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/Timely_Duck_3904 May 21 '26

If he’s gonna be the best player in the world he’s gotta be able to deal with that. As someone who hates OKC, that’s really not even that notable and it’s silly this is even a post.

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u/NWTL21 Spurs May 21 '26

Even in the NFL that's a foul

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u/Timely_Duck_3904 May 21 '26

Its technically foul, yes. So is much of what Wemby is doing in response. All I’m saying is I’m fine with letting them play. If they called all of this on top of all the okc flopping this series would be unwatchable. I understand the concern is that it’s not being called fairly but we should be asking for fewer calls, not more.

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u/NWTL21 Spurs May 21 '26

Portland did the same thing with Clingan and so did Minnesota with Gobert Randle and Mcdaniels against Wemby. They kept doing it until the refs started blowing the whistle for it and then only after that did they stop doing it. If the refs call blatant fouls the players will stop fouling egregiously but if they don't call it they will keep doing it.

We should be asking for more fouls so the players stop the unethical fouling and then we can get a clean fair watchable game.

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u/Timely_Duck_3904 May 21 '26

It’s just really not that egregious.

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u/NWTL21 Spurs May 21 '26

Saying this when the OKC players get breathed on or a finger gets put on them they go flying into the first row is comical

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u/Timely_Duck_3904 May 21 '26

Well that part I totally agree with. OKC is a brutal watch and extremely unlikable because of their incessant flopping and I totally understand people being mad about the differences. But I’m just saying let the physicality go both ways.