Draymond suspended for Game 5

Holy crap, that was bad. Reggie's momentum carried him into Jordan and he probably said something that pissed off Jordan, then Jordan got away with a head butt, an eye gouge and a punch to the face and Reggie was the only one ejected.

Of course, they didn't have the benefit of replay back then, but sheesh that was bad.

BNM

 

If you watch Jordan and Reggie at the very beginning of the video, Jordan also got away with elbowing Reggie in the face. So I think Reggie was definitely saying something after he scored.

One time the refs let Reggie foul Jordan though, was when he pushed off to get open for the game winning 3 in the playoffs. But they never called push offs on Jordan either, his last shot as a bull was the result of a push off.

 

Of course, they also let the Bad Boy Pistons knock Jordan on his ass every time he drove to the basket and it was just a common foul. No flagrant in those days. Early in his career Jordan took everything to the rim and tried to dunk on everybody. Constantly getting knocked on his ass forced him to develop that pull up jump shot. Adapt or perish.

BNM

 

I'm not a Reggie Miller fan at all but Jordan had a get out of foul trouble free pass just like Shaq

 

I don't want to.

 

Wow. I didn't remember till now how horribly officiated that was.

 

Idiots at Oracle Arena were carrying "Free Draymond Green" signs. Like he's a political prisoner or something.

 

Seeing the type of mental midget Green is, I see him being a non-factor in game 6. He may come around in a game 7 but seeing how he reacted in the OKC series I think he's done mentally.

 

Anyone have the video?

 

Yeah, I grew up a Bulls fan and didn't move to Portland until 1989 (but rooted for the Blazers in '77 because Bill Walton was my favorite player going back to his college days at UCLA). I was there during Jordan's first five seasons and even as a Jordan fan, I recognize how blatantly bad that was.

Magic and Bird were the first players the NBA marketed as individuals. The TV promos weren't just Celtics vs. Lakers, it was Bird vs. Magic. But Jordan was the NBA's first branded player. The whole Nike/Air Jordan branding made him not just bigger than his team, it made him bigger than the league. Stern was smart enough to seize onto that and ride Jordan's coattails.

That video is the most blatant example I've seen of superstar favoritism. And, it's not like Reggie Miller was just some bum that got the shaft from the officials. He was also a star and arguably a top 3 SG in the league at the time, but he was no Air Jordan (obviously), neither in talent, nor in the eyes of the officials (again, obviously).

BNM