Cole Aldrich stuffs Alec Burks

[akirac73]

Wow...Good Find Mr. Anti-tonic
Alec Burks got stuffed during college? He must really suck...why did we draft him?

I remember Mark Eaton blocking a shot by Michael Jordan once. What a loser that guy turned out to be...

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

As long as you get ball first there is incidental body contact aloud. If the body contact allowed the block, then it would have been a foul. The body contact happened after the block, and Burks extended his arm to attempt to clear space, creating more contact.

 

[//r00t 4 Jazz]

Just wanted to restate that the crossover was sick and that Burks was still just a Freshman at the time and Aldrich was a Junior if I remember right.
Oh and I was okay with no foul being called but when a player falls that hard the whistle does tend to get blown more often.

 

[kabenac]

Cole did that a lot on college - he's even done it in the NBA. This should make some of you feel better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-WOKNO1pPs

 

[Bodhi]

See, this is what pisses me off.....OBVIOUSLY KOC doesn't have access to all the film out there on a guy and the NBA needs to do something about it. Are you telling me KOC would still have picked Burks if he knew that he got blocked once by Aldrich?

And shame on you, Alec Burks, for not being upfront about it in the interview process. **** this, I'm gonna get into fixed gear bikes now.....

 

[kwb]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcRy8gIn1vA

Compares himself to a young Tracy McGrady and licks his lips like Kobe. **** KOC! What were you thinking?!

 

[Zerol]

Who is Cole Aldrich?

 

[Archie Moses]

As long as you get ball first there is incidental body contact aloud. If the body contact allowed the block, then it would have been a foul. The body contact happened after the block, and Burks extended his arm to attempt to clear space, creating more contact.

This is false. According to the rules, one can not impede the progress of an offensive player by using body contact. The only way technically that could have been a clean block would have been if the ball would have been the only thing touched, or he went straight up, which he didn't.

Incidental contact with the hand against an offensive player shall be ignored if it does not affect the player's speed, quickness, balance and/or rhythm. Yep, Cole's "incidental contact" didn't mess with his quickness, speed, balance or rhythm.

 

[//r00t 4 Jazz]

This is false. According to the rules, one can not impede the progress of an offensive player by using body contact. The only way technically that could have been a clean block would have been if the ball would have been the only thing touched, or he went straight up, which he didn't.

Incidental contact with the hand against an offensive player shall be ignored if it does not affect the player's speed, quickness, balance and/or rhythm. Yep, Cole's "incidental contact" didn't mess with his quickness, speed, balance or rhythm.

There's the rule book (ie letter of the law) and then there's how the rule is enforced and so I agree that unless it is an superstar that wont be called the majority of the time, except for the fact on how hard he landed after it then that usually will get the refs to call it.

 

[Archie Moses]

There's the rule book (ie letter of the law) and then there's how the rule is enforced and so I agree that unless it is an superstar that wont be called the majority of the time, except for the fact on how hard he landed after it then that usually will get the refs to call it.

I'm not mad there wasn't a foul called, I'm just not going to say it was a "clean" block. Just because you have all ball doesn't mean you can't foul.

 

[calijazz]

Aldrich shouldn't have such a negative rep around here. The comparisons to Ostertag are unfair....wait, I'm having flashbacks to last year.

Still like both players though. Aldrich will be a solid pro...Burks could be special.

 

[Scorpjazz]

obvious foul. I don't care about either guy, but obvious foul. Saying otherwise shows bias and agenda