Random NBA Chatter - Season long thread

• Midstate01

  

  Lol at harden flopping.
• Crimson streak

  

  wes_mantooth;1152371 wrote:All NBA players do....which is one of the reasons why it is a tough sport to watch

  
  Let me elbow you in the head like that and we will see how you react
• Fly4Fun

  

  Harden has flopped in the past, but that Artest elbow was a solid connect with no flopping at all.
  
  I do agree that the NBA has to punish players for flopping though.
• Pick6

  

  Fly4Fun;1152577 wrote:Harden has flopped in the past, but that Artest elbow was a solid connect with no flopping at all.
  
  I do agree that the NBA has to punish players for flopping though.

  I don't, it's part of the game. Judging if somebody "flopped" or not is too subjective and something I could see creating problems.
• wildcats20

  

  Pick6;1152580 wrote:I don't, it's part of the game. Judging if somebody "flopped" or not is too subjective and something I could see creating problems.

  
  I agree.
  
  But when a player goes down when there has been literally NO contact, they need punished. It happens more often than not.
• wildcats20

  

  And it's only part of the game because the league lets players get away with it.
  
  Start with a fine and I guarantee it will start to stop.
• Fly4Fun

  

  I think players should be given the benefit of the doubt, but there are some where it's just so painfully obvious that it's embarrassing.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h60uviwKC0
• Heretic

  

  For anyone who is interested, Steve Francis has followed up his basketball career with a "make embarrassingly bad raps" career.
  
  [video=youtube;cavAQx-_G5Y][/video]
• Laley23

  

  You can punish flopping post game easily. Fine them/suspend them for it after the replays have been seen. It would get them to stop, and at that point isnt subjective.
• wes_mantooth

  

  Crimson streak;1152523 wrote:Let me elbow you in the head like that and we will see how you react

  
  No
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Heretic;1152637 wrote:For anyone who is interested, Steve Francis has followed up his basketball career with a "make embarrassingly bad raps" career.
  
  [video=youtube;cavAQx-_G5Y][/video]

  Look out Ben Broussard.
• Heretic

  

  wes_mantooth;1152645 wrote:No

  Can I throw the 'bow? Plz.
• Skyhook79

  

  Fly4Fun;1152046 wrote:I don't think 7 games is enough for intentionally throwing an elbow at someones head and not even admitting you made a huge mistake in the moment. His refusal to accept reality and trying to pass it off as "celebration" shows that the guy just doesn't get it. He needs to have been out at least double digits. Then again, because he is a Laker I was afraid the league would only do 3-5 games.

  Oh yeah the league office is in the tank for the Lakers, Chris Paul and Mitch Kupchak disagree's however.:rolleyes:
• Skyhook79

  

  [video=youtube;eMZ-n4KNkkg][/video]
• Skyhook79

  

  [video=youtube;foaPMZxtzx4][/video]
• chicago510

  

  Now we know why Derek Fisher wanted an audit, and why Billy Hunter wanted to vote Fisher out.
  
  Hunter is crooked and a total nepotist
  
  http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--nbpa-executive-director-billy-hunter-sought-union-investment-for-bank-with-ties-to-son.html
• chicago510

  

  
• wildcats20

  

  sleeper;1151994 wrote:What a travesty. Harden will likely be out 7 games.

  Oh really?
  
  He missed 1 game, was cleared to play tonight, but the team held him out. So he will miss a total of 2 games.
  
  Which tells me one big thing. The elbow didn't make as bad as contact as it seemed. Which I thought at the time when it happened. He was hit directly in the side of the head, it was more of the neck region.
• Terry_Tate

  

  chicago510;1152760 wrote:Now we know why Derek Fisher wanted an audit, and why Billy Hunter wanted to vote Fisher out.
  
  Hunter is crooked and a total nepotist
  
  http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--nbpa-executive-director-billy-hunter-sought-union-investment-for-bank-with-ties-to-son.html

  
  Damn, Yahoo strikes again. Brutal article for Billy Hunter.
• Hb31187

  

  wildcats20;1152916 wrote:Oh really?
  
  He missed 1 game, was cleared to play tonight, but the team held him out. So he will miss a total of 2 games.
  
  Which tells me one big thing. The elbow didn't make as bad as contact as it seemed. Which I thought at the time when it happened. He was hit directly in the side of the head, it was more of the neck region.

  Seriously?
• Laley23

  

  Terry_Tate;1152943 wrote:Damn, Yahoo strikes again. Brutal article for Billy Hunter.

  Their journalists are awesome.
• wildcats20

  

  Hb31187;1152948 wrote:Seriously?

  I mean it didn't hit him square in the side of the head like it seemed.
• Laley23

  

  Should never be judged on the outcome anyway. Only on the action. The action deserved the amount of heat its getting.
• wildcats20

  

  Laley23;1152956 wrote:Should never be judged on the outcome anyway. Only on the action. The action deserved the amount of heat its getting.

  I agree.
  
  I'm just saying, you don't cleared 3 days later from a concussion.
• Laley23

  

  wildcats20;1152959 wrote:I agree.
  
  I'm just saying, you don't cleared 3 days later from a concussion.