Ya I don't care if he gets suspended for a game against some random team. I care more about a tech foul that coulda been called and sealed us a win in regulation. There is unfortunately no way to undo this.
My thoughts exactly. Edit: He isn't any less of a BITCH for doing it though. Just don't think a suspension id's the right punishment. A fine would suffice by catching it afterward, but they need to catch BUSH LEAGUE shit when it happens...
I know the rules during the game say that it should just be a technical but how is this any different than CJ taking a step onto the court and not even doing anything but still getting suspended for a game? At some point the integrity of the league needs to be considered and I think he should be suspended for at least 20 games. He purposely tried to cheat while not in the game, twice. It would be completely different if the bench was a little too close to the court and there was some incidental contact but Morris deviously tried to effect the action on the court while not in the game. There is no homerism here. That is completely unacceptable. This was an absolute failure of the officiating crew to allow the Wizards bench to even be that close to the court. They should've been warned to get back off the court at the very least. Now there is no way the ref could've seen Morris doing that so I understand why it wasn't called but they should've noticed him having both feet on the court.
What's the protocol for that? There was only one time that I can recall when a team has had a redo of sorts in recent history. There hasn't been much of a precedence outside of that, and the league isn't exactly known for its innovation. They seem to rely quite a bit on things they've done in the past. How do you suggest they handle it?
Yep. Rules arent set in stone and often take something like this to be updated/amended. The league should look at this and look to impose harsher penalties for anyone not on the court interfering with players in the game. When intentional, it should absolutely be a 1 game suspension at minimum. Think of it like this. Imagine running a kickoff back down the sideline and going for a score. The other team comes out and trips you. The player is then tossed out of the game, but he stopped the other game from scoring which won the game for the violators. If a stiffer penalty isnt imposed, then it would happen all the time, but I believe the NFL said changed that to a year suspension.
Well they won't do anything but it would be nice to replay the game starting with 6.6 seconds left and a technical issued to the Wizard bench.
The only difference in a kickoff situation is that it would be near impossible to miss that happening. The NBA fined JR Smith when he went on that weird binge of untying people's shoes but that was always while he was actually in the game. The fact that Morris tried to do this secretly from the sidelines is cheating, plain and simple. He should be disciplined accordingly. A 1st time PED suspension is 10 games. I don't see how this is different.
Morris pulling that shit had no effect on the game directly, but it just sets a precedence if they don't do anything. It reminds me of Erik Spoelstra crowding shooters on the sidelines and DeAndre Jordan distracting FT shooters. Just annoying bush league play that the NBA turns a blind eye toward.
http://www.startribune.com/st-cloud...n-leaves-sideline-to-make-a-tackle/497616891/ This player was awaredthe touchdown without actually scoring due to interference. Screw a suspension. If a player from the bench intentionally interferes with a player on the court, add 5 points to the opponents score total.
I'm anticipating a small fine <$10k and that's about it, especially since this made its way to NBA twitter, and I suppose it will show up in some capacity on the last two minute report.
I'd be okay with that rule too. It might be hard in some cases to prove intent but in this example there is absolutely no doubt. That stupid fuck does it twice too.
Remind me what circumstances lead to a game's final seconds being replayed prior to tip off the next time the two teams involved met. I can't even remember which teams were involved, but I wanna say Shaq (MIA?) was on one of them. Edit: Nevermind, had I continued reading I'd see that it was already brought up.
It's completely different. One is simply an unsportsmanlike act. The other is a rule put in place because if the malice in the palace. It's a hard and fast rule that is correct in being zero tolerance.
Then explain the NBA not suspending Curry and hiding behind the excuse that it's not an actual "altercation". I do agree that they are different but in my opinion what Morris did is a million times worse than what CJ did.
