Dahntay Jones tripped Kobe Bryant

[OneMoreSucka]

the only thing that matters is dahntay jones pissed kobe off. i wouldn't be surprised to see kobe go for 45 wednesday night.

Would it matter? It seems like he goes for 45 every night, his teammates can't do jack

[EllEffEll]

Good summary and I agree to an extent. What I think you are missing in the case of Jones is his past transgressions and already being warned by the league, and the follow through with his legs. It doesn't just look like a trip as much as it looks like a kick. But we will see what the league does. I am almost certain it will get upgraded.

Each of a player's transgressions should be dealt with individually with a mechanism built into the rules to deal with multiple transgressions so it doesn't become an arbitrary process. If it's a Flag 1, make it so and an accumulation of them will have an impact just like it would for any player.

If he's done the crime and done the time for the past transgressions, his past should have no bearing.

[LA_Showtime]

Would it matter? It seems like he goes for 45 every night, his teammates can't do jack

lol @ this point kobe has to score over 40 points for us to beat denver. it's sorta pathetic...

[STelfair31]

dayum Laker fans, you are starting to slip, or maybe mature, if so, kudos

IMMHOO (in my most humble of opinions) that sh*t is cheap and he deserves to watch game five in street clothes from the locker room.

you gotta tell someone want an acronym means, theres no point in even using the acronym IMMHOO, because the explanation of the actual acronym is long then the acronym itself... aside from that, the whole tripping insident may just fuel the Lakers..




he looks pissed, doesn't he??

[DuMa]

if kobe/lakers needs extra motivation to beat denver then they're in trouble. theyre simply not hungry enough night in night out

[Fatal9]

Tripping fouls are now flagrants? It was a clear foul but flagrant/suspension worthy?

[Cangri]

If it was against any other player people wouldn't give a sh.t.
But no, it was against poor Kobe

[bleedinpurpleTwo]

dayum Laker fans, you are starting to slip, or maybe mature, if so, kudos

IMMHOO (in my most humble of opinions) that sh*t is cheap and he deserves to watch game five in street clothes from the locker room.

I count at least 3 cheap shot on Kobe so far.
1. Jones shoves Kobe in back while Kobe is in air. intentional. foul called. no tech.
2. Jones trips Kobe intentionally. no foul called.
3. Melo shoves Kobe in back while Kobe is in air. intentional. foul called. no tech.

[bleedinpurpleTwo]

If it was against any other player people wouldn't give a sh.t.
But no, it was against poor Kobe

and if KOBE pulled the same stunts, people would be going nuts...including YOU.

keep your hyprocracy in check.

[konex]

Kobe has destroyed Jones all series. If he gets suspended, JR might start. That's not good for LA

[jjayfive]

as a laker fan, i would say the trip was intentional.. however, i don't think it was that dirty, ala bruce bowen trips... he wasn't tryin to hurt the guy....

[jjayfive]

the push was way more worse...

[bdreason]

That's a cheap play and deserves a a suspension.

I'm all for physical play, but that's just a cheap move that could seriously injure someone.

One of the most bush league plays I've ever seen.

[OldSchoolBBall]

That's a cheap play and deserves a a suspension.

I'm all for physical play, but that's just a cheap move that could seriously injure someone.

One of the most bush league plays I've ever seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVUXJ8Q7ehY#t=4m30s at the 4:30-4:45 mark

Regular foul, no tech, no flagrant, no ejection.

[Mor'Fiyah]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVUXJ8Q7ehY#t=4m30s at the 4:30-4:45 mark

Regular foul, no tech, no flagrant, no ejection.

As if the calls getting people suspended and T'ed up would have had the same repercussions back then also. At least they called it a foul. Jones got away with it straight up. This is a different situation in regards to the league's precedent on looking back at plays and doling out punishment. In this video it looks like the guy falls first and then hooks Jordans legs vs Jones straight kicking Kobe's legs out.