Bowen's Knee to Nash Under Review?

**Obstructed_View** · 05-14-2007

Dumb ass, the reference is that Bowen isn't playing basketball either. I'll just kick you in the nuts, we don't have to play anything. BTW get a vasectomy before you destroy what's left of the gene pool.

Suns in Six! Oh Yeah!

What's with your testicle fixation, princess? Nash got the foul. Funny that the Suns fans cry for fouls and then cry for suspensions when they get the fouls. What's next? I really never thought you guys were capable of being stupider than the Nuggets and Sonics fans. The Mavericks fans actually look knowledgable and unbiased compared to you. Congratulations, Cartman.

**Soul_Patch** · 05-14-2007

<<INSERT CRAZY FLYING NINJA BRUCE BOWEN HERE>>

Damn bruce has some hops.

So bruce plays physical, some times rough defense. Get over it. It obviously works, he is in your heads, he is in your players heads. Bruce Bowen, owns your team and its fans. Kinda sad, instead of adapting to it, your team, coach and fans choose to whine and complain.

Suns need to come out physical (lol i know) and take it right back to the spurs. It'd be pretty funny, and id expect a 120 to 75 blow out by SA, but, hey at least you tried right?

**Gros Membres!** · 05-14-2007

Originally Posted by mavs>spurs

I don't like Bruce Bowen for a lot of reasons, but comon this is bull . The suns are really grabbing at straws.

That's how I see it and I, for one, think Bruce can do some questionable but so does everyone. I'd say on average I see probably a dozen little elbows thrown by each team boxing out.

As Kenny Smith said last night in Jazz-Warriors post-game it is an "unwritten rule" that players don't close out a shooter if you can't block the shot and, furthermore, get your feet under the shooter's elevated legs. It's unwritten rules that destroy the game, imho. You have to understand how the game functions and letting people trade baskets, not closing out shooters, and not playing an offensive player with anything less that blanketing defense would be an insult to the Spurs philosophy.

I will say it again, it just seems like the NBA wants to see this series last as longas possible and the Suns need all the help they can get at this point on San Antonio's home court. I find it astonishing that Stoudemire's comments did not receive any sort of reprimand from the league (since when is accusing another team of questionable behavior better than publicly criticizing refs???) and that his comments have resulted even in the possibility of a Bowen suspension.

At this point, I hope Bowen does get suspended just so the Spurs can go up 3-1 tonight.

**Obstructed_View** · 05-14-2007

Soul Patch, if that's not Youtube you need to delete it.

**Soul_Patch** · 05-14-2007

i simply copy and pasted the link from another post in this same thread.

**Obstructed_View** · 05-14-2007

Okay. I guess one of the mods will have to take care of it.

**Soul_Patch** · 05-14-2007

ill remove mine. the original is in post 100 on this thread

**hater** · 05-14-2007

I truly beleive D'whinetoni personally called the league office to complain about this play. and nash might not have said anything publicly, but I am sure he is happy d'antoni did. Nash would be one happy mofo if Bowen is suspended, since Bruce is owning his ass.

**MadDog73** · 05-14-2007

Originally Posted by hater

I truly beleive D'whinetoni personally called the league office to complain about this play. and nash might not have said anything publicly, but I am sure he is happy d'antoni did. Nash would be one happy mofo if Bowen is suspended, since Bruce is owning his ass.

What? No, Nash had an off-night. Bowen doesn't "own" Nash, anymore than Amare "owns" Duncan.

**Gros Membres!** · 05-14-2007

Originally Posted by UV Ray

Common sense suggests that flying kicks to the face and nuts are cause for concern. Common decency would suggest review. You have neither.

I would say not at all. If, and this is adhering to the Suns definition os basketball, it is actually a sport in which people run up and 1) try to score as many baskets as humanly possible while 2) people try as hard as humanly possible to defend the other said humans from scoring then collisions and scrapes are bound to occur.

Case in point, Parker did not purposefully headbutt Nash. Marion did not purposefully swipe high (nowhere near the ball) to scratch Manu's eye.

The reason I like Bowen and have always appreciated his defensive presence is he does not have much to offer except his hustle and desire to focus on his defensive game just as Nash focuses on the offensive side of the game. I do agree with Sir Charles in saying a foul was called and that justice was served on the court. To suspend Bowen after all of this talk in order to give the Suns clear paths to the basket would laughable and I hope the Suns and their fans know it (deep down, I'm sure).

**Sec24Row7** · 05-14-2007

It is now less than 9.5 hours to gametime... if a SUSPENSION happens now, reguardless of the unfairness of it to Bowen, it would unjustly punish the team with a lack of preparation time...

**FromWayDowntown** · 05-14-2007

Originally Posted by Sec24Row7

It is now less than 9.5 hours to gametime... if a SUSPENSION happens now, reguardless of the unfairness of it to Bowen, it would unjustly punish the team with a lack of preparation time...

At this point, it might be that the league is trying to decide whether any action is necessary and, if so, the extent of a fine and perhaps whether the foul should be upgraded to a flagrant, which could have some longer-term consequences.

I think a suspension at this point would be horrendously unfair to the Spurs.

**MadDog73** · 05-14-2007

Someone remind me:

When they suspended Duncan from that regular season game (after the collsion with the ref?), did they annouce if before hand?

The way I remember, Tim was planning on playing that night, and ended up watching the game from the hotel...

**FromWayDowntown** · 05-14-2007

Originally Posted by MadDog73

Someone remind me:

When they suspended Duncan from that regular season game (after the collsion with the ref?), did they annouce if before hand?

The way I remember, Tim was planning on playing that night, and ended up watching the game from the hotel...

That's true. I just double-checked. The game in which Tim pushed Nies was 11/29/03 at Golden State. The game for which Tim was suspended was 12/1/03 at the Clippers. Tim's suspension wasn't announced until 12/1/03.

**SRJ** · 05-14-2007

Common sense suggests that flying kicks to the face and nuts are cause for concern.

Bowen pivoted, you jackass.

**Aggie Hoopsfan** · 05-14-2007

The thing is though, you know the media has been waiting for the 'league takes retribution against Spurs for the Joey Crawford incident' story to break. They just need to fill in the details.

If the league gips the Spurs 8 hours before tip, you will see that story in every single paper in the country tomorrow - 'league gets back at Spurs, suspends Bowen for pivotal game 4.'

It's so incidental as well, and you've already got a quote from Nash out in the papers saying he didn't think it was intentional. The league would be called out for this, at this point in the game.

I think assessing a flagrant 'II' will happen, if anything, but any kind of suspension or fine will just encourage what the league has tried to crack down on - whining.

**mardigan** · 05-14-2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yggh9efD-M
F the Suns whiney asses

**Martin R** · 05-14-2007

I think we should be able to see the AGE of every poster at a glance. It seems to me that there are many people who are not thinking logically maybe because they are 9 years old.
I don't want to spend my time teaching lessons to people of that age. Parents should take care of that.

M

by the way, Martin, 34.

My take :
Spurs are 2-1. Suns can quit or fight. It's upto them.

**LavaLamp** · 05-14-2007

Originally Posted by GrandeDavid

Seriously, that looks like a pretty clear knee to goods. I hope there's no suspension.

There's really no need to make a fuss. Just like in life, what goes around comes around. This is true for playoff basketball as well. Every player on that court has an innate sense of what is right and what is wrong (regardless of what is allowed by the refs or not). There will be balance in the end. One should not think one can keep doing something under-handed (if it is true that it is under-handed) for advantage and expect their own players to be immune. Things always go back in balance.