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WATCH: Giannis might have just broken the record for most steps without a travel call
Not The Bee ^
 | October 29, 2025
 | Hamilton Porter
Posted on 10/29/2025 9:09:26 AM PDT by Red Badger

The National Basketball League in one short video: 
Bro forgot to pack a suitcase! And I'm not even gonna sit here and argue about the number of steps -- that's just a lot of steps! 
The internet had some thoughts: 

 
  
  
  
 
Love Giannis, but boy do I hate the no-call here.
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    I remember dribbling.................
To: Red Badger
    Are they using refs from the WNBA?
 
2
posted on 
10/29/2025 9:11:30 AM PDT
by 
econjack
 
To: Red Badger
    Yep- i remember refs going berzerk if we just did a 1/2 step too much lol-
 
3
posted on 
10/29/2025 9:11:50 AM PDT
by 
Bob434
(Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
 
To: Red Badger
    I remember when people cared a LOT less about pro sports (panem et circenses) and the world was a better place
 
4
posted on 
10/29/2025 9:13:10 AM PDT
by 
Skwor
 
To: Red Badger
    Wow - not even close. WTH?
 
5
posted on 
10/29/2025 9:20:06 AM PDT
by 
HombreSecreto
(The life of a repo man is always intense)
 
To: Skwor
    I remember when people cared a LOT less about pro sports (panem et circenses) and the world was a better place
 Yankees and Red Sox fans were even more passionate back in the '70s. I know second hand that Brooklyn Dodgers fans were back in the '40s and '50s. Losing the team was a very big deal that broke the heart of the borough. 
 Some college programs (Penn State, Notre Dame, Alabama) have had intense fanatical followings forever. 
 Outside of WW I, the 1919 Black Sox scandal was the biggest news that year, bigger than an incapacitated president. Some sports (boxing, real wrestling, horse racing) used to be a VERY big deal, with culture shaping followings. 
 The only thin I can think of tht's different is that the NFL managed to find a way to get a lot of women interested in the action. That, and leglaized sports book gambling over most of the country. I do not know how the gambling will play out, only that it won't be good.
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posted on 
10/29/2025 9:22:48 AM PDT
by 
Dr. Sivana
("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
 
To: Skwor
7
posted on 
10/29/2025 9:23:02 AM PDT
by 
oldplayer
 
To: Red Badger
    Flipping switch on Give-A-Damn meter.
Needle not budging.
Unable to give a damn.
 
8
posted on 
10/29/2025 9:23:41 AM PDT
by 
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
 
To: Red Badger
    I remember officials doing their damned jobs.....I suspect the refs in the NBA have been intimidated into not holding players to the letter of the rules.
Nowadays in sports some rules seem to be optional.
I’ve also noticed in pro and college football some safety equipment seems to be optional as well.
Apparently mouth protectors aren’t mandatory or knee pads either......many players appear to be wearing shorts.
 
9
posted on 
10/29/2025 9:38:09 AM PDT
by 
V_TWIN
(RIP Charlie Kirk)
 
To: V_TWIN
    There used to be a basketball call called ‘palming the ball’ also called ‘carrying’. I wonder what ever happened to that?
I see violations of that rule in every game. It must have been thrown out at some point.....
 
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posted on 
10/29/2025 9:41:54 AM PDT
by 
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
 
To: tumblindice
    You clicked. You posted. You care.
 
11
posted on 
10/29/2025 9:44:42 AM PDT
by 
TexasGator
(1The 750 hp Florida Gnat)
 
To: TexasGator
    The refs had Giannis at 32 on the over/under. they had to let him score.
 
12
posted on 
10/29/2025 9:49:43 AM PDT
by 
SGCOS
(If COVID doesn't kill you, the vaccines will. )
 
To: Red Badger
    Palming? Uh that was Jordan’s rule. He could palm all he wanted. That’s when it went away.
 
To: Skwor
    I remember when America was obsessed with pro sports, schools even allowed us to bring our transistor radios for the World Series.
 
14
posted on 
10/29/2025 9:55:22 AM PDT
by 
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
 
To: Hyman Roth
    I checked with Google AI and it said it’s still an infraction, but it’s rarely enforced because it’s difficult to determine and supposedly provides no advantage to the player with the ball.............
 
15
posted on 
10/29/2025 10:00:23 AM PDT
by 
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
 
To: Skwor
    I remember when probably all athletic sports gear used in the USA was made in the USA.
 
16
posted on 
10/29/2025 10:20:55 AM PDT
by 
Zuriel
(Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
 
To: Red Badger
    I clicked the video and oh my, are the refs just not trying anymore?
 
17
posted on 
10/29/2025 10:33:24 AM PDT
by 
packrat35
(“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
 
To: packrat35
    The Sports governing authorities should stop hiring BLIND Referees under their DEI programs. It isn’t helping................
 
18
posted on 
10/29/2025 10:36:26 AM PDT
by 
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
 
To: packrat35
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posted on 
10/29/2025 10:38:22 AM PDT
by 
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
 
To: Zuriel
     I remember when probably all athletic sports gear used in the USA was made in the USA.
baseballs had been made in Haiti.
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posted on 
10/29/2025 10:39:41 AM PDT
by 
Dr. Sivana
("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
 
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