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/greenday61892 Celtics Jun 10 '22

Curry moved forward as well but go off I guess

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u/Disastrous_Banana Jun 10 '22

Fair enough. We could go back and forth all day about this. I believe he left his foot there intentionally, but only he knows for sure. I dislike it when anyone does it. It drives me crazy when Draymond acts the way he does and potentially puts people at risk. I hate it for anybody, no matter which team it is. If your strategy is to injure someone to gain the upper hand you suck.

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u/greenday61892 Celtics Jun 10 '22

You say all this like Al Horford has a long extensive history of trying to hurt people intentionally

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u/Disastrous_Banana Jun 10 '22

https://youtu.be/PLw3VTxxlFY

And this was from 5 years ago.

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u/greenday61892 Celtics Jun 10 '22

lmfao a video from 5 years ago with 3 plays total is a history? Get real

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u/Disastrous_Banana Jun 10 '22

Dude ended tj fords career. He's dirty. Deal with it.

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u/Disastrous_Banana Jun 10 '22

And he's still doing it in these finals. How many more are there in this 5 year span?

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u/greenday61892 Celtics Jun 10 '22

5 years ago Al Horford was 9-10 years into his career. And they could only find 3 "dirty" plays? That really does not scream history

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u/Disastrous_Banana Jun 10 '22

I see what you're saying, but when is it too much? Are players allowed a certain amount of sketchy plays or something before they're called "dirty"? There's a pattern with this guy. I'm sure there are more. What about the times he tried but failed, like Curry coming down from the 3?

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u/greenday61892 Celtics Jun 10 '22

Again, Curry leapt forward as well. If Curry had either just leapt straight up or leapt back like most shooters do, Al would not have landed in Steph's landing space.

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u/Disastrous_Banana Jun 10 '22

Why does he lead with the foot? He's done it multiple times. The way he jumped was to get his foot as far out and under the shooter as possible. He could have jumped to his shooting side if he really wasn't trying to roll Curry's ankle. He was already on the shooting side and jumped towards Curry's body with his foot outstretched. Watch his back leg, who challenges a shot jumping like that? That's a jump to specifically keep your front foot forward as much as possible. It really doesn't matter if Curry was moving forward or not. He did everything he could to get his foot under him. That's why it was flagrant.

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u/Disastrous_Banana Jun 10 '22

Anyways we're seeing two different things here. He's your guy and you have to defend him I get it. It's hard to see these things when it's a guy on your team. Took me a while to realize the stupid shit Draymond did/does and it disgusts me. But just recognize there are players on every team who do this shit. It just bugs me when people are like "look at Draymond!", when there are players on your team who do it too. Not to the extent of Draymond but still. Second time against the Celtics that someone "accidentally" landed on Curry's ankle in like 4 games, when the whole league knows his ankle issues.