Stoudemire and Diaw have to be Suspended

[ThomasGranger]

heres whats funny. when we were arguing the past few days about bruce being dirty, and spurs posters on this board would call out raja as being dirty, they would always point to the kobe bryant clothesline. NOW all of a sudden SINCE one of their boys did almost the same exact thing...its NOT dirty... wishy washy bull all over this board.

Horry's cheap shot was dirty and I imagine all but the most homerish of Spurs fans would agree with that.

[bonesinaz]

Shaq even called them out, said they knew what they were doing when they left the bench.

And what Shaq says is gospel now?

The stage was set, and the refs looked the other way all game long tonight while Phoenix took cheap shot after cheap shot at the Spurs because of all your team's pansy ass ing whining.

Who was whining tonight???



Ah, too much drama in this series, I wish we could just play it out and let the best team win.

In order to do that, you would have to muzzle your coach and Amare-my-IQ-is-59-Stoudamire.

And as far as Shaq goes, he has no dog in this fight and he just said what every player knows.

[anonymous coward]

[Marcus Bryant]

What sold it was Nash flopping and D'Antoni's hysterics. Oh well, I'll take Horry for Stoudemire + Bell in Game 5.

[SpursFanFirst]

I love it...Amare in a bold face lie...they're replaying the video as he's saying he was heading into the game... He's so full of crap.

[Kevin Blackistone]

Amare said in his interview that he was walking up on the scorers table when the HIT happened, and that he was trying to check in. Is this so dumb that he doesn't think any cameras are on? On a game on national ING TV? this dumb ass liar. him.

[sabar]

Who cares about judgement of the situation? The rules are the rules, all three are gone next game, for the same reason that a 3 pt shot isn't randomly worth 4 points, it's the rules.

[sunsbum]

If you think a hip check in any way equates to a clothesline, you're a ing moron.

a hip check LOL.

get your eyes checked pop.

[Mixability]

I'd prefer no Suns suspensions. Its not really warranted.

beating them without Amare.

[Fillmoe]

I wish the search option was on so I could read how you Spurs fans were crying about Matt Barnes laying out that NBDL player James White....... Funny how things change when its your own team.........

[CosmicCowboy]

Playoff veteran move by Horry. Damn...he knew they would screw up. I think he renegaded that one.

I love the playoffs.

Amare was a total in the after game interview.

[Amarelooms]

Haha Spurs fans are sad...even if they get suspended and you win Game 5 I have no doubt the Suns will be so pumped and pissed and so will the league that NO WAY you win game 6...the Suns and the refs won;t allow it.

[Trainwreck2100]

Diaw's gone for sure, Amare who knows?

[judaspriestess]

heres whats funny. when we were arguing the past few days about bruce being dirty, and spurs posters on this board would call out raja as being dirty, they would always point to the kobe bryant clothesline. NOW all of a sudden SINCE one of their boys did almost the same exact thing...its NOT dirty... wishy washy bull all over this board.

its the playoffs , rough play happens and if your pussy team can't handle it they don't deserve to win. Horry did not do a clothesline on steve nash either. stop trying to justify.

on edit: AND if it was the other way around, I'm sure about 1000 of you whiny fans would personally drive a tape to Stern and scream bloody murder. So STFU really!!

[Kevin Blackistone]

What sold it was Nash flopping and D'Antoni's hysterics. Oh well, I'll take Horry for Stoudemire + Bell in Game 5.

Don't forget Diaw. Bell for the punch, Diaw and Stoudemire for leaving the court. Horry for the big, ahh cheap shot. The Suns are stupid as - I guess that's what controlled chaos gets you.

[Spurologist]

Hooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy yyyyyyyy in clutch

Causes two suspensions on Diaw and Amare.

LMAO

[Fillmoe]

I'll offer an even trade - Raja had a high 'bow on Oberto and then came in and elbowed Horry in the grill in retaliation late. Suspend him, let Amare and Boris stick around.

who elbowed who?

[Marcus Bryant]

I saw harder fouls in the game and some weak ones that were called on the Spurs. TD's #5 was pretty lame.

[blaze89]

c. During an altercation, all players not participating in the game must remain in the
immediate vicinity of their bench. Violators will be suspended, without pay, for a minimum of
one game and fined up to $50,000.

Amare and Boris were near the immediate vicinity of their bench.

NO SUSPENSIONS AFTER ALL.

He was on the court and went past the line near the scorer's table, once he passed the line he was then held back.

It's judgement call however the NBA does not want to risk itself by setting a precedent of not suspending a player in enforcing this rule, particularly when in the past, players who may have caught themselves or made a small step were suspended.

[Kobulingam]

There you go so it means nothing whether Amare was checking in or not he was not playing in the game when this happened so by the letter of the law he is GONE for game 5.

It wasn't even borderline. Amare did more than enough to earn a suspension. His ass was SITTING DOWN before Nash fell from the cheap shot.

[Trainwreck2100]

Two words people

YOU TUBE!!!!!

It's the suns favorite tool after all.

[ThomasGranger]

Horry's dirty as








but in a good way.

[Trainwreck2100]

who elbowed who?

Rewind it

[freedom&justice]

bad move for Horry - he's definitely gone for game 5. Diaw and Amare too, probably. they didn't do anything, but, rules are rules, league's gonna have to dole out punishment evenly, otherwise there's gonna be to pay down the line.

You had to sense something like this was gonna happen once little Steve Nash gets into it with 6'11 Tim Duncan in the game.

[Kevin Blackistone]

c. During an altercation, all players not participating in the game must remain in the
immediate vicinity of their bench. Violators will be suspended, without pay, for a minimum of
one game and fined up to $50,000.

Amare and Boris were near the immediate vicinity of their bench.

NO SUSPENSIONS AFTER ALL.

They both were well past vicinity, as even so the NBA set the precedent when they suspended Barkley a game for merely stepping on the court and then stepping off. There's no question about it - they are either gone for 5 or the NBA has no integrity left, not even any integrity with their rules. Might as well change the name to NBE - National Basketball Entertainment - if the league lets the Suns off the hook. It will be fixed sport if that happens. It would also be fixed if Amare, Diaw, and Bell are suspended and Horry isn't - he checked Nash intentionally in retaliation for all the cheap shots the Suns laid down over the entire game.