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LaMelo Crossed the Line, and Kobe Is Being Erased? Ric Bucher on the NBA’s Replay Failure and the False Revision of Bryant’s Legacy
In this episode of On The Ball with Ric Bucher, Ric takes aim at two issues he believes reveal everything wrong with today’s NBA conversation. First, he breaks down the Charlotte Hornets’ controversial overtime win over the Miami Heat and why LaMelo Ball’s takedown of Bam Adebayo should have led to an ejection, not a postgame review. Ric explains why the NBA’s obsession with protocol over fairness continues to fail players, teams and fans in the biggest moments.
Then he turns to what he sees as an even more troubling trend: the growing effort to downgrade Kobe Bryant’s greatness through lazy…
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