Kobe suspended 1 game

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My buddy told me Kobe was just on AM570 here in LA. Kobe said he text Bowen this morning and Bowen was also shocked. Kobe and the Lakers are trying to appeal it. The spurs do not agree with this ruling and this kind of suspension can change the NBA drastically.

Good thing Kobe didn't text Manu, because if Manu had his phone on vibrate, he might flop himself into a coma.

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lakerlurkers

must be, cause there's a link on clublakers.com

[Laker4ever]

Good thing Kobe didn't text Manu, because if Manu had his phone on vibrate, he might flop himself into a coma.

Funniest thing I've read today

[ponky]

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.

Nah, Dwight Howard didn't get suspended for poking Ilgauskas in the eye...or did he? BTW, guys need to trim their nails, lol.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

more signs of this league being a joke. Kobe gets 1 game for an accident and KG gets 1 game for pushing, throwing a punch and throwing a ball at someone.

This didnt deserve a suspension

[LO77]

Some of y'all can't be serious. You're acting like Manu hasn't slapped his fair share of people with elbows or whatever he can...or threw his arms out to get fouls. He's pretty much the only player I've seen that can smack a player in the face when he's going up for a layup and get an and 1. If the league goes this route you'll be lucky to see Manu for 6 games a year.

Anyways, it was a bogus move to suspend him for accidental contact. It would be like Manu throwing his body into a big man to draw a foul and accidentally smacking him in the face as he was trying to brace his fall and getting suspended. There's no way you can suspend players for trying to draw a foul and hitting another player accidentally.

[resistanze]

Thank god this precedent came after Bowen's foot incident with Steve Francis, apparently they woulda thrown his ass out of the league

[2Cleva]

At first, I hated the call but oh well. Then seeing Kobe and Phil's complaints I decided to check the replay.

Now, let me get this straight. Stu thinks Kobe took a shot, got it blocked, intentionally hit Ginobili with an elbow, and got the ball back to take another shot all in about 1.5 seconds.

That is impressive. Even Neo would have to say "Whoa".

[Spurminator]

Now, let me get this straight. Stu thinks Kobe took a shot, got it blocked, intentionally hit Ginobili with an elbow, and got the ball back to take another shot all in about 1.5
seconds.

That is impressive. Even Neo would have to say "Whoa".

Cry us a river.

[2Cleva]

LOL.

This isn't about fandom. I believe Kobe was reckless in waving his arms, just like Bowen is reckless in his defense in why he goes underneath people, just like Malone was reckless for going after the ball.

I don't think any of that warrants suspension.

[LuvBones]

It looked pretty intentional to me. There was no reason for him to throw his arms out like that after the shot.. I'm surprised to see so many disagree. Yeah, others have done the same but it doesn't mean it's alright. I'm glad Kobe received a suspension for that.

[Phenomanul]

It's more like this suspension is a joke and I'd hate to see it become common place...if it does you can expect Manu and Duncan to start getting about 15-20 suspensions per year. And just about every other great scorer in the league as well.


If Kobe had been intentionally trying to hit him in the face and hurt him it'd be one thing...but he clearly wasn't. And say what you want but he's never been that kind of a player, no matter how much of an arrogant ball hogging horses ass he can be otherwise. Two things you can't accuse Kobe of being, a cheap player, or a whiner.

Believe me there are no shortage of those types of players in the league and if Kobe were one of them I'd be only too happy to put him on the list.

This is ridiculous...Kobe has had Bowen crawling up his ass for about 7 years now and he's never once taken a cheap shot or whined about it...yes, even Kobe deserves better than he got on this one...and so do the rest of the scorers in the NBA.

Good take.... although I don't agree that Manu elbows are the most feared in the league.... that honor would belong to Mutombo...

[DDS4]

Small fine yes. Suspension no.

Karl Malone made a career out of swinging his elbows out when his shot was blocked. He never got suspended for that.

[T-Pain]

Maybe it will keep players from overreacting trying to draw a foul

a step towards outlawing "flopping" or fake fouls?

i dont think it warranted a suspension either, but maybe a $5,000-$10,000 fine woulda done it for me.

[leemajors]

Small fine yes. Suspension no.

Karl Malone made a career out of swinging his elbows out when his shot was blocked. He never got suspended for that.

i agree, but it's a different league now

[Please_dont_ban_me]

Wasn't the Malone-Drob situation similar to this?

There wasn't even a foul on the play, and the guy got suspended afterwards. Granted Ginobilli was still CONCIOUS.

[td4mvp21]

Stern ing sucks. I think that was intentional, but no way in does that deserve a suspension. That's just Kobe being Kobe. Stern, he's creating a league for wussies. I love Ginobili and all, and I was pissed when Kobe did that, but a suspension is a little too much. Should have just been called a foul or something.

[Burn531]

I wonder if Lebron or Wade would've got suspended for something like this.

[nkdlunch]

Kobe is a , what's new?

[diego]

So if Manu was really upset, Kobe should be suspended five games?

ok, point taken. rules are rules, and it shouldnt matter how the victim reacts. but as others have said these incidents are common and manu absolved kobe of any blame minutes after the game ended. therefore it is rather odd that the league decided a suspension was in order.

[Fillmoe]

WOW! that right there did not deserve a suspension.... like i always say.... NBA = PUSSY LEAGUE! might as well change the name to WNBA

[2Cleva]

How many people have seen this since Sunday? Try watching it again without the emotion of the game tied to it.

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Check it out. At the 10 sec mark, Kobe realizes the bench is going towards Ginobili, and turns around and joins the huddle to see if he's OK - even patting him on the head.

Is that the actions of an intentional elbow?

[Tek_XX]

Good call by the league. Kobes ass thinks he can get away with anything in this league maybe this will correct that.

[cheguevara]

How many people have seen this since Sunday? Try watching it again without the emotion of the game tied to it.

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Check it out. At the 10 sec mark, Kobe realizes the bench is going towards Ginobili, and turns around and joins the huddle to see if he's OK - even patting him on the head.

Is that the actions of an intentional elbow?

what the does that have to do w/it?

so if I punch u in the face, and then come back to pat you in the back and ask u if you're ok. I didn't do it intentionally?