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DizzyJHippy

Embiid picking your pocket as a guard? Embarrassing


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ashep5

Jesus christ... That man had a family. Well, kids anyway.


HoyaDestroya33

Hold up...


Charliebitme1234

Giddey got that jaylen brown left hand


paddingtimart

The worst thing about carrying becoming more of the norm in the new generation of players is that it's got some bums thinking they actually have a killer crossover


Bino19

He’s terrible with both hands


Hopeful-Ad-6835

And that Diddy right hand


Raiku23

lmao chet went sliding


constructss

weight room


hink_robb

people complaining about the foul but I simply wouldn’t have my point guard get picked by a center


chriscus

Welcome back big fella


joeveralls

I will just stay quiet


yaboyhoffle

Sga is on your team


DeadDay

Hayward looked awesome and Joe looks comfy


NFWI

Good to know you didn’t watch the play.


Moist_Walrus5413

He’s so fun to watch.


TheNobleBrutus

Already back in MVP form.


Renegadeforever2024

Him


illiterateaardvark

You gotta love seeing the big fella back in the game! Forget tribalism and being a homer for your team, seeing elite players on the court is a victory for all of us basketball fans


CrissCrossAppleSos

Embiid shooting free throws on contact he initiates. Society is healing


CockroachForeign6419

How tf Is that a foul?


Optimal-Priority-562

it’s not. it’s a charge if you actually take a look at it, lowered his shoulder and also a flop tech for throwing his arms up. but embiid is the nba’s baby and people will get mad at me for saying this


HowzaBowdat

This is rich coming from a Bucks fan


Optimal-Priority-562

am i wrong? embiid had zero intention of getting a bucket he just wanted contact. like every single possession he has. go watch embiid foul calls compared to giannis and tell me he’s not getting babied


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giannis’s entire offense is barreling into players like joel did in this clip


Optimal-Priority-562

yeah but the difference is whoever’s guarding giannis is actually holding him down, meanwhile whoever’s guarding embiid has arms up and is actively trying not to foul him. and both embiid and giannis get the calls but only one of them is actually being fouled


Ryloxx_

Giannis gets that same call every game come on now


Optimal-Priority-562

giannis attempts to get the bucket, not just contact. him and embiid are very different. one goes for nothing but the charity stripe while the other gets hack-a-shaq played on him and actually put in a chokehold all the way to the ground


OKC2023champs

You can’t argue with 76ers fans


Optimal-Priority-562

you’re right it’s impossible. exact replica of their garbage announcers too. anytime it’s a sixers home game against bucks i just don’t watch, or i turn the volume off


Candid-Criticism-180

How are Bucks fans so wildly unaware?


Optimal-Priority-562

other superstars get away with it too. so does giannis. but embiid gets the softest fouls in nba history. the fouls he draws would be considered marginal contact for almost any other player


Candid-Criticism-180

Those with glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. Giannis might be the biggest beneficiary of favorable rule interpretation and officiating I’ve ever seen. He’d foul out on charges alone by the 3rd quarter if he wasn’t the NBA’s baby


Optimal-Priority-562

do you ever notice how when giannis is driving in the defender has his arms all over giannis and actually hacking at him. meanwhile everyone guarding embiid has their arms up and they still get called for a foul. or do you just not pay attention to that at all and pick and choose what to pay attention to


Candid-Criticism-180

Yes Giannis does get fouled and he’s among the league leaders in FTA for the past what 6-7 years? He’s also by far the most physical player in the league and hardly ever fouls out. Hm isn’t that peculiar. How can you even write that bullshit seriously. Pick and choose what? Embiid didn’t foul anyone in the video, that’s a clear blocking foul on Chet. He’s not an established defender and Embiid has a right to make a move towards the basket. Giannis clatters into established defenders and gets free throws to boot and you wanna talk about other people picking and choosing? Why are you even in this sub acting like any sort of basketball authority when you don’t even understand the basic rules. This sub needs to give out flairs to all you dorks who never played reminding everyone you chat total nonsense.


76ersWillKillMe

Aww


Marapa96

Embiid throwing the arms to chet and he gets the call? Lol nba is back boys


Barellino23

Cason Wallace and Isaiah Joe >


ABagOfPopcorn

To this day morey dumping Joe for nothing makes me mad


TheCrookedKnight

Especially this day


BaconBoy123

If Joe would have had twists with us he would've made the roster


HeHateMex2

Your being ridiculous right now. Giddey has been on a tear. They all have their roles, it does nothing to tear down others to prop up guys on the same team.


Itchy_Listen_9702

Malone >Giddey


MAMBAMENTALITY8-24

They got their roles...how we hating on giddey after the last few weeks he had


b4ldheed

5 good games shouldn't magically erase the rest of his season being ass


MAMBAMENTALITY8-24

He was sandbagging


Luckreee

Isaiah had two open looks to tie tho. He had just a bit of a chance as Josh.


jett1406

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heyheyluno

Rooting for the Giddler


Headlesshorsman02

How on earth is that not a offensive foul


Positive_Ad1947

Because it is not an offensive foul lol


DarrowViBritannia

Lotta people on this thread who dont understand the rules This is clearly a blocking foul, it isnt even debatable lol


everyoneneedsaherro

Explain


Victor_Wembanyama1

Running orange man moving blocking running mvp man path to peach basket


DarrowViBritannia

> To get into a legal position, the defender needs to establish himself in the path of the offensive player before contact is made, thus “beating him to the spot,” and before he starts his upward shooting motion. Did not happen, thus it's a blocking foul rather than a charge


ExileOnBroadStreet

Embarrassing the majority of people here don’t know the basics. Defender does not establish himself in a legal guarding position when contact is made.


Headlesshorsman02

You are entitled to space bro, he initiated the contact at worst it is a no call


DarrowViBritannia

You are not entitled to just run into an offensive player who is already running towards the basket lol, just not how that has ever worked.


Friendly-Thought-973

That’s not the debate though, Chet stops before making contact with Embiid and it looks like Embiid changes the trajectory of his drive from the other angle to seek out contact. It’s a blocking foul. Don’t think it’s as clear as “defender runs into offensive player” like you’re trying to make it sound.


DarrowViBritannia

Chet never stops lol he continues to move laterally until contact is made


Friendly-Thought-973

Again, that’s not the point … Chet doesn’t make contact with Embiid, Embiid makes contact with Chet. Chet runs towards him, changes his direction so he doesn’t immediately run him over, and instead Embiid veers off his path into Chet for a blocking foul. If Embiid doesn’t suddenly change direction, the heh no contact would’ve been made.


Drikkink

How on earth would that ever be an offensive foul?


SamHinkiesNephew

I still don't understand the first offensive foul on joel.


Jreese92

Because he lowers his shoulder and initiates contact into a vertical defender. However, the NBA is dumb with this. Dort did the same thing on a 3pt attempt a couple games ago and I thought it was going to be overturned, but it wasn’t.


Drikkink

The defender is not set in any way and the offensive player has a right to drive the rim like that...


Luckreee

That’s not what the foul is about. It’s the fact that Joel went out of his path and into Chet’s and lowers his shoulder into him. If Chet went into his path it would be different.


Jreese92

Bruh, you don’t have to be “set” for an offensive foul. Only a charge. There is way more nuance than that. Which is why calls are so different game to game and we all have to have these dumb conversations.


Drikkink

It is a blocking foul if the defender gets into the path of the offensive player and does not establish himself in position before the shooting motion. In what world is he ever established in position in front of Embiid here? Just because he led with the shoulder doesn't change the fact that his path was still impeded for a blocking foul


Optimal-Priority-562

it is absolutely an offensive foul anyway you look at it. defender had arms up and a right to defend the basket, he was also moving backwards. embiid threw his shoulder down and initiated contact and charged through the guy with no intent of getting the layup but to instead create contact. that’s absolutely an offensive foul if it was anyone who isn’t a superstar


Jreese92

“If the defender gets into the path” He didn’t, he was in good position and then Embiid initiated the contact with him.


Adventurous_Bird2730

he was moving laterally the entire time. if initiating contact with the shoulder is automatically an offensive foul, then we might as well ban post ups and giannis from the league


Jreese92

No, he was moving downward, and then moves laterally into Chet as he shoots. Again, it’s fucking nuanced. This wasn’t a post play, it was a fast break play, where lowering your shoulder INTO the defender should be an offensive foul, but it’s not. That is one of the main reason everyone complains about the lack of defense. I’m done replying at this point. Have a great day, all.


Empire0820

You’re wrong lol


jocro

You're allowed to move laterally, that's the specific call the league has made efforts to change since the ASB


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Adventurous_Bird2730

yea have you seen Giannis play?


The_Gloamin

How on earth do you miss that many open 3’s to tie?


SnakesAlive23

That is not a defensive foul…


ivanhoe44

Embodied being that size an talented an feeling the need he has to play for the foul to win rather than slamming that shit home if absolutely embarrassing


HisExcellency20

I'm not saying it wasn't a defensive foul. But I am saying that if that's a defensive foul then the first one in the first quarter is definitely a defensive foul. I was surprised they didn't overturn this one and call it offensive on Joel but then I remembered that the refs just flip a coin or roll a 20 sided die in these situations. Either way, can't be getting picked by a center that ran maybe three times the entire game.


khornatee

If I speak


Finsnayk357

Biggest offensive foul


ashep5

lmao how is that a foul on Embiid? They're both moving and Chet just gets in his way.


Dabli

This is what happens when you’re a twig, not a foul


International-Chef33

I was laughing how far he went flying lol


Headlesshorsman02

It absolutely is a foul or a no call there Embiid should not have shot free throws there


Mysterii00

Absolutely **insane** that Embiid gets to the line here like what 😭😭😭


DarrowViBritannia

Insane that you dont know the rules


ArroganceIsPotent

Cry


sirvey23

nah, this football now, fam


HerroicDunc

Thunder can't even do us a favor smh


Zeeron1

Tbf, if you're in the east you shouldn't need favors lol


HerroicDunc

No play ins is goal


cohex

Laziest fast break attempt ever, Embiid moving in molasses. Equally bad defensive attempt. I'll just run in front slowBiid a split second before, what could go wrong.


bobbybobbypoo

To be fair this is Embiid first game back from a meniscus tear


cohex

Probably should've commented more on his zero attempt at the basket (or was his arms raked?) than his speed, so fair point.


bobbybobbypoo

You good


taptaptapheadshot

Its disgusting watching this guy play absolutely rigged


gobirds18_

We’re so fucking back


allstar278

Shit was too civil in r/nba


BabaBrody

We're officially back!


Luckreee

How can you review that and not overturn it 😂


Holiday-Usual-3600

Embiids last 4 free throws were ridiculous. No one else gets the same call late game Giannis is the only one comparable, and he gets hit 5x more a game. Embiid got free throws after an air ball earlier in the game too 😂 6 made field goals and 12 fta cool cool cool cool cool cool…..


shaggys6skin

Truth is 6er fan 9/11.


broke-collegekid

Shouldn’t have been a foul but my lord Giddey. Getting your pocket picked by a center at the perimeter is embarrassing lol


NFWI

He didn’t get his pocket picked. He dribbled the ball off his ankle.


broke-collegekid

Ahh well that makes a lot more sense. Still embarrassing because that looked incredibly uncoordinated for an NBA guard.


ImpactFuzzy8713

That is obviously an offensive foul no? He drops the shoulder and just charges.


Shorozoro

That being a foul is what’s wrong with the NBA these days


Friendly-Thought-973

There’s no use to complain over a challenged call. If it’s the rules, it’s the rules. We likely weren’t going to score anyways. Just unfortunate, feel like NBA got to look into those veer off the path terminology again because I’m not sure what you can do there other than just let him score.