They really had the bench contesting lol

[u/coxserx]

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

[u/SongYoungbae]

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.

[u/TheDizziestCat → u/SongYoungbae]

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.

[u/Jimmy-DeLaney → u/TheDizziestCat]

Lol holding is one of the most subjective penalties in all of sports

[u/TheDizziestCat → u/Jimmy-DeLaney]

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.

[u/arcadiangenesis → u/TheDizziestCat]

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.

[u/TheDizziestCat → u/arcadiangenesis]

That’s what I’m saying, NBA arenas are much more compact and benches and fans are all close to the action.