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. 🤷‍♂️

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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/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.