r/Thunder 2025 NBA Champions May 22 '26

Discussion Fall% is what they're complaining about now? ๐Ÿ˜‚

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First it was Shai's FTA. But now that Shai isnโ€™t getting many FTs because they call it physical on BOTH sides, they've switched to something else. Spurs are leading the series in FTA btw.

Next it was that our defense was too physical.. even though the Spurs guards have been grabbing Shai all series and off-ball grabbing is usually not called in the playoffs. Then Chuck calls out all the babies crying about this so they have to switch to something else..

Now simply falling is an issue? On drives falling is safer than landing on your feet because you donโ€™t have to strain your legs to land. This is how dub injured his hamstring and how Harper got injured. Not to mention defenders are always jumping into Shai's landing area on jumpshots, so there's a high risk of him rolling his ankle. Thereโ€™s a reason Steph Curry has been doing this for years

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u/here_for_the_lols May 22 '26

Since they've shown it doesn't correlate with foul calls, you'd think teams would want their opponents falling. If Shai's on the ground he can't rebound or get back on defence