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woot isiah got owned nice article
In case you guys didn't realize what happened tonight with the double T's ...
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/b...r.30ded94.html
Knicks coach tells players to break Bowen's feet if he steps under a shooter
Web Posted: 11/11/2006 10:45 PM CST
Johnny Ludden
Express-News Staff Writer
After the Spurs' victory over the Knicks on Monday, New York coach Isiah Thomas told Bruce Bowen how much he admired him. He liked his tenacity and appreciated how hard he had worked.
On Saturday night at the AT&T Center, during the Spurs' 100-92 victory, Thomas again chatted up Bowen. This time he didn't wait until after the game.
Thomas also wasn't so complimentary, telling the Knicks how to treat Bowen: "Break his (expletive) feet!"
Aware that New York guard Steve Francis sprained his left ankle after landing on Bowen's foot in the team's first meeting, Thomas became incensed when he thought Bowen stepped under Jamal Crawford while contesting a shot early in Saturday's game.
"Next time he does that," Thomas shouted to his players, "break his (expletive) feet!"
Bowen asked the officials if they heard what Thomas said. The next time down the floor, Thomas started jawing at Bowen, prompting the referees to give them a double technical.
That brought Spurs coach Gregg Popovich off the bench. He shouted at the officials to tell Thomas to "stop talking to my players!" Popovich then told Thomas himself, yelling at him after marching to midcourt.
Thomas initially waved off Popovich then yelled back. Both coaches were restrained by their assistants as the officials tried to calm them.
Popovich and Thomas smiled and shook hands after the game.
woot isiah got owned nice article
CIA at n work!!!!
a ha, that's what it was! i was wondering what the yelling was about. damn isiah, you're not in detroit w/ the bad boys anymore...
Bruce's dirty rep inflates a bit more.
Last edited by boutons_; 11-12-2006 at 01:34 AM.
i think its obvious that Isiah will have more support around the league than Bruce will on this matter
but it doesn't matter coz only Bruce knows if he has any intent on injuring people. I am sure he doesn't mean it but this issue is only going to get worse.
i wanna see bruce no shadow kick on IT
I assure you- if Pop thought someone was doing this to his players he would be all over them.
I don't think that tonight's "incident" did anything but make Isiah look foolish and thuggish. Bowen didn't do anything to Crawford to provoke this tonight. Isiah obviously was stewing over the Francis incident and started talking crap. He looked like an idiot yelling for his players to injure someone intentionally.
Would he yell on the court for his players to break someone's ing feet?
No, he wouldn't.
Last edited by Kori Ellis; 11-12-2006 at 02:03 AM.
^Maybe to Spurs fans- but not around the league.
1. How do you 'break someone's feet'? I'd love to hear that one from Captain suck ass (isiah).
2. Isiah should go suck on a horse's , he's that much of a tool.
THe only people calling out Bowen around the league are the league pussies (i.e., Ray Allen, Isiah, Vince Carter). The real men of the league (Kobe, LeBron, etc.) take it in stride and keep playing.
There's a reason the losers whine like s and the winners relish the opportunity to go toe to toe with Bowen.
Here's the expanded version of the story with more quotes in it (it was just updated) ..
Thomas threatens Bowen during Spurs' win
Web Posted: 11/11/2006 10:45 PM CST
Johnny Ludden
Express-News Staff Writer
Bruce Bowen stood in the hallway of Madison Square Garden late Monday, waiting for the rest of his teammates to finish showering and dressing after the Spurs' victory over New York. Knicks coach Isiah Thomas, having just left his own team's locker room, walked over to talk.
Thomas told Bowen how much he admired him. He liked his tenacity and appreciated how hard he had worked to become one of the NBA's best defenders. He thanked him for his charitable endeavors.
With the Knicks visiting the AT&T Center on Saturday night for the teams' rematch, Thomas again chatted up Bowen. This time he didn't wait until after the game. Nor was he quite as complimentary.
Thomas, in fact, had a very succinct message for how he wanted the Knicks to treat Bowen: "Break his (expletive) foot!"
Thomas would have been smarter to have his players cripple Tony Parker. Parker scored a season-high 33 points in the Spurs' 100-92 victory.
The game, however, was overshadowed by Thomas' first-quarter altercation with Bowen, which also led to a sideline confrontation between the Knicks coach and Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.
Aware that New York guard Steve Francis sprained his left ankle after landing on Bowen's foot in the team's first meeting, Thomas became incensed when he thought Bowen stepped under Jamal Crawford while contesting a shot early in Saturday's game.
"Next time he does that," Thomas shouted to his players, "break his (expletive) foot!"
Thomas started jawing at Bowen, who said he also heard the Knicks coach threaten to "break his neck." The referees gave them each a technical.
That brought Popovich off the bench. He shouted at the officials to tell Thomas to "stop talking to my players!" Popovich then told Thomas himself, yelling at him after marching to midcourt.
Thomas initially waved off Popovich before shouting back. Both coaches were restrained by their assistants as the officials tried to calm them.
"I think Pop was just defending his player," Bowen said, "because Pop doesn't talk to players."
Bowen and Thomas glared at each other briefly in the second quarter, and when Bowen walked off the court during the ensuing timeout, Popovich told him, "Don't say a word to (Thomas). Not a word."
After the game, Popovich and Thomas shook hands, smiled and chatted briefly. Each tried to diffuse the situation.
"You know, games are emotional," Popovich said. "We all do things at times because our emotions are high or we're angry about something or we're frustrated. So it's no big deal."
Thomas said he shouted at Bowen, in part, to "stoke a little fire" in his team, which had been trailing by 13 only eight minutes into the game.
"I think Pop and I both understand and respect compe ion," Thomas said. "He was doing exactly what he was supposed to be doing for his players, and I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing for my players.
"I do believe there's still a healthy respect. As you saw, we shook hands and kind of understood what the gamesmanship was all about."
Bowen called the incident "unfortunate," adding, "this is a game that we as professionals are blessed to play," he said. "We enjoy the game and that's what it should be about."
Tim Duncan, who was on the floor when the incident happened, wasn't as conciliatory.
"It's just a bad situation when a coach puts himself in that situation and goes after a player," said Duncan, who had 24 points and 16 rebounds. "It's uncalled for. I don't know what his intentions were with that. We've got bigger plans than to go out and try to hurt somebody.
"I would hope that people would understand and respect that. Obviously, they don't."
Even though Crawford didn't land on Bowen, Thomas said he didn't want to risk losing another player five days after Francis was injured. Francis hasn't played since he came down on Bowen's foot after attempting a shot.
"Contesting, for me, is jumping at the shot," Bowen said. "If I jumped at the shot and somebody else jumped and I'm trying to defend him, block the shot, get as close to him as possible ... how far away do you end up from a player when you contest it?"
Neither Thomas nor Crawford would call Bowen dirty. But Thomas explained to reporters in Houston on Saturday how he would have reacted if someone had stepped under him.
"I'd beat the (expletive) out of somebody," Thomas said. "Really, I would (expletive) murder them ... There's certain things you don't do."
Told before the game what Thomas had said, Popovich replied: "That's kind of a Mike Tyson comment, a little bit over the edge possibly. I'm sure he's just frustrated."
An NBA spokesman said Tuesday Bowen wouldn't be penalized for the Monday incident, in part, because he had his back turned when Francis landed on him. On Saturday, however, a league official said Stu Jackson, the NBA's vice president of basketball operations, was still reviewing the play.
Bowen has been accused by other players, most notably Vince Carter, of stepping under them when they shoot. The Spurs forward and Popovich both said they hadn't heard from the league. But NBA officials figure to take a close look at everyone's role in Saturday's incident.
Bowen has grown accustomed to finding himself in the middle of controversy.
"But isn't it a little early in the season," he said, "to already be talking about this?"
now every turd on realgm wants bruce head, fuk them those sore losers.
Ludden changed the feet quote to foot
So far, Isiah has wanted to break his foot, neck and murder him ... and people call Bowen the trouble maker
Pop pulling out the Mike Tyson comment is funny.
Nice one Pop
Does it really matter that much to Isiah to say what he said?
The Knicks are better off without Francis anyway.
Damnit I woulda wanted to c this one....
>:| damn work.
A- ing-men TD."It's just a bad situation when a coach puts himself in that situation and goes after a player," said Duncan, who had 24 points and 16 rebounds. "It's uncalled for. I don't know what his intentions were with that. We've got bigger plans than to go out and try to hurt somebody.
"I would hope that people would understand and respect that. Obviously, they don't."
Isiah, go yourself. ."Next time he does that," Thomas shouted to his players, "break his (expletive) foot!"
Thomas started jawing at Bowen, who said he also heard the Knicks coach threaten to "break his neck." The referees gave them each a technical.
Gimme a break. You'd sign the player, the whole ing team, the whole ing league, and then run it into bankruptcy. you, Isiah."I'd beat the (expletive) out of somebody," Thomas said. "Really, I would (expletive) murder them ... There's certain things you don't do."
of course they do.
I know its tough to be objective when its one of your players but its not a good thing if people are getting hurt from landing on his foot.
Surely you can hassle them into a bad shot and get ur feet out of the way b4 they land, its not that hard.
How many guys have been hurt from him doing that in his career?
I know someone said some players don't complain about it but i guarantee Kobe, Lebron etc would complain if they got injured from it.
2 - Vince Carter and Stephon Marbury.How many guys have been hurt from him doing that in his career?
Hypocritical Spurs fans, as usual. Last playoffs, Pop went after Ron Artest and Spurs fans thought that was the coolest thing ever. If you remember correctly, Pop confronted Artest because of something that happened on the court. Same exact situation that happened here.
I don't blame Isiah for doing what he did. He was out there trying to protect his players, just as Pop was trying to protect his players last year. Bowen pisses people off, whether he injures players on purpose or not. Having players and coaches pissed at him is part of the territory. If you want to be a hard ass defender like he is, you have to take all that comes with it.
And believe me, coaches like Jerry Sloan have said much worse than what Isiah said. It's part of the game.
Yelling at Artest is one thing. If he yelled to the Spurs players to go after Artest and hurt him, that's another.
Hypocritical Spurs fans, as usual. Last playoffs, Pop went after Ron Artest and Spurs fans thought that was the coolest thing ever. If you remember correctly, Pop confronted Artest because of something that happened on the court. Same exact situation that happened here.
I don't blame Isiah for doing what he did. He was out there trying to protect his players, just as Pop was trying to protect his players last year. Bowen pisses people off, whether he injures players on purpose or not. Having players and coaches pissed at him is part of the territory. If you want to be a hard ass defender like he is, you have to take all that comes with it.
And believe me, coaches like Jerry Sloan have said much worse than what Isiah said. It's part of the game.
You are an idiot if you think that's the same thing.
This is funny on so many levels.
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