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  • EWRMETS
    All Star
    • Jul 2002
    • 7491

    #91
    Re: Suspensions handed down

    The NBA killed themselves by trying to turn the sport into a cable television sport. I think that hurt the sport a lot more than brawls or baggy clothes did. Games simply feel a lot bigger when they are on national teleivision. If Stern wants to improve attendance or ratings, get the NBA back on NBC or CBS and put a ton of games on national tv (even if that means less TV money).

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    • SportsTop
      The Few. The Proud.
      • Jul 2003
      • 6716

      #92
      Re: Suspensions handed down

      Originally posted by EWRMETS
      The NBA killed themselves by trying to turn the sport into a cable television sport. I think that hurt the sport a lot more than brawls or baggy clothes did. Games simply feel a lot bigger when they are on national teleivision. If Stern wants to improve attendance or ratings, get the NBA back on NBC or CBS and put a ton of games on national tv (even if that means less TV money).
      You're only taking a small part of the big picture into account. It's everything all rolled up into one. The T.V. deals are one part of it, the league image is one part of it, it's globalization is another, and so on.

      They've taken steps to try to address all of these things. The age requirement will help in the long run as will some of the other things the league has done.

      If you think Stern thinks of this stuff all by himself sitting in his commissioner's office then you are giving him too much credit.
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      • BigTigLSU
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        • Sep 2002
        • 6506

        #93
        Re: Suspensions handed down

        Originally posted by Air23
        LOL!

        15 games for Melo, huh? Shoulda known Stern was gonna go overboard.

        The NBA is pussified nowadays. There's like one fight every 2 or 3 years, and the League gets its panties in a bunch. Image this, and image that.

        Eff Stern and his image. That fight was weaksauce compared to some classics I've seen.
        I mean look at what Kermit Washington did to Rudy T's face...
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        • fsquid
          Banned
          • Jul 2002
          • 17635

          #94
          Re: Suspensions handed down

          Fight nowadays are pretty weak. The Knicks and Heat didn't get huge suspensions because they fought like men. You didn't have Carmello hit and running like it was Grand Theft Auto out there. You had Charles Oakley trying to send someone to the hospital.

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          • BigTigLSU
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            • Sep 2002
            • 6506

            #95
            Re: Suspensions handed down

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            All of these fights got smaller suspensions
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            • fsquid
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              • Jul 2002
              • 17635

              #96
              Re: Suspensions handed down

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              All of these fights got smaller suspensions
              All those fights were quite gay at best. Not one good one in that whole reel.

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              • BigTigLSU
                H*p H*p 4 H*rs*m*n
                • Sep 2002
                • 6506

                #97
                Re: Suspensions handed down

                Originally posted by fsquid
                All those fights were quite gay at best. Not one good one in that whole reel.

                I like that Chris Childs one on Kobe... that was funny.

                Those were as soft as the one at the Garden the other night. I just dont get how after the Pacers/Detriot fight how Stern believes the players will be robots.
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                • Porschebenz2001
                  MVP
                  • Nov 2004
                  • 3628

                  #98
                  Re: Suspensions handed down

                  Originally posted by BigTigLSU
                  I mean look at what Kermit Washington did to Rudy T's face...
                  Holy crap. My favorite "fight" might be the Chris Childs-Kobe one. It was friggin hillarious. The fights were obviously so much harder back in the 70s and 80s. Stern wants to clean it up, but I don't know if he can suceed.

                  I was watching something on ESPN Classic and it seemed like Larry Bird was one of the biggest **** talkers in the history of the NBA. It seemed like he wanted to push the guy guarding him into a fight every game.
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                  • fsquid
                    Banned
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 17635

                    #99
                    Re: Suspensions handed down

                    Childs-Kobe wasn't really a fight. It was two punches by Childs and then he backed off a bit and everyone got in between the two.

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                    • EWRMETS
                      All Star
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 7491

                      #100
                      Re: Suspensions handed down

                      Originally posted by BigTigLSU

                      I like that Chris Childs one on Kobe... that was funny.

                      Those were as soft as the one at the Garden the other night. I just dont get how after the Pacers/Detriot fight how Stern believes the players will be robots.
                      Stern's justification for the long suspensions after the Malice at the Palace was that the fight involved fans instead of NBA players or officials. This fight only involved players so I wonder what's his justification.

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                      • MaddenMan
                        Tebow is Chuck Norris
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 5632

                        #101
                        Re: Suspensions handed down

                        Carmelo should have "sucker punched" Thomas and then kissed him like Magic did.

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                        • luv_mist
                          Older
                          • May 2004
                          • 9596

                          #102
                          Re: Suspensions handed down

                          Carmelo to appeal suspension

                          J.R. Smith to appeal suspension

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                          • Jackdog
                            Wolverine Soldier
                            • Aug 2002
                            • 7719

                            #103
                            Re: Suspensions handed down

                            Big mistake. Shut up,take your medicine and move on. Mello should have learned that after the "Snitch" tape.
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                            • fsquid
                              Banned
                              • Jul 2002
                              • 17635

                              #104
                              Re: Suspensions handed down

                              Originally posted by Jackdog
                              Big mistake. Shut up,take your medicine and move on. Mello should have learned that after the "Snitch" tape.
                              probably the players association railroading them into appealing.

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                              • Air23
                                Banned
                                • Feb 2003
                                • 2502

                                #105
                                Re: Suspensions handed down

                                Originally posted by EWRMETS
                                I'm not talking about 50 or 40 years ago though. When the Knicks brawled with the Heat during the playoffs (more publicity), Stern didn't overreact like this.

                                Exactly.

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