James Harden after the game:

If you look at this and what Joel Embiid did earlier in the game when he kicked Nic Claxton your head has to be spinning wondering about what a Flagrant 2 foul actually is. Is it because Harden hit Royce O’Neale in the “dick” and Joel hit Claxton in the gooch? People are wondering (me):

I’ve Zapruder’d the film. Unless Nic Claxton’s balls have elephantitus this is a very clear kick to the back of the thigh and maybe a little part of the gooch during the lifting of the leg:

https://twitter.com/kylepaganCB/status/1649406082257657859?s=20

Here’s one rule I like to live my life by and it would probably benefit Nic Claxton to adopt. Don’t step over guys if you don’t want to almost get kicked in the nuts.


P.S. I love Chuck wanting Embiid thrown out. This is a guy that complains and complains about how soft the game is today and he calls this a flagrant 2:

Draymond put his foot through Domantas Sabonis’ sternum so hard he had to get an x-ray. There is no shot Embiid’s “kick” was worse than Draymond trying to put his size 15 through his chest.