that would be re ed ... he was "elbowed" in the neck while going for a rebound ... that's playoff basektball ...
seriously , those of you who've never played a pick-up game in your enitre life , and it's becoming clear who those of you are , need to STFU and quit acting like es ...
also , i think you have to take into account who's involved in the play before labeling certain players/actions dirty ... we're talking about Ron Artest here ... he probably did things during the course of the game that provoked this sort of reaction in Kobe , and it was probably well-deserved ...
Yeah, just like Battier provoked Kobe and deserved to be kneed and elbowed in last game.
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
Cry me a ing a riverwalk.
Ron Artest gets no respect because he's Ron Artest.
Think about that, and then everything should get a lot clearer.
it's stupid of you to compare Battier to Artest because they play different styles and have two very different histories when it comes to these types of things ...
If you look at the replay closely, Kobe's elbow was not anywhere near Ron's throat or neck. Kobe's elbow landed on Ron's chest. Ron clearly embellished to get the referee's attention.
what do you wanna show us? Artest's armpit hair or Kobe's chest-cover belt.
Seems like every thread is about the Lakers. Awesome.
The whole board reeks of butthurt.Times are good.
Don't you understand basketball? When you box a man out and go for a rebound throwing your eblow upwards toward the man your boxing out isn't a strategy its a ing foul. It's not "playoff basketball" i've seen Kobe do this before whenever he plays the suns he elbows the out of Richardson and gets away with it. You need to understand you can't get position from elbowing. Nothing more, nothing less. 1 foul should've been called, the foul on Kobe. Period. ing idiot.
After how you sobbed over the ref'ing in game one, that's pretty hypocritical.
Anyway, looks like Kobe's retaliating for Ron getting his elbow up around his face. Can't say I blame him, looked like a double foul situation to me but nothing else.
lol I didn't see the game, when I begun to read STdisguisedinlakersfanstalk.com I tought wow kobe elbow / suspension / blood / murder ... I'm so disapointed it's just a foul.
I saw nothing wrong with that play period.
Ehh, Artest shouldn't have been tossed...he had reason to argue with the refs seeing how they somehow called that a foul on him and not Kobe.
Kobe could punch someone in the face and all he would get is a fine
he never said that
I can rid lips
you can not
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailyd...ge=dime-090507
The NBA rulebook states that a player must be ejected for "An elbow foul which makes contact above shoulder level." By the standard that's been set in these playoffs, Bryant should be suspended
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailyd...ge=dime-090507
The NBA rulebook states that a player must be ejected for "An elbow foul which makes contact above shoulder level." By the standard that's been set in these playoffs, Bryant should be suspended
You are ing stupid, if the league followed the rules closely the Gasol trade would never have happened. Those rules have already become flakes of .
Rockets play physical, but good physical basketball, nothing dirty
Lakers TRY to match that, byt they really suck at it
Don't worry, it's just another bull Laker fan who knows nothing about Basketball.
(No offense to the real Laker fans)
All I saw was artest trying to bully his way to a rebound and got smacked for it.
Nothing new from Kobe:
Kobe Bryant Suspended for Intentional Elbow to Face
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant has been suspended by the NBA office for a flailing elbow on his follow through that caught Minnesota Timberwolves guard Marko Jaric in the nose. Check out the video here. It is the second time Bryant has been suspended for hitting a player in the face this year. Earlier this year he was suspended for doing the same thing to Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs.
Last season Bryant was suspended for two games for clotheslining Mike Miller of the Memphis Grizzlies. At least he didn't grab Jaric by the neck and bend him over a hotel chair. Be sure to check outFool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
I gave Kobe Bryant the benefit of the doubt when he tried putting another dent in Manu Ginobili's nose with an errant elbow Jan. 28. The fact Byrant made contact but managed to have enough sense to grab a loose basketball out of the air and attempt a shot threw me off. I should've remembered who I was watching.
Kobe Bryant's flying elbow sets the precedent for his earlier suspension. (AP)
Kobe Bryant's flying elbow sets the precedent for his earlier suspension. (AP)
Bryant is one of the top five basketball talents ever to grace this earth. If anyone can land an elbow with one arm and try and fire off a game winner with the other, he can. He pulled the wool over the refs' eyes, too. No foul was called.
NBA disciplinarian Stu Jackson wasn't fooled that first time. He immediately called Bryant out for his actions, suspending him one game without pay, keeping him from his only annual appearance in New York.
Fast forward to this week: The people who bought tickets to see Bryant in Milwaukee on Wednesday had to wake up, catch the replay of Bryant's actions in Minnesota the previous night and scream, "Damn it, Kobe!"
You knew it was coming. Bryant had to be suspended for elbowing Marko Jaric in the latter stages of regulation in the Lakers' eventual double-overtime loss in Minneapolis.
"Some of the determining factors were the fact that there was contact made with Ginobili above the shoulders and the fact that this particular action by Kobe was an unnatural basketball motion," Jackson said five weeks ago. "Following a shot, he drove a stiff arm in a backward motion and struck Ginobili in the head. We did not view this as an inadvertent action."
With another errant elbow, Bryant tied Jackson's hands. All you have to do is subs ute Jaric's name for Ginobili's and you have the league's reasoning for a suspension. The precedent had been set: one flying elbow, one game.
In fact, Bryant is lucky he didn't get more. Had he been given a pass, the integrity of the league office would've been compromised.
Whether you believe the Lakers superstar deserved to be suspended for his strike on Ginobili, the fact is he was, and decisively. No immediate appeal was granted. Jackson never second-guessed his decision. If we were talking about Smush Parker or Maurice Evans catching a defender with a flailing elbow, there's no debating the matter. It was a reckless play. Only that it's Bryant skews opinions.
Now in his 11th season in the league, Bryant is a genius at getting separation where there seemingly is none. He has dealt with a decade of swarming, and Bryant himself is among the NBA's top defenders. He knows what he can and can't get away with. There's not a trick in the book he doesn't have, and this latest one is becoming a nasty habit.
Bryant's elbows haven't been malicious in the aspect of wanting to maim his opponents, but they have been intentional. They scream, "I'll do whatever it takes to win." Although he'll try to sell it to you as an accidental part of the game, you would have to be pretty gullible to swallow that. It's part of his repertoire.
Basketball is an instinctive sport, and for a great like Bryant, that instinct becomes magnified, particularly in late-game situations. That it went through his head, twice, to extend that elbow in order to gain an advantage, blows away the inadvertent-action defense. In fact, if it happens again, Bryant should be suspended for three games.
He's gone for game 3. Book it.
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