<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Pigpen, the character from the Peanuts comic strip, is unclean. James Posey, the character from the Miami Heat, is dirty. Posey served his one-game suspension Friday for taking down Luol Deng on Wednesday in Miami's game against the Bulls, a suspension the Bulls predictably thought was too lenient. Heat coach Pat Riley also objected, predictably, because it apparently would keep Posey from his appointment to accept a good-citizenship medal. And so we move on from the debate about who is a dirty player, what is a dirty play and why the officials in hockey just stand there while guys punch each other yet it's the NBA that is called the violent league. The racism debate will have to wait as we sort out NBA malevolence. Posey is a dirty player, and has been for some time, which is an irony of sorts. When he played in Denver and Memphis, he was known as a "soft" player who backed away from physical play. But he mostly hits guys from behind, so it's not like he has toughened up. More likely he has watched Bill Laimbeer tapes.</div> Read more...
