NYRaider Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 3 hours ago, R T said: Neither of those plays were dirty plays, just players busting their tails to obstruct a dunk. If either would of been high or low a case could be made, but the contact is to the trunk of the body and the dunker easily land back on his feet. Nothing to see there but playing hard. How is blatantly shoving someone who's running full speed in the stomach area as their jump just a player busting his tail to obstruct a dunk? Chris Paul's lil arse had zero chance of stopping it and was clearly frustrated. Dude is lightly jogging back and the turns and tries to push Giannis with every muscle in his body. CP3 learned from the best... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Smithers Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, NYRaider said: Giannis 7'0" with a 7'4" wingspan and was in a full sprint trying to get back, he literally fell down out of bounds and at least where he did touch Booker was near were the ball should've been. At :04 seconds it looks like he was going to try and make a play on the ball but was just too late. He made contact as Booker was grabbing the rim. Either way they were down in the 1st quarter and a big block right there could've swung the momentum so it makes sense as to why Giannis would hustle back and look to stop an easy transition opportunity. CP3 on the other hand was already pushing mid air from a stand still position on a play he had absolutely no chance of stopping. This is just pathetic. How can you looK at that screenshot and with a serious face say Giannis was going for the block? And before Giannis even touches him Booker is off his feet. Giannis had no chance blocking that. Stop being idiotic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Just now, TheRealMcCoy said: Both plays could've been dangerous. CP3 is known for being dirty. Giannis isn't. End of story. Giannis could've made a play on the ball if he was a second quicker. Hell would literally freeze over before CP3 could stop Giannis coming down the court full speed from catching a lob when he's at a stand still and has 2 seconds to react, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Just now, Kip Smithers said: This is just pathetic. How can you looK at that screenshot and with a serious face say Giannis was going for the block? And before Giannis even touches him Booker is off his feet. Giannis had no chance blocking that. Stop being idiotic. We've seen Giannis have a ton of chase down blocks throughout his career. Name one time that Chris Paul has ever stopped a huge wing player from catching a lob and slamming it, lol. Dude was clearly frustrated and rightfully so, he just pissed away his only chance to ever be an NBA champion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, Kip Smithers said: This is just pathetic. How can you looK at that screenshot and with a serious face say Giannis was going for the block? And before Giannis even touches him Booker is off his feet. Giannis had no chance blocking that. Stop being idiotic. Giannis was this close to getting the chase down block my son Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 @Kip Smithers Yeah I'm sure it wasn't intentional. 😏 I don't blame CP3, you are probably right it was a clean play. His hands just naturally tend to gravitate towards balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Smithers Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Just now, NYRaider said: We've seen Giannis have a ton of chase down blocks throughout his career. Name one time that Chris Paul has ever stopped a huge wing player from catching a lob and slamming it, lol. Dude was clearly frustrated and rightfully so, he just pissed away his only chance to ever be an NBA champion. You would have a semblance of an argument if Giannis looked to even try and block that shot. But he didn’t. End of story. Both plays were dangerous and I don’t think either was dirty. Both were just unnecessary. Justifying one and not the other is stupid. Im not gonna go back and forth with idiocy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Kip Smithers said: You would have a semblance of an argument if Giannis looked to even try and block that shot. But he didn’t. End of story. Both plays were dangerous and I don’t think either was dirty. Both were just unnecessary. Justifying one and not the other is stupid. Im not gonna go back and forth with idiocy. Giannis trying to get a chase down block vs Chris Paul pushing Giannis are the same, you're right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 At least Nash and Kyrie now have tape on how not to stop a Giannis alley-oop next year. @Kip Smithers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 13 minutes ago, TheRealMcCoy said: Both plays could've been dangerous. CP3 is known for being dirty. Giannis isn't. End of story. Genuinely though in a hypothetical world lets say it was Durant/LeBron being pushed like that by someone like Pat Beverly, he may have been banned from the league for life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 In fairness though, CP3 is used to beating teams without their best player so he was trying to even the odds by taking Giannis out. Instead he got put on one of the most legendary posters in NBA finals history and will finish his career as a LOSER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Put some respect on the king of the Barclays Center Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Malfatron Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 46 minutes ago, Kip Smithers said: This is just pathetic. How can you looK at that screenshot and with a serious face say Giannis was going for the block? And before Giannis even touches him Booker is off his feet. Giannis had no chance blocking that. Stop being idiotic. Its Giannis. he always has a chance to block it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealMcCoy Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 14 minutes ago, NYRaider said: @Kip Smithers stop defending that dude... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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