
Some of this is straight delusion. Is part of the reason the reffing is made such a big deal of the public eye yes. Will hate come for the spurs because they’re good, probably. However we can all admit the reffing with okc is a little iffy. They can get away with stuff that normally wouldn’t at times and they get favorable calls at times that happens and they make a big deal of it cause this team doesn’t need help
The same goes for the chiefs. The end result is that if the team benefits it’s not their fault but if they play into it for advantage like Shai does on offense and Lou Dort does on defense or the way mahomes plays the sideline or their corners are extra grabby. It’s not wrong it’s just scummy and we can’t punish you for it but we can hate you.
Also mahomes has 1000000% regressed. Hes just not got as much on the feet which is expected as he ages. His decision making is less complete now that he’s running bad systems with bad receivers. He’s just going through the normal ebbs and flows of quarterbacking in the nfl. He’s come down to earth after being an “alien” due to his ability to thrive in a system. Not that he’s a system qb but that the system elevated his play instead of his play having to elevate the system
And literally every single good scorer foul baits. If you get a guy to jump and can get free throws, it’s just good basketball to take advantage and draw contact. The delusion comes in when objectively and measurably, Shai shoots LESS free throws than the average 30 ppg scorer, yet he still gets labeled as a free throw merchant. It’s just hating, and objectively wrong.