Nikola Jokic Shoves Markieff Morris After Morris's Foul; Both Ejected

[Grumpy Heat Fan]

People defending either Morris or Jokic are wrong. Neither has a moral high ground. They both did something stupid. Is that really hard to admit?

Is Morris an ass? Absolutely!

Does Jokic look like an ass after this? Absolutely!

Jokic looks like an ass to some Heat fans like yourself and barely anyone else. Jokic just stood up to the bully and that's how this will be remembered and there's not much you can do about it. I know you have to keep supporting Morris because he's on your team, so I understand your choice to live in your dream world where they look equally bad, but as you can see everywhere where this topic is discussed, 99% of people are siding with Jokic on this one.

1 game suspension is a JOKE. He was hit with a hard-ish foul on a legit basketball play. He didn't fall to the ground, or anything.

And his response is to slam into a defenseless players back when they aren't looking?

This is emotional rage that has NO place in the game. One was a basketball play, and one was not.

Jokic action was during dead ball and could have caused a brawl and injury. NO PLACE in basketball for what Jokic did, even if Morris hard fouled.


Jokic should be suspended AT LEAST 30 games, ON TOP OF the condition that he gets counseling for rage control.

[Wooderson]

People defending either Morris or Jokic are wrong. Neither has a moral high ground. They both did something stupid. Is that really hard to admit?

Is Morris an ass? Absolutely!

Does Jokic look like an ass after this? Absolutely!

Jokic looks like an ass to some Heat fans like yourself and barely anyone else. Jokic just stood up to the bully and that's how this will be remembered and there's not much you can do about it. I know you have to keep supporting Morris because he's on your team, so I understand your choice to live in your dream world where they look equally bad, but as you can see everywhere where this topic is discussed, 99% of people are siding with Jokic on this one.

1 game suspension is a JOKE. He was hit with a hard-ish foul on a legit basketball play. He didn't fall to the ground, or anything.

And his response is to slam into a defenseless players back when they aren't looking?

This is emotional rage that has NO place in the game. One was a basketball play, and one was not.


Jokic should be suspended AT LEAST 30 games, ON TOP OF the condition that he gets counseling for rage control.

Legit basketball play? A legit basketball play would have been Morris wrapping Jokic up with his arms like nearly every other take foul in history. Instead Morris wanted to give a dirty cheap shot in garbage time when the game was over. He tried to get away with it disguising it as a basketball play.

Please explain why Morris didn't just grab Jokic to stop the break when that accomplishes the same thing as a body check, while being much less dangerous.

Morris should have been suspended longer than Jokic for initiating the whole thing. At least Jokic was doing it in the heat of the moment instead of pre-meditated bull that Morris pulled.

[BelgradeNugget]

People defending either Morris or Jokic are wrong. Neither has a moral high ground. They both did something stupid. Is that really hard to admit?

Is Morris an ass? Absolutely!

Does Jokic look like an ass after this? Absolutely!

Are Jimmy and Heat players asses for "waiting" Nuggets players in the hall to start a fight - absolutely. Is Jimmy ass for calling Nuggets assistent coach to fight? Yes he is. Is Spoelstra ass for calling a cheap, dirty foul that could injure Jokic's knee, and rebs "take foul". Yes biggest ass of all. He should try to calm thinks down. And we could go on and on...

[mouse]

People defending either Morris or Jokic are wrong. Neither has a moral high ground. They both did something stupid. Is that really hard to admit?

Is Morris an ass? Absolutely!

Does Jokic look like an ass after this? Absolutely!

Jokic looks like an ass to some Heat fans like yourself and barely anyone else. Jokic just stood up to the bully and that's how this will be remembered and there's not much you can do about it. I know you have to keep supporting Morris because he's on your team, so I understand your choice to live in your dream world where they look equally bad, but as you can see everywhere where this topic is discussed, 99% of people are siding with Jokic on this one.

1 game suspension is a JOKE. He was hit with a hard-ish foul on a legit basketball play. He didn't fall to the ground, or anything.

And his response is to slam into a defenseless players back when they aren't looking?

This is emotional rage that has NO place in the game. One was a basketball play, and one was not.


Jokic should be suspended AT LEAST 30 games, ON TOP OF the condition that he gets counseling for rage control.

Fitting name. Keep supporting a bully who tried to injure one of the games best players since his team took a whooping. Morris started this by being a petty and dirty SOB then took a harder hit immediately afterwards. How about you have a 240lb man come into your rib exposed rib cage with 10+ feet of space to gather momentum and tell us how it feels. I'm sure you wouldn't be grumpy or upset one bit.

[Richard Miller]

People defending either Morris or Jokic are wrong. Neither has a moral high ground. They both did something stupid. Is that really hard to admit?

Is Morris an ass? Absolutely!

Does Jokic look like an ass after this? Absolutely!

Jokic looks like an ass to some Heat fans like yourself and barely anyone else. Jokic just stood up to the bully and that's how this will be remembered and there's not much you can do about it. I know you have to keep supporting Morris because he's on your team, so I understand your choice to live in your dream world where they look equally bad, but as you can see everywhere where this topic is discussed, 99% of people are siding with Jokic on this one.

1 game suspension is a JOKE. He was hit with a hard-ish foul on a legit basketball play. He didn't fall to the ground, or anything.

And his response is to slam into a defenseless players back when they aren't looking?

This is emotional rage that has NO place in the game. One was a basketball play, and one was not.

Jokic action was during dead ball and could have caused a brawl and injury. NO PLACE in basketball for what Jokic did, even if Morris hard fouled.


Jokic should be suspended AT LEAST 30 games, ON TOP OF the condition that he gets counseling for rage control.

Can't tell if this is serious or some sort of satire

[lobosloboslobos]

People defending either Morris or Jokic are wrong. Neither has a moral high ground. They both did something stupid. Is that really hard to admit?

Is Morris an ass? Absolutely!

Does Jokic look like an ass after this? Absolutely!

Jokic looks like an ass to some Heat fans like yourself and barely anyone else. Jokic just stood up to the bully and that's how this will be remembered and there's not much you can do about it. I know you have to keep supporting Morris because he's on your team, so I understand your choice to live in your dream world where they look equally bad, but as you can see everywhere where this topic is discussed, 99% of people are siding with Jokic on this one.

1 game suspension is a JOKE. He was hit with a hard-ish foul on a legit basketball play. He didn't fall to the ground, or anything.

And his response is to slam into a defenseless players back when they aren't looking?

This is emotional rage that has NO place in the game. One was a basketball play, and one was not.

Jokic action was during dead ball and could have caused a brawl and injury. NO PLACE in basketball for what Jokic did, even if Morris hard fouled.


Jokic should be suspended AT LEAST 30 games, ON TOP OF the condition that he gets counseling for rage control.

Is this a joke or the easy winner of worst post of the year? tell me you're not serious. rofl.

[BelgradeNugget]

Jokic looks like an ass to some Heat fans like yourself and barely anyone else. Jokic just stood up to the bully and that's how this will be remembered and there's not much you can do about it. I know you have to keep supporting Morris because he's on your team, so I understand your choice to live in your dream world where they look equally bad, but as you can see everywhere where this topic is discussed, 99% of people are siding with Jokic on this one.

1 game suspension is a JOKE. He was hit with a hard-ish foul on a legit basketball play. He didn't fall to the ground, or anything.

And his response is to slam into a defenseless players back when they aren't looking?

This is emotional rage that has NO place in the game. One was a basketball play, and one was not.


Jokic should be suspended AT LEAST 30 games, ON TOP OF the condition that he gets counseling for rage control.

Fitting name. Keep supporting a bully who tried to injure one of the games best players since his team took a whooping. Morris started this by being a petty and dirty SOB then took a harder hit immediately afterwards. How about you have a 240lb man come into your rib exposed rib cage with 10+ feet of space to gather momentum and tell us how it feels. I'm sure you wouldn't be grumpy or upset one bit.

One question if I hit MMA fighter with a fist to a face what should I expect? And if he hits me harder after that is that his fault for being stronger.

[Grumpy Heat Fan]

Jokic looks like an ass to some Heat fans like yourself and barely anyone else. Jokic just stood up to the bully and that's how this will be remembered and there's not much you can do about it. I know you have to keep supporting Morris because he's on your team, so I understand your choice to live in your dream world where they look equally bad, but as you can see everywhere where this topic is discussed, 99% of people are siding with Jokic on this one.

1 game suspension is a JOKE. He was hit with a hard-ish foul on a legit basketball play. He didn't fall to the ground, or anything.

And his response is to slam into a defenseless players back when they aren't looking?

This is emotional rage that has NO place in the game. One was a basketball play, and one was not.


Jokic should be suspended AT LEAST 30 games, ON TOP OF the condition that he gets counseling for rage control.

Legit basketball play? A legit basketball play would have been Morris wrapping Jokic up with his arms like nearly every other take foul in history. Instead Morris wanted to give a dirty cheap shot in garbage time when the game was over. He tried to get away with it disguising it as a basketball play.

Please explain why Morris didn't just grab Jokic to stop the break when that accomplishes the same thing as a body check, while being much less dangerous.

Morris should have been suspended longer than Jokic for initiating the whole thing. At least Jokic was doing it in the heat of the moment instead of pre-meditated bull that Morris pulled.

then complain to the refs and the NBA about Morris hard foul. Like it or not, Morris' foul was a basketball play.


what Jokic did was hit a defenseless player after the whistle blew and dead ball. THAT HAS NO PLACE IN SPORTS

I dont get how Jokic is only hit with 1 game. This is bs.

You dont get to hit defenseless players when you don't like a basketball play.

[FinnTheHuman]

People defending either Morris or Jokic are wrong. Neither has a moral high ground. They both did something stupid. Is that really hard to admit?

Is Morris an ass? Absolutely!

Does Jokic look like an ass after this? Absolutely!

Jokic looks like an ass to some Heat fans like yourself and barely anyone else. Jokic just stood up to the bully and that's how this will be remembered and there's not much you can do about it. I know you have to keep supporting Morris because he's on your team, so I understand your choice to live in your dream world where they look equally bad.

I'm not a Heat fan or a Nuggets fan and Jokic absolutely looks like a clod here.
Maybe it's because I'm not in denial about his history of lowbrow play either.

Neither guy is spotless.

You're in the 'barely anyone else but Heat fans' camp. You're like one of like 3-4 non-Heat fans in this thread who are not siding with Jokic, and it's a 52 page thread with hundreds of different posters. So take a hint.

[Texas Chuck]

People defending either Morris or Jokic are wrong. Neither has a moral high ground. They both did something stupid. Is that really hard to admit?

Is Morris an ass? Absolutely!

Does Jokic look like an ass after this? Absolutely!

Jokic looks like an ass to some Heat fans like yourself and barely anyone else. Jokic just stood up to the bully and that's how this will be remembered and there's not much you can do about it. I know you have to keep supporting Morris because he's on your team, so I understand your choice to live in your dream world where they look equally bad, but as you can see everywhere where this topic is discussed, 99% of people are siding with Jokic on this one.

Pathetic to dismiss his take(which wasn't pro-Morris at all btw) because he's a Miami fan. I hate the Heat and agree both guys in the wrong here.

[Grumpy Heat Fan]

Jokic looks like an ass to some Heat fans like yourself and barely anyone else. Jokic just stood up to the bully and that's how this will be remembered and there's not much you can do about it. I know you have to keep supporting Morris because he's on your team, so I understand your choice to live in your dream world where they look equally bad.

I'm not a Heat fan or a Nuggets fan and Jokic absolutely looks like a clod here.
Maybe it's because I'm not in denial about his history of lowbrow play either.

Neither guy is spotless.

You're in the 'barely anyone else but Heat fans' camp. You're like one of like 3-4 non-Heat fans in this thread who are not siding with Jokic, and it's a 52 page thread with hundreds of different posters. So take a hint.

If Morris' foul was so bad, why didn't any ref call a flagrant to eject him?

Either way, Morris was a BASKETBALL PLAY WITHIN THE GAME.

Jokic HIT A DEFENSELESS PLAYER DURING DEAD BALL.


How can the NBA set the precedent it's okay for players to hit other players during dead balls for plays they don't like? You're not supposed to fight.


This is the entire point. Jokic reaction was specifically VIOLENCE during a dead ball.


He should be out 30 games AT THE MINIMUM and required to go to counseling.

[Crazy-Canuck]

Strahinja looks like a scarey dude. When morris said his mom wanted him to back away from the back and forth, he probably meant he just googled jokics brother.

[FinnTheHuman]

People defending either Morris or Jokic are wrong. Neither has a moral high ground. They both did something stupid. Is that really hard to admit?

Is Morris an ass? Absolutely!

Does Jokic look like an ass after this? Absolutely!

Jokic looks like an ass to some Heat fans like yourself and barely anyone else. Jokic just stood up to the bully and that's how this will be remembered and there's not much you can do about it. I know you have to keep supporting Morris because he's on your team, so I understand your choice to live in your dream world where they look equally bad, but as you can see everywhere where this topic is discussed, 99% of people are siding with Jokic on this one.

Pathetic to dismiss his take(which wasn't pro-Morris at all btw) because he's a Miami fan. I hate the Heat and agree both guys in the wrong here.

He tried to put an equality sign between Jokic and Morris by saying they're both asses. No, one is a bad guy with a long track record, the other guy is just a normal guy retaliating in a wrong way to the bad guy doing a bad thing. They're not the same, one is much more wrong than the other.

And his take is coming from being a Heat fan, nothing pathetic in claiming that when almost every Heat fan that showed up here defended Morris in some shape or form, like trying to make them look equal in this instance.

[Mavrelous]

Guys, relax, it's one of the Morris Brothers, it's not like Jokic did it to a decent human being.

[Grumpy Heat Fan]

Guys, relax, it's one of the Morris Brothers, it's not like Jokic did it to a decent human being.

That's not how rules and laws work.

You don't get to do whatever you want because your victim is unpopular.

it sets bad precedent and is unjust.


What Jokic did has NO PLACE in sports and I cannot believe he only got 1 game.

Players now have the green light to HIT each other violently during dead balls, and they better not be given more than 1 game.

[Texas Chuck]

Jokic looks like an ass to some Heat fans like yourself and barely anyone else. Jokic just stood up to the bully and that's how this will be remembered and there's not much you can do about it. I know you have to keep supporting Morris because he's on your team, so I understand your choice to live in your dream world where they look equally bad, but as you can see everywhere where this topic is discussed, 99% of people are siding with Jokic on this one.

Pathetic to dismiss his take(which wasn't pro-Morris at all btw) because he's a Miami fan. I hate the Heat and agree both guys in the wrong here.

He tried to put an equality sign between Jokic and Morris by saying they're both asses. No, one is a bad guy with a long track record, the other guy is just a normal guy retaliating in a wrong way to the bad guy doing a bad thing. They're not the same, one is much more wrong than the other.

And his take is coming from being a Heat fan, nothing pathetic in claiming that when almost every Heat fan that showed up here defended Morris in some shape or form, like trying to make them look equal in this instance.

Nope. He was very clear to use different wording. He said Morris is an ass. And Jokic looks like an ass here. So you are wrong.

[Son Goku 25]

I guess Morris learned a lesson to not turn your back if you hit someone

[twozeroMM]

People defending either Morris or Jokic are wrong. Neither has a moral high ground. They both did something stupid. Is that really hard to admit?

Is Morris an ass? Absolutely!

Does Jokic look like an ass after this? Absolutely!

Are Jimmy and Heat players asses for "waiting" Nuggets players in the hall to start a fight - absolutely. Is Jimmy ass for calling Nuggets assistent coach to fight? Yes he is. Is Spoelstra ass for calling a cheap, dirty foul that could injure Jokic's knee, and rebs "take foul". Yes biggest ass of all. He should try to calm thinks down. And we could go on and on...

A couple things here. One, you don't know what was said or done between Jimmy and the assistant coach. Two, I'm confident in saying Spo didn't call for a player to take a cheap shot on Jokic, take fouls are normal and your boy Jokic knows a lot about those.

[Grumpy Heat Fan]

Using violence on another player during dead balls, because you took offense to a foul : 1 game suspension

Precedent set.

[reanimator]

Morris should do Jokic like Portis did Mirotic