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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Superstar call? I thought Nash won the last two MVP awards before this season?
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Nash did win the MVP. Tim is also a superstar in the league. Nothing I said was untrue. As for the MVP thing, Nash should have won again.
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Nash flopped if anything. If he wanted to get not called for a foul, why not just be a man and take the contact. Why do you have to embellish the contact? I do not even believe that Nash even was contacted in the chest.
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Nash had proper position and was contacted. Those are true facts. He may have started to absorbe the contact by moving backwards and he may not have: I came to two conflicting opinions on two different camera angles.
If Nash did flop, why didn't the official make the correct call of either only a T for flopping, or an offensive foul for the illegal contact on a player with even-in-the-NBA-LGP,
and a T for flopping? But to bail on that possibility and call a blocking foul, I mean, c'mon.
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Why just intentional? Why not flagrant? To be fair this is not a play you see every day. And if Nash did not react the way he did, we likely would have never been able to discuss this play. The bottom line is a foul was called. We can always debate what we ultimately call on a play like this. If the game was fixed why was there a call at all?
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I dunno the definition of Flagrant in the NBA, but I don't think the player intended to injure Nash, but I do think that the contact was excessive. What does Nash's reaction have to do with anything: he reacted the way any living male would. If there's ever one call that sets in motion an official's exit from a league, I hope that a no-call on a knee to someone's groin would be it. Fix or no fix, at least a foul was called.
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
I agree with that there was contact, but Nash tried to squeeze between two players.
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To me, Nash had a great line to make a Nash-typical MVP play. Then he was fouled.
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Why Nash gets credit for being an MVP just baffles me.
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Because he elevates the success of his team. He puts up amazing numbers, makes everyone around him a better player, and leads the team to a fantastic year.
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
That is a play I do not expect a HS varsity player to make.
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There are likely only a few HS players that
could make this move.
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Originally Posted by JRutledge
He had no where to go similar to the previous play that was no called. Also let us not forget, we did not see all calls during the game. How do we know this similar call was not called at other times during the game? That is the problem with videos on “YouTube” and people post things with an agenda.
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Agreed. Are you saying that this crew was consistent? Consistently bad, I guess.