swept under the rug for clearly an intentional trip.
http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/nba/...044_phxcha.asx
That's the only way the Suns could win that game - by playing dirty and taking Raymond Felton out. Felton was just trying to shoot some shots on the Suns and they had to pull dirty tactics like that. The NBA is really in a sad state.
Phoenix officially gets an asterisk on that win.
I guess Nash learned something from Bowen from last years playoffs.
so now we can fully expect the Suns to never again complain about dirty players on other teams? right? they're caught red handed doing something dirty here.
and IMO this is pretty malicious, Nash turned his head and made damn sure he stuck his leg out there. Suns fans are quick to remind us of how great a soccer player Nash is, so it seems pretty obvious that he knew exactly what he was doing and purposely trying to injure another player.
That's an unnatural act in b-ball terms if I ever saw one....I smell a suspension...but nothing will happen as it wasn't Kobe who did it.
I agree. The NBA won't do anything to their darling. If this was Kobe or Bowen or Stackhouse, there would without doubt be a suspension coming.
Kobe would be out 5 games if he pulled that ....he actually plays D though...so I can see Nash try this garbage after he gets burned.
this is how ESPN reported the incident -
So despite video evidence of Nash turning his head and kicking his leg out.....it's Raymond Felton's fault for coming down onto it.Felton then came down awkwardly on his left leg next to Nash
ESPN also reported that Nash "fell" before the kick and the video pretty clearly shows he kept his balance the entire time.
He knew exactly what he was doing. If there isn't a multiple game suspension for this, the NBA is total bull .
@ THIS THREAD
it is reported from sunsfans that felton dive, but the casual fan has been askn why is nashs leg doing there? PUNKD
I guess Nash learned something from Bowen from last years playoffs.
You lost all crediablility (spelling?) when you included Bowen in there for a suspension.
I think only black players can make "dirty" plays. White players make "crafty" plays.
Hail Stern!
I don't mean to be rude, but are you foreign? I cannot understand what you are trying to type in some of your posts.
There's a difference between putting your foot under someone (which may or may not be intentional) and looking down at the guy's legs and purposely kicking your foot out at their ankle. What Bowen does can definitely be considered dirty, but Nash made a malicious move.You lost all crediablility (spelling?) when you included Bowen in there for a suspension.
Like I said...he deserves a suspension of at least 2 games. Let's see if the NBA is consistent.
As I said in my first post, maybe Nash learned something from Bowen in the playoffs. It is not like I approve of it by anyone. Also, Bowen has had quite a few malicious moves as you put it, in his career. Actually if you look at the clip from the playoffs concerning Amare and Bowen, you will see Bowen looking down at Amares ankle and kicking at it. I don't approve of any dirty plays including Jason Terry's punch at Finely's balls.
Kicking someone in the back is a malicious move as well.
I think Nash made an intentionally dirty play there. And, I even like Bowen as a player. But, Bowen has done enough things in his career that you know that he does things intentionally as well. Maybe not with the intent to injure a player. But, I don't really think Nash was trying to injure Felton either. It was stupid and dangerous enough to injure Felton. But, I don't think Nash wanted for Felton to be seriously hurt. Bad judgment by Nash. Definitely warrants a suspension.
Terry got suspended for his actions. And Bowen didn't kick at Amare's ankle. I think his intent was more to step on his foot to make him miss the shot (either way it's dirty as but not a kick).As I said in my first post, maybe Nash learned something from Bowen in the playoffs. It is not like I approve of it by anyone. Also, Bowen has had quite a few malicious moves as you put it, in his career. Actually if you look at the clip from the playoffs concerning Amare and Bowen, you will see Bowen looking down at Amares ankle and kicking at it. I don't approve of any dirty plays including Jason Terry's punch at Finely's balls.
Maybe Nash didn't do it with the intent to injure Felton, but he made a very purposeful kick at his ankle and that's definitely worthy of a multiple game suspension.
I wasn't talking about the kick in the back, that's obviously malicious. I said that I don't think his incident with Amare last year was malicious. I wrote "does" and should have written "did".
I don't know about mulitiple game suspensions, since Bowen never seems to get suspended for anything he has done. Like that one guy said, his kick in the back or the kick to the face of Wally (I think that was who Bowen jumped in the air and kicked at) where he wasn't suspended all warranted a suspension at the very least.
I disagree, I think Bowen does a lot of things on purpose and to me this is malicious. Look at Elton Brand with an achilles injury just from practicing. It is very dangerous to step or kick at someones foot or ankle when playing this game.
I think its funny how Bowen is brought into this when he wasn't even involved.
FWIW, I didn't think what Nash did looked all that bad, I feel bad for Felton getting hurt though.
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