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Show me the lump

This homer in Michigan argues for Shaq being suspended after this foul on Stuckey.

Here's my open letter in reply to this all over the map screed.

My man you are all over the map with this one.

I am NOT a Shaq fan and hated the trade but this was not a Flagrant 2 foul. He had both hands up going for the ball. Stuckey - as he always does - threw himself at the rim and Shaq threw himself at the ball.

I rarely agree with Shaq but this one was about the size difference between the two and Stuckey's flopping around like a fish (before popping back up and shooting his throws).

If he hit his head as hard as he pretended then he would have a gash or at least a lump. Show me the lump!

 

Star-divide

[Note by ZonaFlash, 11/18/08 7:34 PM EST ]

 

Sorry, couldn't resist the reference!  =)

[Note by Phoenix Stan, 11/19/08 9:20 AM PST ]

The author of the post on MLive responded:

I agree Stuckey did his part to sell it, and he definitely did not hit his head on the ground. Honestly, I could really care less about Shaq, I've never really liked or hated the guy.

Maybe it was a legit play on the ball, only Shaq really knows. But compounded with the fact that he was pissed at a call just a few seconds ago at the other end, I don't know, there could have been some premeditation involved, which is why I think the refs, who watched a replay, all seemed pretty adamant that it was a flagrant 2. It just seems like this guy gets the benefit of the doubt way too much, as I was pointing out in that post.

I would not have any problem with this if the NBA always was lenient and looked at things fairly, but I think the opposite is true. They tend to always side with what is called, or even change called flagrant 1s to flagrant 2s after review by the league office. I believe that, if this wasn't Shaq and say, Kenyon Martin, who has a reputation for flagrants,  he is not going to get a fair look from the league and is probably suspended.

Nash got a one game suspension for "escalating" the Houston/Phoenix incident, when all he really did was hop around and get held back by someone. Shaq pushed three guys and only got a $25,000 fine. Who really escalated that incident more?

[Note by Phoenix Stan, 11/19/08 10:48 AM PST ]

This is barely worth the effort...but the Michigan Live guy has declared a blog fight. I think he's just cold up there and looking for something to do.

This imagery is cool though:

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via blog.mlive.com

 

 

 

 

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Pleather Pants

You can see the lump here.

Sorry I didn’t get to this one sooner.

Mmmmm ... Guinness

by JSun on Nov 18, 2008 9:05 PM MST   1 recs

I love those comments

how do we get some of that brilliance over here? Do we need more pictures of half naked women to attract a more intelligent basketball fan?

by Phoenix Stan on Nov 19, 2008 9:19 AM MST to parent up   0 recs

More half-naked women

I’ve been pushing for that for ages. Nobody listens. We need specials with the Suns Dancers and all sorts of stuff.

More intelligent? Less intelligent? Who cares if we’ve got more half-naked women

Mmmmm ... Guinness

by JSun on Nov 19, 2008 10:16 AM MST to parent up   0 recs

wow.

Interesting analysis on that site…I’m kind of jealous.

Nice post, Stan. If Stuckey really hit that hard (I’m still not even sold that his head/chin even hit the ground) then he would’ve cracked some teeth or had a nice shiner somewhere.

It's Ba-Nash. It's a no brainer.

by Suns Ben on Nov 19, 2008 9:22 AM MST   0 recs

that blog fight pic is weak

Stuckey’s complaining about sore wrists...

,,,and soft tissue damage…uh..somewhere. =)

Stuckey wore tape around both wrists at Tuesday’s practice. He got both hands down to break his fall, so the wrists bore the brunt of it.

“Look at these wrists,” he said, holding his hands out. "They’re taped. If it wasn’t for me putting my hands on the ground, my whole grille would have been messed up. My wrists are sore. That’s it.

Window Closed? Shit, just break it then.

by ZonaFlash on Nov 20, 2008 3:06 AM MST   0 recs

Oh God.

He may be weaker than Doris Diaw.

It's Ba-Nash. It's a no brainer.

by Suns Ben on Nov 20, 2008 4:23 PM MST to parent up   0 recs

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