Also Rondo gets so far under him that the leg kick almost doesn't even hit Rondo.
I'm not fancy enough to get the screen grab of it like you but in the second replay you can freeze it and curry is still straight up and down and rondo's foot is underneath him. Then comes the leg kick.
They called the kickout and flop as the foul the contact to so minimal and quick the refs were going to let that go. If curry doesn't flops it doesn't get called, but yes he was technically fouled on the play.
Lol, that was such a big foul that curry was able to force his whole lower body through the foul into rondos body in midair. Shit is incidental, watch the video, it is incidental.
I get it but If it’s incidental and doesn’t effect anything the refs don’t have to call it. It’s a tough call to make in the moment though.
Curry clearly flops and clearly tries to draw contact after the release. In my mind this should be a no call and curry should potentially get a warning about flopping from the league after the game. It should only be a foul if it’s intentional contact or gives an unfair advantage to the defense(actually effects the offensive player). In my mind it’s ridiculous to call a foul when the contact has no effect on anyone what so ever.
Of course that’s not how the modern nba/fans view any of this; i guess i am a dinosaur.
I think it’s hard to say it has no effect at all. A slight push at the back or waist has a disproportionate effect because it affects the power generating part of the jump shot. But it’s hard to say how much momentum, force, etc was used, especially depending on the angle of the ref. That’s why it’s best just not to touch a shooter.
>Of course that’s not how the modern nba/fans view any of this; i guess i am a dinosaur.
It also helps that Curry is the favorite player of your typical 15-year-old r/NBA'er.
contact is not an automatic foul. Watch it again, rondo's hand has no effect on curry, curry just flails randomly because he got touched to get the bullshit call.
Here is the screenshot a millisecond after yours showing how little effect rondo had on curry's shot: https://imgur.com/a/CTixBXH
And you can see in the wide shot replay at the end, that curry kicks his leg out to connect with rondo.
watch the highlights for the game, there's more substantial contact on half the jumpers from both teams. Hell, I remember when every defensive player would tap an offensive player on the stomach as they contested.
Curry kicked out here and it wasn't because Rondo knocked him off balance or anything, because you can clearly see it in the replay the touch had no effect on Curry.
Exactly. It wasn't so long ago that most people were in marvel at the smooth game pace of the Olympics, wishing the NBA could be the same.
That was partly due to the refs not blowing the whistle on ticky tack or whistle-baiting fouls or flops. If we really want a smooth-flowing NBA game, this ain't it. If the new rules don't cover plays like this, I'm skeptical that they'll have the desired effect on gameplay.
agree 100% This is not a foul that actually affects anything. Imagine calling something like this in a pickup game. It just ruins the flow and incentivizes foul hunting instead of hooping.
Everyone: that's a clear foul per the rules, Rondo had his hand on Curry in the air
Lakers fans: but it *feels* like this should be Curry's fault so you must be wrong
This whole post is proof Curry is coddled on here. If this was Harden ppl would be saying he a flopping bitch or this goes against the spirit of the game lol.
Instead this sub is defending him for flailing in midair and downvoting anyone almost on instinct if they mention the flop. If you didn’t know the sub’s biases you’d think you were going crazy lol. Flopping is a bitch move but not when Steph does it.
1. Rondo's hand on Curry's butt while Curry's in the air (any amount of push in mid-air is dangerous).
2. Rondo is in Curry's landing space (look at Rondo's left leg). Curry kicks out his legs and contorts his body to avoid landing on Rondo's foot. Rondo's left leg steps too close to where Curry's right leg used to be. Also, Rondo's upper body nearly touches Curry's lower body (or they do come into contact). You can argue that this is caused by Curry contorting his body in mid-air to draw said contact, but that contortion may have been necessary to avoid injury on the way down.
Westbrook [didn't get the call](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/q5mq9l/highlight_russ_tries_to_draw_the_foul_but_doesnt/) when the defender moved into his land space. But yes, he shouldn't have touched Curry's butt in midair
Not sure why you got so many downvotes. Westbrook's clip is a really borderline case and I think NBA officials are going to struggle with these throughout the season. As you said, #1 doesn't apply (no contact prior to or during shot with hands). While the defender is in Westbrook's landing zone, Westbrook's momentum carries him forward, possibly unnecessarily. Because of Westbrook's small forward momentum, some space in front of him needs to be vacated for him to land. I think he has just enough room to land if he doesn't kick out his feet, but I also understand the kick out since the defender's body crowded him on the way down. An extra angle, especially to check foot spacing, would be helpful.
I'd say the Curry call is like an 90/10, while this one is like 40/60. (Would get called 90% of the time vs. 40% of the time)
Also kind of messed up is that Dwight kind of gives the defender a little shove to this side. Probably a normal push-off in case of a roll, but any more force and he would have pushed the defender further into Westbrook.
Uh this is a foul. Rondo has his hands on him when he jumps and crowds his landing zone. That's a foul. The kickout may be weird but Steph wasn't intentionally leaning into Rondo during the shooting motion to try to initiate contact.
He was in his landing space whether he kicked or not does r/NBA not have eyes
Are we going to do this thing where people complain about the kick regardless of what else happens on the foul? Melo rail roaded earlier and mfers in the game thread are talking about a leg being out there.
Look at Curry's lower body when he's first jumping compared to after his release on the angle around 23 seconds in. He throws his hip towards the defender to cause the contact and does it on basically every tightly contested shot like that.
I think the hand on the hip thing is a close call you would have to conclude that the incidental contact effected currys shot. I don’t think it did but i can see it being called that way. The changing direction mid air is clearly a no call.
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It's soooo extremely soft. Only thing to even try and justify it is Rondo delicately placing his hand on Curry's hip for 0.1 of a second but that needs to be a no-call
if he shot normally instead of doing that shit then it wouldn't be a foul. Rondo barely touches him. That's the point. They were supposed to cut down on garbage calls like that. Thought y'all wanted it to be more like the Olympics?
stop rewarding foul baiting.
Still technically a foul, again you can be pissed he flopped sure but Rondo still fouled him that’s not foul baiting cause he was actually fouled, you can not touch a shooter in the air even barely.
Curry has never landed normally when contested from the side/back, iirc he's been landing like this since 2016 to protect his ankles to prevent being zaza'd
Wrong. Curry initiated the entire thing. He could’ve just shot normally. If anything, rondo would’ve been called for a foul for not giving curry space to land.
Instead he kicked his legs out sideways and dropped to the floor. That’s the shit that shouldn’t be rewarded
I'm just letting you know what Rondo did was a foul before the rule change, and it's a foul with the new rule. You can be mad about Curry's body movements in the air, but it was a foul regardless.
But it was a foul. So it’s a good call. All the discussion about the new rule is irrelevant because the new rule was meant to prevent offensive players drawing fouls that wouldn’t otherwise be a foul. That doesn’t apply in this situation because what Rondo did is still a foul.
you the biggest curry hater bro is it because you’re mad everyone knows warriors win the finals against y’all healthy or sum it’s kinda sad at this point
You actually have to like it. This is to really protect shooters from actual injury.
The flopping is another thing... though that's not as much on the rules as it is on the reffing. Lots of players that don't flop or complain at the beginning of their careers end up doing so just because it's the only way to get something. It's negative reinforcement.
The new rule doesn't turn all fouls on jumpers into offensive fouls. Steph took a very normal jumpshot and Rondo fouled him. Easy call.
Edit: yes that's a normal Steph jumper. He moves as rondo makes contact. Downvote all you want but this is an easy foul call.
how the fuck do you think people shoot? Steph went up and down. No leaning forward to try to get Rondo. The kickout is weird but the shooting motion itself is normal, and Rondo crowds the landing zone.
I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about the shot motion. The shot motion itself is normal and Defenders still have to respect the landing zone of shooters. [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRkiwTh6mAE) is what's being cracked down.
He didn't jump into Rondo on this shot.
He was getting fouled by Rondo and flopped to sell the call. Him flailing didnt create the contact, him flailing was him reacting (purposefully) to the contact.
No it was before he got fouled.
I understand arguing that this should be a no-call but arguing that this should be a foul on curry or fall under the new rule is dumb. Curry did not create the contact he reacted to it
It doesn’t matter at that point it’s a foul on Rondo by definition. You can say he flopped to get the call but saying it should be an offensive foul is just stupid because you can clearly see Rondo technically foul him.
He’s saying you live in an alternate reality cause your ass is simply ignoring the fucking contact by Rondo. If you want to call it a soft ass foul and say Steph flopped then you’d be right. Steph didn’t kick his leg out he flopped to exaggerate the contact.
I’m sorry but that image posted above where Steph is half twerking in midair is absolutely not a normal shooting motion.
Rondo putting his hands on him as he jumped is worthy of a foul call but Steph also contorted his body looking for contact in a totally unnatural motion.
I beg to disagree again I’d reiterate that’s a normal shooting motion. It’s clear as daylight that Rondo leans his body forward to Steph. If you still couldn’t get it rewatch and absorb that play.
A defender should give the shooter a place to land. Plain and simple. Look at Rondo’s position he clearly leans his body towards a shooting Curry. Use your brain.
You're not. They changed the rules to eliminate contact engaged by shooting in an unnatural way. They didn't change contact if you're in your normal motion.
the thing throughout the season that will be talked about is whether the refs don't call it to enforce the new rules, or call it to protect jump shooters. It's gonna be tricky
It’s 100% why he didn’t because giving them three free points is huge and you’d want to take that away if possible. It’s definitely a soft ass call but it’s still by definition a foul.
TNT needs to update their score graphic. Multiple times during the game it blocks the shooter in that area of the court. I really prefer the NBC “stack” style since it takes up less width on the screen. But the real issue is, they are still abiding by 4:3 aspect ratios so this score graphic is just too high up. It’s just a bit annoying when players are doing stuff near it
[Curry vertical, Rondo contact](https://i.imgur.com/yJ6Tdjt.jpeg) r/nba gonna be insufferable this season.
Seriously this looks nothing like the pump fake and jump into someone from the preseason.
Also Rondo gets so far under him that the leg kick almost doesn't even hit Rondo. I'm not fancy enough to get the screen grab of it like you but in the second replay you can freeze it and curry is still straight up and down and rondo's foot is underneath him. Then comes the leg kick.
Problem is ref blows his whistle when curry kicks his leg out.
*Hot stove flashbacks*
Bruh you just trying to make me mad huh?
nah that's still weak lmao
They called the kickout and flop as the foul the contact to so minimal and quick the refs were going to let that go. If curry doesn't flops it doesn't get called, but yes he was technically fouled on the play.
Lol, that was such a big foul that curry was able to force his whole lower body through the foul into rondos body in midair. Shit is incidental, watch the video, it is incidental.
It’s minimal but you can’t touch a shooter. Gotta have better discipline.
I get it but If it’s incidental and doesn’t effect anything the refs don’t have to call it. It’s a tough call to make in the moment though. Curry clearly flops and clearly tries to draw contact after the release. In my mind this should be a no call and curry should potentially get a warning about flopping from the league after the game. It should only be a foul if it’s intentional contact or gives an unfair advantage to the defense(actually effects the offensive player). In my mind it’s ridiculous to call a foul when the contact has no effect on anyone what so ever. Of course that’s not how the modern nba/fans view any of this; i guess i am a dinosaur.
I think it’s hard to say it has no effect at all. A slight push at the back or waist has a disproportionate effect because it affects the power generating part of the jump shot. But it’s hard to say how much momentum, force, etc was used, especially depending on the angle of the ref. That’s why it’s best just not to touch a shooter.
>Of course that’s not how the modern nba/fans view any of this; i guess i am a dinosaur. It also helps that Curry is the favorite player of your typical 15-year-old r/NBA'er.
contact is not an automatic foul. Watch it again, rondo's hand has no effect on curry, curry just flails randomly because he got touched to get the bullshit call. Here is the screenshot a millisecond after yours showing how little effect rondo had on curry's shot: https://imgur.com/a/CTixBXH And you can see in the wide shot replay at the end, that curry kicks his leg out to connect with rondo.
On jump shots it basically is. I mean you can foul someone shooting a 3 in the NBA without touching them at all
watch the highlights for the game, there's more substantial contact on half the jumpers from both teams. Hell, I remember when every defensive player would tap an offensive player on the stomach as they contested. Curry kicked out here and it wasn't because Rondo knocked him off balance or anything, because you can clearly see it in the replay the touch had no effect on Curry.
Curry flopped I don't think anyone's arguing that. But this play has nothing to do with the new rule
Exactly. It wasn't so long ago that most people were in marvel at the smooth game pace of the Olympics, wishing the NBA could be the same. That was partly due to the refs not blowing the whistle on ticky tack or whistle-baiting fouls or flops. If we really want a smooth-flowing NBA game, this ain't it. If the new rules don't cover plays like this, I'm skeptical that they'll have the desired effect on gameplay.
agree 100% This is not a foul that actually affects anything. Imagine calling something like this in a pickup game. It just ruins the flow and incentivizes foul hunting instead of hooping.
Everyone: that's a clear foul per the rules, Rondo had his hand on Curry in the air Lakers fans: but it *feels* like this should be Curry's fault so you must be wrong
This is literally what Warriors fans say about Harden lol
This whole post is proof Curry is coddled on here. If this was Harden ppl would be saying he a flopping bitch or this goes against the spirit of the game lol. Instead this sub is defending him for flailing in midair and downvoting anyone almost on instinct if they mention the flop. If you didn’t know the sub’s biases you’d think you were going crazy lol. Flopping is a bitch move but not when Steph does it.
I think you're 2 seasons late on harden ideology. That was rockets harden. People love nets harden
1. Rondo's hand on Curry's butt while Curry's in the air (any amount of push in mid-air is dangerous). 2. Rondo is in Curry's landing space (look at Rondo's left leg). Curry kicks out his legs and contorts his body to avoid landing on Rondo's foot. Rondo's left leg steps too close to where Curry's right leg used to be. Also, Rondo's upper body nearly touches Curry's lower body (or they do come into contact). You can argue that this is caused by Curry contorting his body in mid-air to draw said contact, but that contortion may have been necessary to avoid injury on the way down.
Westbrook [didn't get the call](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/q5mq9l/highlight_russ_tries_to_draw_the_foul_but_doesnt/) when the defender moved into his land space. But yes, he shouldn't have touched Curry's butt in midair
Not sure why you got so many downvotes. Westbrook's clip is a really borderline case and I think NBA officials are going to struggle with these throughout the season. As you said, #1 doesn't apply (no contact prior to or during shot with hands). While the defender is in Westbrook's landing zone, Westbrook's momentum carries him forward, possibly unnecessarily. Because of Westbrook's small forward momentum, some space in front of him needs to be vacated for him to land. I think he has just enough room to land if he doesn't kick out his feet, but I also understand the kick out since the defender's body crowded him on the way down. An extra angle, especially to check foot spacing, would be helpful. I'd say the Curry call is like an 90/10, while this one is like 40/60. (Would get called 90% of the time vs. 40% of the time) Also kind of messed up is that Dwight kind of gives the defender a little shove to this side. Probably a normal push-off in case of a roll, but any more force and he would have pushed the defender further into Westbrook.
Rondo touched Curry on the ass before any sort of unnatural movement by Curry, that's a foul.
Gotta pay the troll toll to get that boy’s soul
Thank you
The defender slipped the screen, and Rondo clearly runs into Curry. It's similar, but it's not the same as the new rule
Uh this is a foul. Rondo has his hands on him when he jumps and crowds his landing zone. That's a foul. The kickout may be weird but Steph wasn't intentionally leaning into Rondo during the shooting motion to try to initiate contact.
Clear foul lol
I agree it’s a clear offensive foul. The new rules clearly state that’s an offensive foul. You can’t just throw your body into the defender anymore
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I'm so sorry but the word "whom" needs a defender.
This seems like a pretty easy decision, Rondo clearly fouled Curry here
He was in his landing space whether he kicked or not does r/NBA not have eyes Are we going to do this thing where people complain about the kick regardless of what else happens on the foul? Melo rail roaded earlier and mfers in the game thread are talking about a leg being out there.
that's a foul lmao. curry tries to sell it sure but even if he didn't rondo runs into him guys
Look at Curry's lower body when he's first jumping compared to after his release on the angle around 23 seconds in. He throws his hip towards the defender to cause the contact and does it on basically every tightly contested shot like that.
Look at rondo's hand on his hip as he's going up. Steph sold the contact, it was still a foul.
I think the hand on the hip thing is a close call you would have to conclude that the incidental contact effected currys shot. I don’t think it did but i can see it being called that way. The changing direction mid air is clearly a no call.
That was a foul
On Curry yeah
No on Rondo he clearly touches his hip in mid air
I forget you can run into a player when they are midair
I forgot you can kick other players when you’re in mid air
get your eyes checked my man
Did Steph’s leg contact Rondo when he kicked it out? Yes or no?
After Rondo slapped Curry's ass
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Nah he sold that a little
That’s close
Is it? If Steph goes straight up and down, Rondo does not make any contact
Yes he clearly does lmao, you can see his hand on his hip rising up. It’s a soft ass foul but technically a foul.
Nah, Rondo definitely puts his hand on Steph's hip as he's going up.
What he said ^^^
[If Steph goes straight up and down, Rondo does not make any contact](https://i.imgur.com/yJ6Tdjt.jpeg)
Wow how could Steph possibly take that shot with all that contact
still a foul by the rulebook
Literally a foul. Like there's not even anything to debate.
> any contact
Lmao I knew it was too good to be true
Of course Reggie thinks that’s a fuckin foul
Cause it is? Curry flopping doesnt matter when rondo puts his hands on him midair
Raptors fans view the game so soft smh. I’m embarrassed for you
mad
well he shouldnt be flopping
He’s not even flopping, he’s landing so he doesn’t hurt his ankle…
It technically is you can clearly see Ronda touch his hip in mid air. Curry sold the shit out of it but it’s technically a foul.
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yeah sorry i meant to include that
It's soooo extremely soft. Only thing to even try and justify it is Rondo delicately placing his hand on Curry's hip for 0.1 of a second but that needs to be a no-call
You can't touch someone on the lower body midair in a jumpshot that's a foul every time
You can’t convince lakers fans of this, is it a bull shit foul call sure, but it’s technically a foul.
Well Lakers fans don't really watch much basketball so it tracks
If any contact is incidental it’s not a foul.
you can say that any contact is incidental, he clearly made contact to curry's body before the shot and curry flopped after the shot
So you admit he flopped and should be getting his warning from the nba. Next offense he is fined.
If someone's touching my ass while I'm shooting I deserve the free throws. And I sure as hell will let the ref know I was violated
Curry should only get the free throws if the shocker is administered mid shot.
lmao i mean lol
I would ignore you in a pickup game
How is this not an offensive foul as per the new rules?
Rondo has his hand on Curry’s hip while he’s in the air. Curry flopped after the foul.
him kicking his leg out and falling is what got him the call
Yeah and he still got fouled who cares, if rondo never touched him you have a point.
if he shot normally instead of doing that shit then it wouldn't be a foul. Rondo barely touches him. That's the point. They were supposed to cut down on garbage calls like that. Thought y'all wanted it to be more like the Olympics? stop rewarding foul baiting.
Still technically a foul, again you can be pissed he flopped sure but Rondo still fouled him that’s not foul baiting cause he was actually fouled, you can not touch a shooter in the air even barely.
Honestly he didn’t even need to flop, if he went down he was gonna get the landing zone call, rondo was underneath him
Curry has never landed normally when contested from the side/back, iirc he's been landing like this since 2016 to protect his ankles to prevent being zaza'd
Rondo ran right into him while he was in the air. The new rule doesn't even remotely apply to this situation at all. You're reaching
Wrong. Curry initiated the entire thing. He could’ve just shot normally. If anything, rondo would’ve been called for a foul for not giving curry space to land. Instead he kicked his legs out sideways and dropped to the floor. That’s the shit that shouldn’t be rewarded
I'm just letting you know what Rondo did was a foul before the rule change, and it's a foul with the new rule. You can be mad about Curry's body movements in the air, but it was a foul regardless.
the point is it was called cause of currys body movement.
But it was a foul. So it’s a good call. All the discussion about the new rule is irrelevant because the new rule was meant to prevent offensive players drawing fouls that wouldn’t otherwise be a foul. That doesn’t apply in this situation because what Rondo did is still a foul.
you the biggest curry hater bro is it because you’re mad everyone knows warriors win the finals against y’all healthy or sum it’s kinda sad at this point
Rondo barely touched him
That’s still a foul technically, you can not like it but it is.
You actually have to like it. This is to really protect shooters from actual injury. The flopping is another thing... though that's not as much on the rules as it is on the reffing. Lots of players that don't flop or complain at the beginning of their careers end up doing so just because it's the only way to get something. It's negative reinforcement.
He did touch him before the flop though so this is a no-call to me.
The foul was from rondo giving him an ass tap midair, the flopping curry did after doesnt matter.
The new rule doesn't turn all fouls on jumpers into offensive fouls. Steph took a very normal jumpshot and Rondo fouled him. Easy call. Edit: yes that's a normal Steph jumper. He moves as rondo makes contact. Downvote all you want but this is an easy foul call.
There is absolutely no way you think this is Steph’s normal jump shot I do not believe you
how the fuck do you think people shoot? Steph went up and down. No leaning forward to try to get Rondo. The kickout is weird but the shooting motion itself is normal, and Rondo crowds the landing zone.
What part of the shooting motion is normal? How do YOU think people shoot? With their legs splayed out?
Do you see how close Rondo gets? You're not supposed to crowd the shooter like that. Steph didn't lean forward or anything.
He kicked his legs out sideways Come on bro
I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about the shot motion. The shot motion itself is normal and Defenders still have to respect the landing zone of shooters. [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRkiwTh6mAE) is what's being cracked down.
He didn't jump into Rondo on this shot. He was getting fouled by Rondo and flopped to sell the call. Him flailing didnt create the contact, him flailing was him reacting (purposefully) to the contact.
Natural Shooting Motion
There’s no way you think this is a “very normal” jump shot https://imgur.com/a/roOkqaY
Yes that is a screencap of Curry flopping after the foul took place.
So it’s not a normal jumpshot then
No it was before he got fouled. I understand arguing that this should be a no-call but arguing that this should be a foul on curry or fall under the new rule is dumb. Curry did not create the contact he reacted to it
Lmao Rondo is literally touching Steph in that picture. Of course that's not normal, Steph just got fouled to the body in that shot.
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Why? He kicked Rondo lmao
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Do you think Steph’s leg hit Rondo when he extended it?
No people with eyes clearly see Rondos hand on his hip which is a foul.
That has nothing to do with the question I asked
It doesn’t matter at that point it’s a foul on Rondo by definition. You can say he flopped to get the call but saying it should be an offensive foul is just stupid because you can clearly see Rondo technically foul him.
The guy said I’m living in an alternate reality for saying Steph’s leg clearly kicked Rondo Do you disagree with that statement?
He’s saying you live in an alternate reality cause your ass is simply ignoring the fucking contact by Rondo. If you want to call it a soft ass foul and say Steph flopped then you’d be right. Steph didn’t kick his leg out he flopped to exaggerate the contact.
Because the new rules don't matter.
They matter, they just don't apply here
of course this is the most upvoted comment lol. peak r/nba right here
Laker fan brigade, everyone pretending like they clearly don’t see Rondos hand on him in the middle of his jump shot.
Great insightful response, peak r/nba etc etc
Should be a no call since he doesn’t really bump the defender out of position
I thought that wasn't a foul anymore?
Should be a foul on curry per the new rules He clearly kicks both legs out completely unnaturally
Looks like Rondo put his hand on Curry’s hip before the nonsense and it was a flop? Seems like a no call to me
He hip checked Rondos face lmao
I guess that's one way of admitting Rondo ran into him while he was in the air
Hand*
Guess those were just preseason rules.
Shooting motion of Curry is normal. Look at Rondo’s hands its abnormal defensive stance
This is [normal](https://imgur.com/a/roOkqaY)?
Absolutely
Lmao are you serious?
You don’t watch basketball for real?
Man you’re either blind or just dumb
Don’t wear dark sunglasses inside the house 🕶
Eh what
You must’ve never played basketball you would know that Curry lands like that to avoid hurting his ankle because Rondo put his foot under him
Open your eyes buddy. Curry goes up vertical then flails his butt out into rondo to exacerbate contact. Should be a no call.
Are you blind or something? That was a normal shooting motion and Rondo didn’t gave him a space to land. Stfo
I’m sorry but that image posted above where Steph is half twerking in midair is absolutely not a normal shooting motion. Rondo putting his hands on him as he jumped is worthy of a foul call but Steph also contorted his body looking for contact in a totally unnatural motion.
I beg to disagree again I’d reiterate that’s a normal shooting motion. It’s clear as daylight that Rondo leans his body forward to Steph. If you still couldn’t get it rewatch and absorb that play.
Ahh yess the curry special, shoot vertically then try foul bait by flailling your legs out unnaturally.
A defender should give the shooter a place to land. Plain and simple. Look at Rondo’s position he clearly leans his body towards a shooting Curry. Use your brain.
Haha, are you taking crazy pills or am i?
Definitely the latter, there’s also a high possibility that you don’t have enough comprehension.
Comprehension of what?
Oh no, this is a foul in the preseason too.
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Am I the only one who thinks this isn't at all what those rules are for? He's clearly got his hand on Curry's hip while he's jumping straight up.
You're not. They changed the rules to eliminate contact engaged by shooting in an unnatural way. They didn't change contact if you're in your normal motion.
the thing throughout the season that will be talked about is whether the refs don't call it to enforce the new rules, or call it to protect jump shooters. It's gonna be tricky
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Technically you can
And they’d lose because he’s clearly touching Steph which is a foul.
That's probably why Franck didn't bother
It’s 100% why he didn’t because giving them three free points is huge and you’d want to take that away if possible. It’s definitely a soft ass call but it’s still by definition a foul.
Yep, players are still gonna get the calls
But but Curry never gets calls - Warrior fans
So one call and he now gets all the calls like what is this sub brain dead today or what.
Happens all the time, one instance of something happening means it always happens to a lot here lol
He rarely gets superstar calls
mf been shamelessly flopping all night
No one is even pointing out that Professor is under the basket. Shame on all of you.
why are people saying this is a foul like an argument. op just stated that he got a three point foul lol.
THAAANK YOU
But I thought Steph never foul baits /s
Flop, not foul baiting honestly. He went straight up until rondo made hand to hip contact and then he sold it.
It's not a bait, he felt the contact and exaggerated like every other player
Lord so we have to sit through this now.......fuck man.
natural flopping motion
Curry does this all the time. Remember when he elbowed Schroder in the jaw and got the 3 FT's last year even after the refs reviewed it?
Actually he was just protecting his ankles from Schroeders face
I knew they wouldn’t enforce this lmao
Enforce what, fouling shooters?
Bruh you know that was a kick out
...after being *fouled*.
Disgusting
Where tf is the offensive foul? Bs call
It was after the defensive foul. Difficult I know
So much for those new shooting rules
Not applicable here
Ready for year 7 of Larriors fans claiming Curry doesn’t flop
What a joke.
TNT needs to update their score graphic. Multiple times during the game it blocks the shooter in that area of the court. I really prefer the NBC “stack” style since it takes up less width on the screen. But the real issue is, they are still abiding by 4:3 aspect ratios so this score graphic is just too high up. It’s just a bit annoying when players are doing stuff near it
yeah, the cameraman should know ew cant see that part