Kobe served 2 games for his elbow to Mike Miller. Where is the media coverage on sounding off on Shaq? Where is Peter Vecsey accusing Shaq of trying to "murder" Andrew Bynum? That's a blow to Bynum's face and neck. Shaq should get two games and a hefty fine. Of course the NBA doesn't want to hurt their ratings. Afterall Shaq and the Heat play the Spurs on ESPN this Friday.
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Bynum tapped Shaq compared to what Shaq did. Bynum also hit the forearm/chest. Shaq hit the neck/face. In the rulebook, I believe that's an automatic suspension. And for a still of the shot, proving it is suspendable worthy:
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting dtpxcore:</div><div class="quote_post">Thats not fair Kobe got hit with 2 suspensions but, Shaq with none. Whats up with that?</div> Because we're supposed to hate Kobe Bryant, we are supposed to think that Shaq got screwed out of LA, and that Kobe is a hardcore rapist. It's BS that Shaq wasn't suspended. Stern is kissing his ass or something.
That's such BS, Kobe's suspension came the next day or so right? I'm so fed up with this sh!t, BE CONSISTENT WITH YOUR CALLS. SHAQ didn't even get FINED either huh? What a joke. It's really funny how Shaq gets away with all this crap, maybe if Kobe didn't open his big mouth after he gave his elbow he wouldn't have got the suspension. I think that is probably why the league felt they HAD to give the suspension to Kobe, and not to Shaq. Either way, it's not right, you have to give it to Shaq too, even if he didn't say it was intentional, because it was very obvious that it was on purpose.
the thing about the league is no matter how "unbiased and fair" they are...they all have biases up there and I bet they smiled when they got the chance to suspend Kobe...this is just a case of bad rep....that is all....it's really sad and unfortunate, but life is like that...I'd say to hell with it Shaq aint a Laker anymore and we don't play them anytime soon..so it dont really matter much to me...if Heat with their roster only has 2 more wins then Lakers then I don't mind Shaq is in there...makes us Lakers look better when we catch up to Heat when people say Heat roster owns Lakers and others easily.... my two cents
If any of you actually saw the game you would have seen that Bynum intiated the contact with a shove to o'neal after his dunk. so if anyone should be suspended it should be bynum. and shape come on your playing it out of context. Here's the full version: http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.php?cont...true&siteid=rss Notice the shove Bynum gives shaq, the thing that started it all. Really if some punk kid just bumped up onto any of you how would you all react?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Johnnybrasco:</div><div class="quote_post">If any of you actually saw the game you would have seen that Bynum intiated the contact with a shove to o'neal after his dunk. so if anyone should be suspended it should be bynum. and shape come on your playing it out of context. Here's the full version: http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.php?cont...true&siteid=rss Notice the shove Bynum gives shaq, the thing that started it all. Really if some punk kid just bumped up onto any of you how would you all react?</div> well then give them both a suspension. Professionally, you're not supposed to fight back. I could understand that if they are both fined, suspended, or both, but nothing was done over the days and that's bogus.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Johnnybrasco:</div><div class="quote_post">If any of you actually saw the game you would have seen that Bynum intiated the contact with a shove to o'neal after his dunk. so if anyone should be suspended it should be bynum. and shape come on your playing it out of context. Here's the full version: http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.php?cont...true&siteid=rss Notice the shove Bynum gives shaq, the thing that started it all. Really if some punk kid just bumped up onto any of you how would you all react?</div> well, first of all Bynum didn't hit Shaq above the shoulder ... one is a blatant foul, the other is a blatant attack (to the head mind u)... More importantly however, is that everybody is pointing out a double standard...Yes, Shaq retaliated to Bynum's elbow..but Is that enough justification? Kobe retaliated against Mike Miller ... did the NBA accept that as a justification?? Kobe elbows Mike miller after Mike hits Kobe.... Shaq elbows Andrew Bynum after Bynum hits Shaq... Kobe gets suspended for 2 games... Shaq gets nothing? I'm actually confident that the NBA will do something about it....Miami doesn't play till friday so the league is just taking their time
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> Notice the shove Bynum gives shaq, the thing that started it all. Really if some punk kid just bumped up onto any of you how would you all react?</div> it was just a small shove and Shaq barely moved an inch. And there's a difference between how Shaq is supposed to act on national television, playing in the NBA, as a PROfessional basketballplayer. I mean, kids look up to him, and acting like that on a court might just make kids act like that. Which in my oppinion is not an act that belongs in the game of basketball. HE deserves a suspension, period. :
Here is the reason why Shaq wasn't suspended. After the game what did reporters focus on? The fact that Kobe and Shaq recently made up, that was all that they asked Shaq about. In the game where Kobe shoved Miller, Kobe made specific comments that the NBA could not ignore. Kobe basically forced the NBA to suspend him through his post game comments, Shaq did not. Had reporters asked Shaq about the Bynum incident he probably would have said something like: "Well he's a young buck that was getting a little overzealous on the court. He needed to be put in his place, and the Diesel was just the one to do that." Then Shaq would have been suspended. Shaq wasn't asked about it that. I also think that for market reasons they wanted headlines to read "Kobe and Shaq reconcile" rather than "Kobe and Shaq's reconciliation overshadowed by suspension". Especially since Shaq has already missed a lot of this year, and it hurts the league when he isn't playing.
If the league was fair, then sure Shaq would be suspended. But it's not. Superstars get special treatment, and the star of stars (Shaq) will be treated like a king. It's not right. Maybe they felt that Shaq wasn't really aiming for the head (Bynum happened to be leaning forward at the time). Still, it should be an open-and-shut case. BTW, what was Bynum thinking shoving Shaq in the first place? Did Shaq do something to instigate that?
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">BTW, what was Bynum thinking shoving Shaq in the first place? Did Shaq do something to instigate that?</div> I honestly don't believe that he meant to shove Shaq. I think he was just a little late getting back on defense and was trying to move Shaq out a little in fear that they were about to give him the ball.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Johnnybrasco:</div><div class="quote_post">If any of you actually saw the game you would have seen that Bynum intiated the contact with a shove to o'neal after his dunk. so if anyone should be suspended it should be bynum. and shape come on your playing it out of context. Here's the full version: http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.php?cont...true&siteid=rss Notice the shove Bynum gives shaq, the thing that started it all. Really if some punk kid just bumped up onto any of you how would you all react?</div> Now you're just being silly. Bynum's contact was in fair play. Shaq's was very aggressive. Which is one good reason I've never liked Shaq. He claims to be a family oriented player, someone your kids watch. Then he tries to punch a player in the back of the head when he's walking away (I'm sorry, but why did he not get expelled for life? Because he has bad aim? Shades of Kermit Washington?), Spouting expletives at the end of games on live TV? There have been several others, now this. But that's Shaq for ya... j
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Jurassic:</div><div class="quote_post">I honestly don't believe that he meant to shove Shaq. I think he was just a little late getting back on defense and was trying to move Shaq out a little in fear that they were about to give him the ball.</div> After watching it again, you might be right. I'm sure Shaq saw it differently, though.
