These are the frames immediately at the contact to Braylon’s head and then immediately after. You can actually see the Nova player contort his body away from Braylon such that the left arm being referenced is awkwardly behind his own back. I don’t mean this in a mean way, but I honestly have no idea what anyone is looking at to think this was a flagrant or even close to a flagrant.
Because from the reverse view - Lewis' left arm was straight down hand by hip. Mullins comes over and Lewis raises his left to his head. I mean if I want to avoid someone I don't do that, my arm is low if the ball is in the other side. I get Lewis tried to get away by contorting a lit to get thru, but that left coming up is what does it for me.
Agreed, he does. He's not dominating like I thought he would this season because of it but he's still right in line with Sanogo in Adama's final season.
Do we think the ankle should be 100% by now? Maybe, but foot/ankle injuries are always tougher with big guys
It definitely looks that way. He’s looked very below the rim this year. Never dunks, they don’t even have a lob in the playbook these days.
he also had a hamstring injury coming into the season that he apparently aggravated at least once after sitting some time out of practice. definitely doesn't seem like he has the same lift, he's had a few instances where he's been wide open at the rim after a dump-off or entry pass and instead of powering up for a dunk he's gone for a layup instead.
This is the frame in-between the two I posted. There is no hand contact to the head and clearly nothing intentional. The Nova player is literally awkwardly contorting away from contact after the initial shoulder to th head.
Given the trajectories of both players it could be construed that Lewis is loading up for a punch with his left. Realistically if I were Lewis soley intent on the ball I am reaching down with my right, and turning sideways away from Mullins. That is not what happened.
Good grief, man
