It’s an exclamation point on the most exciting play of the sport. You’re not directly taunting an opposing player all you’re doing is highlighting an exciting play you made. Just heard the Toyota Center get the loudest it has been all night while up 20 against the defending champs and a whistle takes the air out of the whole arena.
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It’s as dumb as the local rec center
“No dunking” signs 😂
It’s gotten to a point where they’re putting the players in danger. They’re calling it when there’s traffic around them. Like what’s the point?
NBA: its easier to replace an injured player than to replace a rim
He lifted. It got called. It’ll get called every time if you lift. Just hang and you’re fine. Not hard to get
Pulling up is genuinely useful for killing your momentum though. Even people not showboating will do it naturally.
Is this over the Sengun one?
That was dumb. It’s correct to the letter of the law, but I don’t think it’s in the spirit at all. That was not an over the top celebration, and Sengun was going to hang on the rim that long regardless because he had so much momentum.
I genuinely thought this was only a college thing. Didn’t even realize you could get a tech for this in the NBA.
People in this sub have NEVER dunked and it shows.
The one on Tatum seemed lame last night.
His momentum was carrying him in a direction, and he was waiting to swing back to land straight down.
Didn’t seem excessive. But I guess that’s subjective.
We need more Shawn Kemps.
Here’s Lebron with the one of the most egregious hanging on the rim I’ve ever seen - no tech called. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs1B2PA8Bvs
Bron just got one tonight
Just give tech to floppers
Although there’s definitely a celebration element, I feel like these guys are also just protecting their landings by waiting for things to clear out/ slow down
The nba is soft as fuck. Most players wouldn’t last 2 minutes in the nba of the 80s. And the refs would have been laughed at
Should only give tech if actual dmg is done. Give players warnings if it’s done.
It’s not hanging though. They’re pulling up on the rim
Said this elsewhere, but a lot of the time the lift is to reduce momentum. You can see it on Tatum, he’s looking around and trying to avoid an unsafe landing. It’s more complicated than just showboating
No, it’s extremely easy to not lift the way most guys who are getting techs do. Like I said, go into a gym and run up to a pull up bar. It takes a lot more effort to pull yourself up rather than stabilize
Who rhe hell said it was about being easy? Dude said safety. Thanks for letting us know pull-ups take effort though haha. I always wondered myself.
The safety of it is because it’s easy. There is zero danger to hanging for an athletic person. The techs are not for hanging
People are defending the calls saying it’s for the sake of not bending the rim. So then I ask: what does a player do? When a player is in transition and they dunk, but swing forward because of their momentum, what is supposed to happen to not get a tech?