Bogut's Arm-Bend: Will the NBA do the right thing?

Then if he got 3 more flagrant he would be suspended a game

 

if you get to four flagrant foul points, you get a one-game suspension

 

I must be missing something. It doesn't look that bad to me. There doesn't seem to be enough force on the pull to cause injury. Just my take

 

That's a one game suspension, at least. **** you NBA. **** you refs. **** you Bogut.

It's Dwight Howard so we're gonna look the other way.

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All sports need an 'eye for an eye' rule.

If you injure an opposing player on an illegal move or cheap shot,
then you are suspended from play as long as it takes the injured player to rehab and get back on the court/field.
Immediately removed from the game until then.

That would mean Olynyck would have been done for the season when
he separated Love's shoulder.
Same with Chase Utley sliding WAY off the baseline to break a guy's leg.
Antonio Brown was ineligible for NFL playoff game with concussion from cheap shot.
In NHL one guy had his neck broken and ended his career from nasty take down from behind.
Should have ended the other guys' as well, but not much happened. Got to keep playing.

Start giving extensive punishments and cheap shots will disappear.
Gonna think twice about taking somebody out and ending your own season at the same time.
Of course, would only apply to cheap shots. Legal plays with accidental
injuries wouldn't be considered.

 

Rockets Aim To Be Nastier In Game Three
April 20, 2016 6:16 PM By Joshua Reese

CBS Houston – If there is one takeaway from the first two games of this Rockets vs Warriors series it’s the Rockets were pushed around by last years NBA champions. The eight seed has been made to look like the younger brothers getting beaten up by their much older brothers.

“You watch a shot go up, you watch Andrew Bogut grab Dwight’s (Howard) jersey, you watch them push our guys in the back, Klay Thompson wants to get open for a shot he two hand chest shoves to get open, those are plays their willing to do whatever it takes to win,” J.B. Bickerstaff said, “we have to be willing to make those same type of plays.”

The Rockets aside from a little skirmish from Patrick Beverley early on in game one have yet to bring the fight to the Warriors.

“When the bullies is kicking your butt, there’s only one way to respond, well there’s actually two ways but I prefer the latter and that’s to come back and swing and fight,” Jason Terry said.

Bickerstaff has again mentioned over and over that the Rockets need to come out and ratchet up the intestacy and nastiness. Trying to be finesse and play for the foul calls is just not going to work when you are facing the champs.

Game one the Rockets allowed the referees to take them out of their game on both ends of the floor. On defense, the screens defeated the Rockets and on offense the whistles did not find James Harden as he got clobbered time and time again when rolling through the lane.

Game two the defensive breakdowns caused the Warriors to open looks at the rim left and right. Harden was able to get more calls, but the rest of the offense seemed out of whack as they took jumpers rather than try and take better shots.

After two games of trying to get it right, game three promises to be a little different.

“They push us in the back or hold our jerseys we got to get them off, it’s plain and simple,” Dwight Howard said.

“We weren’t playing playoff basketball yet,” Harden said sharing the message Bickerstaff told them, “some of the things they were doing, were not doing, so look for that in game three.”

The Rockets understand what Bickerstaff is trying to sell them, they need to come out in game three and punch the Warriors in the nose if they are to have any chance. They need to be able to play ugly, play nasty, do whatever it takes to get the Warriors out of their rhythm.

 

perhaps it was mentioned elsewhere, but wasn't DMo whistled for a similar, if less flagrant, maneuver on D-Raymond in game 1?

 

So hyped right now

 

I would love to see it happen. Golden State is almost my most hated team ever but that still goes to Malone and Stockings Jazz. They are almost as dirty.

 

Bogut always has this straight face like "what are you going to do about it?"

Would like to see that guy's clock get cleaned someday, whether by us or someone in a later round.

 

that play was utterly disgusting.

 

Then you must have never played or been in a similar situation.Dwight had to turn and make it not look that bad or else he'd be out for the rest of the playoffs.

 

I'll be happy to try it on you. Make sure you don't quickly turn your body around like Dwight did in order to avoid having his shoulder labrum torn apart. Then, you can tell me how it doesn't look bad.

Anyone that has done some joint locking in martial arts understand how dangerous that move is. And how lucky Dwight is.

Ask Kevin Love how he feels about the move.

 

That is a cool move. I've seen Steven Segal use it in his movies a couple times. But in NBA basketball that is at least a one game suspension. Glad Dwight countered it quickly. Dwight must know martial arts.