NBA Playoffs 2012 Running thread

Seriously. The league has to change that to a flagrant 2 after the game, so the only question should be whether it feels obligated to change Hansbrough's too.

 

Hansbroughs was nowhere near as bad as Haslems.

 

Isiah Thomas as one of the top ten players ever? Really?

 

As a guard on my hypothetical team of the past 30 years? Yes. Without hesitation.

 

Agreed. He went for the ball and followed through too hard. Haslem was trying to injure.

 

Oh, I missed the past 30 years part. Then I agree.

 

Exactly. But the refs clearly felt as though they couldn't call Haslem's a flagrant 2 because it was a response to Hansbrough's, which they correctly called a flagrant 1. So it'll be interesting to see if the league applies that same b.s. logic and upgrades Hansbrough's because it has to upgrade Haslem's.

 

In other news, the Warriors plan on moving back to San Francisco ... in 2017.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7959099/golden-state-warriors-unveil-plans-san-francisco-move

 

Should be a chilly 4-5 years in Oakland.

 

Not sure how Pittman won't get a Metta-like suspension for his Macho Man Savage elbow on Stephenson.

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Of course, because he doesn't have MWP's reputation, it'll probably be two games at the most, despite the attempted decapitation. Miami might not have much in the way of big men for Game 6. Might not matter either.

 

Like a suspension of Dexter Pittman would make any difference. That play had stench all over it--put in the 12th man benchwarmer and he immediately goes after the head of Stephensen, the same guy who'd enraged the Heat with the Game 3 choke sign.

Both Haslem and Pittman's head chops should've been called as Flagrant 2s, it's absurd that they weren't.

 

Agreed, and I know this are archaic but I kind of liked what they did. Fuck with our best two players and you better keep your head up.