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Has this guy become the dirtiest player in the league?

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by Blue Beluga, Jan 5, 2007.

  1. Blue Beluga

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    Suns' Bell suspended 1 game for kicking Bargnani

    January 5, 2007

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Phoenix Suns guard Raja Bell was suspended one game without pay for kicking Andrea Bargnani of the Toronto Raptors, the league announced Friday.

    The incident occurred in the third quarter of a game in Toronto on Wednesday.

    Bell, in his second year with Phoenix and his seventh in the NBA, is averaging a career-high 15.2 points. He's fifth in the league with 2.7 3-pointers per game.

    Bell will serve the suspension Friday night when the Suns host the Miami Heat.
     
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    As long as that dirty Bruce SOB Bowen is in the league, nobody else can claim that title.
     
  3. Amel

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    def, I like his intensity, but things like this piss me off

    he has been doing dirty stuff since he came into the league

    last game we played Phoenix, he was getting into Mac's face, McGrady played some great D on Bell and on one play he really got him

    Bell tried to give a hand check to McGrady, McGrady ignored him for about 5-10 seconds....TMac knows what a dirty player Bell is
     
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    He's getting up there...
     
  5. c1utchfan925

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    yeah i still dislike bowen by a significant margin. i don't recall bell ever trying to get his legs under an opposing player..
     
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    Dirty ? Nothing matches this prick


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    Any video clip how he did it to Bargnani?
     
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    Bell is def. dirtier than Bowen. He's so blatent that I'm afraid he'll injure one of our players everytime we play the Suns. Just think back to when Bell close lined Kobe. Imagined if he did that to Tmac, Wade, or Anthony. Bowen is very dirty, but he's from an older era when people were more physical. Bell is just a scumbag.
     
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    I am a big fan of his, one of my favorite role players in the league. Would take him on the Rox any day! (same applies to Barbosa)
     
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    bell looks like a prick, have never ever liked him.
     
  11. FrontRowJoe

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    Bell is #2 as long as this guy is still in the league:

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    Me too...
     
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    Raja is pathetic, but still not up to the level of Bruce Bowen.
     
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    Bell is sorta dirty, I think he gets caught up in the moment and loses control, but what Bowen does actually puts careers at risk. Remember Bell clotheslined Kobe after Kobe hit him full on in the face with an elbow, he had to know something was coming, but you never know when Bowen is going to slide his foot under you.
     
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    bell usually plays hard defense, but gets pissed off over time n then reacts badly in anger.

    bowen on the other hand pulls dirty tricks to hurt players n then pretends like he doesnt know why theyre angry when they do.
     
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    You guys aren't coming down on the guy hard enough. Did you see this kick??

    (I assume this is the clip I saw and not someone else's clip)

    The guy fell down behind Bargnani (imagine Bell facing Bargnani's back and falling backwards). His leg flew up and kicked him in the thigh and I thought that was bad cause he probably could have held himself back from the contact.

    But THEN his leg comes down, and it goes up with a definitive kick into the groin as Bargnani is still standing. ridiculous

    (someone tell me if this wasn't the bell/bargnani clip, but i haven't heard about any other kickings recently)
     
  17. tigermission1

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    He's not a dirty player, he's an angry player. Bowen is dirty, Raja just retaliates for other players being dirty/pissing him off.

    Big difference...
     
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    They usually never see the guy who throws the elbow first,but when you retaliate they always catch you. Thats one thing undercutting a guy taking a jumper is a whole different animal.That ladies and gentleman is just another day at the office for Bowen,so I don't think its even close Bowen is just a cheap shot artist.
     
  19. ShadyMcGrady

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    Raja Bell plays good D and, like Bowen, you can only really like him if he's not playing your team that night or if he's on your team.

    I think he doesn't play dirty straight up but he could hold his emotions in check, slightly.

    How could you not like the guy, though? He threw Kobe to the floor on national TV in the playoffs. :D
     
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    I think Danny Fortson's a dirty player. I think he averaged about 5 fouls a game two years ago and he made it a habit of flagrantly fouling other people. Bruce Bowen is a devious player also. He just does all these dirty little tricks to get his opponents out of the game.
     

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