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No problem with a 75k fine, hibbert knew it was comming and said at the time he'd accept it. The issue is that flopping fines which affect the actual game are so small and not a %. Any number they pick is crap because it just means big name players can afford to wear the fine while others can't. Should be an in game play like a technical foul or should be a % based fine on their salary or match fee.
[QUOTE=Derka]As much as I love the guy...
How much would KG's fine be if they bothered to look back at all the ridiculous language that's come out of his mouth and into the ears of people watching Wolves/Celtics games?[/QUOTE]
KG had the intelligence to realize that he shouldn't say that stuff in a nationally televised press conference
Feel bad for Hibbert as I don't think he had any malice behind his words, but its about what I expected. No way was the NBA going to tacitly approve of his words by not taking a chunk out of his wallet in 2013. Still relative to what he earns, it should be a big deal.
Has LeBron been fined for that flop yet?
I was gonna make a gay joke, butt f*ck it
[QUOTE=Rik Smits' Hair]Has LeBron been fined for that flop yet?[/QUOTE]
has PG been fined for that flop and how does lebron's flop come into this?
[B][COLOR="Navy"]The fine should be using profanity on TV but not for the No Mo that isnt even a slur.:facepalm [/COLOR][/B]
[QUOTE=bagelred]That is alot of money for a joke that isn't really a gay slur, more like a bad joke....kinda like "that's what she said."
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GPImySGLcc[/url]
Oversensitive America. Thought control. Must conform.[/QUOTE]
[B][COLOR="Navy"]This is funny[/COLOR][/B]
Stern just robbed Hibbert then called him a homo.
[QUOTE=Rose'sACL]has PG been fined for that flop and how does lebron's flop come into this?[/QUOTE]
As previously stated
5-10k for a flop, but 75k for a comment seems unbalanced.
seems right, the nba will make an example of roy hibbert to keep the gay sympathizers on the nbas side.
[QUOTE=Rik Smits' Hair]As previously stated
5-10k for a flop, but 75k for a comment seems unbalanced.[/QUOTE]
then have the problem with the rule. Stop bringing lebron's name into things that are not related to him. There is no set fine for using "mother****ers" in press conference but there is a set fine for flopping. I think there should be a tech called for flopping but stop bringing lebron into every thread to make your players look better when lebron didn't call media "mother[B]fuc[/B]kers" for writing about him every day.
I am sure if a white player said something like ""Nah, I didn't steal it, I'm not black.", he would be fined and ridiculed by media for months. Both "no homo" and "i'm not black" are jokes. The "no homo" thing was said after calling every media member "mother****ers".
If lebron said the same thing . ISH would be shut down for a couple of hours.
he didn't even go at anyone. he wasn't said mother ****er in a harmful way. it was more of a joke. whatever, it's his money and not mine but to me it did not seem disrespectful and more so informative. why the **** does the stupid media vote for awards anyways?:facepalm
Stern has no sense of humor. He is a fascist dictator. Cant wait for him to retire.
[QUOTE=It's A VC3!!!]he didn't even go at anyone. he wasn't said mother ****er in a harmful way. it was more of a joke. whatever, it's his money and not mine but to me it did not seem disrespectful and more so informative. why the **** does the stupid media vote for awards anyways?:facepalm[/QUOTE]
how was mother[B]fuc[/B]ker not said in a harmful way? If your boss who you don't know too well comes to you and calls you a mother[B]fuc[/B]ker loudly in front of the whole office for not doing your job well, is it not harmful as well?
Hibbert hasn't been doing his job as a player too well for majority of his career. Should media start calling him a mother[B]fuc[/B]ker too?
[QUOTE=305Baller]Stern has no sense of humor. He is a fascist dictator. Cant wait for him to retire.[/QUOTE]
:applause: :applause: :applause:
[QUOTE=Rameek][B][COLOR="Navy"]The fine should be using profanity on TV but not for the No Mo that isnt even a slur.:facepalm [/COLOR][/B]
[B][COLOR="Navy"]This is funny[/COLOR][/B][/QUOTE]
It's not a gay slur, ESPN and the media got it wrong but it's still an insensitive remark because you know people(media and activist groups) will twist it the wrong way, which they already have.
The fine was a little excessive but you can't blame the NBA for trying to cover their own butts. If the NBA didn't do anything about it, you know damn well some media watchdog group will make a big deal out of it.