CHRON - Artest Flagrant 2 reduced to Flagrant 1

Good news, and a good update.

 

Should've been a regular foul.

But I'll take it.

 

Made the right call.

 

I thought this would happen, but the F2 should have never have been assessed in the first place.

 

should of been a personal

 

Wrong call. Should've been a regular foul. NBA is strongly pushing Lakers.

Only thing NBA cares about is gold and green.

 

i still think that he hit the ball first.

that wasnt even a playoff foul.....that was a REGULAR SEASON foul

 

But at least the league isn't tarnishing their image further by tacking a very bogus suspension on the F2.


Not that its helping their image, just preventing further damage.

 

So far in the playoffs I would have to commend the NBA office on their calls/suspensions. Seem all fair to me

 

agreed. the fact that they keep having to change the calls just shows that there's obviously something wrong with the officiating...

 

Please. That was a WNBA foul. But since it was done against Stern's precious Lakers..

Flagrant 1 my ass.

 

that's twice he was thrown out of the game, only to later be told it was unjust. i dont know if we would've won either game if he played the remaining minutes, but it sure wouldn't hurt to have him out there. refs screwed us in the second round.

 

Pau Gasol is such a wus disagreeing that Artest was not making a play on the ball.

Geez, I just lost my respect for that man.

 

Anyone watching the reply could figure it out it was nothing.

It was a dangerous play....boo-hoo.

 

I can't believe they are still considering it a flagrant. He was clearly going for the ball.

Anyway other than reducing a fine or a suspension changing the call after the game is meaningless.

Two terrible calls involving Artest in the last two games. I don't like conspiracies but I really get the feelign there is a bias both for Bryant and against Artest.

 

so you used to have respect for that "man"? lol.

 

for a 7-foot woman, it was a dangerous play. lol.

 

This league is a joke.

If he was wearing a purple jersey it wouldve been a "good tough play"