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Originally Posted by dubb93
The reason people are talking about it is because it is a generational player. And I’m also 100% of the opinion that no one should react like that on a basketball play. Sorry if I wasn’t clear because we both seem to be drifting into different points. Also I think you should look at those two plays again and see if you can tell the difference between a hard foul on the ball and a loose ball elbow to the face. Drastically different offenses.
Where were you at last season when Chicago committed 4 flagrant fouls on Clark? Those are all OK because Clark didn’t try to start a fist fight with the person that fouled her?
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As I said, I disagree with that opinion. While intentional hard fouls are a part of the game, we can't act like they are not intentional and hard. It was not dirty, it was not malicious. It was not an elbow to the face. It also was not a touch foul. It was not a player wrapping their arms around a player's waist and holding them so they did not take a shot and did not fall to the ground. It was not just a foul. It was a HARD FOUL. It wasn't an accident. It was done forcefully with intent but again not with any malice. It is perfectly reasonable for a player to not take to kindly to someone hitting them beyond what we all know to be normal contact for basketball, doing so forcefully with intent even when it is without malice. I understand the reaction of the fouled player. I understood it when Siakam did it. I understood it when Stewart did it. I understood it when Reese did it. I will always understand that player's frustration. Will some take it too far like Stewart did? Sure. Reese's reaction was not that. And again, we don't need to make this more than it is by suggesting a fistfight when we have spent the better part of the last twenty years clowning basketball players because we all know none of them actually want to fight.
As far as where I was when Chicago was committing flagrant fouls against Clark last year? I was probably ripping her teammates for not knocking one of the Sky players on their ass to let them know that roughing up a Fever player would not be tolerated. Or ripping her coach for not tossing chairs a la Bobby Knight to show that she was not tolerating one of her players being roughed up. Maybe even ripping Clark for not standing up for herself if her teammates didn't and then ripping her teammates and her coach for not standing up for her.