Note to national sports commentators:

The rule was interpreted by the Commissioner and League front office. Has nothing to do with the Spurs. On that foul, Nash got hip checked and flopped like a flounder. The media is just looking for shit to stir to generate ratings and paychecks for their respective shows. Its a shame how soulless and hollow most people in this country's media have become. They don't know jack about the Spurs and are too thick-skulled and ritalin-lacking to sit the fukc down and replay the tape, cognitively imagine the big picture and innumerous fouls also committed by Phoenix to stir things up, and realize how overly dramatized this series is.

The Spurs are still by and FAR the classiest organization, and that includes players, and they are the model of sports consistency, heart and winning.

Anyone not down with that can suck a fukcing pacifier and start following park fencing.

What most sports writers and most certainly all Suns players/fans/organization call dirty play is, in fact, just great defense. Given that the Suns and many other NBA teams don't play any defense, they don't recognize it when they see it.

Here in Slovenia almost everyone is for the Suns. I'm sick of it, but just fuck them.

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Originally Posted by FromWayDowntown

It would have been better evidence of a conspiracy if the Commissioner had bent the rules for Stoudmire and Diaw.

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Thats what Greg Anthony said on Mike and Mike this morning. He said everybody knows the rule from management down to the ball boy and that it doesn't need to be changed just because a superstar broke it.

At first I was mad that people were starting to hate the Spurs for this but now I find it extremely funny. I find it funny how everythings turned and now its the Spurs fault that Nash's nose busted open and how they keep showing the alleged Bowen kick on Amare and how they are even replaying every 10 seconds Nash tripping over Bowen's foot last night. Even Greg Anthony said that Horry's hit on Nash wasn't even on the level of Posey on Kirk last year. America's desperation to get PHX in the final's this year for the sake of ratings has placed the Spurs under the bus because of one teams refusal to play Play Off basketball. None of this shit that is going on on the court is new. No matter what team was on the court the Play-Offs have always been played this way.

I do not feel one bit sorry for PHX and could give a shit about whats fair and who's deserving. Life isn't fair so you deal with it and move on. We have people going over seas and dying for nothing and nobody raises a finger, but a little Canadian falls down and million dollar babies say the word dirty and the nation is in an uproar.

So I say in closing: FUCK THE MEDIA! FUCK THE SUNS! AND FUCK YOU SPURS HATERS!

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Originally Posted by sabar

Pick your poison...

We're either a small market soft team or dirty thugs.

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You're absolutely right. The Spurs cannot win in the eyes of the national media. But put Tim Duncan or Manu Ginobili in New York or Los Angeles and it would be like the second coming of Christ. Ditto for Tony.

It's funny how emotional some of the talking heads are getting over this. Dan Patrick was pouting up a storm this morning. And how it's causing them to exaggerate everything the Spurs have done this series... Bowen "kicked" Amare in the heel and drove his knee into Nash's groin. And it seems so obvious to everyone that these plays merited suspension. But not the one incident which expressly calls for a suspension in the rules.

I didn't want Amare suspended either, but it's cracking me up hearing about how dirty the Spurs are. I'm guessing no one has commented about the borderline punches Marion was throwing in the paint on Oberto in the first coupld of minutes. Of course not. Everyone was too concerned with whether Bowen's toes were touching someone.

I'm loving all of the attention. At least Craig Shemon is level-headed and blamed the Suns for their problems. That guy he had fill in yesterday was whining non-stop about how it wasn't fair.

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Originally Posted by Spurminator

It's funny how emotional some of the talking heads are getting over this. Dan Patrick was pouting up a storm this morning. And how it's causing them to exaggerate everything the Spurs have done this series... Bowen "kicked" Amare in the heel and drove his knee into Nash's groin. And it seems so obvious to everyone that these plays merited suspension. But not the one incident which expressly calls for a suspension in the rules.

I didn't want Amare suspended either, but it's cracking me up hearing about how dirty the Spurs are. I'm guessing no one has commented about the borderline punches Marion was throwing in the paint on Oberto in the first coupld of minutes. Of course not. Everyone was too concerned with whether Bowen's toes were touching someone.

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QFT. Spurs were lucky as Hell to get out of PHX without getting injured last night.

I can only hope that Game 6 will be a cleaner game, but I'm not holding my breath.

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Originally Posted by my2sons

when are yall gonna run bosh out of canada like you did vince. great seasons guys see you at the parade

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Bosh is a champ and a good person, Vince was a loser with no heart and no passion and can now not even visit Toronto because he'd probably be killed. This will never happen to Bosh, he is too respected and decent.

Really, the Spurs should sign Vince in the off season, he'd fit right in with the rest of that scumbag team.

Tell them all, Life isn't fair! None of those "Talking Heads' are Suns fans they are just riding the wave, or operating the wave machine is probably more like it, to get themselves into the discussion somehow.

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Originally Posted by SpursAREscumbags

ha ha, the Spurs are being exposed for what they truely are, Scum. The Spurs will be on the decline soon enough. Manu throws himself around more than D-Wade, he'll be finished soon enough with a career ending injury. Duncan will shoot himself, dude is just depressed or something because he shows no personality. As for Tony Parker, some gangster will probably shoot him seeing as how San Antonio is so filled with violence.

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This would all be nice if any of what you were saying was true. Just because you tell lies long and often enough doesn't make them true.

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Originally Posted by SpursAREscumbags

Bosh is a champ and a good person, Vince was a loser with no heart and no passion and can now not even visit Toronto because he'd probably be killed. This will never happen to Bosh, he is too respected and decent.

Really, the Spurs should sign Vince in the off season, he'd fit right in with the rest of that scumbag team.

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I wonder what it would be like to have such an inferiority complex about my entire country, that I would have to live vicariously through one of my few countrymen that made it big-time in the U.S., even though he was raised thousands of miles away from me.

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Originally Posted by SpursAREscumbags

Bosh is a champ and a good person, Vince was a loser with no heart and no passion and can now not even visit Toronto because he'd probably be killed. This will never happen to Bosh, he is too respected and decent.

Really, the Spurs should sign Vince in the off season, he'd fit right in with the rest of that scumbag team.

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So how are YOU such an expert on scumbags?

- I could care less that Nash is Canadian, I wasn't even born in Canada, I just live here.

- It doesn't take an expert to see that the Spurs are scumbags. It's like looking at a con artist who rips old people off, the scum just radiates off them.

that's 3 time nba champion scumbags to you.

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Originally Posted by infinite styles

Thats what Greg Anthony said on Mike and Mike this morning. He said everybody knows the rule from management down to the ball boy and that it doesn't need to be changed just because a superstar broke it.

At first I was mad that people were starting to hate the Spurs for this but now I find it extremely funny. I find it funny how everythings turned and now its the Spurs fault that Nash's nose busted open and how they keep showing the alleged Bowen kick on Amare and how they are even replaying every 10 seconds Nash tripping over Bowen's foot last night. Even Greg Anthony said that Horry's hit on Nash wasn't even on the level of Posey on Kirk last year. America's desperation to get PHX in the final's this year for the sake of ratings has placed the Spurs under the bus because of one teams refusal to play Play Off basketball. None of this shit that is going on on the court is new. No matter what team was on the court the Play-Offs have always been played this way.

I do not feel one bit sorry for PHX and could give a shit about whats fair and who's deserving. Life isn't fair so you deal with it and move on. We have people going over seas and dying for nothing and nobody raises a finger, but a little Canadian falls down and million dollar babies say the word dirty and the nation is in an uproar.

So I say in closing: FUCK THE MEDIA! FUCK THE SUNS! AND FUCK YOU SPURS HATERS!

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I know I'm going to regret getting into this, but--- I agree with all you say except people overseas dying for nothing. The strategy may not be right but success is happening if the media did not play up the failures while playing down if not omitting the successes. Last week another major Al-Qaeda leader was killed with nary a peep from the media.

Your team isn't the Pistons now get on with it, besides your team doesn't have Sheed, so you can't ever be as cool as us.

I have to agree that media and other fans seem to be coming down on Spurs kind of hard. They are just ignoring other series like, oh I don't know, maybe when Kirk Hinrich jabbed Flip Murray in the jewels.

That is one of the good things about living in Pistons Country.....the sports talk shows are too busy gripping about the Pistons losing two in a row to the Bulls.

Sadly...that will end after tonight.

This is the sports equivalent of rape.

Spurs fans are the parents of Scott Peterson, pretending their son is innocent, yet knowing his guilt. *********congrats********

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Originally Posted by EastsBeasts

I have to agree that media and other fans seem to be coming down on Spurs kind of hard. They are just ignoring other series like, oh I don't know, maybe when Kirk Hinrich jabbed Flip Murray in the jewels.

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It's the nature of the media cycle. It's like a flambe.

Whose guilt?

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Originally Posted by clambake

This is the sports equivalent of rape.

Spurs fans are the parents of Scott Peterson, pretending their son is innocent, yet knowing his guilt. *********congrats********

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equating sexual assault to a game. quality.

Sorry to repeat, but it is on topic here:

Steve Kerr really did say last night that "something is fundamentally wrong with a team that benefits from a cheap shot like that". He's a nice guy, and adoring Spurs fans rush to defend him. But some of his comments, especially coming from a recent ex-Spur, have added more fuel to the fire. D'Antoni has clearly been working this thing in hopes of gaining an edge for his team. Kerr has a vested financial interest in the Suns, and an unavoidable conflict of interest. In most businesses, individuals with a conflict of interest have to stay out of certain matters "to avoid the appearance of impropriety". Kerr is a (minority) team owner, with access to a national audience. He should probably avoid commenting on the controversies, and let D'Antoni do his own lobbying.

Kerr knows better than anybody that the rule is in place to prevent brawls from escalating out of control. He should have been first one to say what Stern did, that the Suns players removed themselves from Game 5...not talking about how fundamentally wrong it was, and how it benefitted the Spurs. It's immaterial who it benefitted, and the rule is only unfair if it is not enforced uniformly. A clean-cut ex-NBA player would know that. And his bias is showing.

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Originally Posted by infinite styles

Thats what Greg Anthony said on Mike and Mike this morning. He said everybody knows the rule from management down to the ball boy and that it doesn't need to be changed just because a superstar broke it.

At first I was mad that people were starting to hate the Spurs for this but now I find it extremely funny. I find it funny how everythings turned and now its the Spurs fault that Nash's nose busted open and how they keep showing the alleged Bowen kick on Amare and how they are even replaying every 10 seconds Nash tripping over Bowen's foot last night. Even Greg Anthony said that Horry's hit on Nash wasn't even on the level of Posey on Kirk last year. America's desperation to get PHX in the final's this year for the sake of ratings has placed the Spurs under the bus because of one teams refusal to play Play Off basketball. None of this shit that is going on on the court is new. No matter what team was on the court the Play-Offs have always been played this way.

I do not feel one bit sorry for PHX and could give a shit about whats fair and who's deserving. Life isn't fair so you deal with it and move on. We have people going over seas and dying for nothing and nobody raises a finger, but a little Canadian falls down and million dollar babies say the word dirty and the nation is in an uproar.

So I say in closing: FUCK THE MEDIA! FUCK THE SUNS! AND FUCK YOU SPURS HATERS!

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That echoes my sentiments exactly. People are dying overseas, we just had three soldiers become martyrs, and the rolling headline on msn.com yesterday was, of course:

Did the NBA just ruin the playoffs?

Nope! Amare and Boris "ruined" them. Sorry to burst your Suns drool-bubble.