<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Best Kept Secret:</div><div class="quote_post">http://www.justbball.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53291</div> Oh, that. I thought that was something else from the title, becuase I didn't read the whole article. Thanks.
Posey's a dick. I don't see why he chose Hinrich either, maybe Kirk was saying something or maybe Posey was pissed off that he was gonna lose by 20. By the way, anyone notice who held Kirk back? It was that dirty player Nocioni...what a violent guy he is.
What Posey did tonight was horrible, and was str8 up dirty But I still dont think its right to call him dirty...if you ask any Heat fan he's the last guy you would expect to do something like this. This is the first time I see him do a dirty play, I mean yes what he did was wrong but common, look at the situation hes getting blown out in the playoffs, hes frustrated, he didn't do it for the sake of drilling Kirk. Also, just in case you come back saying then why do you call Nocioni dirty, I don't think he's dirty, I just said before that he, like all other good defenders, tend to over do it sometimes.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TheTruth5:</div><div class="quote_post">What Posey did tonight was horrible, and was str8 up dirty But I still dont think its right to call him dirty...if you ask any Heat fan he's the last guy you would expect to do something like this. This is the first time I see him do a dirty play, I mean yes what he did was wrong but common, look at the situation hes getting blown out in the playoffs, hes frustrated, he didn't do it for the sake of drilling Kirk. Also, just in case you come back saying then why do you call Nocioni dirty, I don't think he's dirty, I just said before that he, like all other good defenders, tend to over do it sometimes.</div> Not directed necessarily at you ?TheTruth5?, because you don?t do this, but the way I see it people who call Nocioni a dirty player need to look at his plays and see he is always at least aiming at making a play on the ball. What Posey did tonight was completely uncalled for I don?t care what the situation is. Although, i know Posey does not have a reputation of doing things such as this is it even goes through your mind to tackle a player during a basketball with malicious intent I consider you a dirty player I don?t care how many times you do it, or what you meant by it. You saw Posey afterwards too there was not one bit of remorse in his face. He knew damn well what he was doing. What if Hinrich had landed badly and broke a bone or injured his wrist some how what then? In no situation is it justified to lower your shoulder and tackle a player running full speed down a basketball court.
I was really suprised Posey fouled kirk that hard in todays game. Despite what some may say because of that foul, he is still not a dirty player. I was shocked when I saw him do this, he's just not that kind of player. About Nocioni, many call him a dirty player but I just see him as someone who plays hard every night. maybe last season you could make more of a case for him being cheap because of his hard elbow tot he head of tayshaun prince and some other hard fouls that year. but this season he has calmed down some and has really become a much better all around player.
Personally my favorite call of the game was when Andre Nocioni pushed Shaqs face down and Shaq slid down like 10 feet on the ground with Shaq picking up the foul. Personally I think Nocioni is the White Version of Bruce Bowen, just less defense, but more offense. Nocioni is a dirty player and it isn't just because of this series As for the Posey foul, Posey has no history of being a dirty player. I am happy he did what he did though because we gotta let the Bulls know we're still the tougher team and that we're going to be playing with intensity on Sunday. Kirk Hinrich is a little bitch though. He should've gotten a techincal foul for mouthing off after that as well.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Diesel:</div><div class="quote_post"> Nocioni is a dirty player and it isn't just because of this series,</div> Define dirty player.
That's so ignorant what Posey did, they're up 2-0 and Posey still has the nerve to do something like that, what a sore loser, and its not like he's even the star player either, he'd be no different than a uni-bomber that runs into a room with pure medschool doctors and blows them up. Total garbage.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting I-Miss-MJ:</div><div class="quote_post">sounds like some of the fans are sore losers as well.</div> *cough*
Let's wait and see what the more vocal players like Shaq have to say about Nocioni. I have a feeling he's not yet learned to choose his times to retaliate against the hard unnecessary fouls being dealt to him to see if he'll wilt. Guys like Shaq know how to plant an elbow in another player's larnyx and "accidentally" fall on their legs. Overseas players experiencing the physical and brutal fouls in the playoffs are surely taught to expect it, but may not have learned the art of payback. When other credible players start calling Nocioni "dirty" on a regular basis then the League will scrutinize him. But I still think Skiles has asked him to get tough after Songaila was lost for the season, because Darius loved to bang and didn't complain about getting hacked.
