So you throw out a player in a pivotal game determining seeding?

[talkingconch]

For trash talking to a fan? Even after it was explained to the ref?

And the NBA is wondering why the ratings are down? This game screams parlay game...

[Neal Romer]

Theres way too much player attention on the officiating. I see guys constantly, Luka among the most egregious offenders, stop to ream the refs while the play is still going on and his team is trying to defend 4 on 5. There is no excuse for that.

The league needs to get a handle on this. Watch a game from the 90s and there is very minimal whining. It's such a breath of fresh air. Players today act entitled to have everything go their way. Half the time they miss a shot or turn it over without anyone touching them, and they try to deflect the blame for their bad play onto the official. It's a plague.

Players need to play when it's a live ball. Talk to the officials during a timeout. The constant player freak outs over every single call or no call, every single possession, lessens the viewing experience. If the ref made a mistake on this specific T it's because Luka had already been battering him with complaints all night.

Have some expectations for player conduct ffs.

[talkingconch]

Theres way too much player attention on the officiating. I see guys constantly, Luka among the most egregious offenders, stop to ream the refs while the play is still going on and his team is trying to defend 4 on 5. There is no excuse for that.

The league needs to get a handle on this. Watch a game from the 90s and there is very minimal whining. It's such a breath of fresh air. Players today act entitled to have everything go their way. Half the time they miss a shot or turn it over without anyone touching them, and they try to deflect the blame for their bad play onto the official. It's a plague.

Players need to play when it's a live ball. Talk to the officials during a timeout. The constant player freak outs over every single call or no call, every single possession, lessens the viewing experience. If the ref made a mistake on this specific T it's because Luka had already been battering him with complaints all night.

Have some expectations for player conduct ffs.

its because there is no physicality in the game, everything is called. so players complain if they don't get a call.

[90sgoat]

This was good for the game. Don't yap at the ref, it's weak and childish. Yap at the opposition if you have to.

Doncic cost them the game and seeding due to his yapping, might be a good lesson.

[Lakers Legend#32]

It's OKC so the arena was full of hillbillies.

[ImKobe]

This was good for the game. Don't yap at the ref, it's weak and childish. Yap at the opposition if you have to.

Doncic cost them the game and seeding due to his yapping, might be a good lesson.

He said something back to a fan. It's crazy how Draymond can straight up yell at the ref the entire game and rarely get ejected. You don't eject someone in the 4th quarter of a close game in a situation like that, it didn't look like he complained about anything in that instance.


Theres way too much player attention on the officiating. I see guys constantly, Luka among the most egregious offenders, stop to ream the refs while the play is still going on and his team is trying to defend 4 on 5. There is no excuse for that.

The league needs to get a handle on this. Watch a game from the 90s and there is very minimal whining. It's such a breath of fresh air. Players today act entitled to have everything go their way. Half the time they miss a shot or turn it over without anyone touching them, and they try to deflect the blame for their bad play onto the official. It's a plague.

Players need to play when it's a live ball. Talk to the officials during a timeout. The constant player freak outs over every single call or no call, every single possession, lessens the viewing experience. If the ref made a mistake on this specific T it's because Luka had already been battering him with complaints all night.

Have some expectations for player conduct ffs.

This is bs. Players have always ran their mouth. :oldlol: Luka does complain a lot but this didn't look like it was the case, he scored and ran back on D immediately saying something to a person in the crowd and the ref happened to be near that, but that's not a T.

[tpols]

Theres way too much player attention on the officiating. I see guys constantly, Luka among the most egregious offenders, stop to ream the refs while the play is still going on and his team is trying to defend 4 on 5. There is no excuse for that.

The league needs to get a handle on this. Watch a game from the 90s and there is very minimal whining. It's such a breath of fresh air. Players today act entitled to have everything go their way. Half the time they miss a shot or turn it over without anyone touching them, and they try to deflect the blame for their bad play onto the official. It's a plague.

Players need to play when it's a live ball. Talk to the officials during a timeout. The constant player freak outs over every single call or no call, every single possession, lessens the viewing experience. If the ref made a mistake on this specific T it's because Luka had already been battering him with complaints all night.

Have some expectations for player conduct ffs.


Players in the 80s and 90s had way more honor and discipline. They showed up for all 82 like they were punching a work card, and just played straight up. The refs only got attention if they really ****ed up. Players now are rich, spoiled brats who think they're owed everything. I think it started with the Iverson era of ghetto entitled hoopers. He used to cry to the refs all the time. Sheed and others too.

[tpols]

its because there is no physicality in the game, everything is called. so players complain if they don't get a call.

Nah it's not just that. Theres flopping epidemic in the NBA. A lot of dudes create the contact themselves and then flop afterwards acting like it was the other way around. Luka is one of the worst offenders of that... he bodies dudes and then flops after.

[k0kakw0rld]

For trash talking to a fan? Even after it was explained to the ref?

And the NBA is wondering why the ratings are down? This game screams parlay game...

0 FTA for the leading MVP to help the Lakers keep that 3rd seed the game before screams parlay game. Stfu moron

[Wardell Curry]

Nah it's not just that. Theres flopping epidemic in the NBA. A lot of dudes create the contact themselves and then flop afterwards acting like it was the other way around. Luka is one of the worst offenders of that... he bodies dudes and then flops after.

There needs to be substantial penalty for this type of behavior. We're talking missed games without pay. Nothing short of that is going to stop them.

People that are making 50 million a year aren't going to not flop to try to win games if the fine is even as much as 100k and most of the flops aren't getting caught, lol.

The NBA just refuses to take a full measure. The integrity of the sport is a joke and has been for 3+ decades.

The flopping and the arguing and the ball carrying is just gross. Add in the three point shooting and the fact that the teams nor the players have any sense of loyalty to one another whatsoever, it's not a good product. It's bad.

They're the best players in the world but the product they are putting out is bad.

[Im so nba'd out]

it's our league now...


...We—are the Stars now.

[Shaquille O'Neal]

Players in the 80s and 90s had way more honor and discipline. They showed up for all 82 like they were punching a work card, and just played straight up. The refs only got attention if they really ****ed up. Players now are rich, spoiled brats who think they're owed everything. I think it started with the Iverson era of ghetto entitled hoopers. He used to cry to the refs all the time. Sheed and others too.
1000% this.

[Meticode]

Players in the 80s and 90s had way more honor and discipline. They showed up for all 82 like they were punching a work card, and just played straight up. The refs only got attention if they really ****ed up. Players now are rich, spoiled brats who think they're owed everything. I think it started with the Iverson era of ghetto entitled hoopers. He used to cry to the refs all the time. Sheed and others too.

This is pretty spot on in my opinion. It's a player's league and the Player's Association has set on the bars pretty low on what's expected from them. Players get coddled, become entitled, get all the money and lose hunger for competitiveness and seem to care more a lot of times what happens outside the lines versus inside the lines.