What if the NBA eased up on foul calls?

[Kill Dat Noize]

Why do they have to call a foul and stop play because there was a perfectly justifiable collision between two players or because a defender swiped a guy's pinky when he went up for a layup. The way I see it if it wouldn't get called in a pickup game then why is it being called at the highest professional level.

I feel like too many people get bailed out by foul calls. Defensive players look to draw charges instead of actually playing defense and offensive players feel they could just drive to the lane and draw contact instead of trying to get the best possible shot off. You have all of these teams just getting handed FREE POINTS that are completely unearned.

The way I see it if the lane is clogged and you wanna drive to the rim that's on YOU. Why should defensive players be punished for trying to block the shot? Who gives a fukk if they swiped their pinky finger, that's the risk you take when you attempt a shot like that. Don't wanna worry about tough defense then try and look for a more open shot. Force these teams to actually move the fukkin ball.

I'm not saying turn basketball into hockey. Obviously there still have to be SOME foul calls but they should be reserved for only the most obvious and blatant disregard for the rules. You know intentional fouls, flagrant fouls and just hard hacks in general.

Obviously some kinks would have be to worked out but the game is on some p*ssy shyt with this free throw bullshyt. The way these refs hand teams the game is fukkin pitiful (and no this isn't fueled by any one team's win in particular because EVERY team has gotten away with murder at some point or another).

I wanna see a fukkin BATTLE at the end of these games not "the team who can get to the line most wins".

Let these muthafukkas play.

 

[IAmGettingAMailOrderBride]

Goodbye harden
Good bye lebron/wade
Good bye Chris Paul
Good bye durant








Melo would be 5 time scoring champ

 

[My Girl is Bow Legged]

Gotta protect their stars plus in this post-Jordan video game generation people wanna see players put up 50 pt games nikkas don't care about defense no more

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

Goodbye harden
Good bye lebron/wade
Good bye Chris Paul
Good bye durant








Melo would be 5 time scoring champ

The worst is that shyt when they pump fake, the defender leaves his feet, they LEAN into them and get the foul call.

How is that in any way fair to the defensive player?

YOU initiated the contact but the OTHER guy gets the foul called?

 

[threattonature]

I was actually gone make a thread asking is that aspect of the game more on the refs or the players. Not to turn into one of those "back in my day" types but I don't ever remember so many players doing so much flopping and playing up to the refs in order to get calls. Superstar calls have always been there no doubt. But now so many players over exaggerate everything and any little contact that it makes it nearly impossible for refs to call a game.

On the flip side the refs show no consistency at all either. They buy into the flops and exaggerations. If I'm a ref, and you have a Chris Paul, or Harden, or Fisher or any other number of players I would stop giving them the benefit of the doubt on close calls the minute I see someone has a habit of flopping.

Like OP said and Jalen Rose said on a podcast a while back, you never see people falling to the ground flailing their arms like that playing pickup or the head flying back when hit in the chest area. If I see any unnatural reactions or falls like that then I wish they wouldn't call a foul. If the refs didn't call it you would see less stars doing it. Until the benefit is taken away it's stupid for the stars not to play up any contact.

 

[Brozay]

agreed

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

They control the game more than any other sport.

 

[tremonthustler1]

I was actually gone make a thread asking is that aspect of the game more on the refs or the players. Not to turn into one of those "back in my day" types but I don't ever remember so many players doing so much flopping and playing up to the refs in order to get calls. Superstar calls have always been there no doubt. But now so many players over exaggerate everything and any little contact that it makes it nearly impossible for refs to call a game.

On the flip side the refs show no consistency at all either. They buy into the flops and exaggerations. If I'm a ref, and you have a Chris Paul, or Harden, or Fisher or any other number of players I would stop giving them the benefit of the doubt on close calls the minute I see someone has a habit of flopping.

Like OP said and Jalen Rose said on a podcast a while back, you never see people falling to the ground flailing their arms like that playing pickup or the head flying back when hit in the chest area. If I see any unnatural reactions or falls like that then I wish they wouldn't call a foul. If the refs didn't call it you would see less stars doing it. Until the benefit is taken away it's stupid for the stars not to play up any contact.

It's impossible to do that in real time since the game goes so fast and you have to make a snap decision on the spot. We have replays galore.

 

[RoCKetSity256]

The worst is that shyt when they pump fake, the defender leaves his feet, they LEAN into them and get the foul call.

How is that in any way fair to the defensive player?

YOU initiated the contact but the OTHER guy gets the foul called?

Thats why youre coached not to leave your feet breh.

 

[RugbyCardigan]

Goodbye harden
Good bye durant








Melo would still be a first round exit

Fixed

 

[threattonature]

It's impossible to do that in real time since the game goes so fast and you have to make a snap decision on the spot. We have replays galore.

It's hard as hell to do. But at the same time I'm sure the officials can go back and see tapes of who does what. That's what I meant about not giving the known floppers/exaggerators the benefit of the doubt. League also needs to be harsher with the flopping penalties. It uglies up the game and brings the brings the league under suspicion.

 

[red222]

our best player wouldn't have to adjust

 

[Kill Dat Noize]

Thats why youre coached not to leave your feet breh.

Yea but you're allowed to leave your feet. And as the offensive player if you get someone to buy a pump fake there are other ways you could make them pay by going around them and getting a better shot.

But instead these guys RAM themselves into the helpless defender so that they could get a free shot off and then get rewarded at the line. It's bytchmade basketball.

All the defender did was leave his feet. The contact is being initiated by the OFFENSIVE player so why is he being rewarded for it.

 

[AtomicUse]

I was watching Wade's highlights a while ago, and noticed he was notorious for the pump fake/lean in and put up a shot move. Free throw trip every time. I can't hate on him for using it if it works though, but yeah in a pickup game you'd get ousted for that because it's petty. And the dude can ball too, that's what makes it tough to watch.

I remember when I first sat close at an NBA game at an age where I could appreciate the sport, and saw the players up close, and the fact that these dudes are 6'3/6'4/6'5 all the way up to 7' and little contact is called a foul started to get ridiculous. When I went to see the Heat play The Bulls, and I saw how big LeBron was in person, I actually lost some respect for the dude, because nobody that big and strong should be flopping like that.

You're 6'9 250lbs, why you flopping man?

I saw Harden play in person, it looked like this dude was a dancer in Swan Lake or something. The way he throws his arms/head looks WAY worse in person, I actually got ANGRY that they kept calling the fouls cause even I Could see this dude flailing like a ballerina.

And what's odd is, the game's where fould AREN'T called, are MORE entertaining/better than when they call em over everything. And that's coming from a Bulls fan.

 

[RoCKetSity256]

Yea but you're allowed to leave your feet. And as the offensive player if you get someone to buy a pump fake there are other ways you could make them pay by going around them and getting a better shot.

But instead these guys RAM themselves into the helpless defender so that they could get a free shot off and then get rewarded at the line. It's bytchmade basketball.

All the defender did was leave his feet. The contact is being initiated by the OFFENSIVE player so why is he being rewarded for it.

Because when he leaves his feet he isnt in control if he was in control he wouldnt be manipulated into the foul. Ofcourse you could blow by and drive, hopstep and pull up or just pull up when the defenders off balance but if youre guaranteed two "GIMME's" (for most decent ft shooters) and a possibility of the 3 point play or even just getting the defender the foul then why not? In every sport with defense/offense somebody is gonna be at a disadvantage (this is why coach makes yo ass run them suicides when you keep leaving your feet on pump fakes) it may bother you that they are put in the position where they can get baited like that but it all boils down to Winning you do what you got to do. It may be petty but Wade has turned that shyt to an art and nikkas fall for it time after time after time. Blame them for falling for it .