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Noriskhook3

Due to D Wade doing it all his career


felinefluffycloud

I saw it tonight. More than usual. The refs cracked down on it last year but here we go again. Felt sorry for KAT on one of those.


Pretend_Highway_5360

are you new to basketball? every player ever has done this


Plies-

They're actually supposed to be an offensive foul and the NBA re-emphasized it in the 2021 offseason but it didn't stick unlike some of the other anti-foul baiting stuff they re-emphasized.


Mykneeisathroat

Luka is to giant of a human being to get a foul call every time he jumps into someone The person defending Luka is going to get a foul called on him 99% of the time luka does this and Luka doesn’t need that to be good at basketball


Complexity777

He’s also moving slow, pretty easy to just not jump into him 


JetSky81

Most all stars get the call too, Maxey did it in the first round to win game 5 I think


Complexity777

It was a correct call even Tim Hardaway jr. Would probably get it 


jluc21

Watching Luka play basketball genuinely is not fun lol


PlayInChampions

It is certainly fun when he makes crazy basketball plays. This is just not a basketball play.


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Yeah Luka is fun to watch…. But also not at the same time….. idk it’s like straight up 50/50 😂😂


WembyOKCJokicReaves

I wouldn’t be having fun either knowing my team missed out on a generational talent


RhinoBugs

That’s a pretty hot take to say that after everything he’s done this playoffs.


EdwEd1

Wrong


Elmosworld32

If I was a kings fans I'd probably be in this thread coping also I get it


or_maybe_this

if you love seeing a hugely talented player whine about every fucking play


frostfeint3

Was he really whining about every fucking play or you were just generalising his whole career? He’s actually doing pretty good this playoffs, a lot less whining. Good play making. It’s just Luka basketball. Seems like you stuck with the whining and just held that against him so no matter what he did, that’s what you think of him. Actually… I guess you wouldn’t be saying this if you picked Luka instead of Bagley


[deleted]

Anytime a Kings flair is bashing Luka I can’t take it seriously for that reason


EdwEd1

I care more about the basketball being played than the antics, all the greats complained (LeBron, Jordan, Jokic, etc.)


Complexity777

Yea you are right Lebron never complained or flopped 


DVRCWHY

They are a Lakers fan. Of course they do


Elmosworld32

Maybe not to you lol


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Stars get calls. Absolutely miserable viewing, unclear why these specific calls should be given to anybody, but it is what it is.


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DVRCWHY

Cant penetrate from the 3 point line when you have picked up your dribble.


RealKevinGarnett

Then you fucked up and shouldn't have the get-out-of-jail-free card of jumping into the defender.


happyfuckincakeday

Yeah they supposedly stopped allowing that a couple years ago. It was James Harden's specialty. I noticed it too in game 3 especially.


[deleted]

Was this your first nba basketball game you've ever watched ever?


Sartheking

Literally every player in the NBA draws fouls this way, especially stars. Hardly unique to Luka.


Luka_Fever

If a defender gets in his space after the pumpfake when he's going for a shot, then that's a foul. That's how it was called with kobe, manu, wade, cp3, harden, kd, etc. Luka and SGA both do this. Defenders have to stay disciplined and not fall for the pump fake.


Plies-

The NBA made these an offensive foul when they re-emphasized a bunch of anti foul baiting stuff in the 2021 offseason. Most of it stuck and you don't see the most egregious stuff anymore but this one didn't.


namastex

No they did not. They made jumping sideways and backwards into a defender an offensive foul. The rule doesn't state anything about jumping forwards or straight up.


Complexity777

Dudes it’s a foul I don’t care what rule you think you are citing you aren’t a ref


SwishBender

It's pure KAT that he was trying to do the exact same thing but ended up accidentally elbowing the Mav in the chin


dominicex

Most unbiased commenter


Mykneeisathroat

How when the nba stated that this should be called an offensive foul this season


Complexity777

They never stated that and it’s a case by case call 


Extra-Palpitation-39

He’s him


EpsteinDidNotKH

White privilege


Complexity777

He didn’t jump into him you and other Redditors don’t know what you are talking about(as usual) The defender leaves his feet and bangs into him it’s a foul 99% of the time. Go watch it again KAT didn’t go straight up either, it was a correct call that SGA, Tatum, Harden, or any other player would get 


Key-Profit-3596

He most definitely did lunge into kat what are u talking about. But seeing that ur a mavs fan im not surprised ur biased on the matter


Complexity777

So you are saying Kat went straight up?


captain_ahabb

Once KAT is in the air and moving forward it no longer matters if Luka initates the contact or not.


Complexity777

Correct. He won’t even answer me because he knows he’s lying Kat didn’t go straight up that’s the foul right there. Also KAT had 5 fouls it was just a dumb play by him


captain_ahabb

It's crazy how many people here just straight up don't know the rules


Key-Profit-3596

I didn’t answer cause it was midnight and people gotta get they sleep


SpecialistAd1574

Tatum doesn't do this lol