I want the league to keep the same rules for the regular season and the playoffs.  I don't know of any other league that says, "Hey, it's ok to break the rules during the playoffs...it's the playoffs!"  It's like saying, "It's ok to start tackling the quarterback after he's thrown the ball, it's the Super Bowl" or "The strike zone is now from the navel to the waist because it's the World Series".  

If it's a foul in the regular season, it's a foul in the playoffs.  There's a difference between being aggressive and slapping, grabbing and pushing.  But leave it to a Spurs fan to think otherwise.

ya i agree with you that bowen is aggressive...aggressively cheap. the NBA turns the other cheek when it comes to cowardly cheap shots. its also amazing that the coward Bowen is the NBA's active leader in consecutive games played. i guess David Stern is Bowen's guardian angel.

go away

The Spurs are so boring their fans can't even stand to talk about them during the Finals!

Let's compare Raja Bell and Bruce Bowen:

Raja Bell

1.  Looks normal
   
2.  Admits when he makes a mistake and goes over the line
   
3.  Doesn't have tons of videos about him on YouTube proving he's a dirty player

Bruce Bowen

1.  Even called Mr. Potato Head by his own team's fans
   
2.  Never admits that anything he does is on purpose (typical Spur behavior)
   
3.  Has over 10 videos on YouTube proving he's a dirty player

Sure, Raja made a mistake by clotheslining Kobe.  And he admitted his error and actually has Kobe's respect on the court now.  Bruce Bowen isn't man enough to admit that what he does is on purpose.  He tries to hurt someone at least 4-5 times a year.  And I don't know of one player outside of the Spurs (who are all the same so they don't count) that actually enjoys playing against him.

It's one thing to be good and have the challenge to play against someone.  Michael Jordan had that.  Wayne Gretzky had that.  Heck, even Kurt Rambis had that.

It's another to be vilified by other players.  Barry Bonds comes to mind.  Why don't people like playing against him or respect him?  Because he's a cheater.

Thanks for coming as much as you want to comment here though.  It just proves my point over and over again that your team is so boring even their own fans get bored - while they're playing in the FINALS!!  I've decided it's got to really stink to be a Spurs fan.

did you even make it past middle school?

raja was getting hit in the balls by kobe again and again. It was in retaliation, unlike Bowens actions.
Hey, the real teams in Texas..the mavs and the rockets... they're classy...you spurs could learn a lot from them. Once Duncan gets a little older, the Spurs will fade away for decades, you know it, I know it.

Also, important to point out, I don't think any one of us suns fans on this blog, if we were playing the cavs in the finals, and the spurs were at home, would go to a spurs blog and put others down.

As Dan says, I hope you never leave, your quite funny in a stupid sort of way. Please, keep posting,

The Cavs and their fans are content with finishing 2nd. they don't belong in the finals, and everyone, including the players know it. They will be happy if they can win 1 game in this series. So what is there for them to whine about. they are still a year or 2 away from being legit contenders. their window of opportunity is just starting to open up. i mean there are 5 or 6 teams in the west that could beat them if they played in the playoffs. the reason us suns fans are bitter, is because we have never been there. and our window of opportunity is closing. last year if we had amare, who knows, maybe the suns would have won the championship. this year we got screwed by the lethal tag team of the David Stern and his favorite team, the Spurs. next year, who knows? perhaps no matrix, and possibly a step backwards.