I think NBA made good on this one. I do feel bad for Haslem, as he was just trying to stand up for his buddy & the captain of the team, but that two handed block at the torso. Really? Many teenagers playing ball can make it look more legit than that. He might as well screamed "look! look!" while taking down Hansbrough. They should suspend him another game for being clumsy.
Don't forget Pittman's mega elbow to the throat at the end!
I didn't know about this until today.
I agree with you guys, that was cheap, dirty & dangerous. I'm not sure if three was enough for foul like that. What had he broke the guy's neck? Definitely a possibility with that particular swing at the neck. After looking at the replay, I think I might have banned him for the season. Dead serious.
Gotta agree with that, but if you wanna get back at a player by fouling them then you don't just flagrant them and risk the chance of playing in the next playoff game on the line.
Not if you are in the position that he is in, or if your team is in the position the Heat is in, as they are already playing without Bosh.
Not liking the coach is one thing, but watching some of those games where the team seemed to not even be trying was sad.
I've been a Blazer fan since either 1987 or '88. 2011~12 Blazers were the worst Blazers team I ever saw. I'd like to see the front office trade away as much as possible. One thing to suck, but whole another matter to quit on the team & the fans when you are getting paid ungodly amount of $$$.
We shall. In fact, I'm anxious to see how Manu does; an article on Yahoo said during all 3 regular season games, Manu did not play in any of them. They did match up Parker vs. Westbrook, Ginobili vs. Harden, & had a quote from OKC stating that SA is a team full of shooters and masters of the pick & roll, so they'll have to change their up their game after playing a physical team of the Lakers.
Local sports talk show interviewed the OKC play-by-play or commentary guy(I forget), and he made some good points about the upcoming series, and so did Ben Golliver(CBSSports.com/Blazersedge.com). They also seem to have more respect or confidence for the Spurs as well. Golliver especially made a point about Westbrook not being the most consistent player, and I thought that was valid. Parker, like most Spur is high basketball IQ, so he might try to get Westbrook out of sync. He also said he can't see Spurs losing four out of next seven, but I can't really picture Thunder losing four either.
It's great to hear that Ginobili didn't even contribute to the regular season series though. 👍
That's low.
I forgot, she used to play for Dallas.
Seriously though, I do respect
her him a lot. One of the best point guards of our time. My Nash bashing stems from when I used to talk smack with my buddy who was a Nash fan, and I of course was Parker fan. Today, I actually rather have Nash than Parker. I hope I didn't just jinx the Spurs.
If they didn't implode after last year, they will this year; Kobe believes he still has another championship in him & placed a lot of blame on the team for their poor performance, esp. Gasol.
That would be the first person I blame also. Like I said, he was a premier F/C just couple years ago. I question his heart.
Correct. Rose is out for 8-12 months & I don't think they've even said if Baron has a time frame. Some think it's the end of his career.
I think Baron's done. Like Greg Oden. They may still have good game every now and then, but between how many weeks of sitting down with injury? I like both Oden & Davis(add Brandon Roy here), but if I was putting together a team, I would not plan on those guys suiting up when I needed them to.
It's hard to argue with Kobe after watching his play this year, what a scoring machine! I bet Marc Gasol is loving it though, now he's the best Gasol brother.
No kidding.
If you think Kobe's good now, did you watch when Kobe was
great? I'm a Blazer fan(Blazer fans are not allowed to root for the Lakers), and I am a Kobe fan if that tells you anything.
I saw a mention of Portland needing a new head coach and it made me think of this piece about Greg Oden. Portland may also want to look at hiring a new training staff while looking for a head coach.
Grantland Interview with Greg Oden
Reading the above article and either reading an article or seeing a video about how the Phoenix Suns' (probably the best in the league) training staff go about keeping their players healthy, there would definitely seem to be some issues with Portland's staff.
They've been questioned last couple of years now. I am no expert at this, so I couldn't tell you, except I think Oden and Roy would have suffered knee issues regardless of training staff. If they could have received better care, I don't know.
Miami was thugnificent last night.
I feel bad for Oden though. Hopefully it's Portland's med staff that sucks and he can make a completely recovery next year. Sign with Miami, Greg!
I'm gonna tell him about that Omnis guy who mocked him...... since the draft, probably. Yeah, that Omnis will be jeering from the stands for sure. Don't go to Miami.
'm picking spurs in 6. They are playing inspired ball at the moment, and they happened to have a coach named Gregg popovich, perhaps the closest coach to Phil Jackson's legacy to be still in the game.
I'm a huge fan of both, but I think Popovich is the better coach. It's hard to say though. Phil had MJ/Pippen & Kobe/Shaq(or Gasol), Pop had roster full of very skilled & intelligent players.
I wonder where the Clippers would be now if Chauncey Billups hadn't been injured...
Same place, at least I think so. Now Billups from say five or so years ago played on this Clippers, they might have avoided a sweep, but I think they still would have lost against the Spurs.
