Game Thread Mar 03, 2021 5:00PM MT: Jazz at 76ers
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I attached one of many pictures floating around of it. It was also very apparent to the players on the court based on the reaction.
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That isn't a hook and that isn't when it was called so....
Hooking a guy is when you take someone from legal guarding position and move them with your arm. You are allowed to stick your arm out to protect your space. He already had a step on him.
You attached pictures of Mitchell's arm being pinned by Simmons... how do you not see this, lmao.
Ah yes, very apparent to the players:
How did Mitchell's arm get there to be pinned down? Yes he did pin his arm down after Mitchell tried to hooked him.
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You are allowed to hold your arm out to protect your dribble... they ****ing teach it at elementary school basketball camps. You are not allowed to use your arm to move the guy. He was holding his ground and Ben reaches over the top and grabs his arm.
You are not allowed to reach all the way around the player like Mitchell did. This angle in the video doesn't show it well but the picture shows he was reaching all the way around simmons before he pinned his arm to him. The ref could spot this pretty easily from his angle.
I know everyone wants to be upset about all the bad calls. There were bad calls, this wasn't one. We also played like **** at the end. This one is on the Jazz for the loss.
Also that's not the definition of hooking. You can go to the nba website and look at their definition and videos. It's the same thing Mitchell did.
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If it was so clear why didn't he call it until like 5 seconds later? He flat out didn't reach all the way around him... your picture shows him reaching his arm out... you have no clue what the ref could see from his angle. If no picture or video shows this clear violation... maybe it didn't happen.
The hook happened first. The video angle you are posting doesn't show it. The arm pin you are showing is after that. Sorry you don't like the call. The ref wasn't out to get Mitchell and try to win the game for 76ers. He was calling the offensive foul correctly.
It wasn't 5 seconds later it was a second later. There are plenty of pictures of it around. The players all knew it as well before the ref said anything. The picture I posted showed him reached around him in an illegal manner consistent with how the nba calls hooks. That's before simmons pins his arm.
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Sure man... tons of times hooking is called like that... when the offending player is already ahead of the defender and the defender is trying to get back in the play.
It didn't get called until DM turned and that is when they thought the hook took place.
... Are you just trolling at this point?
The image I posted is a screenshot from right after the start of the 8 second mark. Even from a different angle it'd be impossible for Mitchell to have hooked before that, because he doesn't even extend his arm before that.
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I can't remember ever seeing a hook called in that way. The other manuever DM makes is more consistent with a hook... that is when they made the call. Him sticking his arm out as the defender is coming back into his space that he's legally earned isn't a hook or at least its not ever called that way.
You made this point before, that "the players knew it was a bad call", and I linked you to Mitchell tweeting his exception to that very specific call.
Instead of even responding to that, you just repeat the same silly point.
You have to be trolling.
The players on the court when it happened. Before the ref said what the call was multiple people pointed knowing it was an offensive foul. Its very clear Mitchell reached around Simmons first when he drove in. Then when he spun around Simmons pinned his arm. The refs dont always call this but when they see it they pretty consistently call it. I am sorry you dont like the call but it is correct.
I think maybe you dont know what a hook is. At the 8 second mark Mitchell's left arm is wrapped around his body. The picture I posted shows it reached all the way around. That is the very definition that the NBA has of a hook and the exact same play they show multiple examples of when calling an offensive foul for hooking.
I feel like you're overlooking the image I posted of Mitchell's arm getting pinned. I linked you directly to the video and gave you the timestamp so you could see for yourself that it clearly happened before the image you posted, as Mitchell didn't even extend his arm before that point.
And lmao, you know you're reaching when the opposing team's reaction to the whistle is your trump card in the discussion. As if every NBA game doesn't feature multiple instances of players pointing in their team's direction when the ball goes out of bounds when it's obviously out on them.