longstrangetrip wrote:monsterpile wrote:longstrangetrip wrote:What did you guys think of the Delly/Iggy play? While I think it was an intentional shot to the nuts by Delly, I think the referees handled it correctly in giving him a common foul and not doling out technicals to Iggy or Shumpert. I think the refs looked at the play several times and likely thought Delly had done something bad, but couldn't conclude he had. But because of the likelihood, they didn't punish Iggy for getting in Delly's face.
Why do I think it was intentional? Well first, as the announcers pointed out, Delly has the reputation of being a dirty player. Second, look at the level of the swipe compared to where the ball is. Iggy has pulled up his dribble and is moving the ball from right to left chest-high, but Delly's sweep is a full three feet lower! Either Delly has the worst depth perception in the NBA, or the Aussi clearly intended to go "down under"!
Didn't look intentional to me. What would be the point of that for Delly? I didn't think there was any reason for a T on Iggy but the announcers thought he would get one. I thought if guys got a T for that every time there would be some games where there would be like 15 T's handed out. I thought it was handled correctly by the officials and it wasn't a close game but I liked overall how the game was called. They are letting guys play and I thought it was pretty consistent.
I agree that the game was generally well-reffed. They missed some possession calls early (generally to the Warriors advantage, I thought), but on balance I thought the refs did a good job. I can't answer what the point would be for Delly to slap Iggy in the nuts. What was the point of Green kicking Stephan Adams below the belt? I think both Green and Delly are hard-nosed aggressive players who sometimes let their emotions get the best of them, and that's why both of them have earned the reputation of being dirty players.
If Delly is a dirty player than Green must be some sort of biohazard level of player. Lol Every game that guy does at least a couple plays that go farther than scrappy (both players are very scrappy).
I will add I've had similar situations happen to when Delly went for the ball. The guy I was guarding did something very different than what I was expecting and I didn't even get close to the ball and whacked them mayb not in the groin area but I wasn't trying to foul them hard. I tend to give guys the benefit of the doubt but it looked like a swipe for the basketball to me.
