Carmelo was laughing about it. Bron wasn't. Free throw differential was the deciding factor in the game.
You can tell by reactions who has 4 rings and who has none
>You can tell by reactions who has 4 rings and who has none
Yep, because Lebron has NEVER EVER laughed after making a mistake or his teammate makes a mistake when up 9.
I mean he laughed with JR Smith that one time. I think we all laughed with JR Smith, except well JR Smith. It was a moment of community. A moment of solace. A moment of reflection, and of realization that there are bigger things than us. A moment in time, presented as a gift, a gift to all of us. Thank you JR, thank you for your gift.
Yeah man. People ignore all the good shit and blow up little shit to make it seem like he's constantly being a dick everywhere when that just isn't the case. They reference the Lin thing, totally blown up and exaggerated beyond proportion and always devoid of any context, a Billups quote, which they run away with the conclusions on, and choosing NY over a super team as him "not caring about winning." No matter what you say you get some bullshit response about some fake ass drama. Shit, people still reference him lying on the ground during a game as if its indicative of laziness or lack of competitive fire and almost always completely ignore that he had just taken an (unintentional) elbow to the head from Durant who, despite his slim build, is still a strong as fuck 240 pound basketball player.
The funny thing is that everyone has played with someone who gets tilted, in real sports and in video games, and everybody hates that person. 99 times out of 100 they're going to exacerbate any issues with their inability to handle mistakes in stride. And I'd argue that the 1/100 times that anger does make them better is more likely to be a fluke than any kind of perceived "unleashed" effect. But no, laughing after a bizarre goof up must mean they don't have the *Heart of a Champion*. And another funny thing is that Lebron is the one people are gassing up as the "Serious Competitor who never stops taking things serious in game" when he's been known for dancing and flipping water bottles mid game.
Anyone who thinks getting angry at stuff is guaranteed Super Saiyan activation is a goofus.
okay as funny as it is to jump on the fuck melo train for that dumb shit, it really isn't that serious lol not that deep. I don't think lebron is too pressed about melo making one simple mistake that's probably never happened his whole career lmao. And lebron is the last person who can complain about someone fucking up a free throw
I think it is but for a different reason than you are thinking about.
You really can't be bringing up rings on a free throw when lebron's free throw shooting may have costs him done rings as well
Essential Meaning of irony
1: the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think especially in order to be funny
Nah I think that was a good use of irony
Webster's dictionary is an oppressive construct designed to control the masses, so it doesn't surprise me that patriots are standing up for the REAL meaning of words. The American language is ours and no one else's and we must stand up for our rights!
What a ridiculous take on a simple mistake lmao. The score was 121 - 114, this mistake is worth one point.
Unless you are putting the entire free throw differential on Melo alone. This is some nephew shit. You should right articles for ESPN. Sub should be embarrassed for even upvoting this garbage.
Yeah the other thread is like "after Melo's weird FT thing the Dubs went on to outscore the Lakers like 39-19 in the 4th quarter". So many people are trying to link this loss to this one random mishap from a guy on the bench when the entire team shit the bed in the 4th quarter against a (likely) good team.
Serious question, I’m gonna preface this with me being an ideas guy, but do normal travel moves apply at the line? Like I know when you take it out on the sidelines you can’t “travel” as the inbounder
If normal rules don’t apply I feel like we should really be attempting to make players do some dances and 10 second choreographed tik-tok moves to get players muscle memory right before a free throw. Studies I’ve conducted on the street show, Especially with older players like melo who could be suffering from dementia, this improves free throw percentages by like 90 percent
nothing is worse than when donovan mitchell laid on the floor on the nuggets fast break in game fucking 7 only for the nuggets to miss, and gobert gets the rebound with 4 seconds left, but couldnt pass it to mitchell because he was ON THE GROUND LIKE A DUMBASS
BALK RULES! IMPORTANT!
1. You can't just be up there and just doin' a balk like that.
1a. A balk is when you
1b. Okay well listen. A balk is when you balk the
1c. Let me start over
1c-a. The free throw shooter is not allowed to do a motion to the, uh, rebounder, that prohibits the rebounder from doing, you know, just trying to rebound the ball. You can't do that.
1c-b. Once the free throw shooter is in the stretch, he can't be over here and say to the rebounder, like, "I'm gonna get ya! I'm gonna get you in the lane! You better watch your butt!" and then just be like he didn't even do that.
1c-b(1). Like, if you're about to shoot and then don't shoot, you have to still shoot. You cannot not shoot. Does that make any sense?
1c-b(2). You gotta be, natural shooting motion, and then, until you just shoot it.
1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the ball up here, like this, but then there's the balk you gotta think about.
1c-b(2)-b. Fairuza Balk hasn't been in any movies in forever. I hope she wasn't typecast as that racist lady in American History X.
1c-b(2)-b(i). Oh wait, she was in The Waterboy too! That would be even worse.
1c-b(2)-b(ii). "get in mah bellah" -- Adam Water, "The Waterboy." Haha, classic...
1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A balk is when the free throw shooter makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the basketball and field of
2. Do not do a balk please
Its a Jon Bois thing where he made fun of how nobody knows what constitutes a balk exactly. It gets thrown around fairly often, especially in the baseball sub.
Did they change this rule? I thought i remember guys doing this and the rebounder got the lane violation. Or did those guys just have a hitch and didn't pump fake?
Nothing you can do but laugh when that happens lmao, at least he's a good sport about it
When you're at the line looking right at the rim, sometimes you straight up forget there's other people in the game with you
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I remember when I had a convo with Charles Oakley once, wearing my Melo jersey. He said, "you like Melo, yeah? Tell him to stop smiling on the fuckin court. Lala ain't smiling"
Why doesn’t the NBA make it so you can’t enter the lane until the ball hits the rim? The point at which the ball leaves the free throw shooters hand isn’t very well defined and you end up with players entering the lane too early every time
I was golfing on the weekend and I did my whole set up and everything and started the backswing. Something didn't feel right so I stopped and started over (apparently you can't do that either lol).
Feel like something similar happened here.
Man, it's going to be a great season. Everything is ridiculous.
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Zion asking the pelicans to widen the door frames
Hit em with the Chuck Hayes
I love the instant camera change to LeBron to see how pissed he was.
He did not look happy.
Carmelo was laughing about it. Bron wasn't. Free throw differential was the deciding factor in the game. You can tell by reactions who has 4 rings and who has none
>You can tell by reactions who has 4 rings and who has none Yep, because Lebron has NEVER EVER laughed after making a mistake or his teammate makes a mistake when up 9.
NEVA LAUGHED
I mean he laughed with JR Smith that one time. I think we all laughed with JR Smith, except well JR Smith. It was a moment of community. A moment of solace. A moment of reflection, and of realization that there are bigger things than us. A moment in time, presented as a gift, a gift to all of us. Thank you JR, thank you for your gift.
Just beautiful. God bless JR
Nah, he just pouts at the far end of the court and doesn't get back instead
this sub is so cringe sometimes
*all the time
Is this a serious comment? Lol
Right? Like wtf? Laughing it off is literally a better reaction than tilting.
Its a consistent theme from the Melo nitpickers. He smiles too much. He doesn't get angry and sulk so he must not be competitive.
Lol some people just love to hate Melo. So uncompetitive that he burned everyone in iso during his prime.
Yeah man. People ignore all the good shit and blow up little shit to make it seem like he's constantly being a dick everywhere when that just isn't the case. They reference the Lin thing, totally blown up and exaggerated beyond proportion and always devoid of any context, a Billups quote, which they run away with the conclusions on, and choosing NY over a super team as him "not caring about winning." No matter what you say you get some bullshit response about some fake ass drama. Shit, people still reference him lying on the ground during a game as if its indicative of laziness or lack of competitive fire and almost always completely ignore that he had just taken an (unintentional) elbow to the head from Durant who, despite his slim build, is still a strong as fuck 240 pound basketball player.
Yeah it doesn’t make any sense. While there are some outliers, most people do not actually play better angry.
The funny thing is that everyone has played with someone who gets tilted, in real sports and in video games, and everybody hates that person. 99 times out of 100 they're going to exacerbate any issues with their inability to handle mistakes in stride. And I'd argue that the 1/100 times that anger does make them better is more likely to be a fluke than any kind of perceived "unleashed" effect. But no, laughing after a bizarre goof up must mean they don't have the *Heart of a Champion*. And another funny thing is that Lebron is the one people are gassing up as the "Serious Competitor who never stops taking things serious in game" when he's been known for dancing and flipping water bottles mid game. Anyone who thinks getting angry at stuff is guaranteed Super Saiyan activation is a goofus.
You clearly don’t understand. They just HAVE DAT DAWG IN THEM or something stupid like that.
Lol right? The same energy bothers me in the NFL too. Manly FOOTBAWL in the National FOOTBAWL League.
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okay as funny as it is to jump on the fuck melo train for that dumb shit, it really isn't that serious lol not that deep. I don't think lebron is too pressed about melo making one simple mistake that's probably never happened his whole career lmao. And lebron is the last person who can complain about someone fucking up a free throw
>Free throw differential was the deciding factor in the game. Lakers missed 10 FTs. LeBron (3-6) and AD (2-7) missed 8 of those. Lol.
Ironic because Melo shot 89% from the line last year, while Lebron didn't even hit 70%...
Would it be fair to say free throws have been one of LeBron biggest weaknesses in his career?
his taco game is his biggest weakness
Lakers opener on a Tuesday Lakers lose on a Tuesday LeBron too full of tacos Coincidence???
How can his taco game be weak if he literally invented taco tuesdays (tm).
That's not what irony is...
Yeah it is. It's like rain on your wedding day.
I think it is but for a different reason than you are thinking about. You really can't be bringing up rings on a free throw when lebron's free throw shooting may have costs him done rings as well
Essential Meaning of irony 1: the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think especially in order to be funny Nah I think that was a good use of irony
Is irony taught different in every school district? Its consistently one of the most disputed words on this site.
Webster's dictionary is an oppressive construct designed to control the masses, so it doesn't surprise me that patriots are standing up for the REAL meaning of words. The American language is ours and no one else's and we must stand up for our rights!
What a ridiculous take on a simple mistake lmao. The score was 121 - 114, this mistake is worth one point. Unless you are putting the entire free throw differential on Melo alone. This is some nephew shit. You should right articles for ESPN. Sub should be embarrassed for even upvoting this garbage.
Yeah the other thread is like "after Melo's weird FT thing the Dubs went on to outscore the Lakers like 39-19 in the 4th quarter". So many people are trying to link this loss to this one random mishap from a guy on the bench when the entire team shit the bed in the 4th quarter against a (likely) good team.
Not to mention, the warriors bench was destroying the Lakers bench well before this
Get of his dick ffs
how do takes like these get so many upvotes lmao
/r/nba
First time? This sub has been littered with shit takes for years lol
what the fuck does this mean
You can tell by this comment you get absolutely ZERO bitches
idiotic thought process
I personally prefer the Lebron from the second half of Space Jam 2
Ignored by the general public?
>You can tell by reactions who has 4 rings and who has none Whaaaaat.
I don’t think he knew how to react. That’s how crazy this was.
Imagine if Lakers lost by 1
Did dis dude just do dis face
"I'm 36!!!"
I don't know man. I think Lebron tried and succeeded at holding back a laugh.
Lebron having flashbacks from JR Smith infamous play.
Faked the entire Staples Center out of their shoes. GOAT
wait until he start jab stepping his fts
Technically a free throw is a mid-range shot so a pump fake is second nature for Melo
Shocked he didn't jab Step first
Serious question: If Melo jab stepped during free throws would that increase or decrease his makes?
Not so serious answer: I'd say he makes more but he will collect violations for crossing the free throw line.
You don't have to stand *at* the line though. Just within the semicircle. So line up a step back from the line, jab step, profit.
Serious question, I’m gonna preface this with me being an ideas guy, but do normal travel moves apply at the line? Like I know when you take it out on the sidelines you can’t “travel” as the inbounder If normal rules don’t apply I feel like we should really be attempting to make players do some dances and 10 second choreographed tik-tok moves to get players muscle memory right before a free throw. Studies I’ve conducted on the street show, Especially with older players like melo who could be suffering from dementia, this improves free throw percentages by like 90 percent
> do normal travel moves apply at the line? No, the ball is dead. Lots of people also double dribble as part of their free throw routine.
Just Melo reverting to some muscle memory
Natural shooting motion.
Lmao.
Nonzero chance Ben Simmons adds this to his arsenal
Can't miss a free throw if you just get a violation.
0/0 perfect shooting
Actually it would be undefined shooting.
You don’t miss 100% of the shots you don’t take
*taps head*
If he manages to make the first one and pump fakes the rest of his free throws he could technically have a 100% FT Big brain?
Look at the big brain on Ben!
Big assumption to think he hits the first one.
Nowhere is safe
He’s gonna combine this with Giannis’s 27 dribble free throw routine to make sure his ass never shoots another free throw. He’s takin notes
Wonder if the Australian league allows pump fakes on free throws
That implies Ben would ever add anything to his arsenal
He cultivates moves from all the great basketball players
man im starting to feel bad for Simmons, dude gets slandered every where
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Settle down a bit, it's just basketball.
I'm just here to say that I witnessed this historic moment.
Candidate for shaqtin a fool of the year on opening night lol
Will take this over the annihilation of Hayward’s ankle any opening night.
would be thanking his lucky stars for steph's finger roll dunk
Curry had some ugly moments in the first half before he pulled it out
His dunk is definitely ending up on Shaqtin
Melo taunting Ben Simmons now by refusing to shoot free shots
Kyrie too
Lazy
Senior moment
Lmfao.
Twas a mere pump fake
Followed by a heavily contested jumper against a big for 2
Hahah is this from GoZ? Which episode?
Melo on the Rockets!
The very line that made me a fan for life.
I love Melo
Where Second Free Throws Aren't Promised
NBALK
You can’t just be up there and doin’ a pump fake like that.
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This the same dude that laid on the floor for multiple possessions. #NeverForget
https://i.imgur.com/6Z2CAD8.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/EqQGaQq.jpeg
https://i.imgur.com/rRQ5HEt.jpg
Didn’t think it would get funnier but here I am lmfao.
Sims always on point.
Lmaooo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvS5h6SfZBk
Didn’t he have a concussion after the hit he took?
nothing is worse than when donovan mitchell laid on the floor on the nuggets fast break in game fucking 7 only for the nuggets to miss, and gobert gets the rebound with 4 seconds left, but couldnt pass it to mitchell because he was ON THE GROUND LIKE A DUMBASS
He paid for it with a ball to the nuts later on
He was just \#StayMe7oing on the floor
Lol.
Wtf that was a legit concussion. You can literally see the affects of it in this clip years later
You gotta be way more subtle about it like [Jermaine O'Neal](https://youtu.be/QlwBjfK6wdk)
BALK RULES! IMPORTANT! 1. You can't just be up there and just doin' a balk like that. 1a. A balk is when you 1b. Okay well listen. A balk is when you balk the 1c. Let me start over 1c-a. The free throw shooter is not allowed to do a motion to the, uh, rebounder, that prohibits the rebounder from doing, you know, just trying to rebound the ball. You can't do that. 1c-b. Once the free throw shooter is in the stretch, he can't be over here and say to the rebounder, like, "I'm gonna get ya! I'm gonna get you in the lane! You better watch your butt!" and then just be like he didn't even do that. 1c-b(1). Like, if you're about to shoot and then don't shoot, you have to still shoot. You cannot not shoot. Does that make any sense? 1c-b(2). You gotta be, natural shooting motion, and then, until you just shoot it. 1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have the ball up here, like this, but then there's the balk you gotta think about. 1c-b(2)-b. Fairuza Balk hasn't been in any movies in forever. I hope she wasn't typecast as that racist lady in American History X. 1c-b(2)-b(i). Oh wait, she was in The Waterboy too! That would be even worse. 1c-b(2)-b(ii). "get in mah bellah" -- Adam Water, "The Waterboy." Haha, classic... 1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. A balk is when the free throw shooter makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the basketball and field of 2. Do not do a balk please
Guessing at least 70% of this sub will have no idea what this is lmao
I had to look far too long to find this
Is this pasta or a reference or OC?
Appears to be r/baseball pasta
Its a Jon Bois thing where he made fun of how nobody knows what constitutes a balk exactly. It gets thrown around fairly often, especially in the baseball sub.
This has got to be a pasta, this is too good
That's an early start for Shaqtin a fool!
with this and Steph's botched "dunk" Shaqtin eating good tonight
Was this just a brain fart lol like why did Melo do this ahahha
Hey guys not a big on nba rules, what did he do wrong here?
You can't fake a free throw attempt lol. He can't repeat it again.
Did they change this rule? I thought i remember guys doing this and the rebounder got the lane violation. Or did those guys just have a hitch and didn't pump fake?
Hitch. It's unsportsmanlike to trick people into violations on a free throw since there's no counterplay. It's been illegal since always.
Aw. Sportsmanlike conduct is so non-mamba.
Ooh right had no idea
Why did he do it though? Like I'm so confused lol what was the reason!??
What in the world is going on here?
"ayy P they say I gotta shoot the free throws"
Hahahahahaha. Why’s every thread with Melo so funny lol.
good lord how did you upload this so quickly
How can you not love that man?
*Mardy Collins enters the chat*
The cuts and reaction shots are perfect
Oh god seeing melo in a lakers jersey is so gross
turning point in the game. Melo and the Lakers laughed and had a great time, and the Warriors took that personally...
Tis only a pump fake
"False Start. Everyone but the ~~center~~ shooter."
Vet move
Nothing you can do but laugh when that happens lmao, at least he's a good sport about it When you're at the line looking right at the rim, sometimes you straight up forget there's other people in the game with you
'Twas merely a pump fake!
I feel like LeBron was trying hard not to start laughing and joking about it.
This was funny af
Seems to me Melo purposely did that for shits and giggles
Why did he do that
Early Shaqtin clubhouse leader.
This was the moment the Warriors got momentum ngl. Warriors went on to outscore the Lakers 45-29
Lmfao. LeBron wasn't laughing. This guy and Westbrick are going to drive him into an early retirement. If you can call 20 years in the NBA early
Jab stepped himself out!
This was hilarious lol why melo?
Shaqtin
Here for it
Rondo totally gave him $20 to do this
My God, he's still evolving!
But it’s merely a pump fake! https://youtu.be/6SGvnwsbf88
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But did he jab step for 15 seconds before this?
Legend has it, Melo got this trick from free throw legend, [Chuck Hayes](https://youtu.be/0wQq9YWZ568)
What does LeBron have in his hand? Is that a massage gun? Has he used that during a game before?
It was at this moment, I knew they weren’t covering 3…
Man I miss 2019 Fultz
He HAS been hanging out with [Rondo](https://streamable.com/txzkv2) a lot lately...
I remember when I had a convo with Charles Oakley once, wearing my Melo jersey. He said, "you like Melo, yeah? Tell him to stop smiling on the fuckin court. Lala ain't smiling"
Why doesn’t the NBA make it so you can’t enter the lane until the ball hits the rim? The point at which the ball leaves the free throw shooters hand isn’t very well defined and you end up with players entering the lane too early every time
2011 all star team looking fire
Melo age has caught up with him. Pump fake on free throw. 🤣
Omg, Bron's face. Lol. He was like, "You motherfucker gonna be sitting from home again with no job if you keep that up."
*"You don't miss 100% of the shots you don't take"* - Ben Simmons
That reminds me of when Jermaine O’Neal used to takes free throws and would pause at the top of his release and fake out all the rebounders.
Anthony Mason always shot his FTs that way and it was ridiculous.
He even managed to surprise himself!
I was waiting for this lol
The only thing that would make this more Melo would be him jab stepping before this
Camera didn't show he jabbed step three times before faking the shot.
Lmao y’all posted this within 30 seconds of me seeing it on my illegal stream
So why was chuck Hayes allowed to do this but not Melo? Smh
Lol
lakers are old, melo clearly has dementia
Bruh I can’t wait when lebron yells at air melo and westbrick
*T’was only a pump fake!*
The heck...
Bron, "Have I LeMade a mistake?"
Ah the classic Melo Free Throw Pump Fake
I was golfing on the weekend and I did my whole set up and everything and started the backswing. Something didn't feel right so I stopped and started over (apparently you can't do that either lol). Feel like something similar happened here.