What's the worst show of lack of class ever done in the NBA?

it was jordans rookie year because i remeber reading about it in his biography they didnt wanna give it to him cause hes a rookie

 

How bout when Ricky Davis tried to get a triple-double by missing a lay-up on his own basket, then Stevenson tackled him

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting J_Ray:</div><div class="quote_post">How bout when Ricky Davis tried to get a triple-double by missing a lay-up on his own basket, then Stevenson tackled him </div>

Ditto: Bobby Sura.

 

Well I would give Sura the benefit of the doubt. He was all alone on the break and his teammates and the fans were shouting him to miss it just as he was about to take a shot. He probably got carried away. I mean what would you do when your teammates suddenly stood up to cheer on u to miss the shot?

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting number99:</div><div class="quote_post">i think '88. well, that was kind of harsh, but to not even let thomas on the gretest team assembled that's just really mean</div>

that wasn't just jordan though, bird and magic would have followed jordan out the door if jordan quit the team

 

"Everytime that Steve Javie unfairly officiates against Shaq simply because he dislikes the man.....classless"
Shaq - Mr. class himself
"now are you going to pay me?" he yells to Jerry Buss during a pre-season game. The owner who is responsible for paying Shaq millions of dollars and allowing him to live a privileged life and he wants to show him up in front of a huge crowd.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting NbaBaller:</div><div class="quote_post">I never really knew what happened. How did the fight start and why?</div>

Kobe shot a three in reggies face at the buzzer of a blowout when the lakers were winning

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Also when the Wizards and Bulls fought last year, the dude that punched Antonio Davis and then ran away.....very classless. </div>
lol, good ol' Haywood.

 

Is everyone forgetting the Brawl at the Palace thats extreme humiliation and lack of class.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting og15:</div><div class="quote_post">lol, good ol' Haywood.</div>

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it also Haywood who was whacking Eddy Curry in the nuts while he was on the ground in that fight too? Or did I get that backward?

It was one of 'em, and I got a good laugh outta that one.

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting babybulls:</div><div class="quote_post">that wasn't just jordan though, bird and magic would have followed jordan out the door if jordan quit the team</div>

What?

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting dtpxcore:</div><div class="quote_post">Is everyone forgetting the Brawl at the Palace thats extreme humiliation and lack of class.</div>

It's been mentioned more than once.

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Jurassic:</div><div class="quote_post">Saying that 5% of the NBA is gay......irrelevant and classless.</div>

I don't know about classless, but yes, totally irrelevant. I don't care who's gay, and I'm tired of people making a huge issue of it. Even if your teammate came out in a press conference and told the whole freakin' world, what difference does that make? He's still your teammate, he's never jumped you in the shower before, he's never come on to you before, he's never made your life any more difficult in any way, what's the damn difference?

I guess I really don't grasp why people make a huge issue out of gay people playing sports. Gay people can have fun too, they can enjoy recreational activity like the rest of us. They are athletes, coaches, and scouts just like other professionals. Let it go now.

Most importantly for this thread. Someone saying that 5% of the NBA is gay has nothing to do with class. Charles Oakley saying 80% of the league smokes weed is the same issue, and nothing classless about it. It just is what it is. The classless part is when other people come out and bash individuals for voicing their opinion on matters at hand. I'm not talking about this board, I'm talking more overly about sports radio, television programs, and various other critics of daily issues altogether. Insulting someone for voicing their opinion on matters like this makes little sense to me, and an opinion is an opinion. Saying it's misguided is fair, you can back it up thusly from there. But to attack them on a ridiculously persistent basis for saying it is just plain wrong. In this particular instance, I'm talking about Jim Rome attacking Charles Oakley regularly since he said that, and criticizing him for years afterward.

I know this was a rambling post and sorry, I just needed to get that off my chest.

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting NbaBaller:</div><div class="quote_post">I never really knew what happened. How did the fight start and why?</div>

Late in the game, Lakers are up big, and Kobe shot a three in Reggie's eye. Reggie couldn't abide it, and just like he has numerous other times, he talked just a little too much and got himself in trouble. The man can't stand players that play a better game than him, and in this case, perhaps he saw the coming tide in Kobe's case. Although, at that point, Kobe was already better than Reggie could boast anyhow.

There have been other occasions where Reggie has bitten off more than he can chew, and each time he's paid for it. He fought with Jordan on a couple occasions, and I think you can probably guess who came out the worse for wear on those instances, and he has had some tussles with various Knicks players, rarely coming out on the winning end. Reggie would like to portray himself as a warrior in these cases, but he's really just an underrated trash talker, and overrated physical talent.

And when it comes to lack of class, nobody did it better for longer than Reggie Miller.

 

the most classless thing in nba history was Kermit Washingtons punch of Rudy Tomanavich

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting edgar-davids:</div><div class="quote_post">the most classless thing in nba history was Kermit Washingtons punch of Rudy Tomanavich</div>

That was actually an accident, both Tomjanovich and Washington have agreed to that. And Washington may have been a bit of a thug, but he didn't earn the punishment he received for that. The man was blackballed by the NBA, an act which is illegal and more overly unethical. His career was never the same, and he was never afforded the same opportunities within the game again.

Tomjanovich suffered what was very possibly the most horrific injuries the NBA has ever seen. He very nearly, and quite literally, had his face knocked off. Without the immediate treatment he received, he could very well have died. And not to mention the fact that he suffered irreparable facial damage. All in all, a pretty brutal act. But an incidental one nonetheless. Having read accounts from both players, they both realized it was an act of instinct and impulse. Kermit saw Rudy coming at him out of the corner of his eye and assumed he was going to slug him, in truth, Rudy came over to the scrum to break it up, but it was too late for him to react. Kermit floored him and nearly killed him with one punch. It was a doozy, and it changed both their lives, but Rudy ended up very much on the generous end of that deal.

People still misinterpret this event as malicious and unfounded. Not so. It was simply a regrettable and accidental unpleasantry that both players wished never happened.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">
I don't know about classless, but yes, totally irrelevant. I don't care who's gay, and I'm tired of people making a huge issue of it. Even if your teammate came out in a press conference and told the whole freakin' world, what difference does that make? He's still your teammate, he's never jumped you in the shower before, he's never come on to you before, he's never made your life any more difficult in any way, what's the damn difference?</div>

Who said it, and why? If some reporter asked a player how many gay people he thought there were, I don't see a problem with him giving a general figure, without specifically naming a player. Did the person making the statement imply that gays in the NBA is a problem?

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting durvasa:</div><div class="quote_post">Who said it, and why? If some reporter asked a player how many gay people he thought there were, I don't see a problem with him giving a general figure, without specifically naming a player. Did the person making the statement imply that gays in the NBA is a problem?</div>


It was Tracy McGrady, and it was about 2 or 3 seasons ago that he said it. Here's a link:
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It was a very pointed question, and you're right, just saying it is no big deal, and it was obviously swept right under the rug, so who cares?
He made no judgments on the issue, and he certainly didn't name names, so I guess one way or another, it just wasn't that big a deal.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Squishface:</div><div class="quote_post">That was actually an accident, both Tomjanovich and Washington have agreed to that. And Washington may have been a bit of a thug, but he didn't earn the punishment he received for that. The man was blackballed by the NBA, an act which is illegal and more overly unethical. His career was never the same, and he was never afforded the same opportunities within the game again.

Tomjanovich suffered what was very possibly the most horrific injuries the NBA has ever seen. He very nearly, and quite literally, had his face knocked off. Without the immediate treatment he received, he could very well have died. And not to mention the fact that he suffered irreparable facial damage. All in all, a pretty brutal act. But an incidental one nonetheless. Having read accounts from both players, they both realized it was an act of instinct and impulse. Kermit saw Rudy coming at him out of the corner of his eye and assumed he was going to slug him, in truth, Rudy came over to the scrum to break it up, but it was too late for him to react. Kermit floored him and nearly killed him with one punch. It was a doozy, and it changed both their lives, but Rudy ended up very much on the generous end of that deal.

People still misinterpret this event as malicious and unfounded. Not so. It was simply a regrettable and accidental unpleasantry that both players wished never happened.</div>


to say rudy got the best end of the deal is a travesty

his career was ruined,he was disfigured for life,and he spent years in therapy

now washingtons treatment maybe have been OTT but i`m sure he got paid somewhere in the other 169 countries of the world that still hired able bodied players.

obviously rudy`s career has turned out well but there are a plethora of nba players who can`t do anything but play ball because thats always been their dream,a punch like washingtons could have condemned rudy and his family to a lifetime of misery and probably still did in some way

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting edgar-davids:</div><div class="quote_post">his career was ruined,he was disfigured for life,and he spent years in therapy

now washingtons treatment maybe have been OTT but i`m sure he got paid somewhere in the other 169 countries of the world that still hired able bodied players.</div>


Rudy has been the beneficiary of a lot of sympathy and luck in the NBA, and as a result, has been given ample opportunity to prove himself as a great coach, great player, and ambassador to the game, nearly the world over.

Kermit Washington has been vilified and demonized by everyone he has come across (not entirely without his doing), save a select few in the basketball world. He can't get a decent job in the league, although he caught on with Portland as a strength training coach for a year or two, and assistant coached at Stanford under Tom Davis, but that was his only basketball capacity in the last 25 years.

Kermit and Rudy respect one another, and there has been no debate between them who came out on the losing end of the bargain. But don't mistake me as pitying of Kermit, he dug his own grave. While Rudy has been lionized by the basketball community, Kermit still struggles with the demons associated with that fight, and it may be a struggle he never wins.

Every time we see that punch on Sportscenter or on ESPN Classic, Kermit takes another blow to his professional opportunities in basketball. And no, Kermit never played a game overseas.

He does do volunteer work having recruited the European Union to assist in giving treatment and aid to disease patients in Africa, but he never played ball there. He did do some coaching for part of a season in China, but the team folded and he had to pay his own plane ticket home.

The man never received the chances Rudy got, and that may be the bigger travesty here. His life was effectively ruined in an impulsive instant, and people like yourself seem incapable of remorse over that. Denial of his right to make a life for himself has been the biggest crime committed here, and no one is going to answer for that but himself.

 

I dont know if this qualifies to "Classless" but Dennis Rodman dressing up for his book I think... He put make ups and wig and a dress...The sight made me want to puke. I like him as a player and he's prolly the best rebounder this league has ever had but come on. Even if you are broke, don't dress up like a woman and show yourself to millions of people. I don't think anyone appreciated the sight.

I remember when the Heat and the Bulls were in ECF and Zo offered his hand to MJ before the game for a handshake and MJ totally ignored him....in front of the fans too!

A lot of Heat vs. Knicks games had classless fights in them as well.
Bold Van Gundy hanging on Zo's leg, PJ flipping...I think Charlie Ward.....all these fights in PLAYOFFS..