"Superstar Calls" were a thing well before now, and they're still bullshit.

But the shit they've done this season even in light of the emphasis changes... is so obviously tilted to multi-national betting and enforcing an underclass of teams that it takes me out of the game at times.

The Suns/Cavs game had a number of horrible calls, but the worst was a take foul called on the Suns on the OTHER END OF THE COURT, far from the ball where Cedi Osman hits a 3 in transition. A lot of phantom touches called as "fouls". There were other reasons why the Cavs lost, but fucking up momentum with these calls is getting annoying.

The Anthony Edwards dunk being called back is another example. the defender's feet was NOT set.

It's to the point that you can't just play good defense, you gotta blow out your opponent to insulate yourself from shit like this when the game gets too tight.