If showed this on a Duke board, 8 out of 10 respondents will say that he was hammered.
I hate to say it, but the Tennessee State player does hit Grayson's left leg. Not sure if it's enough for a foul. If the ref was trailing the play it may be more visible.
I suppose that's a good point. The Tennessee State player makes no attempt to foul and barely even moves towards Allen. he was clearly getting out of the way. You could argue Allen initiated the contact.It's true. Too bad Allen has a history of kicking people.
Grayson Allen would NEVER miss a layup on his own. He MUST have been fouled. Still hard to believe the refs didn't call a foul on the Redick drive in 04....I bet K is still complaining about that one.
Yeah, I don't think this is particularly egregious. His back leg caught the Tennessee State players and it tripped him up. We know Allen is a , and it's probably something the refs could have just as well ignored, but nothing about this strikes me as some people getting upset just because it's Duke. If that were Adams, we'd want the call, and we'd probably be right.I hate to say it, but the Tennessee State player does hit Grayson's left leg. Not sure if it's enough for a foul. If the ref was trailing the play it may be more visible.
I suppose that's a good point. The Tennessee State player makes no attempt to foul and barely even moves towards Allen. he was clearly getting out of the way. You could argue Allen initiated the contact.
He absolutely initiated the contact, its more Grayson Allen moving in a way that a player has absolutely no reason to move. He wanted to get the foul, when the defender backed off he had to kick his left leg way out to the right to get contact, and still only barely did, still not the shadiest thing he's done.
The history with him though is so damning to K's legacy in my eyes, last year when there was this attention on him after repeated dirty plays where he'd hammer a guy and then pretend he got hit in the mouth and was being a brave soul for playing on, and coach K had the nerve to come out and say that because he's on Duke the world is harsher on him than any other player... sorry no, he was easily the dirtiest player in college basketball who had name recognition, and yet these calls never went against him as harshly as they should. If you are caught purposely tripping a player from the ground like he did 2-3 times last year, you should be suspended a game. Set a precedent and stop dirty play in its tracks
There's no real defending Allen. He's just lucky he hasn't seriously hurt someone with his dirty play.
I work with a Duke grad and I send him a video every time Allen trips or kicks someone or flops. He doesn't really have anything to say in response. Of course I'm his boss so that's probably a wise decision on his part.
Did you hire him nomar? (Deepster and brother swami take note)
Haha, yes, BUT...I was killing him during the interview and he really couldn't push back at all, obviously.
The real test would have been when you shook his hand and said thank you, then when he turned to leave tripped him to see his reaction.
Not the Hurley/Smith stuff, whatever was going on there.
I have a strong dislike for this duke team, haven't felt this way in years.