Why are physical defenders like Lu DortJaylen Brown oftentimes allowed to get away with clear fouls

Ben Taylor of Thinking Basketball questions why the NBA has stopped calling offensive fouls when players charge into someone or use their off-arm showing clips from just a decade ago where those moves were illegal and the players didn't even argue the calls when they happened

The opposing players are baffled as fouls get called just for making contact with Michael Jordan

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander We dont try to draw fouls We beat our man and they foul us So lets not get into this try to draw foul sht

The refs would call a foul on Yao Ming for practically just breathing on the court yet stay silent even when an opponent smacked him in the head and avoid his angry stare Both Jeff Van Gundy and Rick Adelman often argued that Yao was being singled out by the officials

When Yao Ming was playing he could get called for a foul just for breathing while opponents could smack him in the head and the refs would look the other way Both Jeff Van Gundy and Rick Adelman said Yao was being singled out by officials

Yao Ming would get called for a foul just for breathing on the court yet he couldn't get a call even when an opponent smacked him in the head His coaches Jeff Van Gundy and Rick Adelman often said that Yao was being singled out for unfavorable officiating