Playing D now in the nba is all about setting a player up for a charge

[FreedS[ohh]lave]

but its the truth,its more important then being a great on the ball defender nowadays

If im playing D in the nba now my whole mindset is getting under the basket and taking the charge

 

[Cory MBA]

Good observation -

Thabo seems to take pride in his defense though.

 

[Carlos Huerta]

Exactly. The whole thing is disgusting. I blame the refs of course.

 

[feelosofer]

Yea, the officiating this year has been awful and is it me or are they letting the Heat flat out travel, in this series.

 

[Adam3000]

Yea, the officiating this year has been awful and is it me or are they letting the Heat flat out travel, in this series.

^^^^Never watched an NBA game in his life until this years finals

 

[the white hiphop thief]

Apparently asking these refs to watch the action and not the reaction of a play is too much..

 

[PTBG]

I started noticing this since that posterizing dunk Darrel Arthur did on Nick Collison in WCF Semi's. This shyt pissed me off when they called the dunk off.

 

[drugxglory]

Shiit is ruining the game.

 

[Majestic Pape]

Well, at least it isn't at the pathetic level of college basketball yet.

 

[HacksawJimThuggin]

I don't agree with the premise of the thread, you can still play really good D in today's NBA... but they definitely need to expand the restricted area, guards driving to the basket and bigs taking a charge instead of challenging the shot is frustrating as hell to watch

 

[tru_m.a.c]

nooooooooo

players CAN'T be great on ball defenders because you have players like dwade that flop when the wind blows

its the law of unintended consequences

 

[Poppa_Dock]

its not that bad

one thing i hate though is why do they not call those after foul shots anymore, but still let dudes like wade and kobe do that pump fake/jump into the defender shyt?

if u get the defender off their feet then purposely jump into them that shouldn't be a foul IMO it should just play on

 

[3rdLetter]

nooooooooo

players CAN'T be great on ball defenders because you have players like dwade that flop when the wind blows

its the law of unintended consequences

HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bilz]

its not that bad

one thing i hate though is why do they not call those after foul shots anymore, but still let dudes like wade and kobe do that pump fake/jump into the defender shyt?

if u get the defender off their feet then purposely jump into them that shouldn't be a foul IMO it should just play on

In most cases I see, it should be an offensive foul.

 

[King Jove]

bring back handchecking