Tonight vs. Minnesota, Corey Maggette was: 0-2 FG, with 17 points. 17-20 from the line in 13 minutes!
Exactly, he's built like a brick too. You'd think the refs would finally stop blowing the whistle everytime he gets breathed on.
Actually, I don't consider Maggette a flopper. He uses his strength and build to initiate contact and draw fouls. He's a hard guy to officiate (and defend). He's the one initiating the contact and beating the crap out of his defender, but if the defender's feet aren't set, Maggette gets the call. Sort of like a mini-Shaq. In both cases, I think a lot more non-calls would be appropriate. I mean sure, the defender may not technically have his feet set, but if he's backpedaling like crazy to keep from getting run over by a human freight train, is it really fair to call a foul on him after he gets launched into the third row? BNM
Actually, I did. And what I saw was Maggette bowling over defenders and getting the calls. More often than not, it was the defender that ended up on their ass, not Maggette, but it was always Maggette at the line for two. BNM
No, he probably didn't. In fact, he definitely didn't. You're just making shit up. He had a TOTAL of 7 fouls against Golden State last season and EXACTLY one of them was an offensive foul. Three of them were shooting fouls on Maggette, which is exactly what I was talking about. Maggette bowls into the defender, draws the contact and gets to the line. That's not flopping. It's taking advantage of a weaker defender. Shaq made a career of it, and for a guy who isn't a superstar, Maggette uses it to get a hell of a lot of calls. I mean, come on, he's played his entire career for the Clippers and Warriors, yet he's regularly in the top 10 in the league at getting to the line. BNM
Take your own advice: "Section VII--Offensive Fouls A personal foul assessed against an offensive player which is neither an elbow, punching or flagrant foul shall be penalized in the following manner: (1) No points can be scored by the offensive team (2) The offending player is charged with a personal foul (3) The offending team is not charged with a team foul EXCEPTION: Rule 3--Section I--a. No penalty free throws are awarded. (4) The ball is awarded to the offended team out-of-bounds on the sideline at the nearest spot where play was interrupted but no nearer the baseline than the free throw line extended " The ONLY time FTs are awarded on an offensive foul is if it's a flagrant foul. BNM
Maybe it wasn't last year, but I could have sworn there was a game recently in Golden State where Maggette drew something like 2 or 3 offensive fouls on LMA, or at least completely shut him down and frustrated him into a terrible game.
HCP is the A/V guy, not a basketball guy. No shame in that. He probably knows all the sub-sections of the electrician's handbook.
You're probably thinking of the game on November 18, 2008. Aldridge fouled out and half of his six fouls were offensive. However, he was playing like shit (1-7 from the field) before he started picking up all the offensive fouls. I think the offensive fouls were a result of his frustration over his poor play, not the cause of it. BNM
Sure there is, when he's talking smack and is flat out wrong. A certain DaRizzle comes to mind... BNM
I was mocking HCP, not chiding you or Ed. DaRizzle is just unintentional comic relief. No shame in that.
