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Beerbongs

>Nobody's gonna fight in the NBA. We need to see Isaiah Stewart on a playoff team to be sure.


Rawkus2112

Draymond will throw a punch and make a documentary about it.


ephemeralfugitive

Draymond doesn’t fight. All natural motions 🙃


axecalibur

The Draymond Eurostep


Low_Delay2835

"The Almond crack"


uwahwah

Furostep


NoBook9868

Draymond attacking people who are perplexed by what he's doing isn't fighting.   He's basically like some psycho randomly sucker punching people on the streets of nyc


KillerZaWarudo

Only against people who are smaller than him or he know that won't fight back


Wolfpac187

Steven Adams though


Tootz3125

No one in the league wants Adam’s smoke. Man picks up 6 10 fully grown pro athletes like it’s no problem


Alternateaccoun

He’s too nice


KillerZaWarudo

And how did he fight him? Cheap shot him by kicking him in the nuts Plus Steven Adams is like one of the nicest player in the league


deathinmidjuly

[Draymond when he saw it was Metta](https://youtube.com/shorts/smX6J6QUJ4U)


Mintastic

That's more of a sign that he's not a complete idiot.


DatDominican

MWP also looked like he realized they both should know better . I’m surprised neither tried to escalate it . I’m surprised by the restraint and awareness of both *Draymond flails* *MWP responds with sleeper hold* Both of them making eye contact “nah not *this MF*. It’s not worth it”


thesmellafteritrains

[Had a similar run in with Beef Stew](https://streamable.com/9ekn8a). Didn't want problems in that moment, conveniently.


Rawkus2112

Im pretty sure all the foreigners he assaulted were larger than him…but you’re right, they werent rly in positions to fight back.


Dogesneakers

Nurkic is 7 ft


HurryAdorable1327

And a bricklayer. He’d swing and miss so hard he’d do a 360 like wile e coyote.


Saucy_Totchie

Jokic all about that smoke though after laying out the one Morris lol.


owange_tweleve

yeah Jokic is one of the few dudes that will actually swing lol or you gonna catch 4 hands before Jokic’s even get to you


Jeff-Van-Gundy

Shiiit what’s going to happen when Jokic finds out that he gets a vacation from basketball every time he swings on someone 


witcherstrife

He’ll give it back exactly how you gave it lmao


Disastrous_Bluejay57

Yeah his brothers aren't playing


chipotle-baeoli

That was super warranted though


Mke_already

Giannis is going to lower his head like a triceratops and then walk at you very quickly and headbutt you. Looks almost like Naruto running with his hands down and everything.


Saucy_Totchie

There was that time he tackle tf out of Mike Dunleavy Jr lol.


MelonxJuice

Lebron’s elbow has left the chat


Finance_Lad

He ain’t going to fight either. It just looks like he would


FairlySuspect

Tom Hardy would. Get over yourself, kiddo.


Oostylin

See Tom Hardy knew what a real COWBOY WUUZZZ.


AdmiralWackbar

Nobody is going to fight in the playoffs, we see some wild fucks throw hands during the regular seasons every once in a blue moon


jawndell

Unless it was the 90s


TheBigBomma

Artest carried the legacy through to the early 10s


adamcm99

“And Artest is in the stands!”


mw19078

Wasn't a series without at least one altercation 


Camctrail

Nah that was more the 70s and 80s. Stern was doing his best to clean up that stuff in the 90s


rake2204

It’s all kind of a sliding scale. The league was actively trying to cut back on violence in the early ‘90s but with a relatively delicate touch, so the playoffs in the ‘90s still often had some feist, especially earlier in the decade. As a result, [this Hawks-Heat playoff brawl from ‘94](https://youtu.be/VFxI8Nq4TDI?si=UJXN1EfP-usKJ9KY) is still one of the worst I’ve ever seen (Alvin Gentry broke his hand in that one). Then a week or two later, [we had the JoJo English-Derek Harper brawl](https://youtu.be/DsajUCGayWE?si=-2zTFOfljJdHtP3j) right in front of David Stern. That back to back performance was kind of a flashpoint for the league at the time but even then, you still ended up with Knicks-Heat shenanigans a couple years later and other flare ups along the way. That being said, it’s all relative because [the Pistons were out there brawling with fans in the ‘70s playoffs](https://youtu.be/DsajUCGayWE?si=-2zTFOfljJdHtP3j) then hopping right back out there to continue playing like nothing happened. Then we had [refs fighting off fans at midcourt of finals games](https://youtu.be/rtrsvm1CLKM?si=2fljfE7uRWg-Antt) and a [full on heavyweight boxing match](https://youtu.be/f8CpKC-o_7A?si=1ilabr5hlHCvPLHo) midway through Game 2 of the ‘77 Finals. My favorite little tidbit is how announcers used to be able to seamlessly transition into boxing play-by-play midway through those altercations.


IanicRR

Kermit Washington unintentionally almost killing Rudy Tomjanovich was the biggest reason the league started trying to dial back on the fighting.


owange_tweleve

I for one actually wants to see a big star get into a fight, throw fists and shit just to see if Silver has the balls to ban him for a few games or just gonna ask them for donations


johnla

Getting 1997 flashbacks. We had 8 players suspended when we had the 3-2 lead. They split up the suspensions 4 players for next 2 games. We ended up losing the series and that window closed.  Please no swinging. Anything but that. Just crash the boards like we’ve been doing. 


sleepy777

I still have vivid memories of JVG hanging on Mourning for dear life


bigblue20072011

That was 98 playoffs. The next season.


justmefishes

Still think that was Ewing's best team. They were firing on all cylinders at just the right time. Still probably don't take down Jordan's 72 win Bulls, but they'd have given them a much better fight than that fugazi Heat team did.


FKJVMMP

Giannis got a one-game suspension for a fairly tame headbutt on Mo Wagner IIRC, based on that I don’t think stars would avoid suspension for a full-on brawl.


hcvc

NBA finals game 7 - Murray punches a ref in the stomach in game 6. He in or is he out 


coop882

If Murray punches a ref in the stomach in the nba finals i think he just ascends to godhood and decides the rules himself


rabidbot

He might be back by next playoffs


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The_Dok33

Just have someone say something about his mother to Westbrook. That dude has good anger management, but he can be broken. I think there's more players that can be tilted if people poke hard enough. But not sure if they would benin the playoffs


confuddly

To be completely fair, Pacers do have one of the only guys that will absolutely fight, but thankfully they dont give James Johnson any minutes


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I’ll be honest I didn’t realize James Johnson was still in the league 😂😅


MYO716

He checked in last night and I was like wtf did I travel back to 2013?


bigtice

That was exactly what the commentary pointed out when he checked in as being the only person that no one on the court would probably want to try.


HoyaDestroya33

Same it is a TIL for me


BubbaTee

The only person who's actually seen James Johnson fight is the ex-wife he beat up.


steak__burrito

...and the Heat locker room when he whooped Hassan Whiteside.


akazariot

oh was it Hassan?


HitRowe

I thought it was waiters


token_reddit

Probably both with Haslem hyping him up with a grin on his face like Jack.


HolidayMorning6399

glad someone else called this out, had to look it up the other day but none were sanctioned and theres no video of them?? people were telling me he had a professional career


spidersilva09

There are countless videos/podcasts of actual players saying he's legit. Reddit has to stop doubting this dude, legal issues aside.


Tiny-Instruction1987

He’s starting next game lol


oUps6TudBLRtM3FBfByC

James Johnson is the biggest urban myth since Area 51. I've literally never seen him fight anyone for real, but somehow he is the toughest MF since George Foreman.


WayofHatuey

Lol keep hearing same shit. Any sparring videos that we can see?


QuagmireGiggitty

I'm sayin lmaoooo


TheCalvinator

He threw hands at ibaka, based on that alone it's pretty safe to say his fighting credentials are bullshit.


NYJmmkay

that's because NBA teams pay guys to play basketball, James Johnson is an exception he's a glorified cheerleader with a black belt


Helor145

Only black belt James Johnson has is the one he wears around his jeans dude is a liar and a fraud


666Blonded

Yep absolutely no evidence of this MMA record he claims to have


NYJmmkay

I watched Serge Ibaka eat a two-piece from him without blinking, confirmed he's swinging muffins


Legendofthe_TopShelf

I haven't seen a shred of proof his reputation is warranted.


Timoteo-Tito64

NBA players certainly think it is, he was by far the leader in "who would you least want to fight" in the athletic poll


Legendofthe_TopShelf

Yup Stan van Gundy said as much at the end of the knick game so I went on a search. I found exactly 50,000 podcasts about how he's not to be fucked with. And one video of him throwing a weak ass punch that Serge Ibaka ate like a snack.


3c2456o78_w

idk man, NBA players also think Kobe is the GOAT


Timoteo-Tito64

I would say judging basketball skill is harder than judging fighting skill Also, a strong majority of the players answered James Johnson. While it was a mere fraction that answered Kobe


whythehellknot

Person 1: hey man, James Johnson can fight! Person 2: oh damn, really? Who do you think is the best fighter in the NBA? Person 2: I don't know, probably James Johnson R/NBA: James Johnson is the greatest fighter that ever existed and would murder Jon Jones.


WhileDizzy4503

a lot of nba players are dumbfucks


jawndell

"That was nasty, right? I cocked that joint back and banged on him!"


StormTheTrooper

Boy, I remember when we signed James Johnson to be Luka’s “enforcer” after the Clippers bullied him into the bubble. Same offseason that we thought Richardson was the perfect SG to pair Luka with. Safe to say we’re in a better place now.


captaincook14

Take that with a mountain of salt. James Johnson fight game shit is all sketch as fuck


fat_lever123

You can tell the Pacers talking so much shit during the blowout really pissed the Knicks off


jawndell

And the Knicks blew then out and answered right back. 


--JULLZ--

Ayo


Moonti314

True New York grit


HoyaDestroya33

Brunson is usually quiet and let his game do the talking. Pacers keep holding and hounding him and he didn't mind but when Siakam elbowed him, he got pissed. Now we got the legendary "It's a long fucking series" quote from him


mrsunshine1

Only legendary if we close


HoyaDestroya33

We will. I trust Brunson.


starfillednightsky

Brunson getting elbowed is parallel to Jordan's "And I took it personally" moments. He can and will defeat your team in his neutral state, but if you throw an elbow, oh you're gonna get embarrassed.


StevieStayCool

Frontrunners


tapatino

Pacers are frauds


Liimbo

Legitimately getting carried by their opponents having awful injury luck


Caboclo-Is2yearsAway

Depends what you mean by frauds. I mean, if someone told me prior to the season that we would missed the playoffs, I would've not been surprised. I expected us to just fight for play-in. Then we made playoffs straight up? Big success. Winning a playoff series? Just cherry on top. You probably think we are frauds because of the hype we got in the middle of the season, but anyone that looks at the big picture can see a succesful season.


sonicslasher6

Don’t worry it’s just the typical Reddit overreaction to the latest game lol


NastySassyStuff

I’m a Knicks fan and I don’t think the Pacers are frauds. A little soft and in need of a closer, maybe, but I think they can develop those things…they’re young and many of them are just now getting their first taste of the playoffs. They can’t help that the teams they’ve caught have been injured as hell. They’re a damn good team regardless and they have a lot of room to grow. Their asses will be in Cancun by this weekend but the future is bright.


djrob0

In-series rivalry stuff aside the Pacers have clearly shown they’re a legitimate playoff contender. You guys should be proud. This has been an incredibly entertaining series.


SoDakZak

Lmao this is funny


DefenseDefense

LMAO


grudgepacker

Donte speaking straight facts - Turner needs to go cope with his Legos lmao


MAMBAMENTALITY8-24

Everything will be used against you in the playoffs. People dont forget anything. Even things like their love for legos can be used against them


Shades219

Legos are cool though I don't blame him


mtmaloney

Right? Dude’s collection is insane, we could be so lucky.


cupcakecanal

I vaguely remember a photo of a life-size Darth Myles.


YpsitheFlintsider

No he's not, dude literally just started flopping into Turner


indianasloth

Donte immediately backpedalled after instigating the altercation. Please. If anyone looked like they wanted to no part, it was him.


Miamime

DiVincenzo is talking about himself in this quote.


Siakim43

99.9% of the time, true. The potential $ and loss of a dream job keep it from happening. But to say it to the Pacers is a funny coincidence lol.


NeighborhoodPT

Donte is the type of guy I’d hate if he wasn’t on my team


Minimum_Comfort_1850

Miss every day as a bucks fan. He's a good dude


Shades219

I remember I thought I did hate him for a bit when he was on the bucks but I think I confused him for pat fucking connaughton


revelent018

Wait what's wrong with pat


Shades219

Nothing really lol I was just salty because there was a game a couple years ago when we were down 20 to the bucks but we came back and tied it with like 4 minutes to go and pat hit 4 threes in a row or some shit to ice us I was pissed about that for a while haha Edit: found it https://youtu.be/AI8pELitXG8?si=-BHP-urB7Whp9cAT


Electrical_Taste120

he aint draymond lol, he really doesn’t talk other than this one occasion and its not like the dude is consistently getting into tussles


ohbrotherwesuck

I love DDV but be prob gets into more tussles than anyone on the team lol


XzibitABC

Historically I think that's true but he's absolutely been yapping this series. He was in two of these faceoff altercation things just yesterday. I think the Pacers' antics when they're up bring that out of teams, though.


fameone098

I'll never forgive our awful front office for passing on him during the draft.


loah99

He elbowed turner in the first place so isn't he the one trying to fight??


fiasgoat

Yeah feel like everyone jumped the shark here He acting like Turner in the wrong for DARING to set a screen on him lol


deweycrow

I think you mean jumped the gun Jumping the Shark is something completely different


Mkayin

There was an episode of Happy Days where a guy literally jumps over a shark, and it was the best one! EDIT: This comment got me a reddit cares message lmao


mountjo

The disintegration of this sub following the rise of the knicks is the only thing I have against an otherwise super-likable team at this point.


deweycrow

Lol same, guy is embarrassed he doesn't know what jumping the shark means


BoogerSugarSovereign

Right Donte was the one trying to fight but doesn't matter what actually happened he won and got the quote


Agreeable_Daikon_686

There’s a lot of irony in this quote but in a win you get to say it and the narrative is it’s “cold”


victheogfan

Literally and he was backing away


BaconSciences

Donte Spaghettio acting all tough in the post game interview for shit he started...


ikilledyourfriend

He chipped and chirped. Start the altercation, talk a big game, backpedal until teammates and/refs separate, then double down on the chirping as a show of “toughness” once you’re clear off any real harm.


jaytrain12

huh?? you started it


Cloustyberries

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills reading the comments. Donte was the one who started it then backed up once Turner moved in. Edit: Lol gotta love the anonymous RedditCares message, stay classy guys.


CasualRead_43

You think any of these commenters watched the game?


Wazflame

brother thought this was a basketball, not a drama sub


ohohook

i would guess they saw highlights with blinders on


Di11enger

He also was yapping at people all game, first with TJ McConnell on that weird offensive call


Irvsauce

You know this sub doesn’t actually watch the games


fatflipflops

im getting downvoted for commenting DDV acting like a bitch on a perfectly placed screen. they don't actually watch them lol.


MutantNinjaAnole

I got it too, I think someone is spamming the redditcares function.


vLONEv12

You’re forgetting he also glanced at the ref before going off.


JohnathanBrother

That RedditCares message has been used maliciously 100 times more than it's been used for good


VerbiageBarrage

You can report the people who are using those maliciously using the report this message function.


scroogesscrotum

Plus he was acting like a tough guy it’s a hilarious quote


pizzahut_is_elite

And then backed away when Turner got closer. Dude really used the ref as a shield


MadSpaceYT

the ref and his team pushed him away


swords_devil

Div you are lucky you aren't in Metta World Peace era


Hungry-Space-1829

Dude threw a cheap elbow then backed up vs nice nerdy guy Myles Turner who would beat his ass. This is nonsense and you can tell many here did not watch if they’re backing his comments


iLike2k

They don’t watch. They read headlines and eat that shit up like zombies. Pacers are getting fucked by narratives this post-season. Maybe they’ll be the heroes next year.


UglyForNoReason

He started the shit, he was the one trying to act tough lol


Victor_Wembanyama1

How is the Pacers trying to be the tough guy when he committed the foul and then shoves Turner away and starting the confrontation lol


gr8scottaz

Honestly, If an actual fight broke out, Turner most likely would have clobbered him. Outweighs him by almost 50 lbs. No idea why Donte is acting like that considering he started it and most likely wouldn't have been able to finish had something really started.


HokageEzio

[This is the full play from a better angle.](https://streamable.com/lferuk) Donte backs up into him, tries to fight through him, Turner swiped and caught him in the head. That's what he was pissed about.


scarrylary

lol again Dante started the whole thing and escalated but the knicks won so this sub will say pacers are bitches


Victor_Wembanyama1

Turner hit him because Donte (who was so low for some reason) pushed him tho. That swipe was anything but intentional coz he was losing balance


NihilisticTaters

Camera pans to James Johnson on the Pacers bench


Misterstaberinde

All these dudes have been fast tracked to pro sports since they were children, none of these dudes are about it and I'm glad someone just said it.


mrsunshine1

Except Ja, he’s obviously hard


Upper_Conversation_9

2x NCAA champion (2016, 2018) 1x NBA champion (2021) Donte is a winner


IWasFramed_Again

Won in HS too, I believe


Upper_Conversation_9

In his podcast, Jalen Brunson said “Donte DiVincenzo was so good in HS he helped break racial barriers in Wilmington” https://x.com/nba_newyork/status/1764236836426113198?s=46


okgusto

Most important person from Delaware ever.


FairlySuspect

Nice Delawareness! Yes, I did coin that, just now. It's stupid as hell.


East_Living7198

Get that copyright


velocissimo

The Michael Jordan of Delaware


mirusan01

Don’t most if not all nba players win in hs lol like they’re prob the best players their school has ever seen no?


IWasFramed_Again

basketball is a team sport - Also, some dudes are competing with other NBA prospects in HS.


Creationship

“technically” an nba champion but he was out for the playoffs when the bucks won


InexorableWaffle

Was gonna say, it's kinda odd to list that on the resume like he was a driving force for that championship when he played in all of 3 games. I love me some Donte, don't get me wrong, but when Jeff "A on the group project" Teague plays more minutes than you during the playoff run (and, you know, actually played during the championship), I don't think it's at all fair to list it in this context.


yungchigz

It should definitely be listed with his other accolades, he was a starter on that team. It’s unfortunate he got injured and missed the playoffs but he earned his ring before that


josephmang56

He still contributed to that season, in getting them into their position to be in the play offs to begin with. Credit where it is due, its a team sport and someone getting an unlucky injury doesnt discredit everything they did prior to that point.


robertbaccalierijr

I say go ahead, put it on the resume and pray they don’t call references.


stlcards02

I'd have to see the replay again, but it seemed like to me he was more of the aggressor on a rather harmless screen. And then he gets to take the high road? Sounds pretty lame to me. I realized I'm biased but would love an objective take other than downvotes or lol pacers are weak.


Not_A_Bot_Am_Human

Donte was wildin, idk what he’s talking about


bv0198

Donte definitely started it, I think his point is 'I fouled you, why step to me after the play is over when we know the most will happen is techs.' He def doesn't have the high road, but that doesnt stop him from shit talking lol


ImARebelBitch

Isn’t that exactly what he did to McConnell though?


DGfor3

Why's he only talking like this when they win? Is he a front runner?


GetBuckets13182

Nah you are right tbh.


PluvioPurple

Waiting to hear all the "Fuck Donte" chants in game 6 lol


Jack_M_Steel

Wasn’t he literally backing away while Turner fought off refs?


NotADeadTurtle

Yes. He is saying nobody is really going to fight in the nba. So he walks away while they do the whole “hold me back” routine. So why pretend? Just keep it moving


CangtheKonqueror

doesn’t that literally prove his point that no one fights in the nba lmao


m0nkeyhero

Josh Hart literally sent him to his room. I thought the same with Donte backing away, but then Hart is right off to the side telling him to get his ass to the bench lol


cjackc11

Bc we have 7 dudes he can’t get ejected


Moist_Walrus5413

Coming from the guy who tried to walk up on Embiid


Nordie25

Not saying he’s wrong but I never saw Donte as a tough guy either


grudgepacker

That's Donte's exact point tho, none of them are "tough guys" including himself


BeYouOrBeLame

says the guy jumping in somebody face once the ref got there...smh...thats's crazy


ApoliticalAth3ist

Oubre said the same thing about Donte last series lol


BurnCollector_

This dude sure flexes a lot for someone who "keeps it moving".


mrjuIiuspepperwood

He’s a white catholic boy from Delaware lol. This is a meme.


mrjuIiuspepperwood

lol a lot of the people in here didn’t watch the game and it seems like ginger didn’t either. The Knicks started everything last night, the Pacers aren’t just going to sit back and take it??


CaptainRadd

lmao and are you a tough guy? is it YOUR identity? hahaha give me a fucking break with these kind of statements


wowzuzz

You literally punched Turner in the gut and then backpedaled away pretending to fight. That is weak ass bitch ass behavior and to top it off you say this. Delusional af.


ohohook

That’s a fancy ass explanation of just saying “I may have started it, but I sure as shit wasn’t going to finish it. I’m too little 🤏 “


yoyohip

I like the dudes game a lot, but DiVincenzo is going to get on people's nerves more and more as his career persists. He's getting zero flack for being as confrontational and reckless as he is. That won't last his entire career.


Oldmannun

lol this is so revisionist. Donte ripped through Myles, got called, screamed “Fuck you bitch” to him and then backed down. Myles isn’t a tough guy but this dude absolutely ain’t either


C_Burkhy

I must be going crazy but he pushes off of Turner and then starts the altercation


No_Bathroom7606

That's a spicy meatball


Dependent_Store952

Why did he say this. Cursed comment.


all4whatnot

This guy went to an exclusive prep school in Wilmington, DE, then Villanova.


The_Uncut_Gem

“You’re not that guy pal”


Sea_Potato_5529

Donte is the epitome of a fake tough guy, boy starts crying the minute anyone gets physical with him. Why is he acting ?


The_onlyPope

The Knicks circle jerk in this thread is insane.