He-e-y-y!! Quit Whining, and Finish!

…..LeBron, Dwayne, Melo, Dirk, CP3, Duncan ect ect etc….when they don’t get a call. They all whine…incessantly

Is it annoying? Yes, a little bit.

Is it a prominent aspect of most players’ game league wide? Yes, without a doubt.

Is it sure to draw some attention from the refs? Yes, loud noises are sure to attract attention, both the refs or the fans.

Is it effective? Last I checked Roy and Miller get to the line with regularity.

If it were you driving to the rack 10 times or more every game for 82 games for years on end and you were getting slapped and hacked and bumped and kicked and spit on and so on and such forth… would you let out a wail? Yes.

Has this team historically had it fair share of amazingly crappy calls drawn by an opposing superstar? Yes, undoubtedly.

Is it therapeutic to whine about players whining? I don’t know, maybe? You tell me.

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Dang near every single time he takes it to the rim. Maybe he is more vocal than ’Dre or Bayless when doing it…. IDK.

Portland is actually fairly low on the whinometer % wise.

I suppose in general its fine to yell ‘hey’ when you get hit, and I understand by now it’s totally a reflex action from Brandon and Dre.

If you understand it’s a reflex action, what the reason to get worked up about it or are you just more annoyed with it? BRoy has been doing this for a long time, it didn’t just start. And he doesn’t say it after he shoots, it’s while he’s shooting, so I don’t see it as he’s trying to show up the ref.
He probably can’t help it anymore. It’s what he does, like MJ sticking out the tongue.

And please don’t ask Ben to make another my love for durant chart, your just asking for him to find a way to show that because durant doesn’t yell when at the basket, he’s the greastest ever.

I was going to write a similar post. B-Roy, Dre and J-Bay are the biggest culprits. They seem to be more interested in making their "hey"AY" sound and getting a foul called than focusing on putting the ball in the hole. very frustrating. i know that getting to the line is a big part of the game but making that noise on every single shot is like crying wolf and really annoying. just play the game and the calls will come.

Which I find silly when the don’t get the foul or the shot. I noticed Brandon doing this from the beginning of his career. His “hey” is a bit high pitched when he goes to the hoop. Now all the guards do it. It really is a league wide thing too.

Rebecca Harlow needs to call them out on it in post game interviews. Something like…“I noticed your cries for help at the rim tonight were a bit high pitched. Were you channeling the inner 12 year old girl?”

Or better yet the entire RG could do it. Can you imagine what the moment would look like if the next time Brandon opens his mouth to yell “hey”, instead he hears the entire crowd roar it out for him?

If that could only be organized, if just for pure entertainment value…

This is a Post… whining about players whining?..

The rather annoying and obvious fact in the NBA is that people who whine (see Popovich… and almost any Good to Great offensive player) get calls.

I see no evidence that the Blazers do this anymore than they used to or than anyone else does…

Just my opinion.

Players don’t exactly have a black and white choice of finishing or trying to draw the foul.

it’s the failure to get back on defense that gets me. Don’t give up 2 points while you stare daggers at the ref

and it is the nature of the " Hey shot" to yell " Hey" before the contact comes if any. The player is expecting a pavlovian response from the official to blow his whistle.

I see it as cheating but since K*be has been doing for years and he is the best player on the planet doing so is deemed necessary to compete.

Personally if I were the coach I’d put an end to it and tell the players to save that kind of cheating for the playoffs.

I’ve seen Roy scream when the defender didn’t get within a foot of touching him. Even the homer Mikes wouldn’t comment on the replay. It’s embarrasing to see such strong player resort to that. Even worse is to see them stay back and argue the case when they know there was no foul.

The Mikes are always talking about point swings. How about the point swing of wanting three points with a foul , missing the lay up and not getting the call and then not getting back on defense as the player you should be defending dunks on your center who fouls them?

Fans complain about Nate not yelling at the refs. If the Blazers were quit, fans would complain about that. They are doing what they can to win. I encourage the yelling.

I have heard Brandon yell but thought it sound more like “ayyy”….like it hurt! This is how much I know. Do other teams’ players make that sound? Maybe the rest of the Blazers are just trying to be more like their leader!

Personally I think Nate man needs to step up and work the refs more. Then maybe the Blazer players wouldn’t feel the need to call attention to being fouled. They might feel like Nate has their back in re: to the refs/foul calls.

Instead Nate is like the silent Buddah, standing, pacing, calling out only to the players.
He is a young coach and maybe still feels like it is wrong to bitch…as he did when he was a player.

Don’t see him work the refs like the older coaches do. And the older coaches seem to get results. Especially when there have been bad missed or made calls.
 
I know it doesn’t seem to be in Nate’s repretoire to get all riled up, but he can still say something to the refs when stupid calls are made/missed while maintaining his style.