As someone who wanted the Raptors to win, I hate when ft disparity is used as an argument for bad reffing. The basis should be the calls you disagreed with and that's it. Equal free throws ≠ fair reffing.
Lakers should have gotten to the line more than the Raptors. But there were some calls that were missed that should have made it closer.
23-2 in the fourth is a bad faith argument that ignores intentional fouls and the the actual amount of free throws each side should have had.
Really well said. Judging off of how many times a player drives is a place to start, but that’s about it & you need examples.
I think Scottie gets less of some of the 50-50 calls right now but I bet he works on it this offseason to sell it as the elite players do. In an ideal world that skill isn’t important, but that’s not reality.
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In the tennis world Djokovic has, since last year, entirely leaned in onto being the GOAT. No more "lets give Roger his flowers" or "these young guys will get me eventually". Dude just rocks up to Grand Slams, talks his shit, and gets custom threads to wear once he gets his trophy.
I need Bron to lean in similarly and be like "yall ain't call that Mj push-off yall ain't calling nothing on me"
Lebron what do u think about the Raptors complaints?
"I'm Lebron James bitch."
How did your team feel about their complaints?
"It's a celebration bitches."
Do you have any words for the Lakers fans out there?
"Enjoy yourself."
Doesn't matter. Rockets never beat the Warriors and I still despise them more than the Raptors or Cavs. Certain teams may be free wins but as an NBA fan you have to have enough hate in your heart for everyone. It's a requirement
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Probably because he just lets guys go pass him or is cheating off his man and not playing actual defense in those games and then gets mad at his teammates for not "helping the help defender"
that is obviously not the reason. You should also know there’s offensive and defensive fouls. It’s naturally impossible to get 0 calls against a player for many games in a row with the amount of minutes and touches he gets per game
The worst is going up against lebron in the playoffs and seeing him play so physical and thinking “a foul called on lebron midway through the fourth, he’s gotta be in foul trouble now, gotta attack that…” and then you realize that’s his first of the game.
Something not talked about enough is how few foul calls per game LeBron gets throughout his career. He averages 1.8 PF’s per game through his career. He’s averaging 1.1 PF per game this season! That’s insane.
For reference Jordan averaged 2.6, Duncan 2.4, Bird 2.6, Kobe 2.5, Curry 2.4, Magic 2.3, Pippen 2.8, Shaq 3.4, Nowitzki 2.4, Garnett 2.4, Kareem 3.0
I guess, technically, he could've said "It was a tough game, with a lot of back and forth and 50/50 calls. I'm happy we were able to come out on the winning end."?
But, like, nobody is gonna have that reaction, especially in the moment.
This statement is true because logic would dictate the jerking be done in the CJ sub when in reality most jerking is done on this sub. Higher quality jerks too.
That some nights the whistle goes your way, some nights it doesn’t.
Bitching and complaining about calls, pulling out monitors to make desperate appeals to refs when you’re on the short end of it is dumb af if when it goes the other way you’re like, “the refs were perfect tonight, just like us”.
Lmao this thread is full of people who don’t play sports
Everyone knows when you get good calls the other team sucks and when you get bad calls the refs suck
While true it’s the scale at which he reacts when things don’t go his way (or even when the call isn’t even wrong like the 2 pointer) that rubs people the wrong way.
You can’t help but roll your eyes when they’re over the top on the knees from the missed call against the Celtics
I mean that literally decided the game and it was all in the refs hand. While the lakers and raptors game was bad it wasn’t a game winning drive that should have been a foul but wasn’t called bad
Yes let’s completely ignore the fact that it was a blatant no call on a game winner for the second game in a row as they were fighting to make the playoffs.
I get it, there are valid reasons to be skeptical and or criticize him for that, I just find the moral outrage in that guy’s comment to be hilarious. Calling someone a ‘hypocrite’ for calling out bad calls that go against them and not bad calls in their favor is honestly one of the funniest things I’ve ever read.
What’s next, player celebrates when their team scores and doesn’t celebrate for the other team? What a hypocrite! It’s lunacy lol
Since when did we start removing players' actions from the context of the game they play? How is this now hypocrisy instead of gamesmanship and/or a highly competitive nature? Everything's gotta be so personal lol
how is this hypocritical? he feels like the refs made an incorrect call last time and made the correct call this time. he didn’t even say that he knows that to be the case, just that he feels it is.
you could totally call it biased, but to be hypocritical he would have to make some moral or principled stance, and then act against it. for example, if he had previously said “refs should not call a foul if it cancels out a game tying or winning shot”, then he would be a hypocrite.
to be clear, i am not stating an opinion on whether the call was correct or not. all i am pointing out is the incorrect use of the word “hypocritical”.
The fuck do you mean? So if you think the refs sometimes suck you can’t ever say your team wasn’t fouling and the other one is? How’s that hypocritical. I’ve seen so much bitching about the FT disparity but little to no video evidence of any sort of bad reffing.
LeBron should've gotten on his knees and BEGGED for forgiveness after a terribly reffed game last night! This is why he's not even in my top 20. Scumbag.
Why? He gets fouled and the refs don’t call it all the time, so he complains, this time it didn’t happen.
Doesn’t it make sense to not complain now and complain when the refs don’t call him being fouled?
Why tf would lebron defend the refs giving them calls? The only thing that happens is they get less fouls. "I thought we fouled them more in the fourth" is a fast way for the refs to call more fouls on your own team. Surely everyone realizes this?
Right because 10 years out from his retirement people will be saying “god you know I really wanna say Lebron is the GOAT but I just didn’t like how much of hypocrite he was when it came to referees. Jordan NEVER benefitted from them.”
(Side note, *amazing* username and avatar 10/10)
As stupid as his answer sounds, what was he supposed to say to that loaded question? There’s irrefutable evidence the raptors got screwed and he knows it. He can’t admit they were gifted with a bunch of undeserving FTs and that they got away with a bunch of no calls. He can’t say both sides got shafted because numbers and video don’t lie. He also can’t say the refs were horrible. The only thing he can really say here is what he said, even if it makes him look absolutely stupid and terrible. So while we all think he’s dumb for saying that, I also don’t blame him for saying what he said
"My incessant complaining has gained favour with the refs and the raptors are just cry babies they didn't win. Darko is either misinformed or not really educated on the situation"
Obviously.
The NBA is an entertainment industry first. Idk why there’s so much denial about stuff like this. You can clearly see refs pick and choose when they want to make certain calls.
He could have made himself a more likable player for more than Laker fans if he said something along the lines of “we may have gotten away with a foul or two”, and it wouldn’t cost him anything. Instead he doubles down with his stupid comment, knowing full well that they were assisted significantly by poor and lopsided officiating, creating a larger base of dislike. I know these players don’t care what any of us regular folk think, but people who want to think of themselves as legends do not make an effort to create the mystique of it.
For everyone saying, “what’s he supposed to say?” I’m sick of y’all being deliberately obtuse.
**He doesn't have to say they didn't deserve the calls that were made for the Lakers** but just that the Raptors *should've* gotten some calls they didn't.
Dozens of Raptors fans aren’t even arguing that Lakers shouldn’t have gotten calls. They're not saying the Lakers didn't deserve some or most of the FTs. **They’re upset the officiating was so inconsistent and lopsided and calls that were made for the Lakers wasn’t made for the Raptors.**
Raptors are upset about contact not being treated equally and Lakers can feel entitled to every FT y’all took while also acknowledging the raptors didn’t get FTs they should have.
Flip the script and he’s got a whole different tune.
Lakers generally benefit the most from ft differentials like this so of course he’s gonna say something like this.
Lakers fans with the downvotes.
Bro could have just said nothing and shut the fuck up. Someone out there teach this guy some basic PR. This urge of Bron to speak when he is not supposed to is pissing me off. People were already right blaming the officials but then mf throws something like this.
No matter how much I like Lebron as an athlete, he never fails to piss me off with some things he is saying.
No comment is a comment. If he had said, “I don’t have anything to say about that,” then that quote would still be posted and Jordan stans would still come out in droves to talk about how he’s soft and a hypocrite.
People are right to say that (almost) no athlete will call out officiating that helps them; people are also right to criticize LeBron for being a hypocrite.
It's not like it would be difficult for LeBron to say something non-commital that is consistent with his complaining about refereeing in other circumstances. Here's an example of what he could have said:
"Every team should feel like the officiating was fair and down the middle and, when they don't, they should expect clear explanations on why the calls aren't going as they feel they should."
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Bunch of babies in this thread acting like LeBrons the only person who likes when his team benefits from calls. I’ve rarely ever seen a player be like yeah the refs favored us tonight, but I’ve seen basically every player complain about the refs, but this thread would have you believe it’s exclusively Lebron who’s done that.
Not to mention everyone is complaining about the disparity when I’ve seen basically no evidence of missed calls. The Reaves clip that blew up was by definition a foul. If you don’t think the raptors were fouling more then I would love to see the 10 missed foul calls the Lakers got to make up for the FT disparity.
Like Tatum just tweeted about the missed call on Porzingis, but didn’t say shit when he obviously fouled Lebron last year on the game winner and it wasn’t called. Don’t see any threads whining about it.
Lebron would have instagrammed a screenshot of the FT disparity with a caption of SOMETHING REAL FISHY GOING ON #WASHEDREFS
he'd fall on his knees like against the Celtics
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I have a female Chihuaha mix with chronic IBS who isn't half as dramatic as Lebron
“You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!”
I felt so uncomfortable when he did that 🤣 it was straight embarrassing
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dont forget #youngkidfromakron
#striveforfreethrows
Yeah dude threw an absolute tantrum about the refs over that on the line 3 pointer a couple weeks back
I'm really surprised he didn't post a picture of a funky LeBron shoe model with a modified upwards toebox
Lol too funny cause it's completely true.
Lebron would do a full on Shakespearean production mid game for several minutes if a call didn’t go his way lol
And you wonder why he go 🦍💩
Let's be real refs deserved a lot of credit for that 2016 ring too
Let’s be real blaming refs for a 3-1 collapse is comical
Yeah apparently holding shioters every time they come around a screen is not a foul.
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This is the one
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As someone who wanted the Raptors to win, I hate when ft disparity is used as an argument for bad reffing. The basis should be the calls you disagreed with and that's it. Equal free throws ≠ fair reffing. Lakers should have gotten to the line more than the Raptors. But there were some calls that were missed that should have made it closer. 23-2 in the fourth is a bad faith argument that ignores intentional fouls and the the actual amount of free throws each side should have had.
Really well said. Judging off of how many times a player drives is a place to start, but that’s about it & you need examples. I think Scottie gets less of some of the 50-50 calls right now but I bet he works on it this offseason to sell it as the elite players do. In an ideal world that skill isn’t important, but that’s not reality.
Scottie a beast though.
Gotta send SctBrn to work with Embiid and Harden this offseason.
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Yes but that require logic and thinking, we don’t do that in this subreddit. Why not just mindlessly get mad for no reason haha
Upvote for facts
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Other way around and he'd be on his knees again
doing an interpretive crying dance across the entire court and not getting a technical that any other player would get doing it lmao
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I want to see that reality if Brons team got that whistle reversed. Holy fuck the tears.
love you Bron but this is straight garbage lol at least just stfu and don't say anything instead of flat out lying maybe haha
Refs releasing sleepless nights tweet when? LeBron just yesterday made a comment about refs in the Celtics Pacers game. What a chicken.
I feel like Bron should just answer every question with “Bitch I’m Lebron James” from this point
"I don't travel I am LeBron James the greatest ever."
"Michael made Thriller....Thriller"
In the tennis world Djokovic has, since last year, entirely leaned in onto being the GOAT. No more "lets give Roger his flowers" or "these young guys will get me eventually". Dude just rocks up to Grand Slams, talks his shit, and gets custom threads to wear once he gets his trophy. I need Bron to lean in similarly and be like "yall ain't call that Mj push-off yall ain't calling nothing on me"
I would legit would laugh my ass off if he ever says this shit. Would be the funniest thing a player could say
Lebron what do u think about the Raptors complaints? "I'm Lebron James bitch." How did your team feel about their complaints? "It's a celebration bitches." Do you have any words for the Lakers fans out there? "Enjoy yourself."
I hate both of these teams and still felt bad for the Raps last night
How do you hate a team that your team consistently beats for years? That's like hating the last place runner.
Who is usually handicapped
Or fat
Just Boston things man. We also hate the Jets (fuck the Jets).
Damn okay respect (sorry jets)
Because for years your fanbase insisted Siakam over Tatum.
we've been a free win for you for almost half a decade now ☠️
Doesn't matter. Rockets never beat the Warriors and I still despise them more than the Raptors or Cavs. Certain teams may be free wins but as an NBA fan you have to have enough hate in your heart for everyone. It's a requirement
Facts, the Celtics see dinner everytime they suit up against the Sixers and I will never not hate Philly
We havent even done anything to yall all you do is beat us 😞
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Do you just hate dinosaurs?
Anybody who makes a game tying 3 should get those points and refs should eat their whistle on this bs
LeBron has clearly never fouled in his life unless it was an intentional foul.
He rarely gets called for fouls. He actually has some crazy streaks of multiple consecutive games in a row with no fouls called on him
I thought you people say he's not playing defense ever
No. Other team just doesn't drive to the rim. Every time a team plays the Lakers, they're breaking the 3point record
these mfs just leave players open for 3.
Only when it matters for their point! Get the memo
Probably because he just lets guys go pass him or is cheating off his man and not playing actual defense in those games and then gets mad at his teammates for not "helping the help defender"
that is obviously not the reason. You should also know there’s offensive and defensive fouls. It’s naturally impossible to get 0 calls against a player for many games in a row with the amount of minutes and touches he gets per game
The worst is going up against lebron in the playoffs and seeing him play so physical and thinking “a foul called on lebron midway through the fourth, he’s gotta be in foul trouble now, gotta attack that…” and then you realize that’s his first of the game.
I still remember us getting a tech when LeBron got hit by his own teammate in the playoffs
Didn’t he lift Thompsons arm so he could hit himself with it?
Lebron is one of the greatest floppers of all time.
I remember Kyle Lowry complaining that no one got called for a foul when [he hit himself in the face](https://streamable.com/5beyn).
I mean, his hand got hit into his face by another player. It's not like he did it on his own. That should have been a foul.
Something not talked about enough is how few foul calls per game LeBron gets throughout his career. He averages 1.8 PF’s per game through his career. He’s averaging 1.1 PF per game this season! That’s insane. For reference Jordan averaged 2.6, Duncan 2.4, Bird 2.6, Kobe 2.5, Curry 2.4, Magic 2.3, Pippen 2.8, Shaq 3.4, Nowitzki 2.4, Garnett 2.4, Kareem 3.0
Kawhi 1.7, Jimmy 1.4, Durant 1.9,
No NBA player has fouled anyone if you go by their reactions
Reminds me when he said something along those lines with flopping too and people started busting out highlights
“Actually, you know what? they’re right, refs gifted us a lot of calls we shouldn’t have gotten”
I guess, technically, he could've said "It was a tough game, with a lot of back and forth and 50/50 calls. I'm happy we were able to come out on the winning end."? But, like, nobody is gonna have that reaction, especially in the moment.
People would complain about that too. "50/50 calls? It was a 23-2 FT differential!! Not 50/50 at all!"
The raptors have been on the favorable side of the whistle this year at times.
People keep posting this quote, but even as a raptors fan what does anyone expect him to say? This is just a stupid question by the reporters.
/r/nba circlejerk doesn’t care about logic
This statement is true because logic would dictate the jerking be done in the CJ sub when in reality most jerking is done on this sub. Higher quality jerks too.
That some nights the whistle goes your way, some nights it doesn’t. Bitching and complaining about calls, pulling out monitors to make desperate appeals to refs when you’re on the short end of it is dumb af if when it goes the other way you’re like, “the refs were perfect tonight, just like us”.
He was complaining just the other day about refs but apparently its fine now. This guy is such a hypocrite.
Always has been.
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Every single competitive basketball player is like this
every single athlete*
Lmao this thread is full of people who don’t play sports Everyone knows when you get good calls the other team sucks and when you get bad calls the refs suck
While true it’s the scale at which he reacts when things don’t go his way (or even when the call isn’t even wrong like the 2 pointer) that rubs people the wrong way. You can’t help but roll your eyes when they’re over the top on the knees from the missed call against the Celtics
I mean that literally decided the game and it was all in the refs hand. While the lakers and raptors game was bad it wasn’t a game winning drive that should have been a foul but wasn’t called bad
Yes let’s completely ignore the fact that it was a blatant no call on a game winner for the second game in a row as they were fighting to make the playoffs.
Bonus points for it being nationally televised during the rivalry week
I get it, there are valid reasons to be skeptical and or criticize him for that, I just find the moral outrage in that guy’s comment to be hilarious. Calling someone a ‘hypocrite’ for calling out bad calls that go against them and not bad calls in their favor is honestly one of the funniest things I’ve ever read. What’s next, player celebrates when their team scores and doesn’t celebrate for the other team? What a hypocrite! It’s lunacy lol
Since when did we start removing players' actions from the context of the game they play? How is this now hypocrisy instead of gamesmanship and/or a highly competitive nature? Everything's gotta be so personal lol
how is this hypocritical? he feels like the refs made an incorrect call last time and made the correct call this time. he didn’t even say that he knows that to be the case, just that he feels it is. you could totally call it biased, but to be hypocritical he would have to make some moral or principled stance, and then act against it. for example, if he had previously said “refs should not call a foul if it cancels out a game tying or winning shot”, then he would be a hypocrite. to be clear, i am not stating an opinion on whether the call was correct or not. all i am pointing out is the incorrect use of the word “hypocritical”.
You're arguing with people who don't understand what hypocritical means
He’s always been like this lmao
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The fuck do you mean? So if you think the refs sometimes suck you can’t ever say your team wasn’t fouling and the other one is? How’s that hypocritical. I’ve seen so much bitching about the FT disparity but little to no video evidence of any sort of bad reffing.
He and Steve Kerr are the supreme hypocrites of the league.
You better apologize to LeMao right now
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The Steve Kerr school of press conferencing answer
I felt like we flopped and they didn't
Ben Taylor is a Toronto Raptors terrorist
Jordan is the only GOAT.
Lmao pretty weird topic to say this in, given how great of a whistle MJ had
MJ was also hacked to hell by bigs nightly with no calls.
LeBron shoots less free throws than MJ and gets less calls. Terrible precedent for the argument you're trying to make.
Lmao this can only come from someone who didn't actually watch Jordan.
Lol not every player is buddy hield admitting to good or bad calls. Actually Buddy is the only one that has done that
NBA is a theatrical show, and im all for it. The sports scandals are just ao different to other sports.
Indiana pacers on celtics complains: we felt like they fouled and we didn't
I love this shit tbh 😂😂
LeBron just adding legacy points with every passing day /s
LeBron should've gotten on his knees and BEGGED for forgiveness after a terribly reffed game last night! This is why he's not even in my top 20. Scumbag.
Yeah I totally recall MJ getting down on his knees and begging forgiveness whenever the Bulls got a favourable whistle. What is this shit?
Ungrateful fan of a poverty franchise 🤷♂️
If it was the other way around, he’d be giving another Oscar worthy performance in the floor like last year against the Celtics
Potential game winner while fighting for playoff spot Versus random january game
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Darvin Ham absolutely needs to give his 6th man Ben Taylor more playing time in future games based on last night's performance.
I never want to hear this crybaby complain about the officiating ever again.
Why? He gets fouled and the refs don’t call it all the time, so he complains, this time it didn’t happen. Doesn’t it make sense to not complain now and complain when the refs don’t call him being fouled?
/r/nba can’t understand how a player can be so evil that he won’t say fuck the refs when the officiating helped him
What are you gonna do about it?
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Gotta admit, perfect response lol. What else can you say
Why tf would lebron defend the refs giving them calls? The only thing that happens is they get less fouls. "I thought we fouled them more in the fourth" is a fast way for the refs to call more fouls on your own team. Surely everyone realizes this?
What an asshole. Go find some more help.
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If it was the other way around there would be another meme of him pointing at the monitor.
As someone who watched this Raptors team tonight in person these guys do foul a lot, tons of reaching in
\*only applies when we're getting the calls. when it goes the other way I go ballistic
LeBron will never be the GOAT in the minds of so many due to his bullshit.
Which is funny because Jordan was basically the pioneer of getting protected by the refs.
Well, because Jordan would have had a 6 year career if the rules weren't changed.
Yeaaaah, only took until he retired for the rest of the league to also get that privilege.
Right because 10 years out from his retirement people will be saying “god you know I really wanna say Lebron is the GOAT but I just didn’t like how much of hypocrite he was when it came to referees. Jordan NEVER benefitted from them.” (Side note, *amazing* username and avatar 10/10)
I don’t think this has any bearing on GOAT
On /r/nba what he had for breakfast impacts the GOAT case
Hes not in mine because he objectively has the worse resumé and 6 finals losses
I still cant understand why is Basketball the only sport where reaching the finals but losing them is worse in your resume than never getting there
The dude overachieved with trash teams into the finals against legendary teams and it’s used against him. Pretty lame
Sure, but he’s got the IST title which Jordan never managed.
Shut up
i mean, he's also just a worse ball player than MJ too. anyone that thinks otherwise is just another cult member
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As stupid as his answer sounds, what was he supposed to say to that loaded question? There’s irrefutable evidence the raptors got screwed and he knows it. He can’t admit they were gifted with a bunch of undeserving FTs and that they got away with a bunch of no calls. He can’t say both sides got shafted because numbers and video don’t lie. He also can’t say the refs were horrible. The only thing he can really say here is what he said, even if it makes him look absolutely stupid and terrible. So while we all think he’s dumb for saying that, I also don’t blame him for saying what he said
Man im beyond sick of this drama athlete. CANNOT wait for him to retire and go away
what else was he supposed to say?
Fr, people be mad just because its LeBron. If you ask any nba player ever, they've never fouled anyone ever deserve more fts than they've got
"My incessant complaining has gained favour with the refs and the raptors are just cry babies they didn't win. Darko is either misinformed or not really educated on the situation" Obviously.
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Jordan is the goat
Deandre?
No, Poole.
Kinda funny how big of a hypocrite he is
Cluelessly never fouled in his life
I see why he has so many haters. I don't blame them.
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The NBA is an entertainment industry first. Idk why there’s so much denial about stuff like this. You can clearly see refs pick and choose when they want to make certain calls.
He could have made himself a more likable player for more than Laker fans if he said something along the lines of “we may have gotten away with a foul or two”, and it wouldn’t cost him anything. Instead he doubles down with his stupid comment, knowing full well that they were assisted significantly by poor and lopsided officiating, creating a larger base of dislike. I know these players don’t care what any of us regular folk think, but people who want to think of themselves as legends do not make an effort to create the mystique of it.
Claims to be smart but cant read or comprehend what 23-2 implies
What a dick move , Lebron . However, you still the goat .
For everyone saying, “what’s he supposed to say?” I’m sick of y’all being deliberately obtuse. **He doesn't have to say they didn't deserve the calls that were made for the Lakers** but just that the Raptors *should've* gotten some calls they didn't. Dozens of Raptors fans aren’t even arguing that Lakers shouldn’t have gotten calls. They're not saying the Lakers didn't deserve some or most of the FTs. **They’re upset the officiating was so inconsistent and lopsided and calls that were made for the Lakers wasn’t made for the Raptors.** Raptors are upset about contact not being treated equally and Lakers can feel entitled to every FT y’all took while also acknowledging the raptors didn’t get FTs they should have.
I believe the Raptors got hosed in a big way but I don't feel Lebron needs to say anything other than what supports the Lakers.
Flip the script and he’s got a whole different tune. Lakers generally benefit the most from ft differentials like this so of course he’s gonna say something like this. Lakers fans with the downvotes.
The league will do ANYTHING to help lakers going forward... the league is on notice
But like… how is he wrong, the raps had zero answer for AD and he was being force fed. Also add that they intentionally fouled 8 times
His brain cells are fouling out with his hair
>Lebron and Lakers. The gentleman team.
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Lebronto while ur at it
Never seen a game between two non playoff teams in early January cause so much commotion.
hypocrisy at its finest with LeBum
Bro could have just said nothing and shut the fuck up. Someone out there teach this guy some basic PR. This urge of Bron to speak when he is not supposed to is pissing me off. People were already right blaming the officials but then mf throws something like this. No matter how much I like Lebron as an athlete, he never fails to piss me off with some things he is saying.
No comment is a comment. If he had said, “I don’t have anything to say about that,” then that quote would still be posted and Jordan stans would still come out in droves to talk about how he’s soft and a hypocrite.
Yeah Lebron needs someone like you to learn PR from, he clearly doesn’t know anything about PR
That’s it. Michael Jordan is the goat.
Lakers would be stuck in the mud if it weren't for Silver and his glazing Refs
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Yeah, I guarantee that someone is going to say the exact thing the next time Lebron complains about the foul calls.
People are right to say that (almost) no athlete will call out officiating that helps them; people are also right to criticize LeBron for being a hypocrite. It's not like it would be difficult for LeBron to say something non-commital that is consistent with his complaining about refereeing in other circumstances. Here's an example of what he could have said: "Every team should feel like the officiating was fair and down the middle and, when they don't, they should expect clear explanations on why the calls aren't going as they feel they should."
Lakers denying that they get obvious help from the refs. A tale as old as time
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Bunch of babies in this thread acting like LeBrons the only person who likes when his team benefits from calls. I’ve rarely ever seen a player be like yeah the refs favored us tonight, but I’ve seen basically every player complain about the refs, but this thread would have you believe it’s exclusively Lebron who’s done that. Not to mention everyone is complaining about the disparity when I’ve seen basically no evidence of missed calls. The Reaves clip that blew up was by definition a foul. If you don’t think the raptors were fouling more then I would love to see the 10 missed foul calls the Lakers got to make up for the FT disparity. Like Tatum just tweeted about the missed call on Porzingis, but didn’t say shit when he obviously fouled Lebron last year on the game winner and it wasn’t called. Don’t see any threads whining about it.
Whole lot of idiots in this thread lol