Fdsa said:
Wemby is now one flagrant away from an automatic suspension. I can hardly watch the games now due to how he is being officiated. Every single one of his flagrant fouls is a result of him being held, tackled, etc. and he is just trying to free himself from the holds. People say this is physical like the 80s...I don't remember being able to hold arms / jerseys with your closed hand. I remember hand checks and pushing with your body, but not this handsy grabbing stuff. Hell, he was form tackled the other night with no flagrant.
The Spurs need to have discussions with the league about moving forward and protecting him. Part of me says wait for the perfect moment when he is getting mauled and get that flagrant and make the league suspend him. Then make that the storyline and take all the videos surrounding all of his flagrants and that's the opening video montage with your meeting with the league. They have to do something to change this - I believe there are multiple future championships on the line. We are down 3-1 - maybe go ahead and make that play for next year. I dunno - very frustrated watching it.
This is exactly my issue. I love physical play, body checking guys crossing the lane, etc. But all of this handsy grabbing stuff is just crazy to me - it happens on EVERY SINGLE PLAY.
Every replay is the ballhandler pushing off the defender, then the defender's arm getting pinned by the offensive player because he's trying to get a hand on the ball handler, someone grabbing a handful of jersey on a screen, and people fighting for rebounding position by grabbing wrists and shoulders.
It's everywhere, and it's making the product absolutely awful to watch.
