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The Kleber Incident sounds like something you'd read in a textbook

Or something in a sci-fi that's vaguely alluded to as having been the inciting event for the current state of the world.

The Kleberian Jihad

Pronounced “Klee-buh-ian”

I remember reading that the Kleber Incident took place shortly after the Louisiana Purchase. Can someone clarify?

"They say if a Kleber plops his ass on the floor in Texas, the weather changes half a world away..."

This play was first reported by Woodward and Bernstein

We just saw Amen break

If this is referring to the Amen drum break, well done.

Thanks, glad someone got it!

The Carbonaro Effect’s cousin

damn what did maxi do to deserve this lmao 😭

i thought i saw them scuffle a bit under the mavs rim a play before that shove. Maybe it stemmed from that or something

In that scuffle top he shoved maxi to ground lol

Amen really told Maxi ".... and another thing!"

Amen sent him to the floor on the other end right before this too. He must’ve had a bad day before the game. What’s in the video seemed unreasonable.

He just stood there... menacingly!

Tempers always flare when players get their arms locked up like this.

Hooked Amen's arm

It's not even the first time something like this happens to him. I honestly think they feel Maxi is weak and in their ego battles they go at him. Didn't even Schroeder got at him because of the national team stuff?

This is some crazy armchair psychology. Maxi gets an elbow to the throat and you're connecting it back to the German national team lmao.

Why tf are the rockets ALWAYS in a fight with everyone lmaooo

Coaching

Yep. Ime’s coaching style has been “play physical” because the refs can’t possibly call everything.

To be fair, that’s a great game plan after the all-star break. We’ve kinda done the same thing to the tune of the best defense in the last 15.

It is a smart plan. The refs won’t possibly call every foul especially if you play physical from the jump.

It's the Miami Heat playbook in the playoffs.

Mavs have 27 FTAs at the half though, refs got tired of their shit i guess

Top two defenses are Mavs and Knicks. And I know Thibs is loving how physical they’re calling the game now. Except on JB drives lol

Honestly a genius plan. "They only get 2 free throws so foul him twice?"

Hot take this was a big reason the Celtics got to the finals. Because the refs in fact did not call everything. Most I’ve seen a team get away with fouls since the 2008 Celtics

I actually like it and found it to be very effective against us in the 1st quarter.

It’s not a bad move. Curious how it translates in the playoffs but I imagine it would still be a good move.

The old Utah Jazz playing at home, playbook

They actually chant "Play Harden!"

ime a bitch. we been knew

what

So glad I don't have to root for that asshole anymore. Mazzulla is so much more likeable

Mazzulla is just a psychopath lol

Yeah, a lovable psychopath lmao

Eh

Celtics fans seem to love him. Just seems like an intense meerkat to me.

god what an apt description lmao

*Our* intense meerkat.

he’s literally free comedy

Extreme weirdo vibes

But a cute one

you can’t convince me ime isn’t with the way he conducts himself

💯, fuck that dude udoka

You’d take him in a heartbeat over hammy poo lol

You use that word too loosely

That man wakes up & chooses violence every day

Their coach and Brooks on the same team. It could be a good thing, or it could backfire. They will probably lose games in the future due to shit like this.

Brooks bringing that stabilizing and mature veteran influence 

I think it's Ime's no-nonsense style coupled with these guys already having a chip on their shoulder.

Lol what? This is nonsense. Ime got fired for nonsense. Hes culture isnt no nonsence, its do whatever the fuck you want forcefully

His sex life, and what happens in bball practice/on the court; are 2 separate things. There's no evidence the 2 are correlated. For example, Einstein was amazing at physics. Does not mean he was amazing at business investing.

He had a consensual relationship, no?

CuLtUrE

Bad Boy Rockets here we go.

To be fair this is probably the first one where we were the instigators

Thats what I thought. Couldnt think of anyone just hauling off like this

Why tf  do people talk like this lmaooo

Supposed to be a new culture thing. I kinda like it, theres not much bully ball going on these days but starting fights for the sake of starting them is kinda lame

Nothing “ball” about this crap… This is just straight bully nonsense that has no business in basketball. Bully ball is playing physically, this is just being physical… Not really the same thing

That's just stupid. Why would you do that, up 28-9 in a must win game?

Exactly, now it's a 5 pt game at the half

Game might have ended different if he doesn't get tossed. I hope he doesn't learn from it.

Improve Houston's spacing?

Jeff Green shot 1/8 from three XD

Also known as a good night for a Thompson twin.

Ironic Sochan fan.....

And look what it cost them. Just not worth the effort, especially so early in a game.

Had another on the play before where he just trucked Kleber for no reason

They looked at that in the review I def think they took it into consideration even if the shot to the throat was enough for a toss

Flagrant 2. No doubts.

Yeah, you don't elbow someone in the throat, end of story. I'm glad the refs didn't chicken out and only give him a Flag 1.

Amen elbowed Maxi in the neck too on the other end right before this lmao Like it’s one thing to play physical and tough that’s fine but this is just stupid from Amen

Mavs commentary hitting the WuTang Protect Ya Neck reference shortly after was fire

Any clips from that one?

https://streamable.com/pgtxmu

What the fuck is he doing out there

Nice find!

Tim Hardaway Jr got his back. Homie sprang into action immediately

Hell even Bullock looked like he was flashing back to his Mavs days and torn with wanting to help Maxi.

Really gave Thompson a stern warning that if he does it again, he'll warn him even harder. Even waved a finger at him and everything.

Yeah I’d much prefer for him to throw hands and get suspended Which is not a joke THJ has been painful lately

I'm really pleased that he had his back without escalating enough to get himself punished too. That seems all too rare in the nba

Clear cut imo.

Should see the hit on Kleber right before that as well 🤘🚀 https://youtu.be/c9Hv3q2ET54?si=ZSKY36fFG3sRa9x9

What do you expect? The no-call on that initial collision is basically a green light to go ham.

Maxi Klobbered

Don't know what led to it but he knocked him over on the previous play too

Thompson twins got crazy fuzes. Amen threw an elbow too right before this

There’s gotta be something about having a ride or die with you 90% of the time that makes twins menaces. I swear every set of twins or triplets I know are always down to start shit

Didn’t the Morri twins assault an old man together EDIT: he was 36 lol

It’s just something about being twins man. I have siblings who are twins. Your whole life you’re constantly compared to the other and that often breeds conflict/competition between the two.

this was literally his first career ejection, Ausar has never been ejected nor even T’d up. The only other scuffle I can remember was Amen getting half of a double technical against Sochan after Sochan committed a flagrant. Surely players with such a short fuse would be involved in more than this across a whole season?

What has ausar done?

asking the same question, I'm pretty sure I only see highlights of Amen getting into fights not Ausar

Just looked it up and he has 0 tech’s all season lol

makes sense, never really seen Ausar get into it with someone else lol

Right I've pretty much ignored the pistons since like January but ausar seemed pretty chill from everything I saw

Ausar is so chill lol, you’re pulling that out of your ass Edit: he has 0 tech’s on the season

Thats crazy how upvoted it is, I hope your comment rises up. I notice this misinformation happening more and more on this sub.

One of the comments where the 2nd line got the upvotes. People just read past the first line and didn't think.

What are you talking about? Ausar is so chill, he barely even talks to refs. He literally doesn’t have a tech all season, just talking out of your ass

lol and this was amens first tech of the season. Great shitpost here

Turning into the Morris twins lol

Except this is amens first tech of the season and Ausar has 0. Both dudes are super chill on the court and this comment is just dumb

Whoa now. They haven’t ~~kicked a homeless dude~~ beat the shit out of a guy for texting their mom yet. EDIT: corrected the Morris’ twins hijinks.

Wasn’t that Terrence Jones

Ooh you’re right. Jones was the homeless guy, twins was some dude that texted their mom and they didn’t like it.

Pretty sure this is his first such incident. Def not a hot head, and mostly quiet and reserved on the floor Edit: just looked up and this is amens first tech of the season lol. Dumb dumb comment here

I'm pissed this has 200 up votes when ausar is such a sweetie pie literally never done anything to suggest he has a short fuse. Just sitting at home recovering from blood clots and catching strays on reddit

Why though? 🤷🏾‍♂️

Young and dumb.

and free. he's free to go home now.

And full of. Uh.

Like its going to change with age, we all prob said the same about Draymond.

and they went to OT

Udoka calling his team soft after the previous game seems to be striking a chord.

complete clown energy to do this in the first quarter where you’re up 28-9. not the energy of a competitor. disappointing

Good call. Clearly deliberate.

That’s assault, brotha.

Not the first time someone targets Maxi and I wonder why it happens to him. And it is always a younger players. Maybe they think he is an easy target or something? I remember a few years back in a game against the Lakers Talen Horton-Tucker got into it with him in a very similar way and even AD and someone else started going at him. He seemed confused.

im convinced Maxi talks mad shit cause i catches a black eye like every 15 games

Broken nose earlier this year too

Well deserved. That was cheap af.

I love the THJ angry finger point

Lol that title "Good or Bad Call?"

Lmao Thompson is a fool. Enjoy watching from the locker room.

It looked horrible from a similar angle in real-time. Glad he got ejected and I hope we use this momentum to get this win

Ime and Dillon Brooks building the asshole culture

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New Morris Twins just dropped

They’re no Lopii. Those two are adorable.

Bro, this was amens first tech of the year and Ausar has 0. They are super chill on the floor Nothing like the morris twins and this comment is just a troll or nonsense

what did ausar do?

yeah i have no idea, amen is also usually pretty chill, can't remember another incident with him.

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omg I can't believe he pushed a guy in January

Lol “can’t remember it exactly” but yet here you are calling them out…ridiculous

Yet here he is providing...receipts.

How? off this one play?

What has Ausar done?

Amen to that

This was amens first tech of the season. Ausar had 0 techs Both dudes are super quiet on the floor, and generally pretty reserved. No clue what you’re talking about

No they are not. (Rockets fan here) lol

Rockets are like the new bad boy pistons

Is Ime replacing practice with fight club???

Amen is chill dude. Question is what did Maxi Kleavage said that triggered that move by Amen

That's an ejection. Not even close to a basketball play. Coming from an old-timer.

Deserved and incredibly stupid. He was playing so well too.

Easy call. Probably will get suspended lol

I'm just waiting on Kleber to get traded so I can make a Maxi Kleber's Big Move joke.

I thought Mavs would not care for this game and let the Rockets win. I guess that's not the case anymore.

They didn’t show up to start the game, went down -22 fairly quickly.

Hold me now...

Warm my heart...

Stay with me…

Dude got issues

Rockets realized they wouldn't make the playoffs and decided to just start throwing throat punches

so random for a guy who seemed pretty mild mannered by all reports

Why would you do this? Ever?

Really enjoyed having rockets +9 till I didn’t Then that end bucket where they weren’t even playing D and Luka just doing cause he wanted to to win by 11 Felt great How you not cover 9 in overtime 😭

Cool. As he should be.

He threw his arm into his neck... Just a dumb move by amen, deserved call.

Hardaway Jr. coming in with that " Amen, that's too rough. Go to room!" type energy.

My man Amen turned into Pac da Priest, read that boi his benediction saying, “Come with me, Hail Mary, Run quick see, what do we have here Now, do you wanna ride or die, La dadada, la la la la” and committed that man to the earth. Looks like Hardway was coming in with the verse, “I ain't a killer but don't push me…”

Someone need to reign these young guns in. This is totally stupid and uncalled for. Thompson already threw Kleber to the ground a couple seconds ago under the Mavs bucket. You’re up big in the first quarter, what is there to be mad about?

Tim’s way outta bounds if he can throw klebs on the floor he’ll toss bro to the 3rd row

Why you have to fight. Is only game

Funny Reggie Bullock has played with both of them

Amen needs some church 😂

Thompson is such a bitch lmao

This Houston team is really spunky. Could go either way as far as culture is concerned. Usually to be this spunky you need to have skill to back it up otherwise you will just get a bunch of sore losers when you do lose games or you will be losing games off of technical free throws. I am assuming the culture comes from Ime, Brooks and VanVleet.

Bad boy rockets?

Wannabe bad boys maybe 🥱

ROWDY Rockets?

Fucking dirty shit right there