Ericka Dampier: I will punish Parker on Thursday

[timaios]

UPDATE: Not surprisingly, it appears Dampier has set himself for extra scrutiny in Game 3. An NBA official says the league is aware of Dampier's comments, and will be monitoring his behavior in Thursday's game.

[BillMc]

This is great news! After Dampier is ejected for the flagrant foul, the Mavs will have nobody that can even kind of guard Duncan. Which means we'll be able to score at will.

Thanks Eric, you just made our job a little easier!!!

[braeden0613]

really cause i swear you are allowed 5 and every game i see "fouls to give" on the screen.

seriously, you guys are over reacting and sound like wimps.

Your NBA knowledge is very deep

[TampaDude]

This is great news! After Dampier is ejected for the flagrant foul, the Mavs will have nobody that can even kind of guard Duncan. Which means we'll be able to score at will.

Thanks Eric, you just made our job a little easier!!!

Yup...after Damp gets tossed in the first 5 minutes of Game 3, and suspended for Game 4, TD will just live at the post and put up back-to-back 30-15 games...series goes back to SA with the Spurs up 3-1...Spurs close it out in front of the home crowd.

Go on, Damp, do it...please...I dare you...

[Borosai]

Flagrant? Ejection? Or foul out anyway?

Most likely.

[Dex]

What a dumbass. If anything, he has to almost hold back a little physically now, unless he wants to seriously screw over their frontline.

Refs need to watch the other players for cheapshots as well. I'm sure they're all gonna have that "knock them down" mentality.

[Obstructed_View]

Your NBA knowledge is very deep

[ElNono]

Which is why i would play Hollins and Bass before i would play Singleton. And you HOF is not exactly putting up HOF numbers. So yes.

Why do half of the Spurs fans out there have to be insulting and or arrogant?Why can't you just have a reasonable discussion, support your ideas or theories, cheer hard for your team and be a good fan.

Just because your team has won 4 les does not mean you know everything or that you have the right to act like a jerk or just be plain rude and vulgar like some of the posters.

I consider myself a secondary Spurs fan. My wife is from San Antonio and there is a good chance we will move back there someday. But man half of you guys give the other half a bad name.

So you don't deny he was getting abused by our 4th and 5th tier bigs in garbage time. But you think he can handle Duncan. Ok, duly noted.

[sonic21]

UPDATE: Not surprisingly, it appears Dampier has set himself for extra scrutiny in Game 3. An NBA official says the league is aware of Dampier's comments, and will be monitoring his behavior in Thursday's game.

[Mugen]

lol at the mavs for having ericka dampier as the enforcer.

might as well have JJ put parker on his ass.

[HarlemHeat37]

that's the first thing I thought..Dampier is a ing idiot..whatever he does now, even if it's just a questionable foul, it's going to be a flagrant..

this is what soft, pussy teams do..they announce it to the media..they don't know how to throw subtle shots..Dampier is going to pick up a flagrant or an ejection for this, because he's out of his element..

you also don't do this against a team with Bruce Bowen or Kurt Thomas..these guys know how to throw shots without getting noticed, especially Bowen..if Dampier touches Parker, you can bet that Bowen and Thomas will be throwing cheap shots at Dirk all game, and the refs won't catch it a lot of the time, especially if it's Bowen..Bruce is an artist when it comes to that..

if I'm a Mavs player, I'm going to be scared of a Kurt Thomas pick every time down..he's going to flatten somebody..

[Borosai]

Thomas needs to knock off Terry's wings. Without announcing it, of course.

[BillMc]

Erick, you don't announce when you're going to lay someone out, you just do it. Ask Robert Horry how its done...

Do the Spurs have to teach the Mavs EVERYTHING!!?

[HarlemHeat37]

talking about it is honestly one of the main things you see with a pussy team..

Dampier doesn't wanna do anything..he doesn't wanna commit anything..he's hoping that Parker will be scared to come in the lane because of Dampier's words..that's the approach of a pussy..

this is just a lose-lose situation for Dampier..Parker isn't scared of anybody on the court, so it's not going to stop him..if Dampier has the balls to do something, he'll end up getting a flagrant or an ejection..

just a stupid move by a franchise that doesn't know how to do anything correctly..

[Borosai]

Dampier is the second best center in the league. He's just biding his time before he breaks out the swatter and dominates the series.

[PM5K]

Ugh, where have you been Dampier, the rough stuff has already been tried.

[BillMc]

Dampier is the second best center in the league. He's just biding his time before he breaks out the swatter and dominates the series.

I guess his biding A LOT of time...

[jbspurs]

it was pretty obvious that was already his plan tonight

He tried once, ended up on his ass.

[NRHector]

By the sounds of Parker's voice in recent interviews, its obvious his confidence is shaken by this

really? so if we believe that we can also believe santa clause does exist wow and all this time I thought my parents were the ones giving me the gifts, I'm shocked!!!!!!!!

[BUMP]

if there ever was a good time to say it, its right now.

we have HCA. this will only get the crowd more fired up, and the Spurs will pay timid

[Spursfan092120]

if there ever was a good time to say it, its right now.

we have HCA. this will only get the crowd more fired up, and the Spurs will pay timid

Yeah..except now if he even looks at Parker wrong he'll get suspended. NBA doesn't mess with premeditation.

[BUMP]

Yeah..except now if he even looks at Parker wrong he'll get suspended. NBA doesn't mess with premeditation.

i know im just trying to stir up a response from the noob Spurfans.

i think this was extremely stupid to say to the media, but i do think this will get the crowd more into it which is a good thing.

but it puts him in a very awkward situation now because he guaranteed that his first foul will put him on his back and the NBA is now aware so............

[temujin]

All of a sudden, Stern can't send Joey Crawford for Game 3, and perhaps even G4.

I thought Dampier doesn't look like a brilliant basketball player, to say the least, but compared to who he is off the court, he plays like a genius.

[Spursfan092120]

i know im just trying to stir up a response from the noob Spurfans.

i think this was extremely stupid to say to the media, but i do think this will get the crowd more into it which is a good thing.

but it puts him in a very awkward situation now because he guaranteed that his first foul will put him on his back and the NBA is now aware so............

lol..yeah..I figured that's what you were doing. I knew you were smarter than that. I read a little farther up that the NBA will be monitoring him now...seriously, if you're planning on doing something like that..just do it. Don't talk about it.

[GSH]

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