Chapter 1: What happened during Victor Wembanyama's ejection in Game 4?
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of Wembanyama's ejection for the Spurs?
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Chapter 4: How do players protect their stars during playoffs?
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Chapter 5: What did Jamal Crawford say about Anthony Edwards' competitiveness?
uh... by the way on tuesday the timberwolves are nine-and-a-half point underdogs against the spurs which is where all start because victor when benyama was tossed last night in the second quarter flagrant to and let me give you the rule book here uh... a flagrant one is unnecessary contact a flagrant to unnecessary contact and excessive contact therefore that can result in an ejection and possible suspension
I think because we like Wemby, we want to see Wemby, we don't think the NBA will suspend him. Now, I go back to PTSD, post-traumatic stern disorder, when David Stern was the commissioner, because if I brought this up to him and I said, if Victor Wemby got suspended and I would have the audacity to question the commissioner, as I once did, You can't suspend him.
He already got suspended, really got kicked out of a game in the second quarter. And then he would probably use the word palaver. And then he would scold me with this commissioner, Adam Silver. Do I think now here's the one thing that's tricky with this. And look, I don't agree with what Wemby did. I know that he's getting, you know, jostled.
Chapter 6: How are the Knicks changing their game strategy this season?
He's getting hit in the face. He's getting pushed. There's a lot of things that go on. This is the way that you are going to combat Victor Wendanyama, his skill and his size. They are going to rough him up. We talked about this when the series started. They're going to be physical with him. He's got to be careful. He's got to make sure he's not the one who's going to be the enforcer.
That's where you have a guy come off the bench and say, why don't you smack Anthony Edwards here?
Chapter 7: What factors influence LeBron James' potential retirement?
I mean, this is what happens in baseball. You kind of police yourself here. You can't be throwing elbows. You can't. And I disagree with the coaching staff, with the Spurs. Yes, it's physical. It's playoff basketball. But there's a better way to do this than me losing Wendy for an entire game that you probably should have won.
But I think that's going to be, as we move forward, how does San Antonio protect Wemby? How do they let Minnesota know you're not going to get away with that again?
Chapter 8: What are the opinions on James Harden's playoff performance?
But watching that last night, it's above and beyond, and it's excessive, and I wouldn't rule out a suspension. I mean, I've been around the NBA for over 50 years. I wouldn't rule out that they would suspend him. Now, if it's the regular season, he would probably be suspended. if this would have been a fourth-quarter flagrant two, then he'd probably be out for this next game.
But watching that last night, you watch it in slow motion, it doesn't help. Now, not that the officials get to look at that, but the commissioner does. And that's where you look at it and you go, it's beyond excessive. Like he was hoping to connect with somebody. I get the frustration level. But you're the best player on the floor.
You can't be thrown out of a game because you want to let everybody know you're not going to take this. Do we have the coach of the Spurs, Mitch Johnson? Here we go.
It's getting to a point that if the people that are in charge of controlling the game and protecting the physicality of the game don't do that, then at some point he's going to have to protect himself. We've been asking him to do that now for a while. I'm glad he took matters into his own hands. Again, not in terms of hitting Nas Reed, but I'll be very clear about that.
I'm glad Nas Reed was okay, and I didn't want him to elbow him. But he's going to have to protect himself if they're not. And I think it's disgusting.
That's a playoff voice there with the coach of the Spurs. You can't do it. You can't. Now, I know he wants to side with Wemby. He wants to let him know that he has his back. As a coach, you've got to make sure that you keep your cool with this. You don't like it happening. You just don't want to lose him because Minnesota benefits greatly because of that.
This is why when Wayne Gretzky was doing what Wayne Gretzky did, Edmonton, all the other teams he played for, always had an enforcer. If you're going to bang up Gretzky, Dave Semenko or Marty McSorley is going to come in and pound your face. Now, you can't do that in basketball, but I would bring in Kelly Olenek and say, Kelly, why don't you rough up Anthony Edwards accidentally?
I can't lose Wemby. And I do want to have his back, and I know it's frustrating. And there was a play in a previous game where he got pushed from behind. It's going to happen. Michael Jordan didn't get up and fight people when the Pistons' game plan was to knock Mike to the ground. The best player in the game, they roughed him up.
But Mike didn't get up and say, I'm going to fight Bill Lane Beer. Now, he probably wanted to, but that's where you have players who will do that for you. Great players, that's when a great player, somebody throws at your head. You've hit two home runs. I'm going to throw inside. I'm going to hit you. I don't like it, but this is what happens.
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