SGA is dead nice. Undeniable. His mid range game, his pace, etc. So the criticism of “he’s only good because of refs” is lazy and obviously untrue, but the criticism of his style of play is consistent enough that dismissing it entirely is just dishonest. There’s a difference between attacking contact while genuinely trying to score and prioritizing creating officiating dilemmas, and even when refs don’t reward it, anyone who’s watching still registers the intent…which is why you actually have to watch the games instead of just reading the box score. A lot of times it just feels like watching somebody tryna play the system instead of play basketball…very video game 2k glitch that basically is “I know how to enter the animation that makes the defender legally lose.” Reality is we don’t watch basketball just to see the outcome, we watch to see how the outcomes are produced. SGA is dead nice but the critiques are not ALL just fluff.
My 2 cents on foul-baiting/flopping:
It’s always been perfectly within the rules to do it. But it’s always just been up to players to have the self-respect and integrity to not over-do it.
Like, honestly, a well-timed occasional strategic flop, I can accept.
But when it becomes a hallmark of your whole game, when you’re seeking it out every time or every other time you touch the ball…
That’s when sportsmanship is killed by gamesmanship. That’s when winning becomes completely divorced from ethics. That’s when the game becomes unwatchable.
That’s when the rules have to change.
When players can no longer be trusted to reasonably govern themselves, that’s when official governance has to be increased.
Same thing happens in all aspects of society, when you think about it. And that’s just unfortunate.
Something here has to change.
The brightest star in the league is a 7-foot-4 Avenger who does postgame press conferences like a philosopher, professes his love for the game whenever he can, goes all out for his teammates and talks recklessly to opponents like 97 Rodman. I mean, this is incredible.
@Striplin20 The only justification I could see for an exercise like this would be some weird way to overload train a jumping athlete. Either way I’m gonna have to pass on this one fam lol 🙅🏽♂️
@Striplin20 He’s got straps on and a double assisted liftoff. I really want to know why his trainers have him doing that and whose idea it was to film it 😂
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