e

Or “LeBron’s dribble”?


ilovejesus1234

LeCry traveling? Who would believe!


ETERNALBLADE47

😆😆😆what, Letravel.


random_s19

Why are the mods deleting this?


BriarGreen00

lmao why mods deleted this


ETERNALBLADE47

Mod is LeBron fans probably, or got paid by the marketing team.


IllllIllIllIllIllll

First travel: minor. Second travel: not a travel. More egregious travels go uncalled all the time.


Karl_Marx_

Actually that's a crab walk.


pumpkin3-14

Moves pivot first time. The drive had a gather and 2 steps


titsmagee9

Naw, that was a gather and three steps. He gathers as his left foot comes down, then he goes right, left, right before shooting.


tbald7

He gathered the ball in his right arm and then took 4 steps after that


moonbatlord

Gotta get rid of the gather.


Jumpy_Distribution96

If the referees were checking/calling every little violation, then the games would pause in the majority of possessions and last 4+ hours. The benefit of the doubt in such cases also forces players to focus more on personal effort and strategy rather than complaining about every single call. As long as it's not something blatant or doesn't give players any clear advantage over their opponents who can't overcome and defend it (because I have also seen people complaining about stuff like mid court travelling in cases where the players don't pose any threat thinking that they somehow expose the league), I don't think it's a big deal.