In Peter Vecsey’s column in the NY Post this morning he writes,
“The league was kind enough to send me the video and it appears to back up Bryant’s account. Still, if it was the other way around, and Artest had thrown the just-below-the-shoulder elbow, you know damn well he wouldn’t be uniform.”
True or false? If Ron Artest and Kobe Bryant were flip-flopped, and Ron-Ron had hit Kobe with the exact same elbow, would the League have suspended Artest for tonight’s game? And taking it one step further, would it have been fair to suspend Artest (and not Kobe) because of his previous suspensions and altercations. DISCUSS.
What was prohibiting Stephon Marbury from playing a positive role in the locker room, while also contributing scattered but valuable minutes off the bench back when he was in New York earlier this season? Though everyone is quick to point the finger at his head tattoo, his “horrible” attitude, and a laundry list of other things all related to Steph, it couldn’t have been entirely his fault. In fact, Bill Russell went on record this week, saying that the Knicks are to blame.
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Following up all the drama and intrigue and controversy of Lakers vs. Rockets and Kobe vs. Ron-Ron and Derek Fisher‘s shoulder vs. Luis Scola‘s face, LeBron and the Cavs gave a long and kind of boring display — at the expense of the Hawks — that across-the-board domination can be pretty, well, boring. Cleveland has won every game this postseason by double digits, and the last four have been 20-piecings … Just like in Game One, LeBron (27 pts, 4 stls) tried to get the whole “competitive” part out of the way before halftime. Read More »
As expected, Rafer Alston and Derek Fisher have been suspended one game each by the League for their (unrelated) actions in Wednesday’s playoff games.
In case you missed it, here is Fisher’s chin-check on Luis Scola that earned him the night off when the Lakers go to Houston for Game 3 of their series tomorrow, and here is Rafer’s slap on Eddie House that will keep him out of Orlando’s home Game 3 tomorrow.
Despite having a front row seat to the Motherf*cker Show last night, Andrew Bynum clearly still hasn’t gotten the memo. While Kobe gave out 40 in his Lucha Libre mask, Derek Fisher snapped out of year-long stupor as a patsy, and Ron Artest calmly told Kobe that if he wanted to f*ck around, he’d f*ck around, Bynum mustered a 9-minute, 0-point, 1-rebound performance.
If last night’s display of Motherf*cker-hood wasn’t enough to teach the Lakers’ young center, there’s only one thing that could show him the way: a list of the Top 25 Motherf*ckers of All Time.
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Maybe all the Hornets need is a break from each other. After a horrendous end to what was supposed to be a year where they contended for a championship, there could have been — and could still be — a lot of turnover in the offseason. Trade rumors have already surfaced involving Tyson Chandler and David West, and even the slightly crazy yet not completely unrealistic rumor of Portland trying to pry Chris Paul from the cash-strapped N.O. organization makes more sense given the way CP’s season ended. And coach Byron Scott‘s job appeared to be in jeopardy. Read More »
David Hyde of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel has an interesting proposal: Trading Beasley and Mark Blount (a salary throw-in) to the Raptors in a deal for Chris Bosh. The overall goal, like everything else with the Heat, has a lot to do with Dwyane Wade. Read More »
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