Forget the PM stuff, I don't care about that.
What I DO care about is how anyone can justify Raja's actions. I don't mean Bullseye. Bullseye has said it was uncalled for, even if he doesn't grasp the severity of the hit.
Raja was saying he had gotten hit in the face with elbows from Kobe during the game. Watching the replays, he got a forearm in the chest which he flopped on and got the call and a second flop where he held his mouth even though Kobe's elbows weren't near him. If he is relying on that as his reasoning for turning into Hulk Hogan, he should be suspended on mental stupidity alone.
He did not try to stop Kobe from falling, in fact, he threw him down with even more force. He smiled and laughed about it all the way back to the locker room, showing no remorse for what he did until a press conference 30 minutes later. Personally, I don't believe a word he said there.
Kobe, Phil and everyone involved knows he should be suspended. Phil won't say it because he wants Raja in the building so the fans get into it that much more. Kobe wants him there because every time he sees TINKER Bell's face, it will fire him up even more.
Kobe showed remarkable restraint there. If it was me, I would have caused a riot. NO ONE would EVER get away with something like that on me. Rearing back and clotheslining someone else? Game over.
Oh, and this argument that the people who wish to see Raja get his due butt kicking makes tm no better or somehow worse? BS. I am sorry, but if someone is a bully and a thug, you don't turn the other cheek, you teach them a lesson.
I personally liked how Nash and D'antoni were complaing about the refs after the game saying that this evens things out and Bell shouldn't be suspended. I know they are sticking up for their guy, but please.
Doesn't matter anyway. The Lakers are going to be so jacked up come Thursday night that I wouldn't be surprised if they blow the Suns out.