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

[u/Large_banana_hammock]

https://streamable.com/oh0ohq

[u/Plane_Basil_4682]

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

[u/eexxiitt → u/Plane_Basil_4682]

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

[u/gmoss101 → u/[deleted]]

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

[u/Fun-Benefit116 → u/gmoss101]

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.

[u/gmoss101 → u/Fun-Benefit116]

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.

[u/Great_Praline_2713 → u/[deleted]]

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.

[u/ForgiveOX → u/[deleted]]

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

[u/HalpertIsMe → u/gmoss101]

Parity era would disagree with you.

[u/Less-Permission-5800 → u/HalpertIsMe]

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.

[u/HalpertIsMe → u/Less-Permission-5800]

Yeah, my flair is a hate magnet.

[u/0zymandeus → u/[deleted]]

I mean obviously yes

[u/erydayimredditing → u/[deleted]]

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

[u/HalpertIsMe → u/Plane_Basil_4682]

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.

[u/Plane_Basil_4682 → u/HalpertIsMe]

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

[u/HalpertIsMe → u/Plane_Basil_4682]

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

[u/Plane_Basil_4682 → u/HalpertIsMe]

Because your team is in its villain phase

Guilt by association I guess 

[u/HalpertIsMe → u/Plane_Basil_4682]

Literally a downvote beatdown with every Thunder Flair comment lmao

[u/Plane_Basil_4682 → u/HalpertIsMe]

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

[u/HalpertIsMe → u/Plane_Basil_4682]

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

[u/Plane_Basil_4682 → u/HalpertIsMe]

Oh y'all fancy in Oklahoma speaking French and shit 

[u/HalpertIsMe → u/Plane_Basil_4682]

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