Harden got one game for a half-hearted kick to Lebron's crotch. Will Barnes receive a suspension for his body slam on Harden? Let's see if the league protects all of its superstars and not just Lebron. What do you think, suspension or no?
I don't think he will be suspended and I don't think he should be suspended. Flagrant-1 was the right call. And I would bet Harden agrees with me.
The idiot should have been thrown out yesterday. I thought Harden showed a lot of class when asked about the situation in his post game interview yesterday.
Yeah, that was beyond awesome! My wife and I just started cracking up at his response. "Who cares? We won!"
The wrap up with both arms constituted a Flagrant 1, but when he threw him to the floor I don't understand how that isn't considered a Flagrant 2. What the hell does that have to do with basketball? Excessive force all the way. I said this on twitter yesterday, if Barnes did that **** to Steph Curry, he would have been hauled off in handcuffs.
Hope he gets suspended so the clippers will be forced to play Austin rivers extended mins in their next game lol.
It was pretty clearly a flagrant 2. The double arm wrap up was not a basketball play (made no attempt to swipe at the ball) and was unnecessary, the obvious push to the ground was definitely excessive. It was an obvious flagrant 2 imo, and the announcers even made a point that they'd had no problem with it being called that way. He should be suspended..
Hope he does. You can tell by his demeanor that the game doesnt mean much to him anymore, and that he likes getting into these scuffles.
I agree with everyone saying obvious flagrant 2...I mean throwing someone to the ground; I can't think of anything worse short of punching someone. It was clearly excessive
I'm actually glad it happened. I'm glad on how Harden and the rest of the guys responded. The team woke up after that play.
