Paul George was fined for saying there was home-cooking in the philly game. I think its weird Dame didnt get fined and said a whole lot more than that...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtba...icks-in-rarefied-4-billion-club/#5211d8e2032f Some interesting stuff about team values. Blazers are worth less than half as much as the top 3 teams and are closer in value to the 30th rated team than to the top 5.
"Asked whether he was referring to calls by officials that the Clippers either did not receive or were not called at all, George responded about the differential in foul calls: “I mean, it was 19 to 11. You all figure out what those numbers are. It was 19 to 11.” George had received seven previous fines for criticizing officials — including one that cost him $25,000 last season for his critique following a loss to the Clippers when playing for Oklahoma City — and the NBA considered that history when determining how much he would be docked.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.tmz.com/2020/02/13/tristan-thompson-roasts-lebron-james-diet/ TRISTAN THOMPSONROASTS LEBRON JAMES' DIET... 'He Eats Like Sh*t' What does the greatest basketball player on planet earth eat to maintain his god-like physique?? A crap ton of french toast smothered in syrup!!! So says Tristan Thompson ... who claims LeBron James has "the worst f*cking diet ever." TT revealed Bron's eating habits to The Athletic ... saying it's unbelievable how much he can scarf down without losing his chiseled look. "Ask him what he eats for breakfast. He has like five french toasts, drowns it in syrup with strawberries and bananas," James' old teammate says. But, that's just the beginning -- "Then he has like a four-egg omelet and then he goes and just f*cking dunks on somebody. It doesn’t make sense." Of course, there are reports that LBJ spends more than a million dollars a year on his fitness -- from trainers to a chef to massage therapists. Spending that huge amount of dough must explain why James can eat whatever the hell he wants ... and those who don't focus so much on fitness can't keep up. "I remember one year I tried to eat like he ate and it just didn’t work out," TT says. "I started gaining weight and said, 'F*ck this.' I mean it works for him. He loves sweets. He loves sweets. He eats desserts and French toast. It’s crazy how his body just burns it." "He’ll come with his one-week diet, vegan crap, but he literally eats like it doesn’t make sense. He’s really a specimen. He eats like sh*t." Guess LeBron is giving a new meaning to eating like a King.
Yup I believe it. I know a lot of ppl with diets like that and they look amazing. Literally never touch the gym, never work out they eat like total shit and somehow their body looks amazing.
Did dame say that the refs were pulling for Utah? He did say they missed the call but never implied they were throwing the game intentionally. At least that was my take. George flat out said the game was rigged.
Yep. That is a very specific difference. Dame also made note that they cost them the game but he didn't imply they did it on purpose.
So ... because Dame didn't get fined this time, he doesn't have a history of being fined for criticizing officials, and therefore can get off light again next time? Another slippery slope the NBA is trying to explain its way out of.
well, it was maybe the most blatantly bad missed call of the year and twitter-verse went batshit about it; then the game officials said they blew the call, badly; then the NBA said is was a bad call. More than that the incident exposed a major flaw in the system while raising questions about their "Command Center". In other words it was a giant shitstain on the NBA and Dame's complaints were framed in the "we're fighting for the playoffs after tons of injuries" narrative, which further framed it as a small-market team fighting thru adversity gets screwed by the officials. And while Dame is not as big a superstar as Lebron or Giannis, he's a big star in his own right with a reputation as a thoughtful, high-character leader; and he was in the midst of a run of games doing things nobody had ever done before. I have no doubt the NBA just wanted this to go away as soon as possible, and fining Dame would have kept it in the news cycle longer. They may have been worried about what Dame would say after a fine
I understand all of that. It was going to be a bad look whatever they did. Even the fans on twitter pissed off about the call thought Dame would get fined. I think no one including Dame wouldve said much because it was expected, now though I think its possible they have either opened Pandora’s box or look like they pick and choose who they like and dont like. Paul George is a star too. Just a bad situation. It’ll probably blow over though.
My first thought, and others have already noted it, is that the big, big difference is that George alleged referee corruption ("home-cooking"). Lillard didn't. George's comments impugn the integrity of the game, that referees purposely alter their calls in certain situations. Lillard was only saying that the call was blown, not that there was referee bias. If I set policy, comments of Lillard's type would never draw a fine and comments of George's type would. I said the same back when we were discussing the lack of fine on Lillard, before this happened with George.
Lillards comments said the REFS cost them the game, that means the “integrity” of the game and the playoff race is now in question especially if they miss out by that one loss. I understand your argument, I just dont agree with it. I think Lillard should have been fined others have been fined for basically what Dame did. We’d have to go back through the history of whats been fined and what hasnt, but I can almost guarantee you there is inconsistency there.
Blown calls just mean a mistake was made. "Integrity" is about honesty, lack of corruption. Lillard was saying the referees made a (big) mistake. George was saying the referees weren't honest. Huge difference.
Yes and Lillard was saying their blown call made another team win. So it he was calling the honesty of the outcome in question.
I feel like you're redefining what the word "honesty" means to fit your argument. I've never seen it used in that manner, that a mistaken outcome is "dishonest."
Its a fine hair you’re trying to split, but they were both saying the refs altered the outcome of the game through the whistles. Both called into question the integrity of the game and the records of the teams.
