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[Highlight] Anthony Davis gets called for an unsportsmanlike flagrant foul for excessive contact on the post up



[Highlight] Anthony Davis gets called for an unsportsmanlike flagrant foul for excessive contact on the post up

by 50lipa

36 Comments

  1. i think this looks worse in slow motion than realtime

    in slomo it looks like he leads with the elbow, rather than the elbow being a part of his rotation

  2. raymond_w

    Team France awarded two technical FTs in their next game for this foul.

  3. NiceFloor7

    “NBA players just flop around, unlike FIBA players who are TOUGH men that play REAL basketball”

  4. DrAbeSacrabin

    I know everyone in here is saying it’s weak, but I think the slow motion is making it look far less impactful.

    I was arms straight up when someone was driving and took an elbow to the side ribs – fucker was bruised for like a month and it hurt to raise my arms above my head.

    Rib cage is a sensitive area to take a bony elbow.

  5. Remarkable-Gap-9024

    Offensive foul, check ball. Can’t believe this was called flagrant lmao. FiBa RuLeS though!

  6. KarrotMovies

    Offensive foul was called, the refs went to review it and gave him an unsportsmanlike foul. I don’t really get this rule

    >37.1. 1 An unsportsmanlike foul is a player contact which, in the judgement of a referee is: Contact with an opponent and not legitimately attempting to directly play the ball within the spirit and intent of the rules

    What did he do here that is ‘not legitimately attempting to directly play the ball within the spirit and intent of the rules’?

    He went for a turnaround midrange shot. I can understand calling this an offensive foul, but that’s a bad call

  7. SportsLaughs

    That’s all I need to see. No. 5 is NBA ready. 

  8. HydroThermia

    But hitting someone from behind during a screen is alright lol poor Derrick White

  9. Extinto_e

    Only bad thing in this tournament are the weak ass refs

  10. Uebelkraehe

    I would like to see the nephews on this thread after someone shoved his elbow at full speed into their ribs like this…

  11. ChickenLiverNuts

    the flagrants on Joel and AD have been basically nothing.
    tougher refs my ass

  12. Saucy_Totchie

    People thought the NBA was too soft for FIBA rules lol.

  13. DempseyRollin

    Shouldn’t have been called a flagrant, but that was absolutely not a flop & a legit offensive foul. Ask any boxer about taking a shot to the liver – worst/most painful place to be hit and that elbow had juice on it

  14. Goat_Status_5000

    Good call, imo. He elbowed the guy right in the gut. Not a basketball move. Hate me if you want, but Im right.

  15. Eespinoza10

    Penalty for agentina next game and 10 FTs for france next game

  16. squadracorse15

    There was some hefty contact and I definitely think that’s an offensive foul, but a flagrant? That’s pretty soft IMO.

  17. VenusIsRosy

    I’m noticing a trend in both men’s and women’s basketball, where everyone starts off praising how much better FIBA/Olympic officiating is compared to NBA/WNBA officiating, but before long, we’re back to complaining about calls like nothing changed at all.

  18. imnotknox

    Idk what you expect to happen when you’re surrendering 70 lbs allowing the entry and Davis to turn into the paint

  19. AcanthocephalaGreen5

    I’d call that an offensive foul every time, for sure.

    Flagrant? Ehh, I’m not as convinced there. *Maybe* a Flagrant 1 if that was intentional, but Draymond’s done worse and not gotten the boot.

  20. 30another

    Jokic should be ejected every game if this is a flagrant

  21. aussie_pacer

    Sabonis taught AD this move last season

  22. Refs gave every iffy call to Sudan just to keep that sliver of upset alive.

  23. Moist_Walrus5413

    “Flagrant foul, too strong”-the refs

  24. kihraxz_king

    Offensive foul?  Sure.  He created contact that gave him an advantage.  

    Flagrant?

    In what world?

    Finally a FIBA ref being as bad as an NBA ref.

  25. Whatever801

    I feel like that was a normal NBA move but a none NBA guy can’t hang banging in the post with AD

  26. CarmelasClutchAndOne

    A league that’s too soft for Anthony Davis. Never thought I’d see the day

  27. Beginning_Acadia5464

    He just way too big for him? Not out here, not even a foul called on the playgrounds of the chi

  28. beastwork

    So this is a flagrant but buddy from Serbia cross body checked KD and it was just a common foul. FIBA isn’t tougher, it’s just inconsistent officiating

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