THE TAKE
I think the officiating discussion on here this morning is a little overblown (Game 2 the officiating was egregious, last night the Knicks were fouling a ton)… with that said, I think it’s absolutely on the board that Wemby gets retroactively assessed a Flagrant 1 for the Brunson play, which would put him at 3 Flagrant Foul points, and one more would result in a suspension.
BOLDNESS
45/100
GRADE
20/100
PLAYERS / TEAMS
None tagged
GRADING CRITERIA
TRUE IF
the NBA officially upgrades the Wembanyama foul on Brunson to a Flagrant 1 retroactively, resulting in Wembanyama accumulating 3 or more Flagrant Foul points in the 2026 playoffs.
FALSE IF
no retroactive upgrade is issued or the foul is not reclassified.
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OUTCOME
CONFIRMED FALSEThe NBA reviewed Wembanyama's shove of Brunson in Game 3 and explicitly decided NOT to upgrade it to a flagrant foul — the league ruled it was a common foul, not a flagrant. Wembanyama remained at 2 flagrant foul points after the Game 3 review. He later reached 3 flagrant foul points via a separate Flagrant 1 elbow on Karl-Anthony Towns in Game 4, not through the Brunson play — so the specific prediction (retroactive Flagrant 1 on the Brunson play putting him at 3 points) did not come true.