Going to have to defend the Swagman P here. If I was going to the basket and got fouled in that exact same manner, I would also confront Len. In no shape or form was that a play on the ball. Len is a scrub and doesn't deserve much playing time, so that was a cheap shot on his behalf taking out the Lakers main scorer. Could have been bad for Young.
Don't go into the land of the trees if you don't want to get hit in the face... as Lin has found out many times. This is a grown mans game!
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Nick Young: "It was a hard foul, I just reacted, got caught up in the moment." Young said he felt like teammates didn't step in.</p>— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) <a href="https://twitter.com/LakersReporter/statuses/423677023060373504">January 16, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Nick Young: "What I'm mad about is it was 1-on-5." Young was upset no Lakers came to his side.</p>— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) <a href="https://twitter.com/mcten/statuses/423677073123581952">January 16, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Robert Horry called out Ryan Kelly and Kendall Marshall for not coming to Young's defense (on TWC)</p>— Serena Winters (@SerenaWinters) <a href="https://twitter.com/SerenaWinters/statuses/423678188389019648">January 16, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Mike D'Antoni brushed off Nick Young's claim that more Lakers should have come to his side, saying that L.A. didn't more guys ejected</p>— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) <a href="https://twitter.com/mcten/statuses/423678648030208000">January 16, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Kendall put the onus back on Nick Young, citing LA's limited roster and him getting ejected: "I don't know if that was the smartest thing"</p>— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) <a href="https://twitter.com/mcten/statuses/423679138927349762">January 16, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Marshall on all the action starting w/Len's foul on Young: "We got 7 guys, so maybe at that time you just have to chill out."</p>— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) <a href="https://twitter.com/LakersReporter/statuses/423679246955859968">January 16, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>More Kendall Marshall on Nick Young's claim that nobody backed him up: "Nick kind of saw what he wanted to see at the time"</p>— Dave McMenamin (@mcten) <a href="https://twitter.com/mcten/statuses/423679538430631936">January 16, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
He was frustrated with his game then got smacked on face lol he has the right to get mad i guess. Not sure if Len was trying for the ball but has no hops or just went straight for the face...
I don't blame him for being furious, though he took his anger out on the wrong person. Wrong place, wrong time for Gogi. I also don't blame Kendall. Maybe selfish, but I probably wouldn't take a chance on messing up a limited opportunity either.
Damn I take it back. Calling out your teammates in the media is a girl move. And then team mates coming back at him through the media. Lol. I love it. So glad this is happening to the Lakers. Nothing but woman.
I don't blame Young, it's was an obvious flagrant 2, as for the punch, I think it was in the heat of the moment so I don't blame him.
J-Lin gets hit in the face twice a game and not once do they even call a flagrant 1... but swipe at a Laker and you have committed an unspeakable act.
Is it just me or was Nick only going after the "white" guys instead of Marcus Morris, who was pushing him?
I hate this "white" guys nonsense. Who fouled him? Len did. Marcus Morris didn't do anything out of the ordinary, just protecting his guy.
You mean when he ran away from them only throwing again when he saw Dragic? lol Less about race more about two huge guys vs one little guy. He chose to be hard against the one little guy.
Youre in the air first of all, you get a soft tap and it off sets your balance that could result in a more devastating injury that doesnt need to take place. next there was no attempt at the ball, in fact there is pressure on the face pushing downward after contact. Dude thats a F2 and I cant stand laker players and its still an easy call to make.
