NBA Players That FORCED Rule Changes REACTION!! | OFFICE BLOKES REACT!!

[@BWen3]

This dudes channel is good. But man he makes some stretches. Harden was not a bum in OKC. Video creator took his lowest point output from his rookie year (9.9) to help the story. Cheeky. Harden averaged 17 the year they made the finals. And was 6th man of the year. He was a huge piece for okc. And okc fans still hate that they didn’t extend him.

[@xandro2445]

Harden leaving was the first crack in the okc dynasty that never was.

[@clipsedrag13]

wow 17.. what an average role player total

[@MergatroidS]

He also uses such exaggerative language. "Then... Harden was caught doing the UNTHINKABLE!" where the unthinkable is that he got a lot of free throws...

[@mems1224]

His examples weren't even the reason for the rule. The whole thing with Harden was he would jack up a shot into a defender's arms who was reaching or fighting through a screen.

[@darnarxz]

@@clipsedrag13 17 for coming off the bench is great. Plenty of starters don't average 17.

[@miscreint]

The Zaza landing space rule: Unfortunately, Kobe Bryant's career pretty much ended by landing on a defenders foot. He tore his achilles. He still hit 2 free throws before leaving the game.

[@GBrimstone]

It's an old dirty move they did years ago .. dunno why they'd take forever to change it

[@thebigmexicantroll6581]

What bro? That didn't even come close to ending his career u bum. He left on his own terms.

[@alperensengun6832]

@@thebigmexicantroll6581 It didn't IMMEDIATELY end his career but there's no way if he doesn't get hurt in 2013 he still retires only 3 years later

[@Simon_Sez]

What? That’s not how Kobe got hurt at all lol it was when he planted his foot and tried to explode into a move…. idk if I’ve ever seen an achilles injury in basketball from someone landing - it’s always on the explosion and non-contact

[@Simon_Sez]

@@alperensengun6832 it still was his 20th season when he retired 🤷‍♂️ That might’ve been the end regardless, who knows

[@xandro2445]

Harden was pivotal to the success of the OKC Thunder and played the very important 6th man role. He literally won the 6th man award with OKC. He also avg over 30 minutes a game, it's not like he was some bench warmer. He avg 16.8 pts a game and bro wasn't even starting. He was on the US Olympic team. OKC tried to keep him and offered a 4 yr $52M contract which he shot down. So they offered 54M or a trade to Houston. He wanted 60M at 5 yrs. He got his 5 yrs at 80M. James Harden has never been a chump. He knew he was a superstar, we all did. There just wasn't enough space, money, and time for him with OKC.

[@punisherzero6594]

Harden may put up good stats, but he’ll never win the chip, he, just like Westbrook they are team chemistry killers

[@StripedJacket]

Yeah I was going to correct that as well. KD, Westbrook and Harden were a thing for a bit They used stats from 2 seasons prior to make him look like a chump (the video they’re reacting to did not them)

[@Bikebrh]

How could this guy forget the George Mikan Rule? He was so dominant near the basket that they doubled the width of the lane from 6 feet to 12 feet in 1951. He was also the reason for the Goaltending rule. He would swat shots out of the air as they approached the basket.

[@RollThatFilm]

if it was before the 80's we dont care🥱

[@ArturoGonzalez-bu5pi]

The thing that bums me out about the whole Pop angry about Zaza is that Pop coached Bruce bowen who did that routinely and he didn't seem too torn up about it then.

[@brettpenning]

0:30 Another Great Mike moment!!

[@williamjordan5554]

Missing is Wilt Chamberlain, the only man to score 100 points in a game and average 50 per game for a whole season. He caused an increase in the size of the zone around the basket in which an offensive player cannot stay more than 3 seconds at a time. He was Shaq before Shaq. Shaq also caused the inclusion of a hinge on the basket so the force of a dunk won't cause the glass to break.

[@AcousticGString]

Hi everyone, I hope you all are having a great day today.

[@anubisxmt]

Yeah but, Jan 6th!!! Just kidding. Have a great day as well.

[@AcousticGString]

@@anubisxmt Lol, I agree. I don't even have to give an explanation, I see you already get it.

[@spamandjamjamandspam8669]

Nah I'm completely broke and in debt but on the other hand, lucky to be alive.

[@GBrimstone]

@@spamandjamjamandspam8669 idk... That don't sound too lucky lol

[@spamandjamjamandspam8669]

@@GBrimstonelol I just mean lucky to be born on Earth where I can eat pizza, listen to cool music, see beauty in things, laugh, love, cry, etc.

[@bigdtheog572]

Don't know why he made it a big deal to point out Shaq made only one 3 pointer when big men typically didn't even attempt the 3 point shot back in his day

[@juffurey]

exactly, half of this is fluff

[@Stubby1085]

In the case of a technical foul in basketball which is when someone gets a foul for something without contact then they can choose who they want to shoot the free throw. Example coaches will get technical fouls by yelling at the referees too much sometimes.

[@declaneric]

Okay, to clarify: Fouls result in free throws in the following situations: • You foul the player in the act of shooting • You exceed the allowable number of team fouls in a quarter. Offensive fouls do not count towards this, only defensive fouls. That number is 4. On the 5th team foul in a quarter, and all fouls in the quarter that follow, the player gets two free throws. • In the last two minutes of the first and second half - IF the team hasn't already gone over their team foul count, they get one team foul with no shots. But after that, all fouls in the last two minutes get two free throws. • There are free throws for other infractions, like technical fouls, three second violations, delay of game, stuff like that. But the above three situations dictate most of foul/free throw rules. You can't just foul ANYONE and they get to shoot. If you foul someone off the ball, you get the team foul, but they take the ball from out of bounds - UNLESS the team has already committed enough team fouls to be in the penalty, AFTER which all successive fouls result in free throws. There's also an exception for "flagrant fouls," where the foul is considered intentionally excessive or hard, considered by the refs to be "not a basketball play." There's Flagrant-1 and Flagrant-2 So you jack someone up off the ball, and they determine it was flagrant: Flagrant-1 gets the (victim)player two free throws and his team gets the ball. Flagrant-2 gets the (victim)player two free throws and the ball, AND the offending player gets automatically ejected from the game. And by default, the NBA head office reviews the Flagrant-2 foul to determine if the offending player also gets suspended for a game or two or three, depending on how harsh it was, any possible resulting injuries to the (victim)player, etc. Where the Hack-a-Shaq came into play was usually in the last two minutes of each half, or when the game is really close and a team is already over the team foul count for the quarter. For the most part the latter was used in the second half. Teams would throw End-of-The-Bench players, who normally would get little or no playing time, on the court just to foul. Each player gets six fouls before ejection, so teams could waste two ETB players and foul Shaq 12 times, for a total of 24 free throws. Some teams would do more than that. In later years, Shaq worked on his free throws to make it less appealing to hack him. He shot a little bit better in the back half of his career, but he was still among the worst ever at it. It was mostly the result of an injury to his left hand when he was younger. He couldn't grip the ball as well with his left hand (couldn't flex his fingers very well), so he mostly shot with one hand, and off his finger tips. He had no touch with the ball, it was a life-long problem.

[@user-nr1ow7nq4t]

Best intro ever? Mike's classic bro xD

[@AxelFoleyDetroitLions]

This Channel has a Video about the shortest NBA player that dominated the League and commercials etc… You need to watch the little davids against Goliath! Legend

[@Simon_Sez]

I remember when (Celtics coach) Ime Udoka said he was the type of guy to get a double technical on Draymond and people thought that meant he was an enforcer or something - but @6:34 it shows he was actually just expendable, so he’s also the type of guy who got subbed in just to foul Shaq lol still a great coach tho

[@run4fun682]

Anyone who is fouled takes the free thow ONLY when they are over the foul limit, which happens very often in the last minutes of the 4th quarter. Otherwise its just a toss in. Only other way to send to the free throw line is if the person is going for a shot when fouled.

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

The fix for "hack a shack" would have been for Shaq to improve his free throw shooting...not changing the rules.

[@kennycooper294]

yes but it wasnt only shaq it became a real strategy for bad free throw shooters across the league

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

@@kennycooper294 then they all needed to learn to throw free throws! NOT CHANGE THE RULES FOR PEOPLE TO ACCOMODATE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T PLAY THE GAME.

[@fjnemo]

The thing with the Zaza one, as a basketball player when you go block a shot or contest it, you don't do 2 hops steps. You just hop once to contest it and even if you feel you're too close to land together, the shooter always lands first coz you're reacting to him so if you land someone then something is wrong. The defender always lands last unless the shooter has some amazing hang time

[@mrgmusicclass]

Jordan is the exception. Jordan would levitate while gravity affected the defenders.

[@darnarxz]

what? The shooter always lands first? That's not even close to true.

[@Wayne_kerr420]

The Zaza rule is important because All star appearances go a long way in contract negotiations

[@fhdez91]

Which one lol. The names are fake

[@ItsDefOver9000]

This dude tends to really lay it on thick w/ some of his commentary. I'd rather y'all stick to Jimmy Highroller for this type of content. Higher quality IMO.

[@neverleft636]

Karsten the Oracle aka KTO is awesome as well as Jxmmy Highroller for these types of videos. If you don’t know him check him out, really great videos. Pretty much a sports mini-doc channel.

[@tyronevaldez-kruger5313]

Maybe you should lower your expectations if you come here. Jxmmy Highroller is an NBA expert dedicated exclusively to one topic while the blokes react to various things.

[@The_Real_Kal-El]

@@tyronevaldez-kruger5313 it don’t matter the blokes seems to want to be educated about the NBA so we should steer them to channels that actually produce accurate information instead of sensationalizing them.

[@tyronevaldez-kruger5313]

@@The_Real_Kal-El You don't really need the likes of Jxmmy Highroller about basic NBA stuff. How about you "educating" the Blokes right here? In fact they often suggest viewers who might know better to leave a comment behind.

[@kennycooper294]

i thought this vid would be about things like changing the backdown dribble time because of barkley and mark jackson or changing the flagrant foul rules because of Cadillac anderson

[@sueosborne533]

Mike leaning in 🤣🤣🤣

[@tylarhaynes1080]

The way he explained the harden thing leaves out is kind of a stretch tbh

[@spamandjamjamandspam8669]

Everything he said was a stretch lmao

[@TheCrazyCanuck420]

The Zaza thing sounds like what happened around 10 years ago in the NHL where an enforcer (John Scott) got voted into the allstar game. I think he scored an easy goal or two.

[@rLxJake]

If the premier league had fans vote for an “all star” team it would almost be 80% of their favorite teams starting 11. As a United fan I know i would never vote for a city or Liverpoo player.

[@rashadd2615]

That Zaza play still hurts my soul to this day

[@Chris_..I..]

Have ya'll heard of TRIUMPH THE INSULT COMIC DOG? Ya'll have to do a reaction to some of his clips. Pretty sure you'd love it.

[@EskimoPablo907]

Locking arms should be an offensive foul.

[@rurouni82]

Drawing fouls was always part of the game. Harden was just one of the few current players who would do it.

[@darnarxz]

?ot in the way he does it. Jimmy Butler is an excellent example of someone who draws fouls without all of the theatrics.

[@millardfilmore1403]

could* do it

[@topsilog2236]

What no barkley rule?why

[@spaltersar]

better question: How about Wilt Chamberlain? Nobody even comes close when it comes to numbers of rules the NBA invented because of a single player.

[@Miles849]

This guy is cool but he’s more sensational than accurate do some more Jimmy Highroller his stat breakdowns are cool even for casual fan and his videos are hilarious

[@mooseot]

I've always looked at fan-voting for the all star games to be properly 2 years behind reality. Generally its going to take a good player 2 great seasons to break thru into the public mindset enough to get the votes. Likewise, it takes a great player 2 years of being washed up before people stop voting for him.

[@alanfoster6589]

Check out the number of changes Wilt Chamberlain forced. Not that it made any difference to his career.

[@DWQJVB]

Because of Wilt Chamberlain the height of the hoop was raised 4 entire feet!!!!

[@MrJuanno42]

Shaq is 10th on the all time field goal percentage in NBA history, to use the fact that he only made one 3pointer to say he was a bad shooter is really ridiculous. That wasn’t his game.

[@michaelbme1983]

He used his size and strength to get layups, dunks, and very short range shots.

[@darnarxz]

That wasn't his game because he was a bad shooter. What's you're argument here?

[@armandoalvarenga3012]

Hey yall should check out "Greatest Sports Moments" by WTD Productions, it's such a great vid that always gives me goosebumps

[@dareiousmiller8179]

You guys gotta react to Giannis antetokounmpo finals Highlights

[@simoneaddo644]

You gotta do a new Steph curry video

[@EveryThingProfit]

The Warriors about to get another ring

[@goatitisful]

Why would you play competitive sports and cheat by drawing fouls? It might not technically be illegal, but it is not sportsman like. Why play sports and not abide by sportsmanship. TALKIN TO YOU, DAZ!

[@westbronco9066]

Zaza definitely didn’t mean to do it, if you’ve ever seen him play he’s one of the clumsiest and uncoordinated players ever. He couldn’t intentionally do it if he wanted to

[@Really658]

#27 play unfair.

[@craigG80]

Shaq is so bad at free throws because his hands are too big to hold the ball like that.

[@jameshdog5759]

The narrator is super corny. Glad to see you guys checking out more nba stuff, though

[@mileshall9235]

No Wilt? Lame.

[@arnold1933]

Faul on Leonard it's not deliberate office blokes you are wrong.

[@timdusen1187]

Popovich is lying. Everybody has done that playing basketball

[@salinas831100]

James harden really did ruin the nba with his fouls … those games were so hard to watch

[@The_Real_Kal-El]

Like everyone is saying Blokes, this guy channel is not exactly accurate. Use someone better.

[@tyronevaldez-kruger5313]

Ignore these clowns hating on the blokes. They know shit

[@fhdez91]

Poor choice of channel. So much inaccurate information, that the video should never be taken seriously.

[@HTxGhost24]

James harden is a bum. He got to the free throw line WAY too much, if you breathed on him it was a damn foul smh