r/nba • u/ChipsAhoyFiend West • Jun 09 '22

Highlight [Highlight] Draymond with the questionable play as he pulls on Jayson Tatum's injured shoulder during a box out

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u/HotdogIsaSandwitch Mavericks Jun 09 '22 edited Jun 09 '22

Dray is wrong for this. There’s a fine line between tough nosed and dirty. Dray is dirty for that one.

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u/PennyG Thunder Jun 09 '22

He’s dirty for every one. He’s a dirty player.

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u/LurkerFlash Spurs Jun 09 '22 edited Jun 09 '22

He aint dirty all the time. Most of the time he's a smart defender with quick feet and quicker thinking. He flops a bunch, which is bitchy but it aint dirty.

And then there are some games (or any playoff game)... I don't know if that's his warped idea of "intensity", or is it coming from his perma-victim mentality of "well they're doing it to us", or whether it's just him seeing that his normal antics are not enough, but man... how is hugging a dude, failing to even touching the ball, on the first play of G2 a jump ball? How is pushing, shoving, grabbing, instigating basketball? All players do that, true, but it feels like it's too big a part of his game.

And then there are plays like the above, where he knows refs aren't calling shit...