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It wasn't necessary, even Kobe was disgusted by it look at how he reacts to it. The foul wasn't THAT bad, what magnifies it is the time it happened (after the game was out of reach, Odom was just ejected, and Lakers were obviously frustrated), and the fact that Barea is a tiny guy. Also seeing Barea laying their possibly injured from an obvious flagrant foul was pretty disgusting. What if somebody did that to Kobe after the game was out of reach? People would be calling for a year suspension.
It was obviously classless and dirty, Kobe did the right thing apologizing to Barea after the game. If you want to show passion SHOW IT IN THE GAME BY PLAYING HARDER.
This guy get is
Why does that guy say hi kingspeed? I don't think I'm in that video, am I? Or its just cuz he saw the link here. That makes sense.
Exactly. Yea, why doesn't Bynum learn how to block shots? More effective then elbowing a guy and getting ejected. And what's hilarious is that Barea still made the shot!
Andre Miller had a cheap shot on Blake Griffin this year, and some people here were defending him for it.
I was wondering the same thing.
Andre Miller had a cheap shot on Blake Griffin this year, and some people here were defending him for it.
Andre Miller had a cheap shot on Blake Griffin this year, and some people here were defending him for it.
Many differences:
1) Griffin had hit Miller twice prior to that shot. Barea hadn't done anything except play good basketball.
2) Griffin wasn't in the air when Miller delivered the shot.
3) The game was still in question. Bynum's foul came when they had already lost.
4) Barea is half the size of Bynum and could've been seriously hurt for no purpose except Bynum being a sore loser.
He was 6th in the NBA in blocked shots this year. Cheap shot by Bynum, though.
I think it's a stretch to call it a cheap shot. It was basically a hard foul...he ran into him and knocked him back. He didn't do anything dangerous, like undercut him or drive his elbow into a vulnerable area.
Yes, but he couldn't block Barea so he hit the guy for no good reason. It would've been a little different if he did it at the start of the series. But just trying to hurt a guy when the series is done? Cowardly. He gets ejected and doesn't have to face Tyson Chandler laying a hurt on HIM.
It's a stretch to call this a cheap shot? Blasting into a guy who isn't even looking at you isn't a cheap shot? I disagree.
:MARIS61:
Yeah, we'll have to disagree. I re-watched it and still don't think it was a cheap shot. Knocking the guy down like that really didn't risk any injury. To me, a cheap shot is a move intended to hurt another player. Putting a guy on his ass cleanly (by "cleanly" I mean in a non-harmful way) is not intended to hurt and really had no chance of doing so. The sizes of the players make a significant difference. Miller knew he wasn't going to kill Griffin with that move (the way Shaq might have killed Earl Boykins, had those been the participants), just embarrass him and send a message.
10 day suspension and $20 fine for posting in and being a member of Lakersground!
Time to subtitle this thread "Disgusting Blazer Fan Defends Miller's Foul on Griffin". The NBA thought it was a cheap shot, too.
I think that's maybe my 3rd post ever in the main forum. Usually in the OT forum just talking about local LA crap.
taking it down from the inside. :MARIS61:
First you bet on the Lakers to win it all and now this.
The NBA thought it was an unnecessary shot. Whether it's "cheap" depends on what you consider a cheap shot. As I said, my definition of a cheap shot is a move intended to hurt someone else and Miller's knock-down of Griffin didn't remotely look intended to injure or hurt him.
Uhh. I also bet on Shane Mosley to beat Manny Paquiao, and I'm filipino.
Yeah, you already said this. The NBA's suspension of Miller tells me it was more than just an "unnecessary" shot. We disagree. Also, was Bynum trying to hurt Barea, or just knock him down?
He sent Wallace to the hospital witha collapsed lung FOR THE EXACT SAME CHEAP SHOT! He knew what he was doing.
Yeah, we'll have to disagree. I re-watched it and still don't think it was a cheap shot. Knocking the guy down like that really didn't risk any injury. To me, a cheap shot is a move intended to hurt another player. Putting a guy on his ass cleanly (by "cleanly" I mean in a non-harmful way) is not intended to hurt and really had no chance of doing so. The sizes of the players make a significant difference. Miller knew he wasn't going to kill Griffin with that move (the way Shaq might have killed Earl Boykins, had those been the participants), just embarrass him and send a message.
Yeah, you already said this.

The NBA's suspension of Miller tells me it was more than just an "unnecessary" shot. We disagree.
Also, was Bynum trying to hurt Barea, or just knock him down?
