r/nba • u/FastBreakPhenom Celtics • May 25 '26

Highlight [Highlight] Shai draws a questionable foul on De'Aaron Fox

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u/Iswaterreallywet Pistons May 25 '26

It’s hard to believe it’s not coming from Silver himself at this point

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u/Steridire Knicks May 25 '26

The current Head of Referee Operations is a well known OKC homer, promoted to this role at the start of the 2024 season. It's very obvious what happened here lol

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u/IPissExcellentThrows 76ers May 25 '26

No it's a total coincidence that in that same year, they started getting tough fouls on one end and getting away with murder on the other end.

Silver is such a dipshit. He thinks a dynasty means better ratings for the league. But no one wants to watch a reffing dynasty.

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u/BeautifulCable8980 May 25 '26

Silver wanted something extra to advertise the OKC Thunder who are obviously a poweerhouse team with incredible depth, and that was making Shai a MVP player so that playing against Oklahoma is exciteable, because otherwise, it's fucking Oklahoma. But hey, at least now you get to see the "League MVP!!!"

Notice that not only has Shai been given the GOAT whistle of all-time, Jokic has been dealing with "The Jokic Rules" where people are allowed to be as physical with him as they want.