Go Vote in ESPN's Dirty Poll

[Kori Ellis]

http://proxy.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/polling?event_id=2926

Results so far.

1) What's your take on Bruce Bowen's knee to the midsection of Steve Nash?


41.4% Intentional and deserving of suspension

40.8% Unintentional

17.8% Intentional, but not deserving of suspension


2) What's your take on Bowen's alleged kick against Amare Stoudemire?


43.1% Unintentional

36.4% Intentional and deserving of suspension

20.4% Intentional, but not deserving of suspension


3) Is Bowen a dirty player?


54.0% Yes

46.0% No


4) Mike D'Antoni has complained about the Spurs' flopping and fouling after Games 1 and 3. Are his gripes legit?


50.4% No

49.6% Yes


5) Which of the following statements is more accurate?


64.6% The Suns are too soft.

35.4% The Spurs are too rough.


6) Which of the following statements about whining is most accurate?


32.5% The Suns especially whine too much (during and/or after games).

32.2% Both teams whine too much.

25.8% The Spurs especially whine too much (during and/or after games).

9.5% Each team has legitimate gripes.


7) Which of the following statements about flopping is most accurate?


37.1% The Spurs especially flop too much.

35.3% Both teams flop too much.

23.0% Each team is just playing hard.

4.6% The Suns especially flop too much.


8) Which of the following sums up your thoughts on Nash's gashed nose and Manu Ginobili's black eye?


53.4% Those things happen.

46.6% Those plays indicate how rough this series is.


9) Which style of play do you prefer to watch?


51.2% Faster, flowing, less physical and more offense

48.8% Slower, more methodical, more physical and more defense


10) Generally speaking, do you feel physical teams have an advantage over less-physical teams in the playoffs?


89.5% Yes

10.5% No


Total Votes: 807

[Shelly]

the 'intentionals' are winning...

[Jimcs50]

1) What's your take on Bruce Bowen's knee to the midsection of Steve Nash?


47.0% Intentional and deserving of suspension

35.5% Unintentional

17.5% Intentional, but not deserving of suspension


2) What's your take on Bowen's alleged kick against Amare Stoudemire?


44.2% Intentional and deserving of suspension

38.6% Unintentional

17.3% Intentional, but not deserving of suspension


3) Is Bowen a dirty player?


59.4% Yes

40.6% No


4) Mike D'Antoni has complained about the Spurs' flopping and fouling after Games 1 and 3. Are his gripes legit?


54.2% Yes

45.8% No


5) Which of the following statements is more accurate?


56.0% The Suns are too soft.

44.0% The Spurs are too rough.


6) Which of the following statements about whining is most accurate?


32.7% The Spurs especially whine too much (during and/or after games).

30.6% Both teams whine too much.

25.8% The Suns especially whine too much (during and/or after games).

10.8% Each team has legitimate gripes.


7) Which of the following statements about flopping is most accurate?


43.7% The Spurs especially flop too much.

29.8% Both teams flop too much.

21.9% Each team is just playing hard.

4.6% The Suns especially flop too much.


8) Which of the following sums up your thoughts on Nash's gashed nose and Manu Ginobili's black eye?


52.3% Those things happen.

47.7% Those plays indicate how rough this series is.


9) Which style of play do you prefer to watch?


57.0% Faster, flowing, less physical and more offense

43.0% Slower, more methodical, more physical and more defense


10) Generally speaking, do you feel physical teams have an advantage over less-physical teams in the playoffs?


87.7% Yes

12.3% No


Total Votes: 1,420


D'Antoni is a voting machine.
:)

[Spurminator]

Clearly Suns Nation knew about this poll before us... judging by the even more recent results.

[Solid D]

Meanwhile, back to reality.

[Soul_Patch]

looks like a load of suns fans must have just woken up. all questions tilting toward the suns now.

[Buddy Holly]

1) What's your take on Bruce Bowen's knee to the midsection of Steve Nash?

54.5% Intentional and deserving of suspension
29.7% Unintentional
15.8% Intentional, but not deserving of suspension

2) What's your take on Bowen's alleged kick against Amare Stoudemire?

52.0% Intentional and deserving of suspension
32.4% Unintentional
15.6% Intentional, but not deserving of suspension

3) Is Bowen a dirty player?

66.0% Yes
34.0% No

4) Mike D'Antoni has complained about the Spurs' flopping and fouling after Games 1 and 3. Are his gripes legit?

60.6% Yes
39.4% No

5) Which of the following statements is more accurate?

52.9% The Spurs are too rough.
47.1% The Suns are too soft.

6) Which of the following statements about whining is most accurate?

40.8% The Spurs especially whine too much (during and/or after games).
26.2% Both teams whine too much.
22.1% The Suns especially whine too much (during and/or after games).
10.8% Each team has legitimate gripes.

7) Which of the following statements about flopping is most accurate?

52.1% The Spurs especially flop too much.
23.9% Both teams flop too much.
19.6% Each team is just playing hard.
4.4% The Suns especially flop too much.

8) Which of the following sums up your thoughts on Nash's gashed nose and Manu Ginobili's black eye?

54.6% Those things happen.
45.4% Those plays indicate how rough this series is.

9) Which style of play do you prefer to watch?

64.0% Faster, flowing, less physical and more offense
36.0% Slower, more methodical, more physical and more defense

10) Generally speaking, do you feel physical teams have an advantage over less-physical teams in the playoffs?

83.0% Yes
17.0% No

Total Votes: 1,992

[dimsah]

:dramaquee Ouch!! The Spurs are too rough!!!:dramaquee

[Buddy Holly]

In ten minutes 1,100 people voted???

[Solid D]

One more day of this and the question will morph into: Do you think Bruce Bowen intentionally tried to sever Steve Nash's left leg?

[jmard5]

A lot seems to think Bowen did those things on purpose or are they just jumping on the bandwagon.

[thispego]

that'd be funny if the leagues decision was based on this poll

[MadDog73]

It's not getting any better.


Question 5 really pissed me off: Spurs are too rough? Insert SNL's "Oh Really?" sketch here.

[kps0001]

that'd be funny if the leagues decision was based on this poll

with the way the votes are going I don't think Spurs fans would think it was too funny.

[SpursWoman]

It looks like I'm going to have to put a Parental Block on all future Spurs games, now. Thanks, ESPN.

[greywheel]

Clearly Suns Nation knew about this poll before us... judging by the even more recent results.

Don't forget all the Suns fans/Spurs haters trolling this board.

[SpursWoman]

with the way the votes are going I don't think Spurs fans would think it was too funny.


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Yep, I'm crying in my Margarita. :shootme

[judaspriestess]

Its being bombarded by stupid suns fans.

I NEVER thought in my wildest dreams that the Spurs would be hated like the Lakers. Thats what happens when you have a winning team that beats teams that have the illusion they can win it all.

[kps0001]

Its being bombarded by stupid suns fans.



thats funny. I posted this poll on a suns board and it has 1 view and no replies while this one has almost 300 views and 20 replys. I guess all the suns fans hang out here?

[Strike]

When you're on top, everyone wants to bring you down.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

:lol Good work Suns fans.

The Spurs whine especially too much, yet the enduring image of games 1-3 is the mustached jackass coach of the Phoenix Suns crying like a newborn.

[mardigan]

thats funny. I posted this poll on a suns board and it has 1 view and no replies while this one has almost 300 views and 20 replys. I guess all the suns fans hang out here?
Which board? Link?

[thispego]

with the way the votes are going I don't think Spurs fans would think it was too funny.
ohh no. it would be hysterical. of course we would never know the decision was based on the poll's outcome. just hypothetically comical

[peskypesky]

How freaking hilarious! The San Antonio Spurs, who have always had a rep for being "soft", are now the new Bad Boys?!?!?

How ridiculously soft is the NBA now?

God how I wish I could send D'Antoni's Suns into a playoff game against the old Detroit Bad Boys! After one quarter, the Suns would be waving their white panties in surrender.

[judaspriestess]

thats funny. I posted this poll on a suns board and it has 1 view and no replies while this one has almost 300 views and 20 replys. I guess all the suns fans hang out here?

You seem to hang out here quite a bit. :rolleyes

[kps0001]

Which board? Link?

come on over and post some. beware they are quick to ban there though.


http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=7

[cheguevara]

LMAO "the spurs are too rough"

what kind of gay statement is that? :lol suns are bunch of pussies

[Borosai]

No wonder this has become a big deal. There are a TON of pussy-ass Suns fans out there. Who would've thunk it...

[MadDog73]

The more I think about it, the more I hate Question 5:

Two Choices: Either the Spurs are too rough, or the Suns are too soft? WTF?

What if I don't agree with either?

[TheSanityAnnex]

1) What's your take on Bruce Bowen's knee to the midsection of Steve Nash?
52.9% Intentional and deserving of suspension

2) What's your take on Bowen's alleged kick against Amare Stoudemire?
17.8% Intentional, but not deserving of suspension

3) Is Bowen a dirty player?
65.9% Yes


4) Mike D'Antoni has complained about the Spurs' flopping and fouling after Games 1 and 3. Are his gripes legit?
40.8% No

5) Which of the following statements is more accurate?
51.5% The Suns are too soft.

6) Which of the following statements about whining is most accurate?
29.6% Both teams whine too much.


7) Which of the following statements about flopping is most accurate?
21.5% Both teams flop too much.


8) Which of the following sums up your thoughts on Nash's gashed nose and Manu Ginobili's black eye?
57.8% Those things happen.


9) Which style of play do you prefer to watch?
62.2% Faster, flowing, less physical and more offense


10) Generally speaking, do you feel physical teams have an advantage over less-physical teams in the playoffs?
85.6% Yes

[kps0001]

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Yep, I'm crying in my Margarita. :shootme


Exactly what happens. I can't see anyone relying on the results of these ESPN polls as factual in the least.

Gimme some of that Margarita...its 10:30 here time to start drinking for gametime already!!!!

[Strike]

come on over and post some. beware they are quick to ban there though.


http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=7


I don't think I've EVER seen a bigger group of whining cunts on any board in my entire life!

Do all you Suns fans listen to Emo music, then cry, cut yourself and write poetry whenever the Suns lose?

Whining fucking maggots!

[GrandeDavid]

I'm actually quite surprised that favoritism toward a slower, methodical, more defensive approach to the game has gotten as high a vote count as it has.

[anonymous coward]

oh for god sakes!!! stop making lame arguments to justify the unjutificable and accept like the mayority fans outside of the san antonio ones that bowen is dirty, a wolf with sheep skin

[SpursWoman]

Is English your second language?

[anonymous coward]

why

what you think?

[nkdlunch]

a lot of america loves the way nash plays. face it. a lot of ppl like the way Suns play. Spurs just beat up America's Homecoming Queen. we are the bad guys.

[Borosai]

Bowen isn't a clothes-lining dirty player (ring a Bell?), but he gets his shots in. Every championship team has one. Fuck the Suns if they can't deal with it like grown men.

[Pistons < Spurs]

and accept like the mayority fans outside of the san antonio ones that bowen is dirty, a wolf with sheep skin
I don't agree that it's anywhere near the 'majority', but I think it's awfully foolish to think it's just Suns fans voting so heavily against the Spurs.

[SpursFanFirst]

The questions on that poll are too black and white...and the results are too one-sided :lol
Where are all the Spurs fans to vote on this thing?

[ambchang]

Have people just started to watch basketball this year? Spurs too rough? Man, this whining is going to bite the league right in the ass in a few years.
So the team that whines more is getting the attention, helping them get better calls, or at least play the style of play they wanted. So more teams will be doing the same, and in a few years, in every single playoff series, the media is going to talk about nothing but how much the losing team is whining, and the image of the NBA will go along with it.
The casual fan will say that not only are these NBA players drug dealers and wife abusers, they are whiners to boot!

[Extra Stout]

Apparently Phoenix is the new Boulder.

[Jimcs50]

Damn, we are the Oakland Raiders and the Bad Boys...Pop was right on.

:lol

[MadDog73]

So, are the Spurs the new Lakers?

We are hated because we win?

I can live with that.

[kps0001]

I don't think I've EVER seen a bigger group of whining cunts on any board in my entire life!

Do all you Suns fans listen to Emo music, then cry, cut yourself and write poetry whenever the Suns lose?

Whining fucking maggots!

Amazing how you ascertained this in the 6 minutes from when I posted the link to your reply.
:rolleyes

The emo comment was really original though.

:rolleyes

[Extra Stout]

Damn, we are the Oakland Raiders and the Bad Boys...Pop was right on.

:lol
Well, as long as this series lasts anyway.

[hater]

Phoenix should just bend over and take it up the ass. they would look less pathetic

[Budkin]

Wow... lots of Spurs hate going on there... I love it! :clap

[Strike]

Amazing how you ascertained this in the 6 minutes from when I posted the link to your reply.:rolleyes

Didn't take long when every message I saw was about all the "non-calls" for the Spurs, "dirty players" and the like.

Go write a poem, Suns fan.

[anonymous coward]

I don't agree that it's anywhere near the 'majority', but I think it's awfully foolish to think it's just Suns fans voting so heavily against the Spurs.

are you sure?. just google the words "bowen", "dirty" and read

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/POLLSERVER/results/28540.html

http://www.prosportsdaily.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2111311

[sprrs]

Its being bombarded by stupid suns fans.

I NEVER thought in my wildest dreams that the Spurs would be hated like the Lakers. Thats what happens when you have a winning team that beats teams that have the illusion they can win it all.

Exactly what I was thinking, when did the Spurs start getting hated? Boring yes, but hated? I guess the fact that they're boring and playing the media darlings doesn't help, especially with all the whining going on after games.

[SA210]

Doesn't shock me that the majority vote against watching a defensive game. Sad really.

[Cry Havoc]

Some (a lot) of the Suns fans on that board are beyond replying to. They state that we whine? They've dissected the reffing about 15x more than the actual game their own players put on the floor Saturday night. Sheer idiocy. I understand that officiating can be frustrating, and that when we lose we are often unhappy with some calls, but we don't make 7+ page threads dedicated to how our players were reamed by the officials.

Yeah, Suns fans. Duncan goes off, Manu has a hell of a game, Nash can't hit anything until the 4th, and the -refs- are the reason you lost by 7. :rolleyes

[Phenomanul]

Those are leading questions if I ever saw them....

[Oink Oink]

I bet most of those votes are Suns band wagoners.

[CharlieMac]

I'd like to meet the 10 percent that voted no in the last question.

[kps0001]

Some (a lot) of the Suns fans on that board are beyond replying to.


same goes for here, really you just have to pick and choose your "battles" I guess. There are alot of decent and intelligent people over there that are happy to discuss things as just as there are here. There are also a lot of morons, just as there is here. Unfortunately you can only see the Spurs half as always being better with everything, apparently. But really its probably better off you stayed away.

[Oh, Gee!!]

"Intentional, but not deserving of suspension" pretty much sums it up for me

[Obstructed_View]

At least most of us can agree that the Suns are too soft.

[Jeremy]

Here is a short audio clip on the Spurs being "crybabies" that was produced following Game 1 I think. It's from KTAR, the flagship radio station of the Suns, and features clips of the Suns' legendary play-by-play man Al McCoy.

http://sports.ktar.com/emedia/19952.mp3

Enjoy. ;)

[Sec24Row7]

Good God... that is probably the worst radio broadcast I have ever heard...

How pathetic... and was that actually a Suns Radio Announcer?

ROFL...

We are so spoiled in San Antonio to have color commentators and radio who basically call an objective game...

That dude is a joke...

Even their broadcasters are whining...

ROFL