Best players are more likely to be on the right side of foul calls.
They are the most contentious of calls in an NBA game — those 50-50 situations where maybe it’s a foul and maybe it’s not — and invariably the call goes in favour of the higher profile player.
Coaches whose player doesn’t get the benefit of the whistle get all up in arms, players react expressively, and some fans lose their minds and figure it’s all rigged anyway.