Should Amare and Diaw be banned for leaving the bench?

It looked pretty clear Stoudemire wasn't going to check on Nash though. He took off his warmup and made a beeline in Bobby Horry's direction.

 

i think that if they are gonna get suspended, then that means horry is definetly gonna feel a LOT of heat. but since I hate the suns, im automatically inclined to argue that they get suspended.

btw- does the flagarant 2 mean that horry is automatically suspended for game 5?

 

What's technically a fight? landing punches? They will be fined/suspended for sure.

 

Yeah. they should get suspended. The reason is simple. the rule is the rule. if NBA doesnt' suspend 'em, what if the similiar problem happens again in the future, what's the league gonna do then? It's no unfair to the suns, but hey, Amare and Diaw should have known better.

 

Let me get this straight:

Amarea and Diaw should be suspended for leaving the bench after a lame cheapshot by Horry to their best player, ignoring the fact that they retreated and did not enter the court or incite any physical confrontation?

Meanwhile,

Bowen shouldnt be suspended for kicking a dude in the achilles on a dunk attempt (his 5001 th "accidental" leg kick)

and Horry's bodycheck to the ground isn't suspension worthy?

Let's talk about Bowen/Horry being suspended. If Amare and Diaw are suspended, they should literally just crown the filthy, flopping, dirty Spurs NOW and end the suspense.

 

If Stoudemire and Diaw aren't suspended, just throw out the rulebook.

Even stupid rules should be enforced. Change it in the offseason if you have to, but enforce it while its there. Sorry Stern!

 

Where was the "altercation" when Stoudemire got up?

If they are going to follow the rule exactly, then they can't suspend them because there was no altercation when they got up. Nash was still on the ground.

 

Is this anywhere on youtube?

 

Even stupid rules should be enforced? Lol.

You do realize that if Stoudemire, Diaw are suspended as is Horry that you are giving the exact same punishment to all 3 players even though:

1) Player 1 bodychecks a player after the game's outcome is decided, THEN elbows Raja Bell in the face

2) Players 2 and 3 leave the bench but DO NOT attack Horry, do not add to the altercation, and in fact retreat to the bench.

If you think that all 3 players getting the same punishment in this outcome is fair and just, you need to realize that rules are originated with an intent and a purpose and that purpose and intent supersedes all.

 

Players 2 and 3 didn't make it to Horry because their coaches stopped them.

 

What happened?

 

And suppose they had?

The larger point is that Horry started the brawl with the cheapshot. His punishment clearly needs to be more than the others.

You don't treat a murder with the same level of punishment as a traffic ticket even though both are technically crimes.

If Amare/Diaw are suspended for 1 game, Horry should be suspended for 10-20 because his crime was much, much worse and was the sole reason for the incident.

Also, we dont know what Stoudemire was going to do or Diaw. Had Stoudemire punched Horry in response to what Nash did, I'd agree with you but either way he was stopped. If Amare wanted to get past his coach, he would have. He in fact was holding other Suns back once Ivahroni got him to retreat.

I mean where does it stop. If a guy takes one foot onto the court after a brawl just to get a better view of how his teammate is doing, he should be suspended too because he technically violated the rule?

 

Horry happend.

 

Reminds me of a shot he gave Stockton in the meaningless last game of the season in 1995 at The Summit.