Kristaps Porzingis Thinks He’s Too Tall To Get More Foul Calls

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A famous muppet once lamented that “it’s not easy being green.” According to Knicks superstar Kristaps Porzingis, it’s not easy being the target for opposing NBA defenses either.

Granted, NBA superstars have been complaining about not getting foul calls for so long that it feels like it’s a part of their DNA. So when an NBA superstar complains about the foul calls he’s either getting or not getting, one shrugs it off as the typical politicking of an up-and-comer.

So when the Knicks superstar complained Thursday about the foul calls he’s not getting, it’s rather easy to ignore. However, the third-year player brought a new variation of the “I’m not getting enough foul calls,” citing that maybe referees don’t call enough fouls because he’s too tall.

Via NY Daily News.

“It makes me super mad, those little touches on the arm, on the elbow, I know they’re small but they affect my shot so much and I’m confused,” he said. “I’m thinking, ‘Should I change my game?’ Because I shoot those shots so many times over guys and it makes me mad I’m not able to get those calls.”

“I try to tell them about it before the games. But I think the refs, they have their own team and they talk about those kind of things so they know what’s going on. They know those are the type of things they have to look at,” Porzingis said. “Maybe it’s too hard to see, I don’t know. Maybe I’m too high up, I’m too long.”

Porzingis might have a point, as big men generally take more abuse than guards do on a nightly basis. Big men such as DeMarcus Cousins and Joel Embiid have lamented about the lack of foul calls big men receive in the NBA, so Porzingis isn’t alone in not feeling the referee love.

It stands to wonder if some of the frustration from Porzingis’ end comes from the Knicks four-game losing streak. Since Porzingis has returned from his latest knee injury, he’s only shot a paltry 34 percent from the field. The Knicks are in 9th place in the Eastern Conference, so if Porzingis gets a few more foul calls, the Knicks might find themselves in the playoffs.

(NY Daily News)

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