Perkins Flagrant Foul Will Be Evaluated

dumb move by Perk. Couldn’t believe it when I saw it. I’m sure he was trying to put it in the guy’s chest but went high.

Based on how other people are earning suspensions, this move will merit one too.

if this is the measuring stick for suspension, then all the players are going to have to do is intentionally lower their bodies creating contact in the neck/head region.

Pietrus did this on the play AND flopped. If you reward this behavior, you are just going to encourage more of it.

and take the deciding factors in games further and further away from actual basketball plays and ability.

I say this knowing it is an overreaction to something that hasn’t even happened yet, but if they suspend Perk, I’d consider playing the game in protest and starting and playing bench players.

Give PP, Ray and Rondo (along with Perk) the extra rest and make a statement to the league in the process.

someone’s got to put the spotlight on this nonsense…..if it actually materializes.

I hope the NBA is happy that in the playoffs they are taking away any fan enjoyment because we can’t watch the players play! I hope everyone turns off their TV and spends time with their Mom if this happens! Happy Mothers Day.

(1) Kobe clearly did hit Artest in the neck. It’s on the tape.
(2) If the contact was accidental, as part of regular play, they do not suspend. They suspend for actions like Fischer’s or Alston’s… purposeful hits.
(3) This was a flagrant 1 at most, it was called properly in the game, and there it will end. The rest is nonsense.

Or, we can make a statement by playing with urgency, will, focus, and anger like we should have done in every single game.

The league and the refs are obviously affecting the game, but is that something that’s going to stop now? It’s up to us to adapt… if we’re not going to get calls – we just have to play better. Standing around arguing with refs while the game’s still going, not playing defense because we’re still caught up with missed calls… that doesn’t help us in this uphill battle.

Just get Howard suspended for game 5. At some point, the chance will present itself.

It is what it is. I am much more concerned about this club’s total inability to focus in back to back games. Count Perkins among the unfocused Friday night. Couldn’t win – or really, be any more than briefly competititve – with him.

I hate to say that, and it definitely was a half-flop by Pietrus, but I think the league will be under pressure to suspend and will. And thus, the series will likely come to an end. At least the Orlando troll is smart enough to know that with both KG and Nelson in this series, Celtics would win. I think they would have swept on won in 5. However, if Perk is out tomorrow, the C’s will go down in either 5 or 6.

shows Kobe’s elbow hit the upper chest, then slid up to the neck. The guidelines say ejection is warranted for “An elbow foul which makes contact above shoulder level” (regardless of where the elbow hit first). Also: “Elbow fouls, which make contact above shoulder level, and punching fouls, although recorded as both personal and team fouls, are unsportsmanlike acts. The player will be ejected immediately.”

Now… there are specific rules for, say, punching fouls, fighting, leaving the bench, etc., which clearly state that the player will be suspended (like Alston). There is nothing in the guidebook that says the league will suspend a player who should have been ejected in the game. In this instance, suspension will only come if the foul is upgraded to a flagrant 2. For flagrant 2, they like to see wind-up and follow-through, which did not exist. Therefore, no suspension. It was actually a very minor play.

Now the league has the power to do whatever it wants. But historically, they don’t suspend unless the rules and/or guidelines specifically require it.