<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>I am enraged and have been emailing people in the media, nba, etc.Lebron James did THE EXACT SAME THING that kobe did (hitting people after a jumpshot), YET HE GETS NO SUSPENSION.Invalid Video LinkIt was with 1:18 left in the 3rd quarter.You are in the media and have ties with ESPN, I hope you can get this out there.This shows 2 things:1) Clear bias/agenda against kobe2) preferential treatment of lebronNotice how nobody in media talks about it, there was not even a replay of it. When kobe does it , it gets replayed by media who want to vilanize him.Help get this out there.Lebron must be suspended or they must PUBLICLY apologize to kobe for discriminating him.</div>I will be enraged if LBJ doesn't get suspended!
Man that is like the same thing Kobe did. But Im not gonna get out my picket and demand LeBron gets suspended, because then everyone would whine that Detroit didnt deserve to win because Bron didnt play.
Kobe shouldn't have been suspended. And I don't think LeBron will, I hope he doesn't either. Of course people will say that the only reason Detroit won the series is because LeBron was out, thats what the Suns are still saying about Amare.
LeBron should get suspended. If the NBA was a hard ass with the Suns, they have to be with the Cavs. They suspended people for leaving the bench in the past, so they said they had to stick to it. Kobe got suspended THIS YEAR for the same thing, so should LeBron.
Yep, definately Kobe like. With Kobe, though, it was a reocurring thing, so I doubt Bron gets suspended.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nitro1118 @ May 22 2007, 05:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yep, definately Kobe like. With Kobe, though, it was a reocurring thing, so I doubt Bron gets suspended.</div>Was it a recurring thing the first time it happened? He still got suspended.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ChuckTheD @ May 22 2007, 08:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Was it a recurring thing the first time it happened? He still got suspended.</div>He had done it MANY times before. I don't think either should get suspended for that arm swing, but I can see why the NBA wouldn't suspend LeBron and would suspend Kobe.
Lebron wont get in trouble because he is sterns little money ticket. People love to hate Kobe and people love to love Lebron so he wont get in trouble. I hate Lebron James I really do, they roll out the red carpet for this guy and if you are not him, you get #()$*@ on
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nitro1118 @ May 22 2007, 06:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He had done it MANY times before. I don't think either should get suspended for that arm swing, but I can see why the NBA wouldn't suspend LeBron and would suspend Kobe.</div>What are you talking about? He was suspended the first time it happend. They said they "warned him about elbows" after the series with the suns in 2006. The thing is though, Kobe's 'hit' is natural. I see him do it all the time without hitting people. Then the first time he hits someone, he is slapped with a suspension and then again the second time. He shouldn't have been suspended and neither should LeBron, but the double-standard on Kobe is horrible.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LakersFan247 @ May 22 2007, 09:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>What are you talking about? He was suspended the first time it happend. They said they "warned him about elbows" after the series with the suns in 2006. The thing is though, Kobe's 'hit' is natural. I see him do it all the time without hitting people. Then the first time he hits someone, he is slapped with a suspension and then again the second time. He shouldn't have been suspended and neither should LeBron, but the double-standard on Kobe is horrible.</div>He has been doing it for quite awhile, but until he actually hurt someone was it called. I have never seen LeBron do it before, so I can see where why they wouldn't suspend LeBron.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>He had done it MANY times before.</div>Yeah, maybe like 8 times. In any event, Kobe shouldn't have been suspended and by that principal, niether should LeBron.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nitro1118 @ May 23 2007, 01:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He has been doing it for quite awhile, but until he actually hurt someone was it called. I have never seen LeBron do it before, so I can see where why they wouldn't suspend LeBron.</div>It's called flailing your arms. They never even questioned kobe about it untill he hit anyone. Me thinks that if they actually thought the movement was "unnatural and suspension worthy" they would've called him out before. An unnatural move is an unnatural move. But this is playoff time and it's King james we are talking about.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Melo061 @ May 24 2007, 08:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It's called flailing your arms. They never even questioned kobe about it untill he hit anyone. Me thinks that if they actually thought the movement was "unnatural and suspension worthy" they would've called him out before. An unnatural move is an unnatural move. But this is playoff time and it's King james we are talking about.</div>It was suspension worthy because he did hit Ginobli and Sczerbiak. While there is some bias toward Bron, this is the first time he has done anything remotely dirty or that movement, while Kobe is always using elbows, flailing arms, etc... Shawn Marion's jumpshot is an unnatural movement. They just used that term as an excuse to punish Kobe for accumulative cheap shots and the hits on those 2 players.
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/sports/basket...rs/17278878.htm<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Late call lets Cavs star avoid ejection in Game 1By Brian WindhorstBeacon Journal sportswriterAUBURN HILLS, MICH. - Forget about all the focus on LeBron James and his decision to pass at the end of Game 1. It turns out that the Cavaliers were fortunate that he was even playing in the fourth quarter. According to the rules, James should've been ejected late in the third quarter.The NBA made no official announcement, but a league official confirmed Thursday that after a video review, NBA Senior Vice President Stu Jackson charged James with a flagrant foul-penalty 2 on a play with 1:20 left in the third quarter Monday night. Had it been called at the time, James would have been ejected.There was no fine announced, but the usual for flagrant-2 is $5,000. Jackson could've suspended James for Game 2, but decided against it.As James was following through on a jump shot, he elbowed Detroit Pistons center Chris Webber in the head with his right arm. Webber crashed to the floor. There was no foul called by the three game officials.The maneuver was almost exactly the same as the two elbows Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant was suspended for during the season. As Bryant was falling after releasing jump shots on both occasions, he swiped at Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs and Marko Jaric of the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was suspended after each, with the NBA calling it ``an unnatural basketball act.''Webber said he didn't feel James intended to hurt him on the play.``I had jumped up there with him, and we made contact,'' Webber said before Game 2. ``I didn't think he did it on purpose.''Though there was some chatter about the play on Internet sites and a clip was posted on YouTube, there was almost no media scrutiny of the play. Instead, all were reviewing James' decision to pass to Donyell Marshall with five seconds left.Had the clip been replayed as often as Bryant's elbows, especially the one against Jaric after his first suspension, the NBA might have felt pressure to issue the same penalty.</div>:g:
