Horry suspended two games, Amaré, Diaw out one

[BAMAPHIN 22]

Robert Horry knocked Steve Nash to the ground in the closing seconds of Monday's Game 4.

Phoenix got the worst of it in the ruling by commissioner David Stern under the recommendation of executive vice president Stu Jackson.


The Phoenix Suns' chances of advancing to the Western Conference finals have taken a hit as nasty as the one Robert Horry gave Steve Nash.

The NBA suspended Suns All-Star center Amare Stoudemire and his teammate Boris Diaw on Tuesday for Wednesday night's Game 5 of Phoenix's conference semifinal series against the San Antonio Spurs.

Their offense: leaving the bench area following Horry's flagrant foul on Nash in the waning seconds of Monday night's 104-98 come-from-behind Suns' win in San Antonio that squared the best-of-seven series at two games apiece.
Horry, who sent the Suns' crafty playmaker flying into the scorer's table with 18 seconds to play, was suspended two games for the flagrant foul and for striking Raja Bell above the shoulders with a forearm.

Phoenix got the worst of it in the ruling by commissioner David Stern under the recommendation of executive vice president Stu Jackson.

Horry is a reserve role player. Stoudemire is a first-team all-NBA selection who leads the Suns in scoring and rebounding through the first four games of the series. Diaw would have been his replacement.

"I feel like I've been punched in the gut," Suns owner Robert Sarver said.
Jackson said the league does not want to influence the outcome of a series but had no choice in the matter.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...07/05/15/spurs.suns.suspensions.ap/index.html

 

[Motion]

BS

Amare shouldn't have gotten anything. :shakeno:

 

[Alex44]

Horry is the only one who should have gotten anything. Duncan got off the bench earlier in the game and crossed the three point line? Why not him? Nash try to go back and fight Horry, he did more than either of the other two guys who got suspended.

Thats complete BS and now will end a great series.

 

[QuenteK25]

This has all been argued, re-argued, and then argued again in...

http://finheaven.com/boardvb2/showthread.php?t=195373&page=33

(Check page 33 for a few different viewpoints.)

In my opinion...it comes down to a stupid rule the NBA has in effect that will hopefully be rewritten in the off-season so that it actually addresses only what they want it to, rather than situations like this.

Unfortunately the way it is written, this HAD to be done to follow the rule.

Duncan wasn't suspended because he didn't leave the bench during an "altercation." Again, what he did was just as harmless as Amare/Diaw, and neither did anything that should really be worthy of a suspension, it's just that one poorly designed rule.

 

[Alex44]

This has all been argued, re-argued, and then argued again in...

http://finheaven.com/boardvb2/showthread.php?t=195373&page=33

(Check page 33 for a few different viewpoints.)

In my opinion...it comes down to a stupid rule the NBA has in effect that will hopefully be rewritten in the off-season so that it actually addresses only what they want it to, rather than situations like this.

Unfortunately the way it is written, this HAD to be done to follow the rule.

Duncan wasn't suspended because he didn't leave the bench during an "altercation." Again, what he did was just as harmless as Amare/Diaw, and neither did anything that should really be worthy of a suspension, it's just that one poorly designed rule.

No it didn't.

The rule doesn't say you can't leave the bench or step on the court, it says you can't leave the immediate vicinity of the bench. What does that mean? You can't wander to far away. Neither Amare or Diaw went far from the bench, especially Diaw.

 

[QuenteK25]

Amare actually ENTERED the court bro, and Diaw wandered a good ten feet.

The rule sucks and the series is going to suffer, but the way the league has used this rule in the past, it did have to happen for them to maintain some sort of consistency.

 

[nick1]

this is why I hate the NBA, they always have stuff like this going on come playoff time. It might be bad officiating or a BS suspension like this. The NBA is so double standard and they have so many conspiracy theories

 

[DuderinoN703]

No it didn't.

The rule doesn't say you can't leave the bench or step on the court, it says you can't leave the immediate vicinity of the bench. What does that mean? You can't wander to far away. Neither Amare or Diaw went far from the bench, especially Diaw.

So Miami boy if Amare or Diaw didn't go far from the bench why were they suspended? You think Stern has a hard-on for halfcourt basketball?

 

[DuderinoN703]

Horry is the only one who should have gotten anything. Duncan got off the bench earlier in the game and crossed the three point line? Why not him? Nash try to go back and fight Horry, he did more than either of the other two guys who got suspended.

Thats complete BS and now will end a great series.

Check out the other thread for the rules of this certain event. Duncan got off the bench but there was no altercation going on at the time so it was ok.

The Horry incident was different.

If this happened to a player like Jalen Rose getting suspended nobody would be saying a damn thing

 

[The Confessor]

I brought it up in the other mentioned thread, and I will re-iterate.

This reminds me of WWF-

You know, the one where its tag team, and you have the bad guys (Usually wearing black) and the good guys-(Usually wearing white), and the one good guy is getting beat up in the ring by a bad guy and everytime the other good guy tries to intervene, the ref turns his head and the other bad guy comes in with a Chair and hits the good guy in the ring over the head....same thing. No difference. IMO.

 

[DuderinoN703]

I brought it up in the other mentioned thread, and I will re-iterate.

This reminds me of WWF-

You know, the one where its tag team, and you have the bad guys (Usually wearing black) and the good guys-(Usually wearing white), and the one good guy is getting beat up in the ring by a bad guy and everytime the other good guy tries to intervene, the ref turns his head and the other bad guy comes in with a Chair and hits the good guy in the ring over the head....same thing. No difference. IMO.

You gunna hijack this thread too?

 

[The Confessor]

You gunna hijack this thread too?

I just might....all anti NBA all the time......

No go drink your beer and sit back awhile:evil:

 

[QuenteK25]

A little OT, but how did you become a Lobos fan in AZ? There's got to be a story behind this one.

 

[djfresh47]

this is why I hate the NBA, they always have stuff like this going on come playoff time. It might be bad officiating or a BS suspension like this. The NBA is so double standard and they have so many conspiracy theories

Wouldn't it be a double-standard if they did not suspend Stoudemire and Diaw? The problem isn't that the guys got suspended it's the rule. The NBA has an image problem so Stern tries to conform players to stupid rules and regulations. The NFL has players serving time yet Goddell is applauded for being tough, unfair yet tough.

If their were to be a conspiracy theory I don't know why Stern would want to help the Spurs win. The idea of a Utah/San Antonio WCF does not seem very intriguing. Yet Phoenix plays a style of basketball that can bring in more fans.

On a sidenote, Steve Nash flying and laying like he just had been shot reminded me he was a soccer fan.

 

[Quelonio]

Wouldn't it be a double-standard if they did not suspend Stoudemire and Diaw? The problem isn't that the guys got suspended it's the rule. The NBA has an image problem so Stern tries to conform players to stupid rules and regulations. The NFL has players serving time yet Goddell is applauded for being tough, unfair yet tough.

If their were to be a conspiracy theory I don't know why Stern would want to help the Spurs win. The idea of a Utah/San Antonio WCF does not seem very intriguing. Yet Phoenix plays a style of basketball that can bring in more fans.

On a sidenote, Steve Nash flying and laying like he just had been shot reminded me he was a soccer fan.

:err: soccer players flop... fans, not really, I sincerely doubt you would want to face a angry soccer fan and do that to him... they stab and shoot people ya know?