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Interesting cost-benefit analysis. Separating the referees wouldn't affect Stern's not-fine fine decisions, though.

It's like requiring athletes to look like dorks in suits. Other sports don't do this. Fat Stern looks best in a suit, so he makes everyone into his own image.

He's been King for so long that he can press his own personal traits onto us (his embarrassment from fights and his narcissism from clothes). He just claims that his personal preferences are what the fans want.
 
Minstrel said:
1. I don't think the severity is much as you claim, where if a big man did it to a small man (in the NBA, not saying random people in society) that it would very likely injure the small guy. I've seen guys like Shaq fly down the court to drill a guard that he thought undercut him on the other end. In the NBA, players are, on some level, aware that collision could happen at any time and they're top athletes...much more capable of dealing with unexpected collision, even big ones.
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I don't know about that. Say it's a playoff series and you're facing Chris Paul. It's not hard to imagine a coach pulling one of his guys aside and saying, "Sweep the leg, Johnny" by sending some big guy to ram into him. Given Paul's history, it'd probably be the end of the season for him and the Hornets.

I just think it's a bad idea to ever let players get away with this, regardless of circumstance, without a suspension. It just breeds an environment where my Chris Paul scenario becomes more plausible.

For personal fouls, I agree with your general principle: certain things should be fouls, regardless of who did it or why. Flagrant fouls and suspensions (and technicals) strike me as more "meta-fouls"...they're fouls almost outside the game and require more context.
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I hadn't thought of breaking it up that way. Interesting to think about.
 
DowntownVinnie said:
I love to seee the "little' man stand up for the big guy.It's the fabric of our society.
I think Dre maybe taught this team somethin.Love those crafty vets:devilwink::devilwink:)
BTW, I got two tickets for sale to Tues game in 200 section (MGB's) for $60.hit me back or at Barrett's site or at Twitter ,same moniker.as I am somewhat unfamiliar here.
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Looks like you are also a little unfamiliar with the internet and/or the English language.
 
mook said:
I don't know about that. Say it's a playoff series and you're facing Chris Paul. It's not hard to imagine a coach pulling one of his guys aside and saying, "Sweep the leg, Johnny" by sending some big guy to ram into him. Given Paul's history, it'd probably be the end of the season for him and the Hornets.
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Suspension wouldn't prevent that, as a 12th man could be used for that. Trading your worst big man for their Chris Paul is good trade and there are probably more effective ways to hurt him...like actually punching and aiming for the head/face.

I think what discourages that, whether by "ram" or by punch is that if it got out, it would be the end of the coach's career.
 
I don't think what Miller did was "dirty". Griffin's two strong pushes in the back against a smaller guy were dirty. Miller's play was just what needed to be done, since the referees weren't doing their job. Nobody should have been suspended, except maybe the referees.
 
Minstrel said:
Suspension wouldn't prevent that, as a 12th man could be used for that. Trading your worst big man for their Chris Paul is good trade and there are probably more effective ways to hurt him...like actually punching and aiming for the head/face.

I think what discourages that, whether by "ram" or by punch is that if it got out, it would be the end of the coach's career.
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Red Auerbach was famous for doing this often. He would have his 12th man harrass the opponent's star into a fight and get them both kicked out. Before Stern's police state, this was standard operating procedure.
 
Would it be possible to petition the NBA to have a few more games added to Miller's suspension? I'd like to see the ball movement from last night for a few more games before we go back to snail ball.
 
He isn't a Blazer, so probably not.
 
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