are the Mavs petitioning to reduce that Terry flagrant to a personal? That was one of the stupidest calls I think I’ve ever seen. You get more contact than that on a moving screen.

If this was KG making some “tough” threat, the NBA office won’t be hot on it. The guys on ESPN would be like “Oh he’s serious now. You’ve awaken the beast!” Ugh.

Granted we already knew that, but the Mavs can’t say or do anything without having to call Homeland Security and investigate. Fuck you stern and your cronies.

I agree with you guys that somebody like Garnett would not even be criticized for this, but at the same time, it was kind of a dumb think for Dampier to say. I understand if he said it in the locker room, but why would he broadcast that to the media?

“Put somebody on their (expletive) back,” O’Neal said. "Don’t let nobody oopsey-doopsey layup on you, then be laughing at you. You ever see me get dunked on? No. Because I put (expletives) on their back. Period.

“That’s what I told him. If he’s going to be a big man, be a big man. Don’t be out there (expletive) around. Lay somebody on their (expletive) back. Wilt (Chamberlain) told me that. Bill Russell told me that. Hakeem (Olajuwon) told me that. All the great big men told me that.

“Do something. Either block it or lay them on their back. Period. That’s what you’ve got to do as a big man. Don’t flop. Lay them on their (expletive) back. That’s what I was taught and that’s what I’m trying to teach him, instead of being out there like a (expletive) loose tree, blowing in the wind.”

http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/03/30/shaqs-message-to-robin-lopez-put-somebody-on-their-expletive/