KMart not near suspension after all
by Nate Timmons on May 26, 2009 9:39 AM MDT
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Just cruising the blogosphere and came across this story from Andrew over at Denver Stiffs.
According to a Marc Stein's (here) ESPN article Martin has had three of his technicals rescinded so last night's technical was actually just his third and not his sixth. This is great news as KMart was facing a mandatory one-game suspension if he reached seven techs.
Denver's Kenyon Martin has also been hit with five technicals this postseason, but his past three technicals were rescinded by the league, putting Martin officially at two. Two of Martin's technicals in Denver's second-round series with Dallas were wiped away -- one of them when a Game 1 hit on Dirk Nowitzki was upgraded from a technical foul to a flagrant foul. Also, double technicals Martin and L.A.'s Pau Gasol were assessed in Game 2 were rescinded.
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So the league offices can see how unfair refs are to K-Mart
When are they going to do something about the actual game officials?
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by Bob in Boulder on May 26, 2009 10:32 AM MDT reply actions
Wow
Talk about lucking out, that is huge.
I’m not sure how we managed such a stroke of good fortune from the league, but that is a huge deal. Now, Kenyon will probably not cost the Nuggets a critical game with his absence due to a technical suspension. There are still quite a few games remaining but man…losing Kenyon would have hurt, bad.
So happy for this.
I think the league went back and saw that a couple of those techs were absolutely terrible ...
And the tech he got upgraded to a flagrant … sort of works out I guess.
Losing Kenyon would make for winning a game very very difficult.
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by Nate Timmons on May 26, 2009 11:03 AM MDT up reply actions
Wow
Nate pretty soon we’re going to need an extra category in the box score to update foul calls lol.
*Jones awarded flagrant 1 foul for tripping
*Martin technical recinded
*Bynum flagrant changed to personal
It is good news though, win or lose it’s better if both teams have all their players. The only exception to that I believe may be Jones.
The NBA needs to chill
And recognize that the playoffs require you to be more lenient on Ts. That Flagrant last night was BS…
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So, is there some sort of link?
where you can go to look at all of the players remaining in the playoffs and see their technical foul totals and flagrant point totals to see who is in danger of being suspended? Especially since they seem to change half of the calls made during the games.
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Phew!
Thanks for the news. I was honestly really worried about this, considering how liberal they’ve been with the techs (on both teams). If they’re going to hold to the 7 techs means a one-game suspension, it’s good that they review all of them to make sure they were warranted.
Dahntay may be suspended
Upon league review of his trip. Fuck.
Oh well, I guess that means that JR will get more burn, at least.
Surely, you can’t be serious?
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by Bob in Boulder on May 26, 2009 3:09 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, upgraded to a Flagrant 1, which means Dahntay is suspended
http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets, according to Benjamin Hochman
Great.
Wait, how does that mean he's suspended?
A flagrant 1 by itself isn’t an automatic suspension. You have to have a certain number of points or something.
He's not, see below...
But this proves that the NBA needs to reassess its system for flagrants, its BS…
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No he's not
He has 3 flagrant points now, one more and a suspension but not yet…
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That's what I mean. He has 3, Benjamin Hochman's twitter account is saying that
The league is going to upgrade Dahntay’s trip to a F1, which would put him at four.
by Colin Neilson on May 26, 2009 3:13 PM MDT up reply actions
So, is that the final verdict?
He now has 3 points, one more flagrant one and he sits a game? Also, how on earth can the league justify giving him a flagrant one for the push to Kobe’s back and back away Bynum’s two-handed chop to the Bird that grazed his face last night? Unbelievable. Lesson learned, if you’re going to foul someone hard, just make sure it isn’t Kobe. This is BS.
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by Bob in Boulder on May 26, 2009 3:24 PM MDT up reply actions
it's about intent, whether it was necessary, and end result
while an “unnecessary” foul does not constitute a flagrant foul, it does if it was deemed both intentional, and could have or did result in injury. Both of Jone’s flagrant fouls (the push and the trip) could have injured Kobe. Had it been anyone else on the push other than Kobe or Lebron (for example, Wade), they would have crashed to the ground, and Jones would have been lucky to get out of the game with only a flagrant 1.
Bynum’s karate chop to Anderson’s arms, while unnecessary, is a typical play made across the NBA when beaten, and attempting to stop the player from scoring and forcing them to make the shot from the line.
AndersEn ... not the usual "son"
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by Nate Timmons on May 26, 2009 3:59 PM MDT up reply actions
I do that alot
hard to remember when your flying along on the keyboard to hit that E instead of the O in a normally common name
I hear ya ...
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by Nate Timmons on May 26, 2009 4:30 PM MDT up reply actions
Real verdict
Not another lame attempt at humor. From this ESPN article (not another Rick Roll, I promise, btw has anyone else ever encountered a real nasty one out there that takes over your machine?), it appears Dahntay does have 3 points total now (3 flagrant ones, including the two from this series that have been upgraded) and is still one point away from a suspension.
The article also has more info about other flagrants and technical foul status for some players.
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Hey, my lame attempt at humor was deleted too? Was it the Rick Roll or the lame satire?
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by Bob in Boulder on May 26, 2009 9:56 PM MDT up reply actions
Well, that's great news.
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by Tempestuous Binary on May 26, 2009 6:58 PM MDT reply actions
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