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Re: Tape of Bynum Flagrant?
« Reply #75 on: January 29, 2009, 08:35:44 AM »

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Bynum didn't hit Wallace that hard.  The injury was just one of those things, like Tony Allen's knee.  False outrage won't change that fact.

You're clearly missing the point. It's not about "hitting hard" or the injury. Do you remember Speights foul over Scalabrine? Did he hit Scal hard? No, it was just a slight, almost gentle, push. Was Scal injured? Nope, not at all. Yet, Speights was ejected, suspended and rightly so.

Re: Tape of Bynum Flagrant?
« Reply #76 on: January 29, 2009, 09:11:12 AM »

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Brick comparing this  to tony allen injuring his knee has got to be the worst comparison of all time. wow

Tony, drove the lane, after a whistle, when play was stopped, noone jumped in front of him and threw there elbow into his chest in mid-flight knocking him to the ground like a rag-doll...he dunked while the play was stopped, came down and messed up his knee with noone even around him....how excactly do you compare the 2? and dont say you like Gerald wallace, you clearly have something against him
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Re: Tape of Bynum Flagrant?
« Reply #77 on: January 29, 2009, 09:23:28 AM »

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Bynum didn't hit Wallace that hard.  The injury was just one of those things, like Tony Allen's knee.  False outrage won't change that fact.

You're clearly missing the point. It's not about "hitting hard" or the injury. Do you remember Speights foul over Scalabrine? Did he hit Scal hard? No, it was just a slight, almost gentle, push. Was Scal injured? Nope, not at all. Yet, Speights was ejected, suspended and rightly so.

I think the difference some people are making (not necessarily Brick) is that yes, it was a hard foul, and a flagrant foul.  It is not, however, a foul that deserves a particularly high level of outrage, or a lengthy suspension, just because of the resulting injury.

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