ESPN - Dirk Nowitzki suspended one game

"Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki has received a one-game suspension for striking Utah's Matt Harpring in the face with a backhanded swipe Friday night. "

about 3 years ago Wes Cox 8 comments 0 recs |

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Nice. 3 hours before game time.

What a joke. Unrelated but man do I hate Garnett. Anybody see the hockey check screen he threw on Belinelli the other night? What a punk bitch.

Fire Todd Dodge. Seriously. 45 given up in the 1st quarter. Wow. But still we're better than Washington! Oh and, SUCK IT WESTERN KENTUCKY! 1-10 baby!

by sprite on Dec 28, 2008 12:21 PM CST reply actions

I don't get why he was suspended.

Stupid decision, in my opinion.

The Utah Jazz

by UtesFan89 on Dec 28, 2008 1:34 PM CST reply actions

Basically,

the league decided it qualified as a punch. Pretty weak.

www.mavsmoneyball.com

by Wes Cox on Dec 28, 2008 1:37 PM CST up reply actions

Stuff like this drives me crazy.

Say what you will about Bud Selig, at least the white whale he’s after is a worthwhile one (steroids). Roger Goodell and David Stern’s quests to “clean up” their respective sports are getting asinine.

It’s a contact sport. And not even a dangerous one, relatively speaking.

by MeanMr.Mustard on Dec 28, 2008 1:48 PM CST reply actions

just some more of stu jackson's majic

too bad we can’t really see if his hand was closed in a tight fist, i doubt it was.
all you can really see is his knuckles folded over from the backside. and with the antics of the jazz it looks like a response from harpring, you might expect to get from kirilinko

by dgatorr on Dec 28, 2008 1:50 PM CST reply actions

Oh wow

and where’s the flopping fine on AK? Wait, it doesn’t exist? The reprimand on KG? Oh really, that’s not on either?

What a fucking joke.

Goodell, Bettman, Stern, Selig – they’re all equally bad these days.

by jonthefon on Dec 28, 2008 2:05 PM CST reply actions

The 'flopping fine'

it seems like it was just words mentioned to get everyone off of his back.

There have been plenty of clear flops this season, and there will be plenty more to come.
And I don’t remember a fine even being mentioned once.

The Utah Jazz

by UtesFan89 on Dec 28, 2008 5:39 PM CST up reply actions

Just terrible

I agree wholeheartedly with everyone. I also saw that shoulder block Gay-G leveled Belinelli with, on top of which are the usual pick-on-the-smaller-player trash talking. And of course for this, not only there’s not reprimand IN-GAME, he also gets a some praise: “It’s just the way he is, what a great leader!” Bullshit.

And thanks Stern for doing it hours before the game. Because it’s more convenient to make announcement Sunday noon as opposed to all-day Saturday.

by ptrck on Dec 28, 2008 2:40 PM CST reply actions