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That was supposed to be a joke.
yeah,right.next time He will check-in will be next season anyways.
That was supposed to be a joke.
cut and dry...diaw and amare will be suspended. if not, this league is a ing joke.
There is nothing in the rule that says it will not be enforced in the playoffs.
unfortunately a rule is a rule. and NBA enforces that strictly.
Stern loves the Suns but he loves his rules more.
Wishing Amare and Boris get suspended is a move, IMO. I don't want to win that way.
Yeah that . We've got these guys. I don't want there to be any excuses.
Real Spurs fans wouldn't want Amare and Diaw out after what Horry did...I've seen some here say this, but quite a few seem to be clinging to the hope that Amare and Diaw will be out. Cheap Shot Bob would be a nice trade-off for those 2 guys...
If Horry gets suspended, I would want one of their players out as well.
I don't want the Suns players suspended. Not only because Suns could still win in Phoenix and then Amare would come back w/vengeance on game 6. but also because I wanna beat the Suns at full strength.
It would mess with the integrity of the game if Amare and Diaw were suspended. However, Nash is a big time flopper because that cross check wasn't nearly that hard.
Does anyone know for sure if the league would hand down fines, suspensions, whatever TODAY?
Fifteen feet? Give me a break. Just admit you're biased and move on.
Nash got decked man. The only "flop" to the whole thing IMO was when he laid down on the floor with his hands above his head. Him flying into the table wasn't a flop IMO...
Horry's foul on Nash was one thing, but he has to be suspended for the elbow at Bell's face...
I've said that the players (Spurs and Suns) should be suspended because that's what the rules say should happen. But, as a fan of basketball, I'd like to see both teams go at each other full-strength; I mean come on, who wouldn't?
Unfortunately, it seems like we're stuck in a weird damned if you do damned if you don't thing. If the NBA doesn't suspend any players then they open themselves up to accusations of favoritism or fixing (at least this is something I could foresee). They also run the risk of setting a bad precedent for future applications of this rule.
If they do suspend the players then it's all about how strict and unfair they are being; not taking into mitigating cir stances or intent. Either way, I think that this rule is going to be re-visited in the off-season to see if any refinements are possible.
The more I think about it, if the the Suns players are suspended it's just not a good scenario either way for the Spurs. If they win, we'll be hearing about how the Spurs couldn't beat a Suns team at full-strength and I can almost guarantee that the Suns will come out hot in Game 6, with Amare leading the charge.
If they lose the game then the series is effectively over. How do you bounce back from losing to a team without two of their most important cogs?
Applying the rules as they are written means that Amare, Diaw and Horry get suspended. As much as I personally would like to see no suspensions, I can't get around that.
Ah well, I wonder if this series is gonna go down in NBA lore like the Heat vs. Knicks one. Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful rivalry.
At the same time, you've got no right to get upset with him for disagreeing with you. Can't have it both ways.
It appears that your rationale for suspending Horry is due to the fact that he broke a rule (obviously). So, do you think Amare and Diaw should be suspended as well for clearly going on the court? Just curious...
I really don't think the league will suspend Stoudemire or Diaw. There were no punches thrown and they were by the scorer's table. Suspensions are merely wishful thinking by Spurs' fans.
I want the Spurs to beat them on the court-not in the court.
By the scorer's table? Amare was clearly on the court, passed the coaches box. If he would have stayed on the black part of the court, he would be ok. However, he didn't didn't. I read somewhere he was so concerned about it that he went directly to the locker room to check out the highlights. I am not sure about Diaw though....
As soon as the game ended, Amare had a set of headphones on at the scorers table doing an interview or something.
"Amare Stoudemire was so concerned about how his actions might be portrayed that he retreated to a small room adjacent to the Suns’ locker room to watch the replay on TNT." That was the quote....I am guessing it was right after the small interview. You would think he would join his team after such a win...
You can't have it both ways. If Horry should be suspended for breaking the rules, then so should Amare and Diaw.
If Amare and Diaw should be given a break for losing their cool in the heat of the moment, so should Horry.
Unfortunately the latter sets a dangerous precedent for the league, so the former has to be done.
No way he gets suspended for that. Are you kidding me?
Stop dreaming. He didn't do anything to warrant a suspension. There's too much to be left for interpretation. I just don't think the league will be sticklers on the line. We'll see, but in my opinion as suspension is definitely not warranted. He didn't even make it near the ruckus.
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