Suns-Spurs suspensions

I'll still watch the games, but I do agree with you. Only way Stern has any chance to come out of this OK is if the Suns come back to win the series. Then he could say he didn't rob the Suns/hand it to the Spurs. But anything short of that, and he will hear about whatever happens after this series.

 

Thanks for joining the rest of us in ignoring the NBA.

Actually, I've watched a bit lately. But only if there's less than 6 minutes left ... figure that'll take 45 minutes of my time.

 

David Stern enforced the rules. He didn't take the spineless route and give some "good of the game" exception to two guys who have broke the one rule that has been uniformly applied since its inception.

 

Boys, the series is not over.

Do you really think the Spurs can beat the Suns in game 6? The Suns will be on the mission of missions.

F Mario the flopper.

 

And that brings me to another point -- it is 7-game series and the winner has to win four games. Whoever emerges will have had to earn it.

 

David Stern would've been bashed on this board either way. If he would've taken the other route, SportsJournalists.com Baseball is Peeeerfect Nation would say he was protecting his stars.

 

He protected Duncan.

 

Beat me to it.

 

And how exactly did he protect Duncan? And please don't tell me "by not suspending him." Because if you've watched the video of Duncan "coming on the floor," you know it was nothing more than Phoenix grasping at straws.

There was no altercation. Nothing even remotely close to an altercation. If you suspend Duncan for that, you'll have to suspend every player on every team that doesn't play 48 minutes.

 

Duncan came out onto the court. The rule is the rule.

As an aside, I tried watching five minutes of Cavs-Nets last night, and I swear, it put me to sleep.

This is supposed to be playoff basketball? In theory, the best eight teams in the NBA?

If this cheap shot is the best thing the NBA has going for it, no wonder why I never watch anymore.

 

No, this isn't the best thing the NBA has going for it. The 3 series that are going on right now are coming down to the wire.

Just because you don't like basketball, dosn't mean everyone dosn't like basketball(as you can clearly see by the attendance records).

 

What Duncan did was no different than what Diaw and Stoudemire did ... walking a little to far to make sure that their teammate is OK. This wasn't the Knicks-Bulls (1994), Knicks-Heat (1990s), Pacers-Pistons (2004) or Knicks-Nuggets (2006). This is nowhere close to any of those.

Diaw says he's a pacifist; the fact he's yet to draw a technical foul in four seasons probably confirms it. Was he going to throw down against Horry? Seriously? The only person who looked like he might have wanted to fight was Bell, who was on the court.