angel_luv might be on to something. This might have been the best flop in the history of man. Maybe Manu heard that the NBA is going to crack down on flopping so he decided to go the extra mile.
I think it's ridicuous they suspended him...the next cheap shot Kobe takes at a player to intentionally hurt them will be the first. You can talk a lot of about Kobe but Pop is right, that's not his style. Bad suspension. I've seen Manu do worse than that. Manu did the same thing to Vlad Rad in OT as a matter of fact, difference is that Rad's face is about 4 inches higher than Manu's.
Its probably going to be a deterant for players flailing around trying too draw fouls, hopefully it will work.
Ridiculous. But I haven't read Lakersground.net in months. This might be a fun time to check it out.
DAMNNNNNN manuangel_luv might be on to something. This might have been the best flop in the history of man. Maybe Manu heard that the NBA is going to crack down on flopping so he decided to go the extra mile.
hes tryin to earn that money when his shots arent goin in if hes floppin like that.
i would say it's not his style to be flagrant or blatantly obvious with his elbows. but raja bell kind of brought this to light in last years playoffs. kobe was giving him all kinds of subtle elbows to his grill
That was probably the most deserving of all the suspensions, but there never was an angle to see what happened.
I'm still trying to figure out what Artest did to deserve his suspension versus the Spurs.
Players like Reggie Miller and Dirk Nowitzki have made their careers on flailing out to draw contact when they shoot. Just because Manu got hit in the face doesn't mean Kobe should get suspended.
Next thing you know, Tim Duncan is going to get poked in the eye and the defender is going to get suspended because it was a blow to the head. If you are going to suspend Kobe here, you might as well suspend whoever that was who elbowed Barry in the face a couple games back.
some of the suspension probably had to do with Kobe being cavalier about the officiating. 1st he mocked the officials for not calling his foul on horry and then he carelessly hits Manu in the face. It's a message to be carefull and not to takes his s om for granted.
It's very understandable to me. However, I can see how Manu haters don't like it.
Brutal....I do agree with some that he was careless but this is sad...the NBA is a complete joke. Last year Raja clotheslined Kobe in the neck and only got one game. What a sad state of affairs. Whoever says Kobe gets preferential treatment is sadly mistaken.
Who in this thread is a Manu hater?
I don't think there are more than five Spurs fans alive who don't love Manu.
there were like 5 different angles that showed exactly what happened. I saw it on the first replay during the game. I remember Don Harris showing an excellent angle during his sports broadcast.That was probably the most deserving of all the suspensions, but there never was an angle to see what happened.
they will come out.
Who in this thread is a Manu hater?
I don't think there are more than five Spurs fans alive who don't love Manu.
I actually don't think there are any Spurs fans who don't love Manu.
Who in this thread is a Manu hater?
I don't think there are more than five Spurs fans alive who don't love Manu.
Of course it was intentional you idiots, you don't connect in the face by accident. JUst look at Kobe when he gets angry, he goes almost insane. Hits to the face have to get you suspended.
Yeah, I don't know what the got Artest suspended. I don't think this suspension is fair either, but what Kobe did was pretty ed up. And like Whottttttttttttttttttttttttt said, I do think he's mocking of the officials didn't help him in this case.
Unlike a lot of Spurs fans, I love Kobe. But I was pretty pissed when he hit Manu like that.
My mom wrote me after the game saying that, after seeing the nasty hit Gino took, she'd prayed God would show justices and that the Lakers would lose.
You know a sports figure is acting ugly when he gets my mom riled up.
then how do we get Trade Manu threads?
angel_luv might be on to something. This might have been the best flop in the history of man. Maybe Manu heard that the NBA is going to crack down on flopping so he decided to go the extra mile.
Oh stop!
whotttt didn't say that papa.
I don't think Kobe was mocking the officials. He was just joking around with Horry - they are friends.
Anyway, if Kobe gets suspended for flailing to create contact, then a whole lot of other players should start getting suspended.
Like I said earlier in this thread, I think he intentionally tried to create contact, but I don't think he maliciously was trying to hit Manu in the face/head as some here seem to think.
It was intentional. Kobe.
Wonder if the Spurs complained? They usually do a pretty good job of keeping that secret.
This new pussy NBA sucks ass.
My bad, I gave Whotttttttttttt credit for Pete's take.
i would say it's not his style to be flagrant or blatantly obvious with his elbows. but raja bell kind of brought this to light in last years playoffs. kobe was giving him all kinds of subtle elbows to his grill
Every 2 guard in the league does that...including Manu. Honestly, Spursfans don't have a high horse to get up on about this. Manu unloads more than his fair share of elbows...and I'd be pissed if Manu got a suspension if the situation were reversed.
No way in was Kobe trying to hurt him, and I also don't think his concern was mock concern.
Everyone forgets Kobe has never been anything but a fan of Manu's game and extremely complimentary towards him. I agree he was deliberately trying to clear space, but no way was he trying to lay him out, and no way does he deserve to be suspended.
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