ESPN's crawl RE: the Suns / Rockets scuffle

by HoustonDiehards on Nov 13, 2008 12:32 AM CST

LOL, another fantastic summation by the worldwide leader.

I am not making this up - transcribed word for word:

"Alston initiated altercation after Barnes ran through Alston's screen while leading with the shoulder."

Heh. Yeah, that's what that was. It wasn't Barnes throwing a shoulder into Alston for no reason other than the game was getting chippy - it was Barnes running through a screen, leading with his shoulder.

ESPN's always on top of it.

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Technically, ESPN is right

Barnes ran through a screen, but he did it like a linebacker going after a halfback.

Mmmmm ... Guinness

by JSun on Nov 13, 2008 12:58 AM CST reply actions

The problem is that the screen wasn't even set yet

by UofTOrange on Nov 13, 2008 9:54 AM CST up reply actions

That's my point

ESPN makes it sound like Barnes was running through a screen, business as usual. No mention of how he dipped his shoulder and plowed it into Rafer for no reason… yet – Rafer is the instigator.

They oversimplified it, and completely put the instigator tag on the wrong player.

by HoustonDiehards on Nov 13, 2008 1:36 AM CST reply actions

Rafer still has to be smart

Rafer had no need to run back and start shit with the goon. He had to know Barnes’ entire goal was to take Rafer out of the game – physically or mentally.

by grungedave on Nov 13, 2008 8:48 AM CST up reply actions

If the refs blow a whistle on Barnes when it happens

Then Alston doesn’t go after him like he did. We can really put most of the blame of this on the shoulders of the refs. The shove occurred right in front of the ball and no less than 2 refs were looking that way. You have to call a foul on Barnes immediately. If you do, no “fracas” ensues.

And yes, ESPN can lick a scrote for saying Alston was the instigator.

by BigTexBD on Nov 13, 2008 11:04 AM CST up reply actions

This we can clearly agree on

It makes absolutely no sense that they don’t call that foul

by UofTOrange on Nov 13, 2008 11:43 AM CST up reply actions

grungedave hit the nail on the head (and other assorted cliches)

“He just took a cheap shot at me, Alston said. "If you look at the replay, the ref is standing there watching it. It was a dirty play, he raised his arm. Good thing he didn’t connect an knock my teeth out. I was just setting a screen, we were trying to get two for one … I don’t know if he was frustrated by his game or their game or or whatever was going on, but there was no call for that. There was no call for my reaction really but sometimes, when someone goes at you like that, you just react.”

by 34forDreaming on Nov 13, 2008 11:49 AM CST reply actions

And yet again ESPN gets it backwards

“The Houston Rockets bring their unique brand of basketball to a gym near you.”

Opening V.O. on Around the Horn over video of Tracy and Nash mixing it up. Once again – the Rockets are the instigators according to ESPN.

by HoustonDiehards on Nov 13, 2008 4:03 PM CST reply actions

Around the Horn segment on the scuffle

Tony Reali said, and I quote word for word: “at any point in any Rockets game a fracas like that just might break out, that’s just the way they play basketball.”

What the hell??

by HoustonDiehards on Nov 13, 2008 4:24 PM CST reply actions

shame on you

You actually watch “Around the Horn”??? – that’s your problem right there!!!

by grungedave on Nov 14, 2008 8:55 AM CST up reply actions

I watch all the sports shows when there's something Houston-related...

…that might get national run. But my god if that isn’t the most brutally-unwatchable show on ESPN, I don’t know what is.

See what I do for you people?

by HoustonDiehards on Nov 14, 2008 12:37 PM CST reply actions

Birds of a Feather ...

While I agree with you guys, you gotta admit that between Alston and Crazy Pills there’s a certain baggage/image that precedes them. Stay clean for a while and it’ll change.

Mmmmm ... Guinness

by JSun on Nov 14, 2008 4:14 PM CST reply actions