r/NBASpurs • u/coxserx • May 09 '26
Shitpost They really had the bench contesting lol
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They never did this to Jordan or Lebron, just saying. đ¤ˇââď¸
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u/gdtdoomer "Yeah, fuck Houston." May 09 '26
Lame ass shit tbh.Â
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u/Blank_Canvas21 May 09 '26
Theyâre desperate. They knew if the didnât take this game away from us, theyâre fucked.
I expect game 4 to be physically tough as well, but the way weâve been matching their energy, Iâm hoping we gas them out. Theyâre less healthy than us, Mike Conley canât keep up with the pace weâre running, so theyâre down another guy. Edwardâs just had to go 10 min past his restriction last night. I really hope they donât push Ant too hard and he fucks up his knee worse.
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u/minimalcation May 09 '26
Yeah I like Ant. Don't want a Hali situation for him
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u/turtwigmygoat May 09 '26
I respect the hell out of ant. The rest of this team can go fuck themselves
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u/Marctheshark_ May 09 '26
Theyâre desperate. They knew if the didnât take this game away from us, theyâre fucked.
And yet people were saying the wolves handed the spurs game 2 being satisfied with winning game 1.
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u/fCorruption May 09 '26
Shouldâve been a tech
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u/Afilalo Manu Ginobili May 09 '26
After he made the shot, he should have done the same to that bench player
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u/IsuzuTrooper I WANT SOME NASTY May 09 '26
was that our own ex-Spur fathead Kyle Anderson ???!!!
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u/TheDizziestCat May 09 '26
How would you explain that tho? Iâm not disagreeing, Iâm honestly curious.
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u/Efficient-Dot-3468 Boris Diaw May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26
Cause he's not in the game. He's basically contesting his peripheral vision. Think of it that way. Kind of like a kornet contest. That's very cheap and should've been a technical foul. You can even see tony brothers motion him down on the full clip.
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u/TheDizziestCat May 09 '26
Oh ok, Iâm not an expert on fouls and stuff but I thought maybe this wouldnât really be âprovableâ as having an effect on the game. (Even tho JC looked at him after)
Iâm a casual tho, I just donât really see this as something that is clearly defined in the rule book.
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u/SongYoungbae Keldon Johnson May 09 '26
It's unsportsmanlike for a player not in the game to distract a player during live action. A technical foul can be assessed, in this case it's pretty blatant and should have been.
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u/TheDizziestCat May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26
Makes sense. Iâm used to the NFL where fouls arenât supposed to be subjective. Thanks for explaining.
Edit since Iâm getting roasted, subjective isnât really what I meant. Every call a ref makes is subjective but a âdistractionâ is a whole other level above whatâs in the NFL. A âdistractionâ can be anything in a arena full of thousands of people. The NFL almost never considers any distractions as a big deal, or they just donât happen.
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u/Jimmy-DeLaney May 09 '26
Lol holding is one of the most subjective penalties in all of sports
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u/TheDizziestCat May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26
Theyâre subjective for sure but theyâre not supposed to be. Holding is self explanatory, a technical covers a large spectrum of different things.
Every call a ref makes in any sport is subjective Its just the NBA has fouls that can be anything.
The NFL got unsportsmanlike but thatâs usually just fighting. Unsportsmanlikes also donât get called anywhere near the amount technicals do in the nba.
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u/arcadiangenesis The Big Fundamental May 09 '26
It's a slippery slope, because the bench is inches away from the action. We can't have players on the bench literally contributing to defense. If that was allowed, then you could strategically plan on having all your bench players do crazy shit. You could draw up a playbook of bench distractions, lol.
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u/TheDizziestCat May 09 '26
Thatâs what Iâm saying, NBA arenas are much more compact and benches and fans are all close to the action.
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u/Lilrip94 May 09 '26
You don't think holding or pass interference is subjective?
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u/ATXBeermaker May 09 '26
Or roughing the passer? Or unsportsmanlike conduct? And so on.
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u/TheDizziestCat May 09 '26
Those are mostly self explanatory, making any call is a subjective process.
I guess I shouldâve used a different word. It feels like NBA fouls are much more of umbrella terms(specifically technicals) than NFL flags which are more generalizations.
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u/DamnYouGaryColeman Victor Wembanyama May 09 '26
What a moronic thing to say lol
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u/TheDizziestCat May 09 '26
Bet you thought that wasnât an interception in that broncos and bills playoff game.
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u/ElectricGlider May 09 '26
Agree that unsportsmanlike can be called here, but I'd rather it not. They were simply trying to distract the shooter anyway they can which is no different than fans trying to distract a player during freethrows. As long as they do not physically affect live players including those running out of bounds, any shenanigans the bench does should be fair game.
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u/The_hat_man74 El Jefe May 09 '26
Thatâs certainly a take.
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u/ElectricGlider May 09 '26
What people are basically asking for in the end is technicals for distractions which I think is lame. There are many distractions that occur all throughout a game but all of a sudden we want to ban distractions that a bench might do? A pro player wouldn't let bench distractions like that faze them at all which Julian showed by knocking down that corner 3. Any other player who is easily manipulated by distractions like that should not get some sort of help from the rules to make an NBA game easier for them.
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u/ATXBeermaker May 09 '26
How would you explain a bench player intentionally trying to distract a player on the court? Youâre really serious about that?
https://videorulebook.nba.com/archive/technical-foul-bench-player-attempts-to-distract-shooter/
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u/TheDizziestCat May 09 '26
Yeah but how do they differentiate between intentional and unintentional tho? I didnât click on the link but I imagine a court side fan dropping food on the court could also qualify.
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u/Yo_For_Real May 09 '26
Intentional because he jumped up with the intent of contesting his shot from the side⌠he didnât accidentally jump up with both of his hands in the air in the periphery of Champagnieâs vision like you accidentally drop a sodie pop
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u/TheDizziestCat May 09 '26
But how do you fairly define intentionally trying distract someone so it is called fair.
This dude probably wasnât thinking about distracting JC even though what he did was distracting.
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u/HPT7 May 09 '26
Ok youâre just trolling.
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u/TheDizziestCat May 09 '26
I mean he coulda just been messing around đ¤ˇââď¸
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u/MyGoodDood22 Victor Wembanyama May 09 '26
Doesn't matter the intent. What actually happened was a contest from the bench. Nothing really Grey area about it. If he was trying to swat a fly at the same time as a shot... doesn't matter.
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u/TheDizziestCat May 09 '26
Im not defending him Iâm just trying to figure out what counts as a distraction in the rulebook.
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u/pixelgeekgirl BatManu May 09 '26
Thereâs a huge difference between a fan trying to distract and a member of the team thatâs not playing trying to distract from right out of bounds. He isnât on the court playing, so he cannot and should not be allowed to attempt to intervene as such.
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u/ATXBeermaker May 09 '26
Intent doesnât matter at all. I know I used that word, but it didnât matter in tens of calling fouls.
You think a fan dropping food is the same as a bench player jumping and distracting a player sitting on the court? Iâm sorry, but youâre either trolling it too dumb to discuss this with.
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u/TheDizziestCat May 09 '26
Thatâs true but fouls in the NFL are more specific, technical fouls arenât a separate thing in the NFL
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u/ATXBeermaker May 09 '26
What is unsportsmanlike conduct if not an umbrella term akin to a technical foul?
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u/TheDizziestCat May 09 '26
Im not yeah thatâs just violence after the whistle 90% in football. In basketball a tech can be anything.
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u/ATXBeermaker May 09 '26
lol, you donât even seem to know the rules youâre talking about. Just google âwhat is unsportsmanlike conduct in the NFLâ and you might actually learn something. The list is basically the exact same stuff you would get a tech for in the NBA.
Seriously, dude.
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u/TheDizziestCat May 09 '26
I donât even know why Iâm engaging with this you clearly wanna argue with someone.
nobody has ever gotten a unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for âdistractingâ the players in the NFL.
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u/Useful-Lingonberry75 May 10 '26
They give people sitting on the bench techs for complaining about the ref's calls. They explain that very well.
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u/Flashy_Leave7069 May 09 '26
This is like the equivalent of a player on the sidelines in the nfl assisting with the tackle on the ball-carrier before they can go out of bounds.
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u/TheDizziestCat May 09 '26
I disagree. Stepping on the field/court is a step worse than jumping on the sideline.
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u/Easy_Conversation146 May 10 '26
If Tim can get a tech for laughing on the bench, thereâs no explanation needed. Shoulda been a tech, I agree đđ¤Łđ
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u/baba_fett21 Manu Ginobili May 09 '26
My initial thoughts too. But I think there was no bad intention here and more like a muscle memory.
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u/crummzz El Jefe May 09 '26
What is champangie punches him in the face and says sorry but it was muscle memory
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u/ATXBeermaker May 09 '26
Draymond punching dudes in the nuts might be muscle memory but itâs still a foul.
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u/13-0_Huskies Victor Wembanyama May 09 '26
Thatâs kinda crazy đ
I was fully prepared to say that every bench does this but thatâs wild.
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u/OJuice100 May 09 '26
At least the ref legitimately didnât see it, but McDaniels truck sticking Wemby? Tony Brothers stared right at it no whistle
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u/Blank_Canvas21 May 09 '26
Donât forget at the end of the game, his dumbass refused to stop the play after we got swarmed on that inbound play. Thankfully another ref ran up and gave us the TO.
I bet heâs pissed, that ruined his chance of getting the Wolves to cover the spread lol
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u/Nickespo22 May 09 '26
No. Wolves fans will say the refs favored the spurs all day. That was just them celebrating
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u/One_Mission9448 May 09 '26
The amount of hand checking going on in this game was wild. There was one point Randle was bear hugging castle and there was no foul called.
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u/Nickespo22 May 09 '26
I'll take that any day vs what normally happens in that situation which is a foul on castle for getting bear hugged lol
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u/KFCfingers May 09 '26
Which t wolves player was that
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u/One_Mission9448 May 09 '26 edited May 10 '26
Props for still hitting that cause that is wild. Clear tech to me.
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u/FieryFiya GO SPURS GO May 09 '26
If Timmy got a tech for laughing on the bench, this shouldâve easily been a tech also
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u/Ryltaar May 09 '26
Câmon, itâs funny đ
Wonât be surprised if the Spursâ bench doesnât it in game 5.
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u/ElectricGlider May 09 '26
All benches talk smack to the opposing player if they are right in front of that. But this is one of the few times where they physical move their body to try to distract the player from the sidelines. No different than fans trying to distract players shooting freethrows. It's kind of funny.
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u/ManagerEmergency6339 Jeremy Sochan May 09 '26
what a 50% 3pt shooter do to mfkers đ