I don’t get it.
Posted Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 at 10:44 am
How is it that Kobe Bryant is suspended for 1 game for an inadvertent elbow to Manu Ginobli - albiet painful - when last year in the playoffs, Raja Bell was only given a 1 game suspension for intentionally horse-collering Kobe & throwing him to the ground? He should have been suspended for the remainder of the playoffs, and Kobe should have been given a small fine. If that.
January 31st, 2007 at 10:58 am
Even though I enjoyed this — http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/basketball/nba/01/30/lakers.knicks.ap/index.html — I agree. That suspension was suspect. If the inadvertent elbow came from Lebron, or heck, Dikembe, would they have gotten what Kobe got?
January 31st, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Although, SportsCenter did a little clip of Kobe’s suspensions over the years. The guy doesn’t mind mixing it up. I had forgotten about the fistfights he had gotten into. Even without the rape, he has had some image control issues.
As for this incident:
1. that was a spectacular block. One of the best, cleanest blocks on a jumpshot I’ve seen in a long time.
2. I think it could have gone either way. It was a weird movement by Kobe. It certainly wasn’t premeditated. But then again I wouldn’t say it totally lacked malice.
February 1st, 2007 at 9:40 pm
You’re missing the real point :^)
Carmelo Anthony got 15 games which deep sixed the Nuggets’ playoff chances in the West.
Kevin Garnett got one game for outdoing Carmelo in the “losing it” competition.
That’s what tats and cornrows get you in the later stages of the Stearn NBA.
I understand it from a marketing point of view.
Fair? Well, I guess that’s in the eye of the beholder.