OT - The sheer stupidity of Amare's injury

The Watcher · Post #1 » by **The Watcher** » Sat May 5, 2012 4:59 am

The fact that Amare was paid 100 million or whatever to lead NY to playoff glory makes the stupidity of his actions more magnified. Where do you think his knuckle-slapping a fire extinguisher ranks among the stupidest actions by a player/coach during the playoffs?

I can think of a Raptors example to keep this somewhat on-topic: Butch Carter suing an opposing player as the playoffs begin and causing a near mutiny. Please discuss other instances of playoff stupidity.

C_Money · Post #2 » by **C_Money** » Sat May 5, 2012 5:09 am

Well according to Amare, it was not his fault and that fire extinquisher shouldn't have been there.

AMG · Post #3 » by **AMG** » Sat May 5, 2012 5:44 am

There should be a stupidity clause for NBA contracts. Anyone who does something really stupid gets reviewed by a panel that can grant contract-cancellation rights to their team (one-time optional opportunity). The NBA does seem to have the highest amount of complete fools compared to the other major sports, ranging from financial fools, fools making horrible decisions, all the way to being Delonte West.

Oakville_Raptor · Post #4 » by **Oakville_Raptor** » Sat May 5, 2012 7:38 am

The Watcher wrote: Butch Carter suing his own player as the playoffs begin.

What?

dagger · Post #5 » by **dagger** » Sat May 5, 2012 7:41 am

The Watcher wrote:The fact that Amare was paid 100 million or whatever to lead NY to playoff glory makes the stupidity of his actions more magnified. Where do you think his knuckle-slapping a fire extinguisher ranks among the stupidest actions by a player/coach during the playoffs?

I can think of a Raptors example to keep this somewhat on-topic: Butch Carter suing his own player as the playoffs begin and causing a near mutiny. Please discuss other instances of playoff stupidity.

butch never sued his own players. He sued Marcus Camby of the Knicks.

Chaos Engine · Post #6 » by **Chaos Engine** » Sat May 5, 2012 7:53 am

Oakville_Raptor wrote:
The Watcher wrote: Butch Carter suing his own player as the playoffs begin.

What?

Attonitus · Post #7 » by **Attonitus** » Sat May 5, 2012 8:04 am

The truth is that devotion is something we can only dream about, call him what u want, he would be a dream on our team.

Kabookalu · Post #8 » by **Kabookalu** » Sat May 5, 2012 8:49 am

Attonitus wrote:The truth is that devotion is something we can only dream about, call him what u want, he would be a dream on our team.

More like a nightmare. I bet even the haters would want Bargnani over Amare. He's atrocious defensively and doesn't know the single meaning of boxing out, and his biggest strength scoring is only as good as whatever point guard he works with.

cjcfman · Post #9 » by **cjcfman** » Sat May 5, 2012 10:16 am

VC going to his graduation before game 7?

Slade3 · Post #10 » by **Slade3** » Sat May 5, 2012 12:24 pm

cjcfman wrote:VC going to his graduation before game 7?

Why, did he miss the game? Did his performance suck because of it? No? Then what does it matter???!!

basketball royalty · Post #11 » by **basketball royalty** » Sat May 5, 2012 1:01 pm

It was a stupid move because he injured his hand but punching or kicking something is something many players and people in general have done in times of frustration since the beginning of time. In his case it was a crash course in anger management.

J-Roc · Post #12 » by **J-Roc** » Sat May 5, 2012 2:59 pm

Meh, this is overblown. First, the Knicks were losing the series anyway. Second, guys are risking injury all the time for showtime dunks and whatnot. He injured himself because after losing game 2, he was so pissed because he knew the 2011-2012 season was over for him. He was mad. Fans get mad in those situations, too. It's nice to know a player is actually that mad, too.

hankscorpioLA · Post #13 » by **hankscorpioLA** » Sat May 5, 2012 3:06 pm

AMG wrote:There should be a stupidity clause for NBA contracts. Anyone who does something really stupid gets reviewed by a panel that can grant contract-cancellation rights to their team (one-time optional opportunity). The NBA does seem to have the highest amount of complete fools compared to the other major sports, ranging from financial fools, fools making horrible decisions, all the way to being Delonte West.

Delonte West isn't a fool.

He suffers from bi-polar disorder.

Jay240 · Post #14 » by **Jay240** » Sat May 5, 2012 3:08 pm

It wasn't really stupid. Injuring yourself riding a moped like Monta Ellis did is stupid. What Amare did was just an unfortunate accident resulting from frustration.

deeps6x · Post #15 » by **deeps6x** » Sat May 5, 2012 3:28 pm

Monta Ellis and his moped? Not playoffs per se, but still stupid.

raptorballa · Post #16 » by **raptorballa** » Sat May 5, 2012 3:33 pm

LOL NBA players aren't as bad as NFL... Plaxico Burress is a great example

Ku-Bar · Post #17 » by **Ku-Bar** » Sat May 5, 2012 3:35 pm

Chaos Engine wrote:
Oakville_Raptor wrote:
The Watcher wrote: Butch Carter suing his own player as the playoffs begin.

What?

If I remember correctly, then Raptors head coach Butch Carter filed a defamation of character suit against former Raptor Marcus Camby (a Knick at the time) ... took some of the focus away from what was a lopsided series sweep for New York in the Raptors first playoff appearance in franchise history.

Coach Smiley · Post #18 » by **Coach Smiley** » Sat May 5, 2012 3:36 pm

with the amare situation, the more details that come out the more you realize it was just a freak accident, it happens in the heat of the moment, everyone should be glad it didn't end up being worse though

StMikes31 · Post #19 » by **StMikes31** » Sat May 5, 2012 4:08 pm

hankscorpioLA wrote:
AMG wrote:There should be a stupidity clause for NBA contracts. Anyone who does something really stupid gets reviewed by a panel that can grant contract-cancellation rights to their team (one-time optional opportunity). The NBA does seem to have the highest amount of complete fools compared to the other major sports, ranging from financial fools, fools making horrible decisions, all the way to being Delonte West.

Delonte West isn't a fool.

He suffers from bi-polar disorder.

Then he shouldn't be playing. Incidents like his gun charges can lead to negative things especially with his "bipolar disease".

cjcfman · Post #20 » by **cjcfman** » Sat May 5, 2012 4:36 pm

Slade3 wrote:
cjcfman wrote:VC going to his graduation before game 7?

Why, did he miss the game? Did his performance suck because of it? No? Then what does it matter???!!

The OP said to "Please discuss other instances of playoff stupidity," I don't know why you gotta be an ass about it.

Pretty sure he shot the ball bad that game, missed the last shot, his team lost. At the time it was the most important game of his career and the raptors franchise, and he takes the morning off? I dunno seems kinda dumb to me