I hate the blood rule

[JPB]

DOC : HERE !... So, what do you think about your new nose, Mr Nash ? The same as Sarah mic e Gellar's one as you asked !

Nash : HUMMM...

[bonesinaz]

Exactly, during the ensuing time out, I saw both Amare and Boris Diaw amongst others standing around Nash and the trainer instead of following D Antoni and his game plan. And instead of D Antoni gathering his players around and actually using the timeout successfully, he spend some time ing to the refs about the away from the ball foul committed by Barbosa earlier.

D Antoni cost the Suns this game. If he could learn to keep his composure and calm, instead of getting easily rattled by bad calls...which is bound to happen in the playoffs, he'd get a lot more respect as a coach from me.

You are right, D'Antoni should keep his composure, but he won't.

[schadenfreude52]

I like the way the doc's gloves and shirt are harmonised !

Maybe he should have care more about the nose than his total look !

Those are just purple nitrile gloves. We use them all the time in the lab I work in. They're not your normal gloves in that they are more puncture resistant and don't contain latex, which causes allergic reactions for a number of people.

As far as the purple color--that actually has a purpose. For one thing, it makes it easier to distinguish between other varieties of gloves. Plus, it makes it easier to spot holes in case they do puncture.

Can't believe I dedicated a post to gloves on a basketball forum...

[ShoogarBear]

Can't believe I dedicated a post to gloves on a basketball forum...

Yep, that's the mark of a real lamer.

[word]

I sure as heck wouldn't want some guy's blood on me.
The starter of this thread is an idiot.

Don't play in the NFL.

[ploto]

For all the medical experts in this thread- there is no way they could have stopped the bleeding and sewn his nose up in the time they had. Not the kind of cut he had and where he had it. A cut of that sort was not going to stop bleeding with a couple of minutes of pressure or with some super glue or anything else.

[jmard5]

Can't believe I dedicated a post to gloves on a basketball forum...

Hey, but a nice piece of info anyway. We are one day wiser.

[ducks]

I wanted nash on the court
but nash did do on the court and make a big three and he was bleeding then
had the game been in sa no sure if nash would have every seen the court again

[ducks]

what bugged me about nash making the three was if the rule says you can not be on the court
why did he get on the court and make the three
I wanted no excuses but if it is the rule you have to follow them

[J21]

Thats stupid. first maybe Nash had to sit out, becuase he was losing so much blood. It would not stop bleeding. Also what player would want to get someone else's blood on them HIV or not. I'm sure you wouldn't.

[DDS4]

For all the medical experts in this thread- there is no way they could have stopped the bleeding and sewn his nose up in the time they had. Not the kind of cut he had and where he had it. A cut of that sort was not going to stop bleeding with a couple of minutes of pressure or with some super glue or anything else.

1. That gash needed sutures. Period.

2. Bandage + not enough pressure = no ing way the bleeding stops. Even worse, taking an inadequate bandage on and off multiple times.

3. With his heart rate up and blood vessels dilating, blood pours more than usual.

Trainer(s) made one mistake after another.

[SpursWoman]

Eh ... he needed medical attention. I believe his machismo is safe.

[sprrs]

Not having the MVP in the game in crunch time because of a bloody nose isn't the fairest thing either. This rule is a delicate one, but when it comes down to it the best players should be on the floor if they can and Nash could have been if he was given time.

The pause might not have benefited the Spurs, but it wouldn't do much for the Suns shooters either.

Did you see how long it took for him to come out and do the post-game interview? It was a good 15-20 minutes after the game at least. No way he would have been able to make it back. At least not the way they were treating him on the floor.

As other people said, he should have been taken to the locker room immediately and the Suns should have tried to kill as much time as possible. The application and reapplication of band-aids was only making his entire nose bloodier and dirtier which was making it even more difficult to stop.

[MajicMan]

The blood rule is stupid, and a direct result of piece of Karl Malone's ignorance and whining when Magic returned. There's no risk of HIV infection in playing a basketball game not involving Baron Davis and Dirk Nowitzki. I felt really bad for Nash having to sit out those couple of critical possessions. I'm ecstatic about the win, and I think we take it regardless of whether Nash is playing, but you hate to see them not get the chance.

Why is it stupid? Basketball is a contact sport. All you have to do is get a cut or a nick and you could be infected with whatever. Aids is a liftime sentence. Don't be a tool bag.

[Useruser666]

Case closed!

[Kori Ellis]

For all the medical experts in this thread- there is no way they could have stopped the bleeding and sewn his nose up in the time they had. Not the kind of cut he had and where he had it. A cut of that sort was not going to stop bleeding with a couple of minutes of pressure or with some super glue or anything else.

So since you are the medical expert, then you are advocating letting him run around the court spewing blood and then dabbing it with dirty bandaids?

Getting him to the locker room ASAP was the best way they had a chance to tend to him properly and try to stop the blood and s ch him.

Brent Barry was pouring, just pouring blood from near his eye this season. And he got the blood stopped and s ched and back on the court very quickly. I'm not saying that Nash was the same situation, but I don't have to be a frickin doctor to see with my eyes that it wasn't handled in the best way possible.

[MajicMan]

The Phoenix trainer just sucked. I've seen cutmen in boxing and mma that would have stopped the bleeding within minutes. Phoenix physician = bag. I bet all his colleagues were laughing their asses off at him.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

I don't have to be a frickin doctor to see with my eyes that it wasn't handled in the best way possible.

after a few years of playing intermural sports in college I've seen enough people busted open in enough ways to tell that thing was going to need to s ches.

The Suns could have hit a few more shots or gotten the right calls and forced OT and Nash still would have been bleeding on the sidelines through it all. Sucks the way it happened but you have to respect Nash for being one tough bas through it all.

[Kori Ellis]

Anyway, Nash was -12 today and Barbosa +4. So maybe they were better off without him

Nash will be fine. Hopefully Parker is okay too.

[nkdlunch]

that doctor needs to get fired. he sucks! but anyway that cut was bad, maybe noone could have done any better.

and having a stupid blood rule > someone getting aids on the court

[Purple & Gold]

Anyway, Nash was -12 today and Barbosa +4. So maybe they were better off without him

Nash will be fine. Hopefully Parker is okay too.

I might have agreed if I hadn't seen those two fouls Barbosa committed.

[TampaDude]

True the first time he came back in, he was dripping on the floor and then wiping his face with his jersey.

Yeah, I saw that...I'm surprised the refs didn't stop the game and get him off the court then.

[SpursWoman]

For all the medical experts in this thread- there is no way they could have stopped the bleeding and sewn his nose up in the time they had. Not the kind of cut he had and where he had it. A cut of that sort was not going to stop bleeding with a couple of minutes of pressure or with some super glue or anything else.

There are a couple of medical experts in this thread.

[DampierAmGod]

There's no blood rule in any other sport. It's straight up ignorance just because the NBA is the only league to have someone play in it who was known to be HIV positive. It was somewhat justifiable 15 years ago when we didn't know as much about HIV, but it's an antiquated rule that has no rational reason for being applied now.

Yea, lets just allow players to bleed all over the place and get the court slippery and endanger everyones lives. There are more bloodborne diseases than HIV you know.

[Marcus Bryant]

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