i think that has more to do with cleveland being just out of gas without spida than the suns being a defensive juggernaut
OG wasn’t that great for Toronto this year, I think. Plus, I am not sure he was ignored - everyone has been wanting to trade for him for a while.OG is such a great example of "ignored because he plays in canada until he doesn't" lol.
Sarcasm I assume?The Celtics still had many chances to win the game after this point, and Suns being awarded the T did not guarantee the Celtics would lose.
I'd be very interested to see the LTMR.
Especially when it's almost 4 years old.i guess posting a copypasta doesn't really work if there's only like 2 people in the whole forum who might recognize it...
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you're right that he wasn't where he should be and he needs to pay better attention. but the "bush league shit" is only on the referees here for missing the call. there is no way in hell he is knowingly risking a tech on a stupid thing like that with less than a minute to go in a tied...www.u2interference.com
i posted it and didn't recognize it.i guess posting a copypasta doesn't really work if there's only like 2 people in the whole forum who might recognize it...
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you're right that he wasn't where he should be and he needs to pay better attention. but the "bush league shit" is only on the referees here for missing the call. there is no way in hell he is knowingly risking a tech on a stupid thing like that with less than a minute to go in a tied...www.u2interference.com
that was fun.sarcasm, real or assumed, aside.. if Joe does that and a player comes down on his foot and roles an ankle, he's going to be suspended for a really long time.
it looks cute and was funny, but, uh, yea - he should stop doing that. it's bush league bullshit.
i'm also one of the cranky old guys who thinks storming the court is dumb and shout be banned, so it may just be me.
it is kinda fun that you separately called both incidents "bush league bullshit" without really meaning to lol.i posted it and didn't recognize it.
alas...
that was fun.
Agree with all of this. And the partnership with the leagues and the online gambling sites only exacerbates the issues.Sports gambling in the US is about to go through one with Ohtani and now this Jontay Porter shit.
It was inevitable, and Europe has gone through it with soccer and I think tennis, but was able to come out the other side without pulling back on people's abilities to place bets.
But a reckoning here was overdue. I'm 100% in favor of legalized sports betting, but the constant in your face nature of it is off putting.
I don't need lines on live broadcasts, or sports book advertisements on jerseys. I don't give a shit about the color analyst's parlay of the day, and current athletes should not be associated with books or casinos in any shape or form. Let's reel this shit in before it gets ruined for everyone.
Agree with all of this. And the partnership with the leagues and the online gambling sites only exacerbates the issues.
And the specific case of Porter is not much different than cases in years past of college athletes (Hello BC) shaving points etc. Porter is not a guy making $10Mil a year and unlikely to be influenced by outside forces regarding gambling. He's on a 2-way contract, earning a very low salary by NBA standards, so the type of individual who can be lured by the right "offer", be it from the mob, his Japanese interpreter or his buddies who cook up a scheme to make some money by him leaving a couple games early due to an unspecified illness or an aggravation of an impossible to positively confirm eye issue.
You're not going to have the guys making max money be of any concern when it comes to gambling improprieties, but the minimum salary guys are always going to be a possibility.