<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>NEW YORK (AP) -- Kobe Bryant was suspended one game without pay by the NBA on Tuesday for striking San Antonio's Manu Ginobili in the face.Bryant was to miss Tuesday's game against the New York Knicks, leaving the Lakers without their leading scorer when they opened an eight-game road trip.The incident occurred with 2.7 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter of the Lakers' 96-94 overtime loss to the Spurs on Sunday.Bryant is averaging 28.4 points, 5.5 assists and 5.4 rebounds.</div>http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Ap0g...p&type=lgns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a7TGrVIu3oThat's a ridiculous suspension, it was obviously an accident.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BALLAHOLLIC? @ Jan 30 2007, 03:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a7TGrVIu3oThat's a ridiculous suspension, it was obviously an accident.</div>agreed, it really was
Pretty weak suspension but I'm betting the Spurs secretly pushed for it. Just like they did in the semis against the Mavs. They sent out a message to the league to look into the Terry punch(a non issue at the moment) and got him suspended for a game.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rok @ Jan 30 2007, 04:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Pretty weak suspension but I'm betting the Spurs secretly pushed for it. Just like they did in the semis against the Mavs. They sent out a message to the league to look into the Terry punch(a non issue at the moment) and got him suspended for a game.</div>Good Point. I think this is complete bullsh**. There are people who always try to connect contact. Has Wade ever gotten suspended? NO. Arenas? NO. Manu just did a really well done flop.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BALLAHOLLIC? @ Jan 30 2007, 04:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a7TGrVIu3oThat's a ridiculous suspension, it was obviously an accident.</div>I agree. Ridiculous...
It's hard to tell if it was on purpose because Kobe ALWAYS hits someone one his jumpshots in one way or another. Ginobli didn't flop, he got hit pretty hard and didn't they say he was bleeding a bit during the game? They cleaned him up a bit and he missed the start of overtime.
seriously I saw that live and I didn't hear mike breen or mark jackson say anything about it being a cheap shot or that he should get suspended. it was an accident and seriously has david stern lost his mind? kobe bryant? madison square garden? what an idiot. adolf stern has sunk to a new low. get his ass outta town, I'm sick of him.
Ya. I'm getting pretty sick of Stern and his new rules. But then it sure didn't look like Kobe did it on purpose and that Ginobili flopped on that. To me, I wouldn't of gave him a suspension totally pointless.
ok, that wasn't a flop, he did get hit in the facebut the suspension is just plain out gay, it was obvious it was an accident unlike when terry was being a bi*ch and punched finley........ I hate david stern and the rest of them old fools that are in charge, they think they are making a good nba, but it just plain out sucks now.....you can't do sh*t anymore.........
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ASUFan22 @ Jan 30 2007, 05:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It's hard to tell if it was on purpose because Kobe ALWAYS hits someone one his jumpshots in one way or another. Ginobli didn't flop, he got hit pretty hard and didn't they say he was bleeding a bit during the game? They cleaned him up a bit and he missed the start of overtime.</div>But this wasn't DURING the shot. This was AFTER the shot. Manu was by his arm and Kobe fell off a tough fade and lost his balanced and his arm moved and accidently hit Manu.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>it was obvious it was an accident unlike when terry was being a bi*ch and punched finley</div>This is true but I still believe both situations were non issues and feel the Spurs put in their thoughts that got the league involved. Especially in this case, where the league had no reason to step in. Very suspicious of the Spurs.
Thats good for my Knicks, we gotta win without Kobe in the lineup, we lost to Miami on the 22nd without Shaq and Wade and lost to the Bucks over the weekend without Redd so they gotta beat them now.
