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Joseph Zucker is the featured Columnist for the New York Knicks.
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Julius Randle is too strong for his own good.
The New York Knicks star said he was told he didn't draw more fouls because of his ability to play through contact.
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Julius said he got an explanation from the ref for missed calls and it made him angry.
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They said that contact doesn't affect me, like it affects other players because I'm stronger, and they miss the calls.
In the defeat, Randle tried to make two free throws. He took seven shots that were within two feet of the basket.
The 6'8", 250-pound forward's complaint isn't that common for players who either match his physical profile or demonstrate a similar ability to be undisturbed as they attack the basket.
The game is at a point now where we protect the shooter more than the driver according to Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James. The New Orleans Pelicans executive was fined $50,000 by the team for complaining that Zion Williamson had been mauled in the paint on a regular basis.
It's easier to blow the whistle when it's clear a player has his shot altered inside or impeded.
If a player is bigger and stronger than his opponent, it can be difficult to detect the contact.
Even though a foul is a foul regardless of the outcome and any physical disparity between the offenders and the victim is understandable, it is still a foul. The Knicks forward should not be punished.
When a player or coach criticizes the referees from a given game, they may have laid down a marker for how they want to be treated going forward.
