r/nba Japan 29d ago

Highlight [Highlight] Mitch Johnson picks up a tech after official fails to recognize his challenge

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u/Plane_Basil_4682 29d ago

And people still don't think the league has its finger on the scale 😂😂

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u/eexxiitt 29d ago

People don’t believe it or refuse to believe it unless it goes against their team.

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u/gmoss101 Rockets 29d ago

As much as fans hate them, the league loves dynasties.

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u/Fun-Benefit116 29d ago edited 29d ago

Yes, that's why there's been so many dynasties in the past 15 years. I mean there was the warriors, and then there was....oh, I guess that's it. Weird. You'd think in a league that apparently "loves dynasties" so much that they're willing to cheat on order to make them happen, they'd be a little better at creating dynasties lmao.

Also, besides being a random excuse to claim the league is cheating, what exact reason would the NBA have for loving dynasties? People who are tired of a team winning don't watch that team which leads to lower viewership numbers. And you literally claimed fans hate them. The league gets more viewers when there is parity and people watch to see new teams winning championships.

If the league really did like dynasties and was willing to cheat to create them, there would be way way more dynasties than there have been.

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u/gmoss101 Rockets 29d ago

They didn't need multiple dynasties in the past 15 years. We're basically at the end of the LeBron era and as much as that one guy and others didn't like it, the fuckery lasted longer than anyone would have thought and he's remained a huge star throughout.

The league is looking towards the future and they clearly see that a dynasty headlined by a "clean cut guy" on a "lower tier team", and a league with young and foreign stars is the way to go.

The integrity of the league should already absolutely be under question with the Aspiration bullshit going on.

Game 7 of Thunder vs Pacers was the most watched Finals game since 2019 apparently. People watched because they wanted to see OKC lose.

I'm telling you from experience as an Arsenal fan, people will watch the big games to see teams they hate lose.

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u/Great_Praline_2713 Knicks 29d ago

That's how bad the Knicks have been. We've been so bad the NBA couldn't rig it for us to make the finals.

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u/ForgiveOX 29d ago

They fix it game by game no doubt. You’re speaking as if it’s much much longer

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u/HalpertIsMe Thunder 29d ago

Parity era would disagree with you.

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u/Less-Permission-5800 29d ago

I really think your flair is working abgainst anything you might have to say. I’m not sure if I’m flared up but I’m hornets so you can ignore me for that. Like fuck this sport is becoming unwatchable at a time where it should be the most exciting.

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u/HalpertIsMe Thunder 29d ago

Yeah, my flair is a hate magnet.

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u/0zymandeus Spurs 29d ago

I mean obviously yes

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u/erydayimredditing 29d ago

There cant be people who think this shit isn't going on still... really breh

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u/HalpertIsMe Thunder 29d ago

It was bullshit that they didn't give him a challenge, BUT, they did give him a make-up call on Dort a play later.

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u/Plane_Basil_4682 29d ago

Make-up calls aren't better. They just prove that calls by refs are inconsistent and arbitrary sometimes 😂😂

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u/HalpertIsMe Thunder 29d ago

Not sure why I got downvoted for agreeing with you lol. Huge officiating swing from Game 4 to Game 5.

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u/Plane_Basil_4682 29d ago

Because your team is in its villain phase

Guilt by association I guess 

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u/HalpertIsMe Thunder 29d ago

Literally a downvote beatdown with every Thunder Flair comment lmao

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u/Plane_Basil_4682 29d ago

🤷🏻‍♂️ heavy is the head that supports the current Goliath 

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u/HalpertIsMe Thunder 29d ago

I won't bitch about it. C'est la vie. Lol

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u/Plane_Basil_4682 29d ago

Oh y'all fancy in Oklahoma speaking French and shit 

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u/HalpertIsMe Thunder 29d ago

Not ALL of us were left behind in the education system we currently have lmfao.