Baron Davis ejected for clapping

[Cleveland56]

First Timmy Duncan for laughing, and now this..I love it.

 

[cdt]

I'm surprised Baron lasted as long as he did he was screaming "Bullshit" after every call, Salvatore doesn't mess around but he let it ride a little bit tonight. He should have just ejected him when he was screaming in his ear...it would have looked better.

Too bad though I love this series the teams are going back and forth scoring at an alarming rate..I hope Monta goes off and the Mavs slump.

 

[cdt]

Stephen Jackson bites the dust...quick someone get a vbookie up for the next Warrior to go..

 

[Cleveland56]

Stephen Jackson just got the boot. He is a punk though.

 

[madisonmax]

He's a "punk" who helped lead the Warriors to the playoffs. Without his 3 pt shooting, they don't make it.

If Indiana's resident idiot Larry Bird didn't give up Jackson & Harrington, the Warriors never sniff this postseason.

 

[TrueCavsFan23]

i love jackson,i love his game but hes so ignorant.

 

[highplainsdrifter]

anyone got a video clip of this, I missed the game.

 

[Cleveland56]

He's a "punk" who helped lead the Warriors to the playoffs. Without his 3 pt shooting, they don't make it.

If Indiana's resident idiot Larry Bird didn't give up Jackson & Harrington, the Warriors never sniff this postseason.

Didn't say he wasn't good. He is a punk though.

 

[chiefwahoo]

The refs need to take better control of these games. Obviously players get emotional during the playoffs. They let Baron go too far after his 4th foul and didn't T him up. Then when he got his 5th he just pushed it further and got tossed.

And Stephen Jackson is a moron. He didn't even leave the court and continued to scream at the refs. He's a headcase no matter how talented a player he is.

 

[madisonmax]

The evolution of NBA etiquette has been a startling thing to behold. There was a time when you could shove somebody, fling an opponent into a row of photographers, even throw a few punches and stay in the game. The Celtics' Sam Jones once grabbed a chair, the better to take on a rampaging Wilt Chamberlain, and both players returned to the floor when the tempers had cooled.

As Baron Davis discovered at a very bad time Wednesday night, you can now get ejected for sarcasm.

There's no rationalizing Davis' behavior in Game 2 of the Warriors' playoff series against Dallas, because he knows the climate of the league. There's no excusing the subsequent ejection of Stephen Jackson, because it reinforces the notion that the Warriors can't control their emotions. As much as coach Don Nelson enjoys the bottom line -- back to Oakland for Games 3 and 4 with the series tied -- he can't savor the prospect of his best, toughest players having to curtail their basic nature.

The bothersome part about all this, and it's been a problem since the start of the season, is the NBA's almost paranoid reaction to controversy. All of a sudden, players couldn't conspicuously gripe about calls without the risk of ejection. At first there seemed to be a double standard, star players being allowed to vent a little, but now it's Miss Manners time for everybody. Just the other day, at the close of the regular season, Tim Duncan committed the crime of excessive laughter. Joey Crawford, close to a legend in the world of officiating, drew what appears to be a permanent suspension for old-school intolerance.

Davis, who had been called for a technical earlier in the game, earned his sentence for clapping, in derision, for some 15 seconds until referee Bennett Salvatore couldn't take it any more. It can't be long before a dirty look sends you straight to the locker room.

-Bruce Jenkins, sportswriter for 30 years-

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[highplainsdrifter]

This stuff is starting to piss me off. The refs seem to be on an extreme power trip. Sure players may get outta hand sometimes, but its not like the refs dont make mistakes either.

Lets just outlaw emotion in a basketball game. Lets outlaw disagreement. Cuz the refs seem infallible. While we're at it lets not allow fans to cheer at games. Lets get robots to play the game. Insane, I know, but this is the path the NBA seems to be headed on...