NBA Referee Joey Crawford Suspended

[cheguevara]

[SpursWoman]

Awesome!

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kori the site is dying :sad

Inagra I love your crawford sig!

[mavs>spurs2]

Anyone else think that suspending him for the entire postseason was a little harsh? He was in the wrong, but I kind of expected something more along the lines of a fine or a few game suspension.

[ponky]

Oh, and dont get me wrong, Cuban is a great owner, he might annoy the out of me, but that doesnt make him a bad owner. He turned that team around when no one cared about them. He has helped the NBA in many ways and seems like a solid person away from the court. It just sucks that anytime he is around the court he makes me hate him with a passion

hey, it pisses me off when he gets too close to the team and sometimes acts like too much of a fan but i'm forgiving because of all the stuff he's done for the mavericks, even if i wish he would sit a bit farther away from the team during games.

[ponky]

Anyone else think that suspending him for the entire postseason was a little harsh? He was in the wrong, but I kind of expected something more along the lines of a fine or a few game suspension.

lol, you're asking that here?!?!?!??! try espn

[aaronstampler]

i don't have a penis so thank you! anyway, bringing cuban into this whole incident with duncan/crawford is lame as . you wanna about cuban, about cuban but don't throw fake fuel to the fire like it's actually relevant. while the article is recent, the statement by sam smith is not, it's played out and been used by sam smith before....sounds like he needs to get over it. cuban's blog certainly isn't gospel but it's relevant enough that the same league that suspended crawford sees fit to regulate what he says on his blog which is why i mention it.

The point, Ponky, is that there is a right way and a wrong way to go about things and Cuban consistently picks the wrong way. Popovich aired his grievances about the matter privately to the league. He did not go crying about it to the media after the game. He didn't say the league was rigged. He didn't embarrass Stern or try to bully him.

If the exact same thing happened to the Mavs, Cuban would have reacted way differently and perhaps as a result Crawford would not have been suspended. Because the Spurs FO and players acted like adults, they got it handled in an appropriate way.

If Cuban wants to give himself a pat on the back for why Crawford got suspended, he can go ahead, but he had nothing to do with it unless he ordered AJ to put Dirk and Howard back into the game in the 4th.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

lol, you're asking that here?!?!?!??! try espn

do you think it was too harsh ponky?


I think they did it mores o to avoid anymore controversy as oppose to just b/c he challenged TD to a fight. the las thing the league needs is more ref. conspiracy theories like last year

[cheguevara]

Anyone else think that suspending him for the entire postseason was a little harsh? He was in the wrong, but I kind of expected something more along the lines of a fine or a few game suspension.

purposefully changing the course of a professional game and costing that team the 2nd seed of the Western Conference .

He does not belong on the court. Imagine if he screwed up again in the playoffs, NBA would be kaput.

It is less of a punishment and more of a precautionary measure.

I am sure NBA has emailed all refs, "for this playoffs, DO NOT UP!!!"

[ponky]

The point, Ponky, is that there is a right way and a wrong way to go about things and Cuban consistently picks the wrong way. Popovich aired his grievances about the matter privately to the league. He did not go crying about it to the media after the game. He didn't say the league was rigged. He didn't embarrass Stern or try to bully him.

If the exact same thing happened to the Mavs, Cuban would have reacted way differently and perhaps as a result Crawford would not have been suspended. Because the Spurs FO and players acted like adults, they got it handled in an appropriate way.

If Cuban wants to give himself a pat on the back for why Crawford got suspended, he can go ahead, but he had nothing to do with it unless he ordered AJ to put Dirk and Howard back into the game in the 4th.

sorry, i've read your blog articles, you hate cuban, i get it

[ponky]

do you think it was too harsh ponky?


I think they did it mores o to avoid anymore controversy as oppose to just b/c he challenged TD to a fight. the las thing the league needs is more ref. conspiracy theories like last year

no, i don't think it was too harsh, i've never liked joey crawford and felt like he was the prime example of an official with a god complex who has too much control. he wiped away any opportunity (NOT guarantee) you guys had of securing the second seed and his actions were wrong in that game. i agree, the playoffs are starting, this IS the last thing anyone, including the spurs org, needs hanging over their heads before the playoffs.

[picnroll]

Anyone else think that suspending him for the entire postseason was a little harsh? He was in the wrong, but I kind of expected something more along the lines of a fine or a few game suspension.

You're kidding right? Look at the guys on the Mavs who whine pretty constantly led by Dirk and Howard. You want to run the risk of Dirk getting kicked by grumpy old Joey when he throws one of his tantrums for not getting a call on a flail?

[Extra Stout]

Anyone else think that suspending him for the entire postseason was a little harsh? He was in the wrong, but I kind of expected something more along the lines of a fine or a few game suspension.

The precedent I think was set with Jake O'Donnell. If an official demonstrates that he cannot be objective in his treatment of players, then he cannot continue in the league.

[mardigan]

do you think it was too harsh ponky?


I think they did it mores o to avoid anymore controversy as oppose to just b/c he challenged TD to a fight. the las thing the league needs is more ref. conspiracy theories like last year

I can see it both ways. One way it almost seems like the loyal, out of touch company worker that has been there forever was let go because he couldnt grasp the present times, which is sad, the guy has been a good ref for a long time. On the other hand though, when you are integral cog to a huge machine, you cant be changing the games like he seems to do.

[dallaskd]

good. hes a horrible ref and has anger problems. horrible call vs duncan.

[mardigan]

Btw, they are going to interview Stern on PTI in a little bit

[hater]

You're kidding right? Look at the guys on the Mavs who whine pretty constantly led by Dirk and Howard. You want to run the risk of Dirk getting kicked by grumpy old Joey when he throws one of his tantrums for not getting a call on a flail?

LOL very well put

[spursfan09]

Yay! lets see who else Tim can suspend by laughing!

[Cherry]

[peskypesky]

AWESOME!!!!

I was beginning to worry that the NBA would overlook this Crawford bull .

Justice is served.....

[Sec24Row7]

[alamo50]

I hope this doesn't make Timmy any less pissed coming into the playoffs.

[aaronstampler]

Speaking of gone fishin' I'll be interested to hear what the Chuckster has to say about this on Thursday.

[FromWayDowntown]

Speaking of gone fishin' I'll be interested to hear what the Chuckster has to say about this on Thursday.

Will TNT be on the air on Thursday if there are no NBA games that night?

[DarrinS]

You're kidding right? Look at the guys on the Mavs who whine pretty constantly led by Dirk and Howard. You want to run the risk of Dirk getting kicked by grumpy old Joey when he throws one of his tantrums for not getting a call on a flail?

And, the fouls are a lot harder when your going into the paint against 7 footers. As opposed to getting grazed while shooting a fall away jumper. If you've ever sat close to the basket, you can actually hear the slaps.