Has anybody noticed OKC players grabbing the arms and holding opposing players?

[JohnFreeman]

I hope the refs turn on them in the playoffs

[Fudge]

The best team in the league always gets away with it.

So you either man the fcuk up, watch, and not make it a big issue in your life, or you stop watching the nba altogether.

Finna need some Perk in your life, brodie. Toughen you up some.

[JohnFreeman]

The best team in the league always gets away with it.

So you either man the fcuk up, watch, and not make it a big issue in your life, or you stop watching the nba altogether.

Finna need some Perk in your life, brodie. Toughen you up some.

Or they change it for the majority of people who want too watch fair NBA.

[Fudge]

Or they change it for the majority of people who want too watch fair NBA.

Dude, you're a LeBron stan. There's never "fair NBA" for you guys.



What's this gonna change?

[aj1987]

LOL! Durant stans and Rockets fans fighting about officiating? A playoff series between these two teams would destroy ISH. Battle of the FT's.

[WWRWestbrookDo?]

I noticed it several times tonight during the OKC / Houston game. OKC players would grab and hold the arms of Houston players to delay the weakside helper getting to the ball to contest a shot and they would grab and hold their arms when going for a rebound to prevent them from grabbing the board.

It was only called once when Butler grabbed and held Asik near the end of the game.

This also reminded me of last year's playoffs when Perkins held Chandler Parson's arm to prevent him from closing out on the eventual game-winning 3-pointer:






It seems like this tactic is something that OKC players are told to do... either by coaches or by other players on the team.

It's dirty.

Has anybody else noticed this? If not, watch for it when your team plays OKC or the next time you watch them play.

Everyone seen the Perkins one already. And I've seen Ibaka do it a couple times. Ibaka tends to slap hands with whoever he's trying to box out.

Not really a big deal. Ref's can call it if they want.

[wakencdukest]

Perkins has been doing this shit since he was a Celtic, learned it from KG. He's too damn slow to move his feet so he has to hold people and set moving screens. How he get's away with it is the real mystery, f*cking shitbag.

[ninephive]

And they gave Duncan a technical for that too. Hilarious how much the refs let OKC get away with.

Even Scott Brooks in his 3Q interview said the reason they are playing better is because they got more "active with their hands." Spurs fans were like, "yah that's true."

[ninephive]

The best team in the league always gets away with it.

So you either man the fcuk up, watch, and not make it a big issue in your life, or you stop watching the nba altogether.

Finna need some Perk in your life, brodie. Toughen you up some.

The Spurs ARE the best team in the NBA, yet the Thunder are the ones getting away with it.

[no pun intended]

nah but i have noticed harden's head whiplashing whenever he shoots

[LONGTIME]

The Spurs ARE the best team in the NBA, yet the Thunder are the ones getting away with it.

[Fudge]

The Spurs ARE the best team in the NBA

Meh, not really.