Panos wrote:Defending KG? Against what? Was Humphries attacking KG?
It was a bull**** overreaction. I don't even think Humphries deserved to be ejected, or even a technical foul. It was not even a hard hit.
Rondo, KG and the Celtics can go to hell.

it was, there was no hard foul.. rondo just went way overboard and humphries should have body slammed him honestly....

it is easy to hate the celts, but they are a good, veteran bunch, unfortunately they will have a lot to say about the east as the season goes on....

cooch2584 wrote:Panos, so you dont think hump intentionally followed thru with intent to hurt kg? Come on man I hate the celtics too but it was a dirty play by hump.

If that's hump trying to hurt someone I feel bad for him.

Panos wrote:Defending KG? Against what? Was Humphries attacking KG?
It was a bull**** overreaction. I don't even think Humphries deserved to be ejected, or even a technical foul. It was not even a hard hit.
Rondo, KG and the Celtics can go to hell.

I agree with the board...I don't think it was intentional. With that said, I dont think K.Humphries should be suspended at all...he was, afterall, defending himself and that shouldn't be a crime.

cooch2584 wrote:Look Im a die hard Knicks fan from way back(1966) and a devote celtic hater from then also. But looking at the replay of the fight, the follow thru on the foul by humperies on kg, and the tense situation, why is a big suspension looming for rondo? IMHO rondo was protecting kg and if thats wrong theres something wrong with the NBA. Seems funny how they come up with a lame way to handle the flopping situation ( whats 5k or 10k to these players) when the players doing the flopping is making millions? But they cant come up with a way to justify one players protecting his teammate? Im gonna be real pissed off if, in the playoffs bron,wade,any player takes a flop that decides the outcome of a game. IMHO when a player flops there hasta be an immediate penalty that impacts the game.

it wasn't even really a hard foul. If you watch the video, it was the angle KG jumped that caused him to fall which he exaggerated. Rondo tried to take Humps eyes out and its reported that he has scratches on his face and around his neck. Rondo went for the face clawing like a little girl.

MinsHeartsReezy wrote:

cooch2584 wrote:Just a forinstance here,its the ECF heat and Knicks game 7,close game, one min left in the game tied score,lewuss comes upcourt and flops and goes to the line for 2 shots. Knicks end up losing because of those 2 points,what do you think?

It's easier said than done. 3 refs are monitoring 10 guys with only the aid of their eyes. If they see flailing they'll be baited into calling it. In the last 2 minutes they can review film for a number of reasons but flopping is not one of them. And the flopping rules also differentiate between an all out flop and an exaggeration of contact so I think that's something that's hard to determine in-game unless it's something ridiculous like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foaPMZxtzx4

But I agree, if a player does something like the above to cheat at the end of the game I would favor a suspension or an ejection from the game. But it's a slippery slope unless it's something very blatant.

Also, over 82 games, I think the thought is that once you identify the repeat offenders they're going to have a target on them and they will be called out much quicker and the fines will add up to the eventual suspension because now they are officially acknowledged as a flopper. What was frustrating before was that you had a situation where ppl were getting away with it without any sort of acknowledgement or penalty whatsoever. It's one thing to be accused of flopping but, when you're fined, you now have that label and that should deter others from following suit. I'd be so embarrassed if I were Evans right now. What I hope to see is the rule fairly applied whether it's a role player or LBJ though. No self-respecting person would want to be the poster child for flopping.

IMHO fair application of the rule aint happening.