Then you've made a bad comparison b/c pulling a player by the front of the jersey is different than pulling a player by the shoulder. The jersey disperses the force of the impact.
Yes this is the same exact play that Draymond Green did. Only Draymond did worse because he kept pulling on him. Basically Evan Turner came down on his shoulder and just kept pulling him down. Wouldn't let him go back up. Broke his motion upwards. And Draymond does the same thing with Brandon Clark and then he holds them to make sure he don't go up.
I guess you forgot that before he was pulling on his jersey. He went down with a clubbing motion over his shoulder. Draymond did.
Not only that, but pulling on the Jersey was so violent that Brandon Clark had to land chest first onto the court because Draymond Green took his feet right out from underneath him. Not only that, but he swiped across his face all the way through the shoulder and then grab the jersey. Then he goes and high fives everybody like he's done won the lottery and then Steve Kerr is over there laughing like it ain't nothing f the warriors. I hope we come out and destroy them effing fers
So you fail to acknowledge that Draymond Green did more than just pull the jersey. Is that what you're saying?
Draymond Green didn't touch Clarke's feet. Clarke was knocked off balance b/c Green pulled down on his jersey. Also, during Clarke's fall, Green pulled up on the jersey to lessen the force of the fall. Green's actions were totally in line with what's usually called a flagrant 1.
Green hit Clarke on the face while swiping at the ball and then pulled his jersey down while airborne. This threw Clarke off balance, and he fell to the ground, chest first. During the fall, Green pulled up on the jersey to lessen the force of the fall.
Which is honestly stupid. Draymond's flagrant 2 was dirtier, more reckless, and had no play on the ball. But Grizzlies lose a starter for 2 games while Warriors lose their starter for half a game.
What mental gymnastics r u doing my guy? Man was clearly pulling clarke downward first causing him to b off balance and fall, wtf is pulling it up to lessen the force of the fall. Green was what caused Clarke to fall in the first place, get that "he was trying to lessen the fall" bs out of here. The intent to hurt a player was there, "trying to lessen the fall" doesn't change that.
Brookes getting suspended is a blessing for Memphis. He's been trash in the playoffs. Takes the worst shots and barely hits the rim. Zaire is soo much better.
Brooks looks like he missed the ball in an effort to block it, but gets a flagrant 2 and suspension. Greene intentionally pulls a guy to the floor by his jersey - no suspension. Really head scratching.
I read somewhere Apparently it's the end result to the other player which is why he's getting a more severe punishment. Since gary season is over from that foul, Brooks gets punished harder. I think its just the league favoring GSW, but idk
Incorrect. If the intent was to hurt Clarke, Green would've have been pulling up on the jersey. Pulling up on the jersey slowed Green's descent.
U mean wouldn't? Green initially pull down on Clarke, just bc he didn't let go of the jersey does not mean there was no initial intent to harm Clarke. Ex Bob shot u with a bullet, bob trying to stop the bleeding does not change his initial intent to harm u.
You're ignoring the facts that Payton was defenseless in the air after running at full speed and that Brooks had a wind-up. Look at Grayson Allen's flagrant 2 against Caruso earlier this year. It's comparable. An uncontrolled fall to the ground after running/jumping at full speed is far more dangerous than a quasi-controlled fall from a stationary jump.
Yeah, when I see the play, it doesn't look like Brooks was trying to hurt payton, looks like he was trying to get the block but too slow to get there and ended up getting his head instead. But clearly he was going for the ball. So I don't get how they call flagrants anymore.
