g911turbo on 19 June 2013
| RVDondaPC said: If you think Manu was fouled when he drove you do not know basketball. If his arms are wrapped around the ball it is not a foul to contact them. If his arms are not touching the ball (Like during a shot) and there is contact with them, then it is a foul. Clearly no foul since he wrapped the ball up, especially in the finals seconds. The only reason you guys think that should be a foul is because of the bullshit weak fouls the refs call earlier in games. They should ref the whole game like they do the last 2 minutes. Instead they give false ideas to people what a foul actually is. The reffing in that game was still horrible, but Manu was not fouled. |
Agree. Basketball is such a poorly officated game all around, all the time. It's actually fun to watch from a 3rd party perspective because you realize there really is no bias and that bad, inconsistent calls are happening on both ends. Officials almost dictate the pace of the game, and sometimes it does seem that they want to "keep it close" so to speak, but for the most part, bad all around.
In their defense. There is so much body contact and gray area that it must be hard being an official in the NBA. If you've ever been courtside you'll HEAR how physical basketball actually is. You'll also realize how big the players are. TV doesn't do it justice.
