I don’t know, that’s a good question... I guess my qualm is the hand to the face. He definitely hits the facemask. Either way, I don’t care about either team so whatevs!

I’ve always been talking about Upshaw...

Look where he is after the ball is released. He then takes two steps before contacting the quarterback, hits him high (just under the facemask) and drives through. Pretty clearly a late/high hit on the protected quarterback.

No. But the extra mustard from #91 (Upshaw?) should have drawn a flag.

A dumb thing that a teenager (with lots of access to new money & freedom) does.

I’ve read it before. Feel the same way.

I’m not saying that’s the only reason, but a factor. I think it’s a total from 1, a distrust of the media from the players (shit like the “mr unreliable” headline after durant just donated $1M to Moore, I’d be pissed too) 2, the Thunder org wanting to control their message to the media, like any other company & 3, the…

Believe me, I have. The “Mr Unreliable” headline was a scorching “hot take” and deserved to be lambasted roundly by every person with an IQ over 65.

And? A company trying to control their PR is pretty common. And it probably is a selling point to the players that the company (team) will have their back.

-1 soul

And with Lebron on a completely different team... Some holes in this thought.

“Put another way, if I were at Fiat, I wouldn’t have touched the guy in the first place.”