Mavs should have had some point of attack defenders instead of relying on Josh "cancels out DWade" Howard
That was the year Kobe gave them 62 in 3 quarters. fukk the Mavs and anybody who care about 'em.
You still hating after white boy with the blond hair took your lunch in 2011 when it was supposed to be arguably the best team of all time. The NBA hadn't seen start power like that all in one team.
The fact is Wade doesn't get too much flack for foul baiting because of his aggressive style of play. It's like making fun of Westbrook or Bron for getting calls but those guys try to go through you. The issue with Wade especially in 06 for brehs who remember is that he would drive and then flail or flop. People had issues with that because it was being argued that Wade was initiating the contact by driving into the defender. Thats when you started to see the whole principal of verticality start to take shape and the refs stopped calling fouls as long as the big went straight up with both hands in the air. Then came James Harden who again would purposely hold the ball way out side with his hands stretched and go under your arm. Again he initiated contact first.
The thing with SGA is that he doesn't have the speed, size or aggression to drive into defenders. What SGA does so good is by playing at pace and baiting defenders because he has 4 counter moves and fakes on each one until he gets you to reach or touch his arm. SGA is a finesse player with arguably the best footwork of all time. What he gets away with is the Jordan push off at times. Again officials aren't perfect here. Despite the low free throws and refs swallowing their whistle SGA is still putting up 30+ pts each game. His mid range and footwork is deadly.
earned it by taking beatings from the Pistons for almost a Decade. So it's a sort of new tradition of the NBA to pick the perimeter players that get the calls. In my bball experience some players build a rapport with refs and get some preferential treatment but also some of the NBA calls in conference and NBA finals look blatant like for example Sacramento vs Lakers.
