Dwight Howard suspended for tonight's game against the Heat

Thanks for proving my point exactly. And as noted, it's not Bogut, but Bogut does tons of dirty stuff.

I wrote "legal" in quotes for a reason.

THIS is the type of play the Rockets should be doing.

There's ways to skirt the rules in your favor. Not sure why it's so complicated for the Rockets organization and players to figure out...

 

better than us

 

Warriors, as a team, are full of moving screens.

 

I've seen Dwight do the exact same movement as the ones above and get hit. The issue isn't execution to skirt, it is the fact that some teams are targeted for it more than others.

The NBA's most loved team gets away with murder. This doesn't shock me.

 

Nope. See Warriors pre-Kerr. We had them dead to rights.

 

It's not complicated, the point is that if the Rockets....or pretty much any team other than the Dubs did that, the refs call about 3 separate fouls. You can't just go out and start setting moving screens right and left simply because the league doesn't call them on the Warriors. Hell Dwight probably gets a flagrant for things Bogut or Dramond Green get a no call on.

 

It looks like it's the Dwight that chops away the ref's arm, not the other way around. I believe that 'chopping motion' is what the league is why the league is suspending Dwight, not for putting his arm on the shoulder of the ref.

 

Look at Westbrook's hit on Brew vs. Bev's hit on Westbrook. Literally 10 seconds separated each play. The refs called a flagrant foul on Bev and reviewed it because of his reputation, all the while Brew is seeing stars on the ground and the refs don't call a damn thing. This is the NBA today.

 

I don't think it's anything new though, they just pick different teams and different players to prop up. Kobe once upon a time had his force field where if anyone was within a foot of him while shooting they'd gift him FT's. No one forgets the Lakers Kings playoff series.....or the Dallas Houston series.

The NBA has had a problem with incompetent/corrupt officials for a LONG time now. It's just that people talk about it a lot more now.

 

"Dad, I got suspended from school . . a guy hit me and I retaliated"
"Son, you just gotta take that ass whipping . . . . turn the other cheek . . ." -

Rocket River

 

I think the NBA has had some players that are hard to officiate in players like Shaq and Yao. That's why that Laker era I'm split on the issue. Kobe did have some more liberty at times, but nowhere near Steph.

God, think about how dominant Howard would be if he got those calls. Dwight might put Wilt in jeopardy of losing records at that point.

 

He knows that . . . . I think he just Trolling now

Rocket River

 

I don't know how that elevator pick they do isn't moving either

 

I don't know what you mean.

I get that some players get a superstar call, that's not completely ok in my book but I get it. This goes beyond it.

 

Hopefully this means that we are starting Josh Smith and playing him heavy minutes...

 

Sit down and be quiet in your wrongness. I'm tired of these bull plop posts. What has happened the last 2 games and what is happening tonight is not because of Dwight. Find a spine and open your eyes.

 

Hah, not even close to the same........but maybe Dwight should do what every OTHER big man has done.....retaliate within the game.....

DD

 

they should be able to fight this and win easily, along with the techs they want rescinded

 

Rockets tend to play well without him. On a positive note....no hack-a-dwight. Rest for him is always good in regular season....because he is an injury waiting to happen.

 

Incredible. They are really going after us. This is insane. What can we do? Forfeit games now? Being treated like this only confirms we're going nowhere. There are marching orders to give HOU opponents the edge whenever possible. I would support the team to forfeit their remaining games. I can't watch them any more.