So in lieu of the suspension debacle in the Phoenix/San Antonio series and the lack of suspensions to Bowen and Baron Davis for intentional elbows and kicks... should Kobe feel like he was treated unfairly by the league?
<div class="quote_poster">Swish Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I think you're looking for something that's not there.</div> I don't think I am. In any case it was a question not a statement. It is up for discussion. Now if you ask me my opinion I would say that Kobe has a fair case. When shown clear evidence that Bruce Bowen intentionally used a non-basketball move to hurt another player the league did nothing. Yet they based their suspension of Kobe Bryant, not even on intent, but on an unnatural, non-basketball action. Seems a little hypocritical to me. And what of Baron's elbow?
It does seem a little hypocritical but there's nothing the league can do about it now. Once the playoffs started, they have been letting people get away with more stuff. After they set the physical tone for the playoffs, they had to stay consistent.
Originally I thought Kobe was being targetted, but now I'm noticing (like many other people), that many of the questionable suspensions and disciplinary actions taken by the league this year, have been in favor of the spurs. a) Kobe gets suspended for a bogus foul on Manu Ginobli while attempting a last second shot. As Kobe said it himself, why would he intentionally foul when his team is down 1 and he's trying to when the game? The Spurs also said they didn't feel it was deserving of a foul or suspension An NBA ref got shown the Door by the League for a late game altercation between Tim Duncan (of the Spurs) in a meaningless game. Honestly, when was the last time a Ref in ANY sport got fired for such conduct? c) The latest example is the now infamous suspensions in the Spurs/Suns series. Role player (Robert Horry) is suspended for 2 games, while the Suns leading scorer and best reserve are suspended for one each. Anyways, I got a little off-track here, but the point I was trying to make is the League doesn't have it out for Kobe, they have it in for the Spurs. The league is doing everything in its power to make sure the Spurs win. I HATE HATE HATE the Suns but it's sad that the best series in the playoffs has been decided already.
<div class="quote_poster">ilive4ball Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Originally I thought Kobe was being targetted, but now I'm noticing (like many other people), that many of the questionable suspensions and disciplinary actions taken by the league this year, have been in favor of the spurs. a) Kobe gets suspended for a bogus foul on Manu Ginobli while attempting a last second shot. As Kobe said it himself, why would he intentionally foul when his team is down 1 and he's trying to when the game? The Spurs also said they didn't feel it was deserving of a foul or suspension An NBA ref got shown the Door by the League for a late game altercation between Tim Duncan (of the Spurs) in a meaningless game. Honestly, when was the last time a Ref in ANY sport got fired for such conduct? c) The latest example is the now infamous suspensions in the Spurs/Suns series. Role player (Robert Horry) is suspended for 2 games, while the Suns leading scorer and best reserve are suspended for one each. Anyways, I got a little off-track here, but the point I was trying to make is the League doesn't have it out for Kobe, they have it in for the Spurs. The league is doing everything in its power to make sure the Spurs win. I HATE HATE HATE the Suns but it's sad that the best series in the playoffs has been decided already.</div> But what does suspending Kobe have to do with having the Spurs win? Kobe was suspended for the NY game if I remember. Nah... there is something else wrong here. Especially since Kobe was suspended twice with the other incident being a non-Spur player.
<div class="quote_poster">Swish Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">It does seem a little hypocritical but there's nothing the league can do about it now. Once the playoffs started, they have been letting people get away with more stuff. After they set the physical tone for the playoffs, they had to stay consistent.</div> So its an unwritten rule that things that would get you suspended in the regular season can now be done with no punishment in the playoffs? Doesn't anyone see anything wrong with this line of thinking?
Anyone else see Richard Jefferson clock LeBron James across the face last night on his follow through jumper? It caused a cut on the tip LeBron's nose.
<div class="quote_poster">shapecity Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Anyone else see Richard Jefferson clock LeBron James across the face last night on his follow through jumper? It caused a cut on the tip LeBron's nose.</div> I didn't see it. Was it intentional? Unnatural basketball action? Got Youtube?
<div class="quote_poster">Fiyah Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I didn't see it. Was it intentional? Unnatural basketball action? Got Youtube?</div> Unnatural basketball action, I'm trying to find a video.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Well I would assume the league would let teams in the post-season be a little more physical.</div> Very true, bruce bowen can kick All-stars where-ever he wants whenever he wants.
It might not be suspensions so much as individual fouls on Kobe. You look at his game and how often he drives to the hoop. About 50% of the time he is fouled and they call the foul only about 20% of the time. The league lets players get much more physical on Kobe than on anyone else. And then on the next Lakers ball, Andrew Bynum is called on a foul where the opposing center runs into him and he backs off. The fouls are BS against the Lakers and the lack of fouls committed on the Lakers is unreasonable.
I think at this juncture, given the fact that Kobe gets his fair share of phantom calls to his advantage (as does every NBA superstar), it's a little overzealous to be dwelling on this again.
<div class="quote_poster">Montaman Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I think at this juncture, given the fact that Kobe gets his fair share of phantom calls to his advantage (as does every NBA superstar), it's a little overzealous to be dwelling on this again.</div> I don't even understand where you are coming from with this. So Kobe gets phantom calls... but every other superstar gets them as well... so that would seem consistent then. But does every other superstar get singled out for suspensions on unnatural basketball actions? No. There is definite inconsistencies there and quite frankly I don't know why a bigger deal isn't being made about this than the whole Suns/Spurs suspensions. Stu Jackson took it upon himself to look at Kobe's incidents and then came to the decision that Kobe deserved a one game suspension in each incident vs flagrants. Yet similar incidents involving Bowen and Davis are not given the same punishment. There is no excuse for that sort of double standard.
Well, apparently Lebron used the same "flopping" technique as Kobe, and ended up hitting Webber in the face. Will he get suspended? Nope
