NBA Season 22/23
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Man, Linsanity was a fun time though and I don’t even care about the Knicks
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Jesus Christ
That could've been so much worse
That could've been so much worse
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Someone trying to do their Seth Rollins impersonation but you're right...that really could've been worse.Jesus Christ
That could've been so much worse
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He didn't stomp him on purpose but the only reason he was in the air at all is because he was flopping. Again. And it got someone hurt again, just like he did when he destroyed his own team mate Danny Green's knee by flopping.
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Horrible game for the Nuggets. Murray couldn't hit a 3 and made terrible decisions down the stretch.
Jokic with 28 points, 17 rebounds, and 17 assists and it wasn't enough.
Oh well. It took Booker and Durant going for 87 points to beat us. We'll win game 4.
Jokic with 28 points, 17 rebounds, and 17 assists and it wasn't enough.
Oh well. It took Booker and Durant going for 87 points to beat us. We'll win game 4.
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He didn't come down full force, he was in flop mode. If he'd wanted to he could easily have killed the dude. Thankfully Williams is okay.
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That series has the 3 biggest floppers in the whole NBA right now with Embiid, Harden, and Smart. Horrible basketball to watch.
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I called Nuggets in 6 before the series. Nuggets still have the home court. They need to put Christian Braun on Booker; he's too tall for Bruce Brown and too strong for KCP.
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my dream 2023 - rockies suck (not a problem there), avs eliminated (done), nuggets eliminated (in-progress), broncos miss playoffs (tbd), winnipeg blue bombers have a losing record (probably), lacrosse gets abolished, and dune follow-up gets cancelled due.
god, i have never asked for anything from you before...
god, i have never asked for anything from you before...
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Looks like Jokic might be suspended for a game today after trying to take a dead ball out of Ishiba's hands and then pushing Ishiba back into his seat.
Nuggets in 4.
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Heat in 5 after the last game. Hope the Knicks show a reaction to a terrible game 3.
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If he gets suspended for that slight shove after Ishbia shoved him first that'll be an atrocity for the game of basketball. Reminds me of the 2007 NBA Western Conference Semis when Stoudemire and Diaw got suspended for Game 5.
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There's lots of discussion about that in Suns groups right now.
My take is that Jokic going into the seats for a dead ball, trying to wrestle the ball away when it's the ref's responsibility to do so, and then shoving someone back into their seat when they wouldn't give it up immediately (dude had the ball for like...5 seconds) warrants a suspension. I think it's shit that it happened during the playoffs, but it is what it is.
Stoudemire and Diaw just stepped onto the court, and just barely. They didn't touch anyone. They didn't engage anyone. All they did was get excited and step in a bit. Apples and oranges to me.
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No, it shouldn't be a suspension.
Jokic was trying to get a fast break going and the Suns bitch flopper owner had no right to keep it from him. Then the Suns owner got up in Jokic's face and put his hand on his back before Jokic shoved him away, then he flopped like Manu Ginobili playing soccer on ice.
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www.espn.com
Even the Suns owner agrees he should not be suspended.
Jokic was trying to get a fast break going and the Suns bitch flopper owner had no right to keep it from him. Then the Suns owner got up in Jokic's face and put his hand on his back before Jokic shoved him away, then he flopped like Manu Ginobili playing soccer on ice.
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Ishbia says Jokic suspension 'would not be right'
Suns owner Mat Ishbia says he does not want Nuggets star Nikola Jokic to be suspended or fined over their altercation Sunday night in Game 4 of Phoenix's playoff series with Denver.
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Even the Suns owner agrees he should not be suspended.
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Jokic had no right to grab the ball from him. The play was dead, the ball was dead, it's the ref's responsibility to retrieve it. Jokic decided to be an ass and try to trip the ball away from him while he was focused on Okogie and making sure he was alright.
If Jokic waited two seconds and asked for the ball this would have been a non-issue.
If Jokic waited two seconds and asked for the ball this would have been a non-issue.
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He had every right to grab the ball and the Suns owner had no right to stop him from doing so. If any other fan in the building refused to give the ball back they'd be ejected on the spot.
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No, no he didn't. If it was a live play, fine. It wasn't. Ball was dead. Refs' responsibility.
He wasn't deliberately holding the ball and refusing to give it back. Like I said, he happened to catch it when Okogie came flying in, he was focused on making sure Okogie was alright, and Jokic came in and douched it up by trying to grab the ball away while Ishiba's attention was still on Okogie. If Jokic either would have asked for the ball to then give to the ref, or waited for the ref to get it, this would have been a non-issue.
He wasn't deliberately holding the ball and refusing to give it back. Like I said, he happened to catch it when Okogie came flying in, he was focused on making sure Okogie was alright, and Jokic came in and douched it up by trying to grab the ball away while Ishiba's attention was still on Okogie. If Jokic either would have asked for the ball to then give to the ref, or waited for the ref to get it, this would have been a non-issue.
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I'm glad NBA used their brains and decided NOT to suspend Jokic. He already had been assessed a technical foul and fined $25k.