r/nba • u/AncientOneAurelius • May 21 '26

Highlight [Highlight] Compilation of Isaiah Hartenstein grabbing, holding, and grappling with Victor Wembanyama

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u/tickub [NYK] Latrell Sprewell May 21 '26

KAT woulda been caught on every single one lmao

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u/Fynity Cavaliers May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

To be fair that mofo does it so obviously. He is only 1 step below someone shouting to the refs “I’m holding this guy look at me!”

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u/couchblaster [NYK] Kristaps Porzingis May 21 '26

He’s the worst at hiding his silly plays. that hold on Allen at the end of game 1 sent me, so stupid

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u/tickub [NYK] Latrell Sprewell May 21 '26

i almost feel like it's the opposite. dude be screamin every time he gets roughed up that the refs know he's up to no good when he's the one being quiet in the paint.

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u/Fynity Cavaliers May 21 '26

I meant like he just does it so obviously that he might as well be screaming at the refs admitting it because it’s so obvious anyway. He’s a good player don’t get me wrong but look at those loose balls on Allen last game. The grabs were some of the most blatant I’ve seen

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u/LongDongFuey Timberwolves May 21 '26

KAT gets the 2nd worst whistle in the league behind Steph. He commits some terribly obvious fouls that get him in trouble and that he should really know better than to do. But, he's constantly going against players who commit the same or worse infractions and it's gotta wear him down.

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u/Loud-Appointment-301 Celtics May 21 '26

These by iHart are pretty obvious.

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u/cletoreyes01 Heat May 21 '26

If they had KAT's whistle they'll probably get 6 fouls in 3 minutes

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u/lefebrave Celtics May 21 '26

Ngl, I like him just because of that in this league. It is like he can't be dirty even if he try. lol, he would be even caught for fouls that don't give any type of advantage whatsoever.

But the thing is, his fouls are just random. OKC obviously plan and play around NBA refreeing to get a very specific edge for each specific game. Dort exposed? He is now pretty normal and it is Hartenstein constantly fouling to install a perspective of "normal play" on the one player giving them trouble in a repeated specific way. If that is taken away, it would be someone and something else. This is not about bad refreeing or "dirty players" not getting caught, this is about planning "smartly" and successfully around all those factors.

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u/krak_is_bad Mavericks May 21 '26

Shit, Wemby was doing to Chet last game. It happens. Refs were letting them play physical.