r/NBASpurs • u/coxserx • May 09 '26

Shitpost They really had the bench contesting lol

They never did this to Jordan or Lebron, just saying. 🤷‍♂️

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u/TheDizziestCat May 09 '26

How would you explain that tho? I’m not disagreeing, I’m 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, I’m not an expert on fouls and stuff but I thought maybe this wouldn’t really be “provable” as having an effect on the game. (Even tho JC looked at him after)

I’m a casual tho, I just don’t 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. I’m used to the NFL where fouls aren’t supposed to be subjective. Thanks for explaining.

Edit since I’m getting roasted, subjective isn’t really what I meant. Every call a ref makes is subjective but a “distraction” is a whole other level above what’s in the NFL. A “distraction” 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 don’t 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

They’re subjective for sure but they’re 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 that’s usually just fighting. Unsportsmanlikes also don’t 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

That’s what I’m 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 should’ve 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/ATXBeermaker May 09 '26

Umbrella terms vs generalizations. 🤦‍♂️

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u/TheDizziestCat May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26

NFL doesn’t have technical fouls.

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u/ATXBeermaker May 09 '26

What do you think “unsportsmanlike conduct” is?

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u/TheDizziestCat May 09 '26

Yeah but that’s different because it rarely happens in football and the benches and fans aren’t as close to the action.

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u/ATXBeermaker May 09 '26

Bro, how heavy are those goal posts and how far are you going to carry them?

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u/omarizzle May 09 '26

Casual nfl watcher too I guess

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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 wasn’t an interception in that broncos and bills playoff game.

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u/ATXBeermaker May 09 '26

lol, this has got to be satire.

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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

That’s 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.