Suns-Spurs suspensions

Steve Kerr, who called the game, was on ESPN Radio today saying that Tim Duncan left the Spurs' bench after a hard foul and minor scuffle in the second quarter. ... Kerr said what Duncan did was equal to what Diaw did.

I didn't see the play in question, but it also didn't seem like something Kerr would make up on a whim. If true, shouldn't that subject Duncan to the same discipline?

 

Josh,

Jalen Rose (yes a Sun but also part of the union) said the same thing Kerr did. It's garbage if Duncan doesn't get equal punishment to Stoudemire and Diaw because it was the equal "crime."

 

This is just awful. Way to screw up your marquee playoff series of the year. Oh well, the Spurs-Warriors is going to be compelling (TIC).

 

This series is not over. Even if the Spurs win the next game......

 

1. The series is not over by any means.
2. The Suns are not "winning by 20 tomorrow." Book it.
3. There's no way you discipline Duncan for celebrating a dunk.

 

Terrible ruling. Terrible rule. Let's see, every single one of the discussed cheap shots in this series--Bowen's kick to the back of Stoudamire's achilles tendon, Bowen's knee to Nash's nuts, Horry's blatantly hip checking Nash into the stands--have been perpetrated by the Spurs. NONE by the Suns. And, if anything, the Suns have shown remarkable restraint by not reacting or retaliating sooner. So when the punishments are finally handed down, logically, it ends being the SUNS that are punished much more harshly, with the suspension of Stoudamire and Diaw for committing the crime of simply leaving the bench but NEVER ACTUALLY TOUCHING anyone. Well that certainly makes sense.

 

Terrible rule? Yes.
But there was never a doubt about what the enforcement would be.

 

David Stern has become the Howard Hughes of sports. He used to be a smart guy. Now it's all about megalomania and paranoia.

 

Care to make it interesting, mustardbased?

 

name your bet

 

The rule is the rule. Everyone knows about it and it has been strictly and consistently enforced for a decade. The Suns players were idiots for coming on the court.

Two games is ridiculous for Horry -- way too high during playoff season. He only got that much because they felt it needed to be harsher than the Suns players suspensions.