He's the only player who made all of his FT's tonight. He struggled defending Harden, but I don't blame him. You can't use conventional defensive stances against him.
24 pts, 5 ast, and 3 rbd tonight in a loss. I didn't see the game, but he's still putting up good numbers although he needs those rebounds to be around 8 a game
The current lineup has him as our sf a lot of the time. 8 rebounds at the sf spot would be quite a bit. Good game. He tried on defense, but Harden was at the top of his game tonight...and by his game I mean being an average sg who has mastered getting the refs to blow their whistles on "fouls" that wouldn't be called 96% of the time.
Leave it alone Kuz...the refs just clout chasin. On second thought, have at it Kuz...we can just pin it on KD or Colangelo afterwards.
I actually think it's BS that they can post that, if players/coaches/teams did that in reverse it would be a "vendetta" against referees.
if they're right than call if fairly for everyone else and not just Harden, there's so many fouls we picked up against harden that NO ONE in the league can get, hell James doesn't even get half the calls Harden gets
Yeah technically, those were both fouls. I have no problem with that. My issue is that a different standard is applied to Harden than others. They literally molest LeBron, or Hart if they drive and no call. A very mild bump and Harden goes to the line 19 times.
disagree. kuz would have had to move his leg out of the way to avoid the whistle in the clip in question. he occupied that space prior to harden trying to take it. no basketball rule exists that allows that move. several players and coaches have seriously asked officials if they're simply supposed to get out of the way. and yes, imagine if lebron got that latitude from officials. he's be on his 14th consecutive title right now.
I just rewatched the Kuz clip a few times and you’re right. First watch I thought Kus was moving at contact. He was set, so no foul. However, he was just set for a moment and I guess the ref thought he was still moving.
right. also, though: rulebook says nothing about being "set". that's an announcer myth, iirc. legal guarding position does not mean "stationary". it means roughly squared to offensive player and between him and basket/destination. kuz had (appropriately) walled off the drive to his left (his only f***ing drive, btw--how sad is that for the league's leading scorer?) and he chose to trip himself on kuz's leg as opposed to making a legitimate basketball play. screw 'em.
I would totally be tagging them on terrible examples. Free free to defend yourself when you are right, but take your medicine when you’re wrong. And more than anything, I took Webber’s comments are mocking how little contact was involved. It was pathetic
NBA refs have too much power. And theres some that are on some sort of power trip everytime they are out there.
It's absolutely embarrassing to see refs post bogus information even after watching the slow mo. Kuzma didn't do anything unnatural and once your feet are set, it can be either nothing or an offensive foul. A defensive foul? Must be kidding me. Also as Time said... It gets crazier that others aren't getting these calls. LeBron almost always gets butchered on his way to the basket. It's his style of play to drive right into people and finish with the glass. It is what he does... Every time down the lane. Almost never gets the call even though you hear him get hit through the microphones. Amazing.
