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Embiid got clowned in real time and currently constantly for always being on the ground. Luka is going through the same shyt Shai is right now plus he’s fat. Joker is not near as bad as Shai.

It’s a copycat league. Dudes see what works and try it. Shai has made the league worse with this because he’s truly mastered baiting:dame: to a harden level. The rules changed on harden, and they will change on him too. Something always has to give :yeshrug:


I still remember Wade holding his eye with hands out at the end of a finals game while refs looked at him like :childplease: Shai hasn’t reached that point yet, but he will. And he will adjust like great players do. But it’s absolutely disgusting and frustrating to watch right now and we shouldn’t be gaslighted for saying we don’t like it. No different than calling out the heat for bams 83. We saw what we saw lol

Where’s that clip of Jokic running around like a fool in the middle of the Thunder series trying to bait a foul on Hartenstein :russ:

He flails and hooks defenders arms with the best of them.

Yet ppl will ignore that and focus on his great performances. Which I got no problem with.

But then the Canuck just outperformed Jokic and JB in consecutive games with minimal foul baiting… yet we talking about how he be foul baiting lol

Peak Harden was not shooting 55% on field goals while making clutch jumpers like Shai; as a Houston guy I know peak foul baiting and this ain’t anywhere close.
 

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I check my phone after I clocked out to see my parlay hit

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I won't talk shît about Cam Johnson for a minute:pachaha:
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Where’s that clip of Jokic running around like a fool in the middle of the Thunder series trying to bait a foul on Hartenstein :russ:

He flails and hooks defenders arms with the best of them.


Yet ppl will ignore that and focus on his great performances. Which I got no problem with.

But then the Canuck just outperformed Jokic and JB in consecutive games with minimal foul baiting… yet we talking about how he be foul baiting lol

Peak Harden was not shooting 55% on field goals while making clutch jumpers like Shai; as a Houston guy I know peak foul baiting and this ain’t anywhere close.
Jokic gets fed up getting hacked, pulled and pushed because he gets the Shaq treatment from the refs, and he realizes the only way to counter that is to bait for fouls so the officials actually take notice. It's a gift and a curse because he's smart enough to get the officials to start calling shyt in his favor, but then it takes him out of rhythm.

That OKC series last postseason was egregious. The whole damn squad were allowed to do whatever they wanted to him.
 

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For whatever reason never even trying Kenrich despite him being our only big wing when that's all the Celtics threw out there is just a weird call for a coach that will just play whoever at whatever point. Numbers don't back it up at the end but it felt like they were getting killed on rebounds & he just kept going with 4 guards & a big.
i don't understand why he don't play jwill with chet ever
 

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Where’s that clip of Jokic running around like a fool in the middle of the Thunder series trying to bait a foul on Hartenstein :russ:

He flails and hooks defenders arms with the best of them.

Yet ppl will ignore that and focus on his great performances. Which I got no problem with.

But then the Canuck just outperformed Jokic and JB in consecutive games with minimal foul baiting… yet we talking about how he be foul baiting lol

Peak Harden was not shooting 55% on field goals while making clutch jumpers like Shai; as a Houston guy I know peak foul baiting and this ain’t anywhere close.
Agree to disagree :yeshrug:
 

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Jokic gets fed up getting hacked, pulled and pushed because he gets the Shaq treatment from the refs, and he realizes the only way to counter that is to bait for fouls so the officials actually take notice. It's a gift and a curse because he's smart enough to get the officials to start calling shyt in his favor, but then it takes him out of rhythm.

That OKC series last postseason was egregious. The whole damn squad were allowed to do whatever they wanted to him.
“How did Caruso stop Jokic” he literally whooped his ass while everyone watched like it’s legal:bryan:
 
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