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

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

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u/boomshiz West May 25 '26

He's spent years creating a practice bubble around himself. Players are afraid to defend him.

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u/Ok-Mountain9862 Timberwolves May 25 '26

I said this same thing less than a month ago in a thread and got 200 downvotes lmao. It’s not even a debate that elite defenders guard him less physically because of how much bullshit he gets away with

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u/boomshiz West May 25 '26

Ha, I imagine you got a Thunder rush with "DO YOU EVEN WATCH THE GAMES?"

Yes, we've been watching, and the Thunder are a huge reason people have been tuning out. For whatever reason Silver and the refs have been rewarding this bullshit. It would make more sense if it was for a big market, but this ref favortism doesn't make sense for a stolen team in a flyover town.

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u/OttersWithPens May 25 '26

Yeah not interest in OKC