Iman Shumpert on LaMelo grabbing Bam’s ankle: Little stuff like this happens | SportsCenter
Iman Shumpert joins Amina Smith on SportsCenter to discuss the Charlotte Hornets’ win vs. the Miami Heat and Bam Adebayo leaving the game early after LaMelo Ball grabbed his ankle.
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That was unnecessarily dirty
Be didnt think he was going to get his hand stepped on. He tried to hurt Adebayo. Shump is garbage with this take
People happy Bam got hurt because they keep sucking off Kobe and mad bro scored more than him is fucked up
You have to be blind to not see that trip as intentional.
Bro, even Stevie Wonder could see that trip was intentional…
I dont want to hear any outrage on this when Embid got away with yanking Mitchell Robinsons ankle a few years back, someone who just came back from an ankle injury, they didnt even bother to bring any light to the dirty play.
Drone
Just crazy is you know it’s all on purpose when espn gets someone else involved in the mix up they’re had to be something to talk about and just proves this league is fake I think the league wants lamelo to make it to the playoffs rather than Miami just think of how much more they’d sell
Draymond Green got suspended for stomping on a kings player bc he was grabbing Drays ankle every possession. Since then its a F1 period full stop. Except sometimes… NBA refs a joke 😂😂
Anyone saying what lamelo ball did was not dirty and deserving of a flagrant 2 or a 1 minimum should lose their job. It was blatant….
Hit in the head and didn't know where he was??? What a stupid response. He did that on purpose.
Good take iman
Too bad Bam couldn't give us another 80 point performance 😂😂😂
It ironic how players are sitting on the fence with this, also if you know anything about balance. In Martial arts / Boxing you learn to use body weight and angles to knock out your opponent, so the mere fact Bam was off balance already to Shump that's a difficult thing to do so you are finding it hard to believe is hard to believe. Who reaches backward when they think someone is going to step on your hand, your logic is off.
“Bam was already falling” so you just help him fall faster?? Some of yall are nuts 😂
Melo never gets calls, which is why he resorts to tripping. Blame the shitty NBA refs!
He kicked Melo in the head on the way up so it was a reaction thinking he might land on him..
That was a dirty play Shumpret sounding dumb
What absurd explanation. You smoke too much Iman
That a real fight no cap 🧢
I like the Hornets but they don't win with Bam healthy.
Iman you just lost me on this one my Guyy 👎🏿
Iman sounds like Scottie pippen a little bit
Y'all tripping, just like Lamelo did Bam, twice! Proof is in the pudding.
If Pistons and Hornets meet in in the first round, I would love to see LaMelo do that on Stew and see how things go.
Let any other star get injured like that and it would be a riot. That was flat out dirty.
This happens all season long and never gets called. Just blow the whistle
Sorry😂😂😂😂
2:27 did he say “what’s up for grabs” Smh Repeat offender smh
Bam flopped and got hurt.
New strategy: take out the opposition's best player " by mistake" the league is fine with it … don't even have to be a basketball play….wemby , Jokic , look out big men trips are coming your way. Apparently play offs pushes the stakes up to "no fucks given"
Naw shrimp… lol that’s sum bs n u kno it
I don’t think it was intentional!
Sham. What a
Homer
A trip clear as day and he won’t say it. Don’t need people who call it as they see it like Perk
He’s a Sham and a Chump. I mean Shump Idiot
ESPN is the cnn of sports; fake news and lies
Melo should’ve been booted
It was lil dirty shoulda been called to be real , this was in charolette they didn’t wanna take lamelo out the game.. stars gets calls some don’t
Shump is a breath of fresh air for TV. Every former player and "analyst" go off and criticize players left and right.
WE ALL KNOW SHUMP NEEDS TO HOLD ON TO HIS JOB. HE KNOW ITS BS.
Exactly let that man play they lost they was hooping
His teammates trash no way you doing that to anybody on my team I'm getting your lick back please believe it.
Shump is absolutely right..he tried to prevent his hand from being stepped on. We keep looking at this in super slow motion and analyzing it…it all happened in .1 second. Bang bang play. Now the previous one from the other game was intentional for sure!
His heat teammates shoulda been on Lamelo neck the rest of that game
None of lamelos movements are unnatural. He fell with his arm out and naturally a human will bring his arms in after they are flailed out. Spoelstra just mad that heat can’t beat the Celtics this year anyway
Wow, he did it before too… What a coward.
They will put anyone on TV that company must be bleeding out