Lebron and Cavs upset with Refs

[celticsclay]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19121076/cleveland-cavaliers-criticize-officials-26-point-collapse-atlanta-hawks

Lebron James tied a career high by fouling out for the second time in one year.

WOW.

[SHAQATTACK]

Thanks for posting

I could only remember oneother time he fouled out and he had a conniption fit .

 LeBron is treated sooooo unfairly by the NBA .......surely they must be blind ......every play he makes is perfect ,  he has never fouled anybody .....outrageous. !

[hodgy03038]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19121076/cleveland-cavaliers-criticize-officials-26-point-collapse-atlanta-hawks

Lebron James tied a career high by fouling out for the second time in one year.

WOW.

I think he has also passed his career high for being a crybaby after a loss this year.

[bdm860]

Wait, wait, wait, are you guys saying he shouldn't be upset about that call?  Did you see the play where he fouled out?

https://streamable.com/7hbfz

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

In other news, the sun rose in the east today ...

[liam]

Wait, wait, wait, are you guys saying he shouldn't be upset about that call?  Did you see the play where he fouled out?

https://streamable.com/7hbfz

Yeah, he got Marcus Smarted on that one!

[hodgy03038]

Wait, wait, wait, are you guys saying he shouldn't be upset about that call?  Did you see the play where he fouled out?

https://streamable.com/7hbfz

It wasn't a foul but that is not the point. He gets away with MUCH MORE than any other player in the league and there are HUNDREDS of phantom calls that he draws but that's okay. So the player exaggeratedly flopped and the ref must have assumed there was a push. Happens all the time. But the calls he gets are not even close to the calls that go against him. He needs to MAN up and stop crying.

[tarheelsxxiii]

Wait, wait, wait, are you guys saying he shouldn't be upset about that call?  Did you see the play where he fouled out?

https://streamable.com/7hbfz

It's a good call.  A light brush on the back by a man bloated with PEDs can do serious damage.  Refs are just protecting players.   

[hpantazo]

If he had any pride and leadership ability he would have not commented about the refs at all and instead would have said they have no one to blame but themselves for letting the Hawks back into the game, and they should have never even gotten to overtime.

[celticsclay]

If he had any pride and leadership ability he would have not commented about the refs at all and instead would have said they have no one to blame but themselves for letting the Hawks back into the game, and they should have never even gotten to overtime.

Lebron has really come off as extremely whiny this season and it is kind of disappointing after he had gotten so much good will by winning the championship.

He has whined about the Cavs not having enough playmakers despite having the biggest team salary in the league
He has whined about the grind of the regular season and not being enough rest days
He has whined the league only wants to penalize him for resting but not other players
He has whined about the Refs

Compare this to Kawii Leonard?

[jpotter33]

Wait, wait, wait, are you guys saying he shouldn't be upset about that call?  Did you see the play where he fouled out?

https://streamable.com/7hbfz

It was a ticky-tack call, but I thought the Cavs were on the short end of the stick with several other calls that didn't involve Lebron, like the Kyrie charge where Millsap was clearly moving or the jump ball leading to the shot at the buzzer where both Bazemore and Millsap were out of bounds.

On the other hand, I don't see Lebron complaining about the ticky tack call on Millsap that he got going to the basket at the end of regulation, let alone the generous superstar calls he's received his entire career.

[tarheelsxxiii]

If he had any pride and leadership ability he would have not commented about the refs at all and instead would have said they have no one to blame but themselves for letting the Hawks back into the game, and they should have never even gotten to overtime.

Good point. And it's not just LeBron, unfortunately they're all cupcakes.

When Harry and I were kids, we practiced barefoot in the snow, played 1-on-1 to 100 / death (whichever came first), and kept it all biz-professional with the media. 

[bdm860]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19121076/cleveland-cavaliers-criticize-officials-26-point-collapse-atlanta-hawks

Lebron James tied a career high by fouling out for the second time in one year.

WOW.

Also I know we're mocking LeBron here about the number times he's fouled out, but this is actually pretty normal (at least for non-bigs).  I looked up some other players and the number of times they fouled out this season, and their single season career high:

Westbrook 0, 2
Harden 0, 2
Wall 0, 1 (only fouled out 2x in his whole career)
Paul 0, 2
DeRozan 0, 1 (only fouled out 1x in his whole career)
Leonard 0, 0 (has never fouled out).
Curry 0, 4 (4 was as a rookie, after that high was 2)
Butler 0, 1 (only fouled out 1x in his whole career)
Durant 0, 1
George 2, 2
Anthony 1, 3
Hayward 0, 1 (only fouled out 1x in his whole career)

And for some C's:
Pierce 0, 5 (the 5 was way back in '00, after that career high was 3 most recently in '06).
Thomas 0, 1 (only fouled out 1x in his whole career)
Horford 1, 2
Bradley 0, 3
Smart 0, 2
Crowder 2, 4
T. Allen 2, 2

So 2x's this season is already more than most players I checked, and would also be the career high for most of those players as well.

[Roy H.]

That was a ridiculous call against Lebron, and on offense he probably gets more non-calls than any star since Shaq. If he was Harden's size, he'd get 20 FTs per game.

But come on. They blew a 26 point 4th quarter lead. That's on the players.

[Quetzalcoatl]

Well, when they fire Lue after the playoffs, they can probably hire Doc to be their new coach