May 16, 200719 yr 1. Anyone that thinks Amare was going to check in looks at it with a jaundiced eye. 2. The NBA is consistent on this rule - playoffs or not. Who remember the Heat-Knicks series a few years ago? Same thing. Unfortunate for the Suns but rules are rules. You may not like them. You do have to abide by them. Look at it however you want, but I'm sure the Spurs will take the trade off in suspensions.
May 16, 200719 yr Look at it however you want, but I'm sure the Spurs will take the trade off in suspensions. I will and you're correct.
May 16, 200719 yr The Suns countered by saying that Duncan and Bruce Bowen were guilty of a similar leaving-the-bench offense in Game 4's first half when San Antonio's Francisco Elson fell on the Suns' James Jones after a dunk. That play was also reviewed, but Jackson -- while conceding that Duncan "should not have been on the playing court" -- said that the league determined there was "no cause for the suspension rule" to be applied because the Elson-Jones tangle was not deemed to be an altercation. Semantics.
May 16, 200719 yr Great, now we have to start trying to figure out what is or is not an altercation... Get rid of this rule after this season... It's dumb... But as long as it's the rule, I'm glad they're enforcing it.
May 16, 200719 yr Facts... It depends on how you judge "altercation"....I find it when two players make contact with one another in a non-basketball related way. I haven't seen the play in question, but did they make contact with one another?
May 16, 200719 yr Facts... Was Duncan's rationale for leaving the bench not the same at Diaw and Stoudamire's?
May 16, 200719 yr Author It depends on how you judge "altercation"....I find it when two players make contact with one another in a non-basketball related way. I haven't seen the play in question, but did they make contact with one another? Two players tangled up is not an altercation. Come on...
May 16, 200719 yr Author Was Duncan's rationale for leaving the bench not the same at Diaw and Stoudamire's? Duncan left the bench to fight. Sure... :lol:
May 16, 200719 yr Duncan left the bench to fight. Sure... :lol: Duncan wouldn't know how to fight....He's the biggest baby in the league.:lol:
May 16, 200719 yr Great, now we have to start trying to figure out what is or is not an altercation... Get rid of this rule after this season... It's dumb... But as long as it's the rule, I'm glad they're enforcing it. Then we will see a lot more fights in the NBA I will tell you that.
May 16, 200719 yr Author Then we will see a lot more fights in the NBA I will tell you that. That's why the rule is in place...
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