Comments on: NBA players respond to the league’s decision not to suspend Serge Ibaka

By: SLAM ONLINE | » Blake Griffin and Others Think Serge Ibaka Should’ve Been Suspended

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:42:00 +0000

[...] The consensus among NBA players and the general public appears to be that Serge Ibaka got away with just a $25,000 fine for his punch to Blake Griffin’s groin area. The LA Clippers star forward joked about the League’s ruling on Twitter, and told the press that perhaps Ibaka was allowed to play last night since it was a big, nationally-televised game against the Los Angeles Lakers. Per the OC Register: “From what I heard, I guess he’s saying he was just trying to get his hand away from mine,’ Griffin said after Tuesday’s practice. ‘I actually didn’t have his hand. He had my arm, so I don’t know how it’s going to be interpreted. It is surprising, but it is a big game tonight (against the Lakers) … It’s kind of a mess. It’s kind of a tough situation,’ Griffin added. ‘Whatever the NBA wants to do and however they want to handle it, we’ll let them handle it that way.’ Although Griffin was unhappy with the league’s reaction, he said he wasn’t going to ‘cry and complain’ or retaliate. ‘I don’t really see how it can be let go, but I’m not going to do anything about it,’ he said. ‘It’s not really my job to start running around punching people and hitting people because it doesn’t really solve anything. It really just gets myself in trouble, and I don’t want that. When something like that happens, I feel it’s best to let someone else take care of it because me going and punching somebody isn’t really a part of the game.’” [...]

By: Falcon

Falcon — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:45:51 +0000

Tom is right. The key word is “intentional”. Serge was looking up at the basket and tried to knock Blakes arm out ot the way. He simply missed and landed an unfortunate blow. He didn’t intentionally land a low blow!

By: Dragon

Dragon — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 06:42:27 +0000

I thought Blakes tweet was pretty cool.For one…because its funny…and two…the cup statement,to me kinda said…it was very painful whether it was intentional or not.

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 06:20:03 +0000

Agreed tom hunter!

By: tom hunter

tom hunter — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 04:33:12 +0000

first, it was not intentional
second, it was not a full blow
third, Blake was tugging on Ibaka’s jersey
Keep your eye on the ball

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Wed, 06 Mar 2013 04:13:11 +0000

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Wed, 06 Mar 2013 04:01:17 +0000

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By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 03:08:52 +0000

Blake is a punk, but no one deserves that. Very classless by Serge.

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Wed, 06 Mar 2013 02:44:24 +0000

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