{"id":648551,"date":"2026-05-04T07:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/648551\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T07:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T07:29:10","slug":"jj-redick-wants-everyone-to-know-that-the-thunder-dont-commit-fouls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/648551\/","title":{"rendered":"JJ Redick wants everyone to know that the Thunder don\u2019t commit fouls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There shouldn\u2019t be any similar remarks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverscreenandroll.com\/lakers-playoffs\/115950\/lakers-thunder-2026-nba-playoffs-second-round-series\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">from the Lakers this round<\/a>, though, because, according to Lakers head coach JJ Redick, the Thunder don\u2019t foul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cYou\u2019re talking about a team that\u2019s top five in every category that\u2019s disruptive-based \u2014 steals, blocks, turnovers, forced, all that stuff,\u201d Redick said after Sunday\u2019s practice. \u201cAnd they don\u2019t foul. They somehow do all of that without fouling, which is one of the most remarkable things I think in NBA history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Add that to the keys of the game: the Thunder don\u2019t foul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">No need to be concerned with how aggressive Shai-Gilgeous-Alexander is as an on-ball defender or his push-offs offensively. Don\u2019t worry about Luguentz Dort committing a dirty play and putting a Lakers player at risk with a move that belongs in AEW, not the NBA. They don\u2019t foul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Don\u2019t expect any Redick crashouts during this series. He will remain as cool as the other side of the pillow, since he wouldn\u2019t be asking for a call when there isn\u2019t one to make.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cThey don\u2019t foul,\u201d Redick said. \u201cThe whistles aren\u2019t gonna be there. So, it\u2019s like, you accept that going in, they don\u2019t foul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Given that the NBA is a copycat league, maybe other teams should try defending without fouling. Why foul when you can just play elite defense and clamp other teams down without reaching in or making illegal contact on an offensive player?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It\u2019s going to be an uphill battle for the Lakers, who haven\u2019t quite adopted the strategy of not fouling yet. Hopefully, they\u2019ll be able to take some notes in this series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There shouldn\u2019t be any similar remarks from the Lakers this round, though, because, according to Lakers head coach&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,305828,38926,85],"class_list":["post-648551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-lakers-playoffs","tag-lakers-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}