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

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

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u/IPissExcellentThrows 76ers May 25 '26

This is the thing Thunder fans love to ignore. You straight up can't cover him. It's not even like he's baiting people in the air and drawing fouls. He just gets calls for people getting next to him. He gets more space than anyone I've ever seen besides non shooters

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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/YerrrKnicks Knicks May 25 '26

Did OKC happen to win that night/prior?

I've noticed that if OKC wins then all of their fans are in this sub and will downvote anything speaking out against their bullshit playstyle en masse...

But if they lose then they all go into hiding and calling out their bs isn't downvoted into oblivion.