Will Boston even get There?
citizen_drew
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Because I will be supremely disappointed if the Lakers have to play anyone else for a Ring…
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the nba is doing all it can to make sure the celtics make it with the obvious coddling of the "star" Garnett
I'm just saying that whatever Joe Johnson can do Lebron can probably do better.
planet earth... the spurs are a very beatable team at this point. i honestly think that the hornets have a really good shot the way theyre playing now. and if the spurs do beat them, i dont think they can beat the lakers. and im not sure i get what you are saying when you say that the nba is doing all it can to make sure the celtics make it? thats not true at all.
i totally agree. i hate the celtics more than anything. however, its not only like that with kg. if it was any other superstar in the playoffs in that play, they wouldn't have gotten suspended either. i hate the star treatment that certain players in the nba get. the spurs are the worst tho. some of those calls down the stretch last night against the suns were horrible. so i dont think that its the nba doing everything they can do make sure the celts make it, although im sure secretly they would love to see a lakers celts finals cuz that would give the nba the highest ratings in a very long time.
Perk/Williams - maybe. KG - no way.
Can't wait to go to the game tonight...
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Other players have been suspended for less than Garnett's infraction with the ref and the league has already set a 'no-tolerance' policy and precedent. They have said that there is no gray-area and they won't go on a case by case basis, but that's exactly what they are doing to protect the star.
KG needs all the help he can get to get out of the first round of the playoffs. He is basically Tracy McGrady 1/8
HAHAHAHAHAHA - Whatever.
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5/15/07
The NBA suspended Robert Horry (SA) for 2 games for his forearm shiver on
Steve Nash (Pho) late in Monday's SA-Pho game and for striking Raja Bell
(Pho) during the confrontation after the incident. Amare Stoudemire (Pho)
and Boris Diaw (Pho) were suspended for leaving the bench during the
altercation.
5/3/06
The NBA suspended Raja Bell (Pho) for 1 game for throwing Kobe Bryant
(LAL) to the ground during Tuesday's Pho-LAL game.
5/18/06
The NBA suspended Jason Terry (Dal) for 1 game for throwing a punch at
Michael Finley (SA) during Wednesday's Dal-SA game.
4/24/06
The NBA suspended Ron Artest (Sac) for 1 game for throwing an elbow at
Manu Ginobili (SA) during Saturday's Sac-SA game.
4/29/05
The NBA suspended Antoine Walker (Bos) for 1 game for contact with a ref
following his scuffle with Jermaine O'Neal (Ind) during Thursday's Bos-Ind
game. O'Neal was fined $10,000 for his role in the scuffle.
5/17/04
The NBA suspended Anthony Peeler (Sac) for 2 games for throwing an elbow
that hit Kevin Garnett (Min) in the chin and throwing an elbow that hit
Garnett in the midsection during Sunday's Min-Sac game. If Sacramento
does not advance to the Conference Finals, then the 2nd game suspension
will be served the first game of the 04-05 regular season. Garnett was
fined $7,500 for an elbow thrown to Peeler's chest, which occurred after
Peeler's first elbow and immediately before the one to the face.
4/30/01
The NBA fined Dee Brown (Orl) $5,000 and suspended him for 1 game for
coming off the bench during an altercation in Saturday's Orl-Mil game.
Orlando was fined a matching $5,000.
4/27/01
The NBA fined Dale Davis (Por) $15,000 and suspended him for 1 game for
throwing an elbow at Robert Horry (LAL) during Thursday's Por-LAL game.
The NBA also fined Stacey Augmon (Por) $5,000 and suspended him for 1 game
for leaving the bench during the altercation and fined Portland a matching
$5,000.
6/2/01
The NBA suspended Scott Williams (Mil) for 1 game. The league upgraded
his flagrant foul-level 1 from Game 6 vs Philadelphia where he threw a
forearm at Allen Iverson (Phi) to a level 2 and that combined with 2 level
1 flagrant fouls he received earlier in the playoffs gave him a total of 4
flagrant foul points. A player who accumulates 4 flagrant foul points in
the playoffs is automatically suspended.
/14/00
The NBA fined Matt Geiger (Phi) $20,000 and suspended him for 2 games for
his 2 flagrant fouls against Reggie Miller (Ind) during Saturday's Ind-Mil
game. The NBA fined Miller $5,000 and suspended him for 1 game for
retaliating after the 2nd flagrant. The NBA fined Philadelphia $50,000
for Geiger's actions with NBA VP Rod Thorn stating, "Teams and coaches
will be held accountable for the reckless actions of their players." If
Indiana wins game 5 and, thus, wins the series, Geiger will serve the 2nd
game of his suspension during the first regular season game of next
season.
5/15/97
The NBA handed out the fines and suspensions for Wednesday's NY-Mia fight.
P.J. Brown (Mia) was fined $10,000 and suspended for 2 games. If the
NY-Mia series does not go to 7 games, his 2nd game suspension will be
moved to the first game of the 97-98 season. Charlie Ward (NY) was fined
$6,000 and suspended for 1 game. Patrick Ewing (NY), Allan Houston (NY),
Larry Johnson (NY), and John Starks (NY) were fined $2,500 and suspended
for 1 game for leaving the bench. Because playoff teams are required to
dress 9 players, Ward, Ewing, and Houston will miss game 6 and Johnson
and Starks will miss game 7 or game 1 vs Chicago. The games for the
suspension of the players who left the bench was determined
alphabetically. Starks was also fined $5,000 for making an obscene
gesture at the crowd. Dontae' Jones, who is not on the Knick's playoff
roster, also left the bench and has been restricted from sitting on the
bench for the rest of the playoffs and has been suspended for the first
game of the 97-98 season.
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they always have special treatment for superstars. look at my example about the suns spurs game. the spurs got all the calls because they have (probably) the greatest power foward of all time. its just how the association works. it sickens me but im used to it.
So please, tell me why KG shouldn't be suspended like you said earlier.
Kobe did get suspended last year for giving forearms after shots
Amare last year - game changing I would say so. KG shouldn't be suspended as he didn't do anything to deserve a suspension. Got to run - I hear good vibrations in the background - feel it - feel it.
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KG gave Pachulia a hard forearm and then pushed the ref to break free from him, both of which have gotten other players suspensions in the past, so KG should have been suspended.
Maybe it doesn't deserve a suspension, but based on the past and the way the league has tried to become more strict, it most definitely deserves a suspension.
I guess we'll agree to disagree.
Anyways, if they did the mandatory suspensions for the bench clearing incident I'd be happy. The Hawks would lose more than the Celtics and I am pretty sure that the Celtics could win at home even without KG in that situation.
Bring it on chumps.
Oh, And Welcome To the Jungle.
And Markymark you said that the nba doesn't have the balls to actually suspend a game changing player during the playoffs, this is the point being argued, so the "situation" surrounding the suspension doen't matter. I'm pretty sure that Indifference gave enough examples of the league suspending "game changing players" to prove a point. Now you can argue what "game changing" means to hold on to being right.
Go Detroit!