OFFICIAL AROUND THE NBA: JANUARY 2024

Hey @THE HCP ! Get in here and spin this shit! ^^

 

Lakers have been called for 802 PF's (16.7/game); opponents have been called for 976 PF's (20.3/game)

 

Rajon Rondo got arrested by Indiana State police for smoking weed, driving too fast, and carrying a Smitty. (I guess he's not allowed to own a firearm, from something bad he did previously)

 

Ooops. Kant get Kot Wit Dat Heeter.

 

Didn’t realize Camara was 23! Damn he’s 4 years older than Scoot?

 

It would be interesting to see more data on this....
I'm guessing this is more to the Lebron influence than the Laker brand name.

 

not sure. 4 of the 5 games he's missed this season have been on the road. The one game in LA he missed was against the Blazers. Lakers shot 37 FT's; Blazers shot 9

 

veteran rookie, like Reath. Not normal rookies, they've played against men.

 

attempting to stop AD and LeBron will indeed draw some fouls. D'Angelo and Austin falling over after the slightest gust of wind is stupid to watch. The Lakers have turned into the floppiest pack of whiners in the league. Hornacek & Stockton never won a championship by taking dives for a whistle. It's shameful to see King James ending his career surrounded by a team full of whiney floppers.

 

I don't know how people are still surprised in 2024 by the absolutely ridiculous favoritism that the Lakers get from the refs.

 

I mean where we stand right now, the LAL have the fewest fouls called on them per game. They are 7th in FTAs per game. Their opponents have the 6th highest foul rate and the 2nd fewest FTAs. These data cannot be debated. The cause is another matter. I would say LAL is, for one reason or another, using fouls to great advantage.

 

Pacers should have traded for RJ Barrett and saved a couple draft picks.

 

My Knicks are on fire lately!

 

some rowdy Hawks fans gave D'Angelo Russell the business

 

Looks like the NBA is going to start trying to do whatever it can to get the Warriors out of the lottery.

There were a couple of big challenges in tonight's game with the Sixers. In the first half, Curry hit a 3 and got fouled on it, too. Nurse challenged and the replay clearly showed Curry pushed the defender back, extending his arm before pulling up for his shot.

Challenge failed. The announcers related the reason being that while what Curry did was illegal, it wasn't deemed to be enough to warrant a foul call. Four-point play.

In the second half, the Warriors, I think it was Wiggins, is called for an illegal screen, and it's pretty clear he's moving and putting the defender into the old pro wrestling abdominal stretch.

Kerry challenges. Call overturned. The reason? Kelly Oubre, the help defender, had a hand touching Wiggins as he went to set the pick. No arm extension, no real proof that it influenced Wiggins movement. Not just no foul on Wiggins but a foul on Oubre.

Even the announce team said that seemed really inconsistent in light of the earlier review decision.

 

I heard one in 3rd qtr. where the shot clock was about to expire. Wiggins was driving, not shooting, and the refs called Springer for a ticky tack call with 0.01 on the clock. If that wasn't bad enough, the refs awarded Wiggins free throws. The announcers, crowd, players were confused because it should have been 24sec violation. Everyone was surprised except that one ref who snuck in a cheater whistle.

 

no mercy for the Lakers.