Thugs on Parade — Warriors, Bowen validate NBA stereotype
Just when I was starting to fall for the Warriors …
… Sunday night in California, Baronette Davis had his true colors on brilliant, HDTV display.
When the going got tough against Utah and Cindy-rella was losing her glass slipper, Davis showed us exactly who he was by taking a cheap shot elbow to the head of Jazz guard Derek Fisher (below top). After missing his 3, Davis’ classy response was a blindside forearm shiv.
You lost your cool, GS. It’s tougher to lose with class than win with class. C’mon. Act like you’ve been there before. Oh, wait. You haven’t.
Earlier in the weekend, San Antonio thugee-master Bruce Bowen stuck his right knee in the babymakers of Steve Nash (below bottom).
That wasn’t the worst of it, however. The worst was the non-suspension call by David Stern and the NBA pencil pushers. By not suspending Bowen, David Stern put the testicles and potential familydom of every NBA player in harm’s way.
The precedent is set. So long as you don’t leave the bench in a playoff fist-fight, you can beat the hell out of other guys on the floor who aren’t looking.
We understand you want to neuter the league, Dave. With your anti-bling dress code and hip-hop hate. Just keep your idle hands off our playoff balls, huh?
Today, Stern has a chance to suspend Davis and even Jason Richardson (hammer foul on Okur, not pictured). Richardson’s foul was somewhat within the boundaries of tough, hard play. Davis, however, needs to miss 20 games to start next season. This was far worse than Carmelo’s ‘Slap-Backpedal’ dance (also not pictured).
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