I think you're pretty clearly wrong. When their wrists connect (initiated by Ariza, not random chance), Ariza curls his wrist and hand around Fernandez's. One can argue terminology all one wants (as to whether it was a "grab") but Ariza clearly corralled Rudy's wrist, pulling him sideways, which caused him to flip.
wow...look at this shitstorm I started, sorry for giving you extra work Minstrel. So 4 or 5 comments after my post and nobody addressed what I was pointing out...just bash me...awesome. Nevermind that Im right and Ariza DID NOT GRAB Rudy's hand/arm...lets just hate on the Lakers fan way to go guys
You can't conditionally insult, either. You can't say things like, "IF you don't agree with me, then you're a moron," for example. As it happens, though, I agree with your viewpoint, as my last post indicates.
Ariza had no reason to force his arm down after realizing he didn't get the block, or even if he had blocked the shot. He's a douche; he's a Laker.
I don't think so. This is pretty par for the course...insults occurring during a heated argument. Happens on every message board. Let's just try to keep it under control as much as we can, eh?
Well sure it wasnt random because its the follow through of his swat/hit (whatever you want to call it). All that was was momentum. You are giving Ariza way too much credit by saying he can be flying through the air and pull that off purposely. If you are out of control and hit your forearm/wrist on something what do you think your hand is gonna do??? Thats right, bend forward... Im not arguing that the contact didnt make the fall harder...It most certainly did, the wrist part was just a the ending part of the swat
Like I said I just want to forget this shit for now but I can't because your "smugness" thinks he is right when he is not. I have watched the replay many times and have so has many others in this thread and he did cause the injury on purpose. Some people have said he didn't mean to hurt Rudy. Maybe but I'm not sure from watching the replay many times. Ariza needs to be suspended or nobody should be suspended for a F2 foul.
There's nothing magical about striking another person's arm with your arm in mid-air. Nor is it hard to curl your wrist around to pull the person off-balance. You can argue it was accidental, if you want (though I don't think it was), but you can't argue it didn't happen. It's clear in the video's replay that Ariza curled his wrist around Fernandez's, which allowed his momentum to pull Rudy off balance and into what became an ugly landing.
Im not smug...Im talking about one particular part of the incident where you guys are wrong. Why the hell should I just bow down to your guys opinions when the actual video shows something else. ...and Ariza isnt getting suspended, NBA already said he wouldnt
Just because he didn't get suspended doesn't mean anything. The NBA is a fucking mess when it comes to doing the correct thing. Like I said earlier if it was Joel fouling Kobe there would be a lot different outcome to the F2 and the NBA would suspend Joel for at least a couple games.
Thank you...at least YOU really saw what happened. Now we can at least argue the next part... You dont think them hitting each other in the wrist would make Ariza's wrist move forward to do that curling action? I do. That part happens in a split second. He doesnt know their arms are about to hit...he's spotting his landing
Yea, I was about to say that. I think non-Blazers/Lakers fans also don't think it was intentional. Careless and stupid, yes. But not intentional.
At some point, I imagine you may start to wonder just how worth it pushing things this far is to you regarding your future conversations on this board.
Yes...poor me not giving out personal attacks...what the hell am I thinking?!? Oh no PapaG doesnt like me...boo fucking hoo. Its no secret that I really dont care for you so what do I care what you think about me. If I cant discuss a play what the fuck does this place exist for?!? GTF outta here with that crap
Him gonna cwy? And I didn't "personally" attack you, I changed your name to something that wasn't vulgar and wasn't an attack. If you want to know what it was, PM me. If not, whatever.
