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.
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