I haven't read through everything but to me its not really a questionable suspension. Stack went in with intent on putting Shaq on the floor. In todays league (which by the way, you can thank Cuban for) thats a suspension. Plus Stack had a motive if not two when he did this. Anybody remember the bloody nose he got when he tried to drive on Shaq in an earlier game? Anyways Mavs players need to start looking in the mirror when they get mad at these suspensions because they are only doing it to themselves.
Question: How much extra effort does a player have to put out to put a "hard foul" on Shaq? If you don't push him harder than an average-sized player, he throws you off like a gnat.
Stack did what was necessary and Shaq and his dirty little antics will get their comeuppance before this thing is over.
Cuban owned you all by not blogging...
Cuban is the man...
Hard fouls don't exost anymore why is that so hard to understand, thank you Mark Cuban.
But he did whine, so what's the difference?
Cuban is the whiny .
There's no question the Mavs have the better players. The question is going to be whether Dirk is a true leader or just another guy with a lot of talent.
And Cuban is a massive bleeding stack of excrement whether he blogs or not.
Cuban is the man...
Who got rid of hard foulsCuban is the man...
there should be no debate in this. stack should not have come close to doing what he did and avery should have expected this in light of all the other suspensions. kerr is just wrong, regardless if he played. the league has been very consistent with calling this stuff this year, as shown by the list of suspended players he, himself, presented. and we've all seen folks just grab shaq and hold his arms or something to keep him from scoring and going to the free throws. plus, by that point, how far behind was dallas? the idea that you don't get a layup in a 20-plus loss just sounds ridiculous. as for looking at the still shot, the actual moving reply leaves no doubt that there was no play on the ball, not when he's hitting shaq's chest and throat first.
How is Shaq going to throw anybody off like a gnat while he is in the air going for a dunk? If it wasn't a fastbreak but rather Shaq with the ball with his back to the basket trying to back down Dampier when the foul happen you might have a point. But that's not the case here, shaq was in the air and you don't "hard foul" someone in the air like that. A good hard foul doesn't end in that player landing in the 1st row where they could end up injuried, that's a cheap shot.
Stackhouse: 'Obviously, I'm angry'
By ART GARCIA
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
Mavericks guard Jerry Stackhouse was suspended for Sunday’s Game 5 of The NBA Finals for his flagrant foul Thursday against Heat center Shaquille O’Neal. The best-of-seven championship is tied 2-2.
Stackhouse spoke Saturday to the Star-Telegram about the suspension, its repercussions and the state of the team.
Do you feel you got a raw deal from the NBA?
“Obviously, I’m angry with the whole situation. I just want to move forward. We’re trying to look at it as positive as we can. It was a hard foul. The game dictated that. It was a physical game. That play was just a hard play within that game. The game has changed over the last 10 years, but this is The Finals. You let the game dictate the game. The officials are used to dealing with it. The game was just flowing that way. We accept it for what it is. I know the guys are going to be motivated to go out and play hard and get this win. The way I look at it, I should have fresh legs on Tuesday night.”
Can something like this galvanize a team?
“It’s ironic. The last time we won here [Nov. 25], I was over there cheering on the sideline [with a knee injury]. It can happen again. We just have to turn this around a little bit. It’s about making shots. It’s about doing what we’ve done all year.”
So this can get the team going?
“All of those things sound good, but we’ve just to get back to doing what we do good. Maybe this is something to help to push us over the edge to jump start us, to get us going, but this team is better than what we’ve played the last two games. That’s more of our focus.”
Do you talk to your teammates about picking up the slack or do they say they’re going to win this for you?
“It’s understood. That’s the given part of it. Somebody is going to step up. That’s what we’ve done all year. We won 60 games and I missed the first 26 of them. It’s The Finals. We know that. It’s about us playing better. It’s not about who’s out. It’s not like we need a battle cry to ‘Pick it, pick it up.’ That’s going to be done. We’ve just got to get back to playing Maverick basketball.”
When Jason Williams slowed up to give the ball up to Shaq, how did you see the play from there?
“[Williams] pretty much dictated the play. When I saw him slowing up looking for someone to pass to, I knew I was almost even with Shaq. I just had to pick my speed up a bit to get going. And I’m going from previous contact that I’ve had with Shaq already in this series. I go to the ground and get crumbled like nothing, so I’m expecting the contact. He’s 400 pounds, almost twice my size. I’m almost bracing myself for impact. It just so happens I caught him as he was about to take off. It’s a hard play. I’m been on the other side of it quite a few times. You get up and knock your free throws down. They called a flagrant because of the way he fell. It wasn’t so much impact. It’s how he fell. Sort of like [Phoenix guard] Joe Johnson last year. They called a flagrant foul on me for that. My coach, my owner, my team would want me to make that play 10 out of 10 times. Again, I will make that play 10 out of 10 times if the exact same scenario happens.”
Does the play look worse than it was to you and can you understand the league’s logic?
“From my standpoint, it’s a hard foul. It’s the same foul I got one of the first times I went to the basket. [O’Neal] didn’t make a play on the ball when I got three s ches. He was just trying to stop my momentum going to the basket. If you look at it in slow motion like my play was looked at in slow motion. That’s neither here nor there for me. The fact of the matter is I made the play that was warranted for that situation in the third quarter. I hear people say it was out of frustration. Where is the frustration? It’s the third quarter. We’re making a run in the third quarter. It’s a 10-point game at the start of the fourth quarter. I don’t get it.”
So you weren’t trying to hurt Shaq?
“I’m going to foul him to make him take two shots. He’s a guy that stopped my progress three times on the dime. I know what it feels like to run into him, so I’m going at him with more than probably any other player on the court.”
How are you going to spend the game?
“I don’t know what to do. I came out here to play a game at The Finals. This is the worst. I’m going to be cheering these guys, pumping these guys up until the game tomorrow. Hopefully they come out and play our game, and leave here up 3-2.”
Can you even watch the game?
“I’m definitely going to watch it. I don’t know what the plan is yet. I still can’t believe it. Fielding questions about the foul [after Game 4], I said it was a hard foul. I didn’t field any questions about being suspended. It didn’t even come into my mind that there was any chance in the world that I was getting suspended. I’m watching TV that night and people saying I’m going to be suspended. I’m like ‘Wow, that’s amazing.’ ”
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/sports/ba...s/14843909.htm
Stack isn't exactly the brightest guy in the world...
in the end... he's suspended... lets hope it gives the mavs more motivation... we shall see... i thot it was just a hard foul, didnt even think of a suspension... but it is what it is... and we shall see who gets the most momentum from it... the mavs or the heat?
What's that supposed to mean?
Either his coach, his owner and his team want him to be suspended 10 out of 10 times, or he's an idiot.
No one disputes that it was a flagrant (except maybe Stack) and I really doubt you want to say that you'll continue to give flagrant fouls to players driving to the basket. You probably also shouldn't say that your coach, your owner and your team wants you to flagrant guys.
It means Stack's a ing moron.
I like how Stack brings up that cheap shot on Joe Johnson as if that helps his case?Is he trying to prove to everyone that he's a dirty player. What a ing moron.
I don't think Shaq thought it was suspension worthy.
when's the last time you had a face to face with Shaq? What he says to the media is all entertainment, he's trying to be funny. When the play happened he wanted to kill stack so i think privately he wants a suspension where as he won't say that to the media.
Like Mark Cuban says this is a business, and like any business you take the advantage where you find it.
I didn't say no one disputes it was suspension worthy, I said no one disputes it was a flagrant. Big difference.
Shaq wants to win this thing against a full Mavs squad. I highly doubt he was secretly hoping for the suspension. By the way, did you have a face to face with him?
Gotcha. Yeah, of course it was flagrant.
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