Kirk Goldsberry

I think the league rigs the league for the Lakers, which is hard to say.

So thank you for making me say that.

Just factor that in.

This is one thing Spurs fans and Celtics fans can clearly agree on.

Yes.

But,

Two things are happening.

I want Luka is one of the smartest, hardest players to guard in the league.

Like, no disrespect to Luka Doncic.

He does work the refs.

We all know that, but that's not new.

I think one of the other trends we're talking about, you sort of alluded it to it with the Suns, is teams are playing handsier, more physical defense for longer stretches of the court and throwing more and more guys out there.

So I think because of what Rick Carlisle started in the playoffs last year, I think teams are just being handsier.

But that said, here's a stat for you, dude.

This year, there's been 14 instances of a single player drawing 12 or more fouls.

That's fouling out two guys on the other team, by the way.

Last season, there was only 23 instances of that all year.

Luka has four of those this year.

He never did that once last year.

So we're starting to see single guys drawing fouls.