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Old 05-20-2025, 10:11 PM   #981
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Originally Posted by dubb93 View Post
Yea I see where you are going but a big difference between a hard basketball foul and an elbow to the dome. As I said that very play happens every close basketball game. You don’t get up acting like that. She had her hand on the ball she didn’t headlock her and take her down or bulldog her from behind or punch or elbow her. She fouled her hard enough on the ball that she made sure the shot wasn’t made.

First, the difference was this reaction was directed to a generational talent and not some lesser talent. Now the difference is that this generational talent's hard foul was not as severe as that other generational talent's hard foul.

If you are of the opinion that no player who receive a hard foul should never ever react in the way Reese reacted, that's fine even though I vehemently disagree. Suggesting that Angel Reese shouldn't react that way or players that Caitlin Clark fouls shouldn't react that way is problematic to say the least.
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