ESPN Column About Horry

[tom24421]

There was no altercation. So Duncan was lucky that he did it w/ no altercation. We've already covered this in here (this forum) many times. We realize you're new.

There are many threads discussing the altercation issue and the suspension. The search function is up for now, so I suggest you read through those other threads.

Two issues:

1. Why do I have to go to another thread to discuss the issue. I would agree that I am a novice to posting on message boards, but what is the difference if I post it here or somewhere else. The topic of the thread was Horry's ESPN response to the "altercation." I am being serious... please enlighten me if I am posting incorrectly.

2. You statement gets right to my point earlier about the "grey" areas of life and rules, etc. I have already said that the NBA made the right decision, but now I am talking about rule interpretation and I think it is an interesting conversation. Just as I asked the other guy to define "near," I would ask you to define "altercation." Elson dunks the ball and then, I believe, James Jones inadvertantly gets tangled up with him while he is hanging on the rim. Duncan clearly walks out onto the court and starts yelling something to Jones and Bowen has to come get him to sit down. Altercation is defined in the Thesaurus as:

argument
quarrel
disagreement
dispute
exchange
squabble
clash
difference of opinion

So is what Duncan did an "altercation." If Jones would have heard and responded to Duncan by walking toward him what MIGHT have happened? MIGHT is the key word becasue the rule was intended to prevent what MIGHT have happened... that is why the penalty is so harsh. Would it have been an altercation then? By the above synonyms I would say it was an altercation anyway. If it wasn't an altercation or a least "heated words" then why did Bowen have to come and get Duncan? Anyway my point is that at least understand the frustration of the Suns fan when NBA simply rules out the 2nd quarter "altercation" as a non issue. The Suns are being held accountable to the "letter of the law" and I think that under the "letter of the law" one COULD make the same case for the Duncan case. Am I being nitpicky... yes! Do I think UNDER THE CIR STANCES that Duncan did NOT deserve to get a suspension... of course I don't think he deserved it... I do think he should have got a technical foul though. Granted... the Suns "altercation" was way more intense but UNDER THE CIR STANCES (that being that the Suns coaches prevented the two players from becoming physically involved in the altercation) that a suspension was only warranted because of the LETTER OF THE LAW/RULE, not because of what they players MIGHT have done. Anyway... I hope you don't mind me posting this here and I hope that, UNDER THE LETTER OF THE LAW, you can see the parallel of the two instances. If you don't... no hard feelings.

[sandeepgm]

Booing finley was/is classless. So is insulting an entire city.

Bowen and Horry are not dirty players. Although i do think Horry's foul was dumb and was at least a little dirty....still Terry's deliberate, aimed punch at the balls is infinitely dirtier. And Bowen? he's not dirty---meaning he never goes out to intentionally hurt people with his play.

As someone else on this forum mentioned, the standing ovation for Horry was not because anyone condoned his actions (although many people joke around with that, and a few are serious about it). It was more because the media and nba "fans" everywhere were taking one hard (and fairly dumb--given the sensitivity of the NBA game today) foul by Horry and using it to personally insult him and even threaten him. Even people who jokingly (or even seriously) applaud the fact that Nash went flying into the scorer's table (as a result of getting hit at the WRONG POINT IN HIS STRIDE by a foul that was NOT THAT HARD) were standing up and applauding only because of how much Horry's been insulted and condemned over the past few days. It was so overblown and exaggerated. (I think I read that the man got racist threats?? ..........)

That's what Woj....ski fails to see and mention.

Woj...ski is a joke.

He should officially change his name to "Woj...ski"

Here is today's link to the star telegram's newspaper saying cuban would welcome finley back.
http://www.star-telegram.com/287/story/110540.html

There is no hostility like you think there is. The only reason being he plays for the mavs rivals and he used to get cheered all the time. Because of the spurs-mavs rivalary they just didnt want him to be comfortable on the court, thats all. With the san antonio riverwalk being muddy, its just smack talk. Thats just the way cuban is. He likes to rile people and maybe get a reaction.

[TampaDude]

Jeebus, Suns fans...give it a rest, already...the Spurs-Suns series is OVER...let it go...

[TampaDude]

you got to love Horry!

all the whiny pussies that call themselves players

... i play with my friends and we do a lot of HARD fouls all the time and noone says anything

and some guys whine about hard plays in the playoffs lol

Yup...like the old saying goes, "No autopsy, no foul!"

You gotta love Horry for thinking outside the box...maybe he knew Stat and Diaw would come off the bench, maybe he didn't...but he ain't telling! GO SPURS GO!!!