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You must be kidding. LeBron would get two (three) free throws and Knoxville would be suspended for the season.We'll at least we finally found a way to solve our SF problems...just hire Johnny Knoxville or some other pain freak to come out and face dive into Bron Bron's elbows...problem solved.
Stupid.
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Suspension overdone = player they did it too and subsequent media reaction = priceless!
You guys are acting like the league is going to be consistent with this kind of call.
@ you.
Someone tell me since the season started last year who has a higher body count of bloodying players or giving black eyes than Kobe Bryant? He's the 2nd coming of Karl Malone
Body count....
Victim #1....Raja Bell. After getting tangled with Raja during a rebound attempt Kobe throws a forearm to Raja's face bloodying his nose and lip. No suspension.
Victim #2....Mike Miller. Kobe gives a forearm to the throat. He gets a suspension here but only because he stupidly talks about "defending his house" after the game which made it sound intentional (and it was).
Victim #3...Dirk Nowitzki. Kobe goes up and does his flail-"HEY" maneuver and his elbow "accidentally" catches Dirk in the face...gives Dirk a black eye. The hilarious part about the whole thing is Dirk got the foul
Victim #4...Manu Ginobili. After a clean block Kobe decides to unnaturally swing his arm back to Ginobili's head. Bloody nose, bloody mouth and a black eye.
Now when you add all this up (and I'm sure there are more things that I missed...feel free to add) the league has got to start looking at the guy and the he pulls. Even Bruce Bowen hasn't left this many players injured in his wake in a season and a half span
He also raped a white girl a couple of years ago.
How many games was Manu suspended for earlier this year when he elbowed Raja Bell in the chest? Bell missed two games because of the elbow.
Surely I forgot the games in which Manu was suspended.
Chest isn't above the shoulders. I think that's the league's issue.
I'm gonna pretend to beleive this accusation. Your whole argument is moot cause it was an elbow to the chest not the head.
Manu is a lover, he himself said it. Kobe on the other hand according to himself, is a tru warrier
Got it.
So players can injure other players with intentional elbows as long as they are below the shoulders. But if you accidentally hit someone above the shoulders, it's a suspension ... even if that player doesn't get hurt.
Nice.
Although I kinda like the idea of Johnny Knoxville getting his face caved in.
Where was Battie's suspension?
see, those extra reading comprehension classes weren't a waste after all.
Could we have one thread that doesn't become about Rasho?
It doesn't say that. It says elbow above the shoulders is an immediate ejection. Below is up to the officials discretion. All punches or elbows will be reviewed. At least that's how I read it.
I didn't make the rule.
But the rule is that if you hit someone with an elbow above the shoulders, you are supposed to get ejected.
If they don't eject you, they can review the tape and act upon it later.
They did.
I don't think he should have gotten suspended either, but if they are going to cut down on blows to the head, suspending someone of the caliber if Kobe was a good way to get started.
It's just the example picture I have on my computer. I can look for many others- it happens every game.
Kobe did NOT rape anyone. He did pay a colorado hooker about a million for the sex though.
What did I say differently?
I'm saying in this particular case, their issue is that they are trying to cut down blows to the head.
(By the way, when Manu hit Raja Bell - I thought Raja flopped himself to the ground and got injured on impact with the floor.)
the moral of the story is: Ya can't mess with my toot toot!
so basically Finley is a head then, coz Terry was suspended for punching him in the nuts and they must be above his shoulders.
lemme go through a list of things that happened last year:
- Josh Howard tries to take Kobe's head off during the 62-point game. Result: Simple foul. Kobe gets 2 FTs.
- during the same game, Kobe gets fouled by Dirk and slings the arms, giving Dirk a shiner. Result: Kobe gets 2 FTs.
- Kobe and Wade playing rough on Christmas Day, Wade takes offense, and as Kobe is catching the ball in the post, Wade throws an elbow into Kobe's unsuspecting ribs. Result: Flagrant foul is called, no suspensions.
- After these 3-4 things happened in the span of about a week, Kobe gets opened up by a flailing Mike Miller...gets s ches. Kobe feels he's being targeted, and repays Miller as he comes down the lane. Result - 2 game suspension.
- Kobe gets hit on the forehead in a potential game-winning situation in Game 1 by Tim Thomas. Result: One golfball sized pumpknot on Kobe and a Lakers loss, no call is made.
- Same series, Kobe and Raja playing rough the entire series. Raja continues to put his face in harm's way and catches a shoulder. Raja then clotheslines Kobe to the floor and stares at him. Result: Raja is tossed and 1 game suspension.
How the (bleep) can anyone say that there is consistency in anything the NBA does?
The bottom line is the league is being disingenuous when they say they don't take intent into account. Except in cases where there is a punch or an elbow above the chest, which is clearly specified as an ejection unless you are Shaq, they absolutely are trying to determine what they think is intent. Otherwise there is no logic to this suspension versus other incidents.
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