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[Robb] New: Joe Mazzulla told @ZoandBertrand this afternoon that he’s been asked to stop contesting opponent shot attempts on dead balls. However, it’s unclear by whom exactly. Full comments:



[Robb] New: Joe Mazzulla told @ZoandBertrand this afternoon that he’s been asked to stop contesting opponent shot attempts on dead balls. However, it’s unclear by whom exactly. Full comments:

by Memokerobi

37 Comments

  1. confuddly

    99% chance Adam Silver, 1% chance it was President Biden

  2. Wishiwasaballerbaby

    Stupid it was fun and he was no where close to Royce landing space let my meercat looking coach have his fun.

  3. trailblazers100

    Imagine he slips or injures himself on a contest. You never know if Jason Kidd spills a drink or Kings fan pukes. All it takes is one poor timed contest

  4. Comfortable_Test3861

    Adam Silver sent them Black SUV’s to Joe’s house

  5. You can’t play any defense in this league anymore smh

  6. Smellmyhand

    Wow. Clear as day, the NBA is blatantly removing defense from the game. If I had a vote for DPOY, I’d write in Mazz

  7. KG famously always contested shots. He said he didn’t want his opponents to not get into a rhythm

  8. They should let him do it but also let him know that the frontcourt guys on the other team are also able to set a mid-air moving screen on him and launch him.

    I’m not really surprised by this at all though. Very unlikely, but if somehow it led to a player getting hurt, the absolute shitstorm would be beyond comprehension. They would probably have to shut this sub down.

  9. Funkywormm

    Nooo mazzulla please don’t stop you’re so quirky and crazzy

  10. Solid-Confidence-966

    It’s probably a safety issue, however that doesn’t account for the rule of cool so they should let him do it.

  11. IMovedYourCheese

    If opponents are allowed to shoot on dead balls then he should be allowed to defend.

  12. background_action92

    I get it. You dont want that player to have had a confrontational reaction towards that. Coaches should not interact with opposing players unless its absolutely necessary and even then, I dunno what would constitute for it

  13. no-jerk-zone

    “Asked,” so he still has the choice to contest shots they would just prefer he didn’t?

  14. PalletTownsDealer

    Aam Silver. Bro doesn’t believe in D.

  15. maliciousmonkee

    He got a call in the middle of watching The Town last night 

  16. It was fun but I get it. A coach shouldn’t interfere with anything an opposing teams player does, that’s just inviting some incident to happen eventually. Whole slippery slope thing.

  17. Edzardo99

    Adam Silver’s “War on Defense” is going too far

  18. So he can contest live balls than? 🤔 Can’t wait to watch the chase down block.

  19. Disastrous_Bluejay57

    Hmm… my guess is the league doesn’t want to establish a precedent of coaches physically interacting with players

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