I'm just glad if a Maverick had to go full-re it was Najera. I already hate that anyway.
awww, poor babies can dish it but not take it?? Spurs play much more physical than we do. Blair throwing bows all day. Im sure your precious ginolbili can take it......
all i know is this, say you guys win this series. You wont have enough to take on the suns who will match you one lucky shot for another. They will destroy you and get revenge on the ring you stole from them in '07.
Wow najara went for the throat. That should at least be 2 games suspension. Surprised Manu didn't get hurt.
1 game minimum
2 games, possibly
Nothing to see here. Congrats on your 2006 le btw.
Hi, Bro!
Nothing to see here. Congrats on your 2006 le btw.
Hey how's it goin? How's fall treating you?Hi, Bro!
Going to cook again after 2 years in 2 weeks.
And I've been jobless for almost a year..........I am cool anyway.
Anyone more from the gang here?
Personally I don't think Najera should get suspended... if anything they should suspend Carlisle for sending him in there to do the damage, Najera was just doing his job.
Najera just can play for one team: the correccional Team!
Should suspend carlisle, he put najara in there for one reason...to head hunt
In case anyone missed it:
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Pop looked like he was ready to murder the guy. And I like how he immediately dispatched the assistant coaches to keep the other players on the bench.
Also, watch jefferson in the lower left hand part of the screen. He went in there ready to tackle the guy. That was a full-on, fist-pumping, dead sprint until he pulled up at the last second.
Jefferson saw another man on his back and jumped into action. It was pure instinct.
Don't think that went unnoticed. Even Kenny Smith commented on the fact that Najera hadn't played the whole game, and it wasn't a time to send him in. He was saying that Carlisle sent him in to be a hatchet man.
Of course it's tough to prove, but Stern doesn't have to put it in front of a judge. If things get rough, I wouldn't be shocked if Najera rats Carlisle out.
Horry's suspension was a straight-up apology to Phoenix. A hip check with arms in? Hard foul, no intent to injure. But since Nash oversold it and the players couldn't keep their asses on the bench, Stern was forced to suspend them. The only way to apologize for that was to lengthen Horry's suspension.
Difference between accidents, hard fouls and intent to injure.
Najera was intending to injure. You can't claim there was any play on the ball or that he was just trying to foul. He hooked a player in the air around the neck and yanked him down.
There should be no place for that - and I'll say the same thing on Wednesday if a Spur goes out and does the same thing.
I commented on that last night. He was pissed.
Just wondering, have any of you guys watched NBA games pre-2000?
Back then that would be just a very hard foul, and would be just a flagrant and that is all. Actually that might actually be considered a very light foul compared to some of the hard fouls of the past.
Players used to do these things all the time to send a message.
Funny, everyone (even the experts) was saying the same thing about the Dallas team this year...and look how it's ended up.
Mavs in 5 or 6?
Get over it, the Dallas Cubans will never win a ring and the sooner you can accept it, the sooner you make peace with it.
Word is that the order to take out Manu came from "the top". That wouldn't mean Carlisle.
Yeah, a fair number of us have.
1) There is no place for this period. It's intentional and it's dangerous - which is why it's against the rules now.
2) There can still be hard fouls and statement fouls - it's unnecessary to grab someone by the neck when they are in mid-air and throw them to the ground. AHF pointed out last night that's not even allowed in games that are played in padding (ie, American football). It's very dangerous and carries a high risk of injury.
3) To see a legal hard foul, rewatch Blair on Kidd or RJ on Dirk.
Maybe I missed it but where are you hearing this?
hmmm Cuban was sitting right behind the Mavs bench
So, nu, what's the word? Is Najera getting off without being suspended? I know it doesn't affect much, but I want him out just on principle. Mavs have been allowed to get away with too much rough play as it is.
Right. We all know the only reason he was in the game was to do something to get himself thrown out.Even if he does get suspended, the guy doesnt play anyway so who cares?
Wow...all class...
Why isn't this a$$hole banned by now?
What would be interesting is if Stern broke tradition and extended the ban into next season, say 20 games. If players know they can miss paychecks the next year, they won't do dirty work like this in the playoffs.
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