Poole and Morant "incident" - Come on man
Hate to see anyone get injured, but for the Grizzlies to say Jordan Poole did anything at all to cause Morant that injury is ridiculous. I watched the replay. Even in slow motion, Poole is reaching out for the ball and barely even touches Morant's leg. For their coach to say he grabbed and yanked it is ludicrous. What tape were they watching???
Poole getting in errrbody’s head - love to see it 😆
As long as this doesn't get in to his.
As Beilein said, kids got swag. And to say there was intent to injure is nonsense.
If anybody wants to hear some medical opinion on the biomechanics of the injury, watch this video:
It wasn’t a dirty play by Jordan, plain and simple.
Great video.
If you could tear up someone's knee with that little grab, I would have my knees rebuilt after every wrestling match.
If it was that easy you'd put out your knee wrestling with your conscience.
I am glad you used the word "wrestling" because I was thinking that as a wrestling move from high school I couldn't possibly hurt anyone by pulling on their knee. Or I am very angry and I want to hurt you so I am going to grab and pull your knee.
The Grizzlies have been awfully whiny this series. Bad look for Morant and Jenkins to insinuate there was any ill intent there. If it was Draymond doing it then sure, but Poole has no history of dirty play.
That's a pretty whiny comment bro
Yeah, well, where’s Wallace, String? That’s all I want to know. Huh, String. Where’s Wallace at?
If you could injure someone’s knee by just yanking on it, a lot more people would be getting knee surgery.
Also, I'd be more concerned about Poole and Steph's elbow ligaments doing the do-si-do action play as well if that little of incidental contact caused injury..sheesh
If yanking caused such injuries, the most lucrative and in-demand job on the planet would be urologist.
Not near enough upvotes!
I like it
It’s the playoffs and the pressure has amplified both flopping and whining on every team, at least as far as I can see. Everybody’s playing harder, too, and that contributes to the rampant crybaby-ism.
Quit all being Michigan homers - "it is what it is."
/s
For all the internet tough guys “iF GrAbBiNg KnEeS CoUlD HuRt YoU”
it doesn’t take much, but I guess OBJ is just a wimp
also, you don’t grab and pull for a steal, you knock it loose. im a Michigan fan like everyone else but you can’t say what was intentional and what wasn’t. Of course the warriors would say he’s innocent and of course the grizz would say otherwise.
I can with 100% say Poole was intentionally defending Morant. I can also say Poole 100% made contact defending and touched his knee. If he were trying to injure it would be a rip and look exaggerated or his leg coming down over would have also put much more of his weight and would have bared down instead of come right off to not foul hence, playing defense not trying to injure.
Your take vs. a doctor's (maybe he's an internet tough guy, too?):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BegbbyqgKA&ab_channel=BrianSuttererMD
And the Brooks play on Payton, which there was no doubt is dirty:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDtbByRVA7Q&ab_channel=BrianSuttererMD
And analysts'/players' take on Brooks/Payton:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orcemYAFJiY&ab_channel=NBAonESPN
Hmmm...
That OBJ clip really doesn't make the point you think it does.
Poole very clearly is attempting to steal the ball from Morant given that just a moment ago he had actually made contact with the ball. Also, you’re deluding yourself if you think that the light grabbing done by Jordan would actually cause an injury to Morant. Sorry grizzly.
Aren't you claiming what was intentional and what wasn't? It's subjective to us and the only person that will really ever know is Poole. You either trust that he isn't a dirty player or you think that he is. Most people on this board are clearly giving him the benefit of the doubt given his history whereas you clearly aren't. It is what it is..
Think about the situation if you ever played basketball. You have someone double teamed and he's in trouble. You're looking to take the ball. No player, not even a dirty player in that moment even thinks to themself, "hmm...I'm gonna grab his knee...." Makes no sense at all and clearly Jordan wasn't doing that.
If Poole barely touching Morant's knee was dirty, then Bane diving into Poole's knees earlier was attempted murder. Memphis is one of, if not the whiniest team in the league.
A truly odd hill you’ve picked to die on.
And what, exactly, is that video supposed to prove? Are you having a seizure or something?
' im a Michigan fan like everyone else ' only a suspect fan would be so quick to pull that out of the closet....
And by a quick look at your post history...and, lets just say I can see why you went there.
You might be a UM fan, but its sure as hell not like 'everyone else'..
Are the Grizzes grumbly because they got caught in a dirty play? Rather than defend, go on the offensive.
To be fair there has been a “dirty” incident in all 3 games. The Grizzlies have been on the receiving end of 2 of those incidents(Draymond in Game 1, Poole in Game 3). While they have only dished out 1(Brooks’ play was the worst of them all).
This is probably one of the dumbest controversies I’ve seen on Twitter. It’s just projection by Grizzlies fans given how dirty they’ve played the whole series. He barely grazes Morant’s knee and that amount of force does not injure anyone. There is video going around of the angle showing that Poole barely grazed his leg and the actual play where Morant landed on his knee awkwardly but apparently half the internet is just ignoring those things
It wasn't all projection by the fans. It was exacerbated by the Grizzlies' Coach (Taylor Jenkins) comments and Ja, himself, in a now deleted tweet after the game said, "You broke the code." Maybe he was just angry in the moment or that he actually thought Poole did cause it is anyone's guess but this is turning into one of those series that will spark a rivalry that was otherwise nonexistent in games to come that is for sure..
I really love some Ja Morant, but OP is spot on.
Where's that video of Morant kneeing Curry in the same game sending Curry sprawling? Total bulls*t by Morant to get on Poole.
Jordan Poole has to come out from a martial art fiction to inflict a knee injury with his bare hand. In fact, Morant clearly hurt himself in an earlier attempt trying to block Thompson's three point shot, which is a quite dangerous act itself.
Poole also knows the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique that will kill after one step plus a Euro step. He'd never use it in league play though.
The idea that Poole was being overly physical as a defender is hilarious. Do hate to see Moran hurt, but that was just bad luck.
Anything is possible with small tweaks, but it looked clean to me since he only kind of grabbed the very front of the knee for a split second. Yet, he played for Michigan so I have to rule it dirty *shrug* ;)
Ja Morant has a bone bruise on his knee.
Can a grab of a knee cause a bone bruise?
Yeah, I don't think so!
Things happen when you are fighting in the trenches. Sometimes people get hurt. Im sure it wasn't intentional.