Wear a mouth guard kids.
Len's Elbow on Hill
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Crazy because I totally remember that incident...and I remember it quite differently than what I just watched. Just to clarify, Malone only knocked Robinson out cold the one time?
I will say, Robinson always played Malone timidly after that.
And Malone was a nasty player. It started in college and never stopped. He didn't feel bad about hurting people. I enjoyed it back in the day, but looking back... Malone was a menace. He tried to hurt people every once in a while, and succeeded more than a few times. No place for that in professional sports.
I was at the Isiah Thomas bloodied face game. I was a Soph at Mountain View High School.
I was down low too on that side by the jazz bench. They just added on seats above or around
the exit. It was random that I ended up there, just checking the availability of tickets at a supermarket ticket counter the day of.
It seemed pretty chaotic, and I could see Thomas bleeding. Wed be furious if Lebron or someone did that Hood.
I was down low too on that side by the jazz bench. They just added on seats above or around
the exit. It was random that I ended up there, just checking the availability of tickets at a supermarket ticket counter the day of.
It seemed pretty chaotic, and I could see Thomas bleeding. Wed be furious if Lebron or someone did that Hood.
Stockton and Malone were dirty players. Elbows, kicks, nasty/mean checks, tugging, pushing, body checking...
I'm not anti Stockton or Malone. Hell, Stockton is my all time favorite player. But let's be honest, they played dirty.
I thought mountain_hwy's comments were interesting.
Britton Johnson talked about it on the pre-game show against the Celtics. He said he didn't think it was dirty. He said George Hill is a tough guy and a fearless defender and got right up in Len's space. He said when that happens, players are at risk of getting hit. He did not blame Len.
He also said someone should probably talk to Hill and tell him he is too valuable to play that way. He can't take those risks because he is too valuable to the team.
I think this is absurd. I absolutely want him to play that way. To play hard nosed D. Hill did nothing in that play that was dangerous or risky. Len threw an elbow. Now, I don't think Len meant to cut him open and concuss him but he knew he was throwing elbows. That's on Len, not Hill.
jope
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true, but i also want hill to play more than 1/3rd of the time.
jope
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No just don't put your face 3 inches from a 7 footer clearing the lane. A healthy 90%-defensive-effort hill is better than hill playing 35 games this season.
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We are simply going to disagree.
jope
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sure, so do i. but he can make conscious decisions to try to avoid injury, which includes knowing when to back off a bit.. he is on pace to play 28 games (34% of 82 games) this season, and is arguably our most important player offensively, and 2nd most important defensively. he needs to play first and foremost, because his aggressive d is a moot point if he's not on the floor.