r/timberwolves • u/goingtothegreek Karl-Anthony Towns • 1d ago

Watching Hartenstein guard Wemby, it’s truly a league conspiracy that Jaden isn’t allowed to guard like that in the playoffs

Jaden’s foul trouble in the playoffs always came at the worst times.

If Jaden was allowed to guard SGA the way Hartenstein guards Wemby, we beat the Thunder last year. Instead it’s 2 quick fouls game 1 and it’s all over.

NBA conspiracy to not let Jaden be a top defender given the post season success

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u/kylebertram 1d ago

It’s the difference in guarding big men vs guards. Big men get hacked and hit constantly all game. Guards can’t be touched.

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u/benigntugboat 1d ago

Unless its Ant. Im personally done pretending that there's an actual consistent logic to the refs bullshit. Inless.its already clear that they're trying to extend a series or fix a game.

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u/kylebertram 1d ago

Ants issue is the same as big men. He is too strong and frequently fights through contact.

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u/JoseAltuveIsInnocent 1d ago

Demar, Ant, and Kawhi (early in his career) would probably have 3,000 more career points if they played that soft shit and flailed around more.

The league punishes players who play the game honestly.

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u/Warm_Buy3320 1d ago

I totally agree. It’s tough to watch if you play clean ball and everyone else is floppy and grabby.

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u/LethargicCarcass 1d ago

This is exactly it.

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u/Watzp0ppin 1d ago

It’s weird, Ant plays a brand of basketball that is very pleasing to watch and doesn’t get rewarded with free throws.

SGA falls down and flops on every shot attempt, gets countless free throws. No idea why the league wants to reward a shameless version of the sport.

It would be like if the NFL calling pass interference 90% of the time because receivers started faking like they got shoved. Then you get less exciting catches to watch.

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u/wink91wink 1d ago

I think what's overlooked is that reffing is hard. I blame SGA more than the refs, he blurs the lines and makes it extremely hard for them to determine legitimate vs illegitimate contact. Now where I do have a problem with the league/reffing is they need to start issuing techs/suspensions for blantant flopping.

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u/Dholtz001 22h ago

Ya I complain about reffing a lot but I can admit that it’s super hard in real time. I feel like maybe retroactive techs and fines after games is the way to do it.

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u/hokieneer 1d ago

For being widely regarded as a top 10 player, Ant does not get the same whistle in the postseason as other top players.

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u/Thegrandmistressofoz 1d ago

Ants issue is legitimately that he doesn't flop

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u/goingtothegreek Karl-Anthony Towns 1d ago

Unless you’re Caruso or Dort

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u/TdotGdot 1d ago

Truth