There are sure a lot of folks getting their panties in a wad over this one. I know a lot of fouls end up stirring up a hornets nest, especially if they are hard. But after years of this happening, why do you expect any different? I mean, after Robert Horry took out Steve Nash in a playoff game a few years back and cut his head open is just one example of how the NBA pretty much has given approval for teams to jack hammer each other in the playoffs, and it pays off. So why wouldn't you do it?
if I recall correctly, Horry was ejected and suspended for 2 games. Thats a reasonable deterrent and hardly the NBA giving it's approval of this sort of play... I don't think a suspended player gets paid either. STOMP
Really having a washed up 15 year vet suspended when a player having an MVP level season was out of the game for a major portion of it due to the inability to stop the bleeding is equal? Are you completely fucking high out of your mind? Yea washed up Horry=Nash during MVP year. Yea yea that's the ticket.
Impressive memory you've got there hasoos. The Suns won that game 4 where Nash was hipchecked by Horry w/18 seconds left and Steve played 46 minutes in a game 5 loss. The Suns lost other key players for that game 5 because they left the bench. Players who broke the rules were punished. google is my friend and can be yours too STOMP
And Rondo throws Kirk Hinrich into the scorers table in the first quarter of Game 6. Kirk Hinrich was about to beat Rondo up, but Rondo ran behind the ref. NBA has to look at a suspension for Rondo, as they did the cumulative suspension for Nocioni a few years ago, and the cumulative suspension for Posey, in the playoffs, a few years ago. Rondo tripped Hinrich, causing Hinrich to get stitches in game 5, the swing at Miller in game 5, and now throwing Hinrich into the scorers table. If this was Ron Artest, Nocioni, Posey, Bowen, etc, he would be getting suspended. Rondo's just lucky that the ref was there, because Kirk Hinrich was about to beat him up.
Naw. I think Kirk Hinrich was ready to start swinging, and get himself suspended for the remainder of the playoffs, while taking Rondo out with him, by provoking Rondo to swing back.
Damn straight! I get up everyday and think how glorious it would be if only the Celtics could lose. I have a little voodoo Celtic doll I stab with pins. I use green celtic toilet paper. At work we have a down with the Celtics chant every Tuesday at 14:00. Turn off the phones and shut down the whole shop for 4 minutes.
