going to his left which is a tough shot and while it's understandable that marginal contact won't get him the call check what olynyk does here that same forearm shove to the waist which i guess is a subtle veteran move but way too obvious in my book to not blow the whistle next let's look at lebron james who tends to not get calls when he drives so powerfully to the rim anyway and i suspect he'll suffer the most from the refs allowing the defense to be physical he's so strong that his primary defender is pushed away just by his normal gather of the ball while he wants the foul because of contact to his right arm the ref probably felt that since he shot it with the left no whistle was warranted i am worried that this will be a source of anger and frustration for lebron throughout the season so he must feel lucky that he's partnered with calm the number one app for sleep and meditation i bet he's on it right now helping to let these no calls go and you should too if you let the bad calls get to you you almost guarantee your level of play will go down so use calms guided meditations and weekly programs to help you find a new level of peace and serenity which will go a long way to unlocking your true potential i can also help you save forty percent off their premium subscription by clicking on the link below at calm dot com slash b-ball so you can enjoy lebron's favorite nature scenes like rain or leads again for a limited time our listeners can join lebron and using calm and get a NUMBER_TOKEN discount on a calm premium membership at URL_TOKEN b-ball unlock content to help you focus ease stress and sleep better in this post-op he does stuff on the foot of bridges which is not necessarily a defensive foul but there is a pretty big hip collision that sends him desperately fading away is this really good for the game again with a guy this powerful going to the hoop without worrying where the defense is it's possible they'll ignore the contact at the top of the head but i think these need to be called and that brings us to james tiberius hardin the mother of all lightning rods when it comes to officiating they've had to adjust or reinterpret the rules several times already to handle his wizardry and it's clear that his free throw rate and two point percentage have taken massive hits because of it the refs won't let him get up to his old tricks like initiating contact with the off arm before gathering the ball or extending the ball way out in front to lure the defender to hack him which honestly should be a foul in this case the new physicality will force him to adjust sooner than later he had gotten the whistle on marginal contact with these kind of calls in the past and i can imagine the non-nets fans out there are happy to see the whistle get swallowed like this in order to get a handle on this complicated man and what is really going on in the court i had to bring in ronnie nunn an nba referee for NUMBER_TOKEN years head of officials for five and director development for three more to give us his expert opinion for all things officiating so ronnie we need your help here because i think that the referees are
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