Note to national sports commentators:

[Cry Havoc]

equating sexual assault to a game. quality.

Are you a soccer fan? Haha.

His post was immense.

[FromWayDowntown]

Sorry to repeat, but it is on topic here:

Steve Kerr really did say last night that "something is fundamentally wrong with a team that benefits from a cheap shot like that". He's a nice guy, and adoring Spurs fans rush to defend him. But some of his comments, especially coming from a recent ex-Spur, have added more fuel to the fire. D'Antoni has clearly been working this thing in hopes of gaining an edge for his team. Kerr has a vested financial interest in the Suns, and an unavoidable conflict of interest. In most businesses, individuals with a conflict of interest have to stay out of certain matters "to avoid the appearance of impropriety". Kerr is a (minority) team owner, with access to a national audience. He should probably avoid commenting on the controversies, and let D'Antoni do his own lobbying.

Kerr knows better than anybody that the rule is in place to prevent brawls from escalating out of control. He should have been first one to say what Stern did, that the Suns players removed themselves from Game 5...not talking about how fundamentally wrong it was, and how it benefitted the Spurs. It's immaterial who it benefitted, and the rule is only unfair if it is not enforced uniformly. A clean-cut ex-NBA player would know that. And his bias is showing.

It's the inherent flaw in all of the complaining about suspensions. The Spurs didn't benefit from Horry's shot, except to the extent that two young Suns players (who happen to be important to their hopes) couldn't restrain themselves and broke a rule that has clearly expressed consequences and that every player knows he cannot break.

Had Stoudemire and Diaw acted with poise, the Spurs would have gotten the worse of Horry's cheap shot, because they would have been without an important player and would have given all sorts of fuel to a Suns team that was already seizing momentum.

Horry didn't make those guys come off the bench. They chose to do that, whether out of concern for their teammate or seeking an opportunity to join the fray. Their intent, though, is irrelevant and the rule is unequivocal about that. Once they ran down the sidelines, they decided to exclude themselves from Game 5.

[Sec24Row7]

Kerr said a couple of years ago that he liked the rule because before, you had to run in and get fined... now you have an excuse not to go...

[NoMoneyDown]

After the Spurs are up 2-1 in the Finals, the sports commentators would have well forgotten the 2nd round and be all over San Anotnio's jock.

[thispego]

This is the sports equivalent of rape.

Spurs fans are the parents of Scott Peterson, pretending their son is innocent, yet knowing his guilt. *********congrats********

now THATS funny

[ducks]

people hate winnners
spurs have won les laterly
they want to see the suns
suns have been there forever
kind of like when the lakers were winning les everyone hated them

[SenorSpur]

Its 3 a.m. in San Antonio.

I'm listening to the ticket 760 with a national feed right now.

All these national commentators spewing their ing hate on the Spurs make me sick to my stomach.

You all national bas s calling us dirty, etc--

GO YOURSELF!

Whew--now I feel better.

I guess it's true what has been said already. The Suns are the "darlings" of both the national media, fans and the NBA in general. They have a fan-friendly style of basketball, a former MVP and a rabid fan base. If they ever made it to the NBA Finals, the ratings would be phenomenal.

Meanwhile, the Spurs are just a boring team with boring players that wins too much. We all know the league hates seeing them in the Finals because they are not a national draw. Guess that explains why everyone is so down on them now.

the rest of the world. Go Spurs Go!

[dbestpro]

- I could care less that Nash is Canadian, I wasn't even born in Canada, I just live here.

- It doesn't take an expert to see that the Spurs are s bags. It's like looking at a con artist who rips old people off, the s just radiates off them.

You can come home now. The Vietnam war is over.