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re: NBA only suspends JR Smith two games for punching Crowder in the face

Posted on 4/27/15 at 10:34 pm to
Posted by Dylan
Bayou Barbary
Member since May 2009
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Posted on 4/27/15 at 10:34 pm to
It was pretty bad, but I've seen much worse. I mean it's the playoffs, it's going to get chippy and cheap shots are going to happen. I think he should of gotten a 3 game suspension personally, but it's not like it was Ron Artest bad or robert Horry Steve Nash bad. JR is a thug and will be watched closely the rest of the way so he better play smart.

I do miss old school playoff basketball though, back when every hard foul wasn't reviewed to see if it was a flagrant. I miss when they wouldn't let anyone get a easy basket in the paint.

I'm pulling for a cavs vs. warriors final, I think it will be a fun matchup to watch.
Posted by buckeye_vol
Member since Jul 2014
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Posted on 4/27/15 at 11:18 pm to
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I do miss old school playoff basketball though, back when every hard foul wasn't reviewed to see if it was a flagrant. I miss when they wouldn't let anyone get a easy basket in the paint.
When was this time exactly? I hear people talk about it all the time, and often reference the 80s. Yet, when I look at the data, I see they shot free throws at a much higher rate, even after accounting for pace. They must have been calling a lot of fouls, and not all of them could have been those "hard" fouls. I'm beginning to think that like a lot of historical trends, the toughness of that time is overstated and is partially a result cognitive biases.
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