. . . the post game analysis.
Green is full of crap. He kicked Adams in the balls and then acted all innocent. And listening to Barklay and Shaq say that a player should not be penalized for "something that was un-intended" is laughable. It is wasn't an accident. He intentionally kicked him.
If he got kicked out last night, he would unlikely get suspended.
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2) Sure,nobody can say for certain. But, that sure as shit looked intentional. Hell, it doesn't even look remotely like a natural part of the move.
3) The officials called it a flagrant 1, right? That means no automatic suspension. The league could still have done something, especially given his comments and prior actions.
4) What really pisses me off is the notion that they can't suspend him because it would impact the series. That is fucking bullshit. The suspension isn't the impact on the series; the behavior of the player is. It's the same concept as not calling a foul in the 4th quarter so as not to allow a whistle to decide the game. Well, not blowing the whistle also impacts the outcome. If something is a foul in the first minute, it is a foul in the last minute.
5) The first thing I thought of when I heard the mention of not wanting to impact the series, I thought back to Knicks-Heat in 1997. 5 players from the Knicks were suspended, including their only bona fide star, who never even attempted to get involved in the melee. That sure as shit impacted the series. The easy and correct thing to do would have been to acknowledge the rule as written and right there admit it was wrong and not suspend Ewing.
That doesn't mean they should have a lot of power.
The point is he used back stage wrangling to join his biggest EC competitor - Wade so he could have an easy path to the finals.
Imagine MJ trying to team up with say Isiah Thomas? Yeah me neither.
LeBron doesn't have a competitive bone in his body. His basketball life has been gilded since day one and he wants to keep it that way. Good for him, bad for the sport.
Give LeBron a player half as good as Pippen was at any point in his first stint in Cleveland and he never leaves
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It's not like LeBron bolted from Cleveland after 2 years.. he stayed there for 7 years. Jordan won his first championship in his 7th season. LeBron asked them to get him another impact player and the best they did was Antawn Jamison. He got to the Finals with Larry Hughes as his wingman. I'm not sure how much longer he was supposed to stay on a team where he had no help.
The point is he used back stage wrangling to join his biggest EC competitor - Wade so he could have an easy path to the finals.
Imagine MJ trying to team up with say Isiah Thomas? Yeah me neither.
LeBron doesn't have a competitive bone in his body. His basketball life has been gilded since day one and he wants to keep it that way. Good for him, bad for the sport.
Jordan didn't have to leave, he had a cast good enough to win Championships with for half his career. If Jordan was stuck on teams with the talent equivalent to the Cleveland teams LeBron played with his first go around and you think he would have just played good soldier and never tried to leave, you're just feeding yourself a heavy dose of bullshit.
And spare me the idea that LeBron "doesn't have a competitive bone in his body".. remind me who the MVP of the Finals was the 2 years he won in Miami? You don't win 4 MVP's and wind up on 5 or 6 All-Defensive teams when you're not competitive. Give me a break. What an asinine statement.
I didn't say he did, but by year 4 Pippen and Grant were there. Oakley was on a few of his teams as well. LeBron played 7 years in Cleveland his first go around.. who was the best player he played with in that entire 7 year span? Larry Hughes? Antawn Jamison? Varejao who missed half of every other season?
There's literally no comparison.
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Jordan didn't have very talented teams when he first got to Chicago.
I didn't say he did, but by year 4 Pippen and Grant were there. Oakley was on a few of his teams as well. LeBron played 7 years in Cleveland his first go around.. who was the best player he played with in that entire 7 year span? Larry Hughes? Antawn Jamison? Varejao who missed half of every other season?
There's literally no comparison.
But again, he hand picked a lot of those players.
And how come cleveland do what teams are doing now? You see bad contract traded all the time. You see teams paying the luxury tax.
I understand the notion of leaving via free agency. My point is the problems lebon encountered had a lot to do with him. And with the beginning of his tenure at miami through today, the players are making contracts/free agency/trades ridiculous.
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should have a lot of power. They impact their sport more than athletes in any other sport.
That doesn't mean they should have a lot of power.
So then how long should an individual player be forced to live and play in a certain city without any choice in the matter?
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Jordan didn't have very talented teams when he first got to Chicago.
I didn't say he did, but by year 4 Pippen and Grant were there. Oakley was on a few of his teams as well. LeBron played 7 years in Cleveland his first go around.. who was the best player he played with in that entire 7 year span? Larry Hughes? Antawn Jamison? Varejao who missed half of every other season?
There's literally no comparison.
But again, he hand picked a lot of those players.
And how come cleveland do what teams are doing now? You see bad contract traded all the time. You see teams paying the luxury tax.
I understand the notion of leaving via free agency. My point is the problems lebon encountered had a lot to do with him. And with the beginning of his tenure at miami through today, the players are making contracts/free agency/trades ridiculous.
Who did he hand pick? He was making roster decisions at age 21? I highly doubt that 10 years ago he had anywhere near the hand in roster building that he does now.