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Cliff notes?
this is taken from aol.com not from a Spur site. this is comments from real NBA fans on the crawford ejection of timmy.
you have reached new levels of stupidity if you actually defend this guy
read and learn.
1. Terrible day when one sees such horrible officiating especially with regard to something so insignificant as laughing at the bench. Very upsetting to all of us who enjoy seeing the game for what it is--compe ion between players interested in playing basketball. Officials should know what their boundaries are--after all they are getting paid for their jobs just as much as the players are. Remain professional and objective.
Posted at 11:16PM on Apr 15th 2007 by JAM
2. Crawford's reaction (or overreaction) was inappropriate to the situation. If he thought Duncan was mocking him- but how could he hear anything?- he should've at least given him a warning. Poor judgement on Crawford's part. In any case, Duncan should've expected as much from the little Nazi and be more restrained- like he normally is!
Posted at 11:35PM on Apr 15th 2007 by michel
3. Who is this Brett Edwards hack? He wrote, "I do know that San Antonio has the reputation, as a team, of being the biggest complainers in the NBA when it comes to the officiating." Prove this editorial by attributing it to do ented quotes to this effect.
Your comment can be said about more than half of the teams in the league. I can’t remember game when Mavs player Dirk Nowitzki doesn’t complain to officials when he is called for a RARE foul. Of course in this Sunday’s game he himself had little to complain about, yet a few of his teammates were also frustrated with officials with obvious displays of disapproval directed at officials, but for some reason were given a pass while Duncan wasn’t so lucky.
Bad journalism on your part sir.
Posted at 12:21AM on Apr 16th 2007 by j
4. I have never saw Duncan act the way he did today. I always though he was a model for any kid. I saw the whole game, and still think well of Duncan. The players need to play the game and let the officials call it. I think the reason for being throw out was because Duncan was laughing at Crawford. I have never seen Duncan sitting on the beach and smiling and laughing that much before. Harvey
Posted at 12:25AM on Apr 16th 2007 by Harvey
5. As usual the Spurs and Tim Duncan get no respect. Bevetta watch the replay Tim had his hand under his chin watching the action saying nothing,then when another bogus call against the Spurs(Howard jumping into Omberto)Tim began laughing then your stupid overreacting.You should be removed from the NBA regardless of your 31 years your age have affecting your judgement the last couple of years in the call you have being making.And now your old ass is challenging NBA players to a fight.And a gentleman to boot like Tim Duncan.....Please get rid of him NBA.
Posted at 12:49AM on Apr 16th 2007 by Richard
6. Today's Spurs v.s. Mavs game was ruined by the terrible injustice done to Tim Duncan by the NAZI ...JOE CRAWFORD!! How can you be an official calling the game, and challenge one of the games' finest ambassadors to a fight? Bad enough he gave Duncan 2 technical fouls, but now MR. BIGSHOT ,David Stern will fine him for telling the press. The SPURS basically cannot catch the SUNS for the #2 seed in the west now. Joey Crawford has a grude against DUNCAN and the SPURS! He should be fired, or at the very least not be allowed to officiate SPURS games!
Posted at 12:50AM on Apr 16th 2007 by #1SPORTS FAN
7. I am not a Duncan or San Antonio fan, but Duncan typically complains in a subdued fashion. What other job allows one do a lousy job and those impacted are forbidden to critique the poor performance at the time of the incompetence or afterwards? Two or three bad calls can alter the outcome. What frustrates viewing for me is the predictable uneveness of the incompetence. I doubt if Crawford calls a technical on a star player of a HOME team unless it is clearly indicated...and never a second technical regardless of the nature or severity of the behavior. Maybe they should calls reviewed after the game by the commissioner and get a bonus for calling a good game (hurting each team a comparable amount)or in the case of games called like Crawford, a penalty.
Posted at 12:50AM on Apr 16th 2007 by Dale Shaw
8. It is never a good thing when referees names are known by the fans. I was watching and i find it hard to believe that what Duncan did deserved to get the 2nd T. Refs should not be in the limelight because if they are then there is something going seriously wrong. Refs need to be held to the same standards as players, if not higher. I also find it hard to believe an NBA ref would say something like this to a player, especially during a HUGE nationally televised game like this.
Cliff notes?
But, but, but, he laughed at me.
Sincerely,
Shortfuse
So quotes from another messageboard/blog are some sort of defense?
And I think it's been proven that most think that Crawford is a , but that's not to say that Duncan is 100% innocent in all this.
What Mavs fans exactly are defending Crawford? You guys keep saying all these Mavs fans are defending him.. I haven't seen one on this site. I have said Duncan didn't deserve to be tossed but he definitely wasn't as innocent in the whole thing as you Spurs fans make it out to be.
Now that stuff has come out about Crawford challenging Duncan to a fight and all of that nonsense, how could anyone defend him?
it's not a defense. it's proof that neutral fans with a brain would never defend crawford. that's all.
That's what almost every single Mavs fan is saying. I don't know the point of this thread.I have said Duncan didn't deserve to be tossed but he definitely wasn't as innocent in the whole thing as you Spurs fans make it out to be.
Now that stuff has come out about Crawford challenging Duncan to a fight and all of that nonsense, how could anyone defend him?
LEONARD, monowhateverthe and many more.
No worries, dude. I know you're already in agreement with the fact that Crawford's ed up.
i haven't defended crawford one bit. not a good reader, huh? go back and look. NEVER have i defended crawford and i even said that it's pretty stupid for anybody to try and defend him.
i only mocked Spurs fans for being so pissy about a BS ejection in a meaningless game. especially cuz if this was Dirk getting ejected and Mavs fans were ing there'd be tons of "Quit whining, Mavfan, Dirk deserved it!" posts.
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/show...7&postcount=83
yeah look at all those stupid ass mavs fans defending crawford...
I'm pretty sure mono is in support of Duncan on this.
I've never said that Crawford was in the right...but I understand why he did it...
I just think it was HILARIOUS...as was the reaction here...
just as bad. It's logical spurs fans would about one of the worst calls in history in a SPURS forum, especially since it happened yesterday.
use your brain
What do you care what idiots think? There's a shallow pool for each team's fanbase.
here = SPURS forum geniusI've never said that Crawford was in the right...but I understand why he did it...
I just think it was HILARIOUS...as was the reaction here...
Spurs fans don't complain about officiating...
Why even bother trying to change the way Mavs fans think? They think they are too good for the Spurs anyways.
maybe, so, but it wasn't what you accused me of doing.
if you want to start a thread about the way i talk , then go ahead. i definitely am guilty of it. but this was about the way i supposedly defended crawford when no such thing happened.
lol this is just hilarious. first we're the Whiners and the Chokers and "little brother" who can never come close to the greatness of the Spurs....and MAGICALLY we're all way better than the Spurs and too good for them.
Let me use the typical SpurFan argument here: You guys have three rings, we have none. How could we POSSIBLY think we're too good for the Spurs?
For their sake their team had better win the le. Look at all the hyperventilating over one regular season game. I understand the need to blow off steam after a tough loss, but the bitterness is funny. God help the Spurs fanbase if they don't roll through the playoffs on a 16-0 tear.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ky6Rqf6iYJI
Here is a video of the entire thing from a great angle. Spurs fans can stop using the "he wasn't even looking at Crawford" or the "he was just joking with teammates" excuses... the video clearly shows no one around Duncan joking with him and as soon as Crawford blows the whistle, Duncan stares right at him and starts laughing at him.
Again, not saying Duncan deserved to get tossed but give me a break, people have been T'd up for less than that and with 1 tech already on him, Duncan should have known better. Referees have the responsibility of keeping order on the basketball court and you can't have a guy acting like that and influencing his teammates. No different than the tech Dirk got in Phoenix for comments to a teammate on the bench about the refs, or when he used to get T'd up for untucking his shirt after he didn't get a call (which thank God he has stopped doing... annoyed the out of me).
So again... bad move to toss him? Yes. Duncan innocent? No, not even close.
I don't get it, Whats your point? Mavs are still the whiners and chokers, They haven't done anything to prove otherwise. Until the mavs actually win something then I will have some respect for them.
It appears that he looked at Crawford when the whistle blew and busted out laughing....
You should respect a team that has beaten you. I guarantee you the Spurs coaches and players respect the Mavs. I don't know your posting history but you're coming across like a whiny, crybaby, bandwagon homer.
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