Alston will serve a definite suspension in the next few days

RocketFan · Post #1 » by **RocketFan** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:40 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkjWnoM7WD0

Sure Barnes started it but I see Alston getting some days off for the uppercut to nash's face.

Go to 1:43 in the video and watch closely

MaxRider · Post #2 » by **MaxRider** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:47 am

then Shaq will be suspended for the rest of the season for pushing everyone down to the floor

aznkillabeezZz · Post #3 » by **aznkillabeezZz** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:52 am

nash deserved it, he was tugging on alstons shirt

RocketFan · Post #4 » by **RocketFan** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:55 am

haha yea shaq went crazyy like a mad man...he didnt kno what happen so he just started pushing people down....I like when barbosa was pulling nash away...nash looked like a rag doll lmao

YoungMoney23 · Post #5 » by **YoungMoney23** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:29 am

If Barnes doesn't cop a 1 game sit then its bs

Teckon · Post #6 » by **Teckon** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:39 am

Feigen provided an interesting insight of the locker room about the skirmish..

"They watched the replays of the rumble, and particularly of Shaquille O'Neal knocking over Rafer Alston, Tracy McGrady and sort of Yao Ming (he mostly pushed Yao and Yao did the rest of the falling on his own).

They found the whole thing funny.

"Weight room," Chuck Hayes shouted. "In the weight room tomorrow, Mac."

"He's 7-2, 360," McGrady responded, his voice raising an octave or two.

Hayes, however, would not let up.

"Macha," he shouted of Rockets strength and conditioning coach Dave Macha. "Macha! Everybody on the court then is in the weight room tomorrow."

http://blogs.chron.com/nba/2008/11/did_ ... _of_a.html

Funny indeed

Teckon · Post #7 » by **Teckon** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:48 am

More quotes from the players: http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/Rockets ... 68-34.html

“[Barnes] just took a cheap shot at me,” said Alston. “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 with my face and knock my teeth out. I was setting a screen for Mac so he could come off and get a good shot and I don’t know if [Barnes] was frustrated by his game or their game 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.”

“When that happens, no matter what, you have to protect your teammate,” said Yao. “I saw Matt Barnes really lean into Rafer and I thought I had to separate them and don’t let Rafer get hurt. That really can help us because we [stood] together face-to-face against Phoenix as a team.”

Nash: “(Rafer Alston) ran at Matt (Barnes) and so I tried to get in there and help Matt and make sure he wasn’t getting hammered over there and try to defuse the situation and I got pushed to the ground. It happened really quickly.”

Shaq: “It was just a shoving match. I saw somebody push my brother Steve (Nash) and so I came to his aid. It wasn’t anything good.”
(On moving the pile of players during the incident)
“That’s what I do. Move piles.”

Post #8 » by **TMU** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:17 pm

Teckon wrote:Feigen provided an interesting insight of the locker room about the skirmish..

"They watched the replays of the rumble, and particularly of Shaquille O'Neal knocking over Rafer Alston, Tracy McGrady and sort of Yao Ming (he mostly pushed Yao and Yao did the rest of the falling on his own).

They found the whole thing funny.

"Weight room," Chuck Hayes shouted. "In the weight room tomorrow, Mac."

"He's 7-2, 360," McGrady responded, his voice raising an octave or two.

Hayes, however, would not let up.

"Macha," he shouted of Rockets strength and conditioning coach Dave Macha. "Macha! Everybody on the court then is in the weight room tomorrow."

http://blogs.chron.com/nba/2008/11/did_ ... _of_a.html

Funny indeed

Good read.

A.J. · Post #9 » by **A.J.** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:57 pm

Brooks will get a chance to see what he can do as a starting PG.

Turboner · Post #10 » by **Turboner** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 3:30 pm

I wonder what Tmac is thinking after he saw shaq, his good friend push him to the ground, the only other good friends I can think about who got into a little skirmish is alonzo mourning and larry johnson

B.Diddy · Post #11 » by **B.Diddy** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:13 pm

Lol the funny thing is shaq pushed everybody to the ground and nobody went after Shaq ...Everybody was on the ground like "what happened ...why am im here lmao

Post #12 » by **rsavaj** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:17 pm

I think Barnes/Alston will be suspended for sure, with Nash/T-Mac as probables, and Shaq as a maybe.

B.Diddy · Post #13 » by **B.Diddy** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:25 pm

rsavaj wrote:I think Barnes/Alston will be suspended for sure, with Nash/T-Mac as probables, and Shaq as a maybe.

Shaq had the most contact he would be most likely suspended after rafer and barnes

Baller 24 · Post #14 » by **Baller 24** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:31 pm

I love Shaq

HTown_TMac · Post #15 » by **HTown_TMac** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 4:52 pm

Shaq did not care who he was pushing, he pushed everyone.. I don't blame him though. Also, him and Shaq was talking during the game so I am pretty sure Shaq told him what happened

Mike12345 · Post #16 » by **Mike12345** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:21 pm

Nashs perception of the situation is so off hes full of crap.

Raefor ran at barnes they were jawing,,,,,then 3 other rockets players grabbed raefor and tried to calm him down,,,,,,not ONE of those players even said a word to barnes,,,,,the situation is diffused for a second. Untill nash just runs up in raefors face when even barnes was calm.

Nash should get the biggest suspension because he escalated the situation,,,,tmac barely pushed nash it was more like get out of here. Shaq also escalated the situation.

If you ask me everyone on the rockets team did nothing to escalate the situation,,,,tmac pushed nash away because what the hell was nash doing going after raefor when the situation was diffused.

Post #17 » by **rsavaj** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:08 pm

Well, Alston did swing at Nash twice, but in the end, who cares, Suns lost which makes me sad.

Mike12345 · Post #18 » by **Mike12345** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:36 pm

Oh alston does deserve a minor suspesion as does barnes. So does the referee for watching barnes body check alston and not even call a foul let alone a technical.

Bottom line is the situation would have been done after raefor and barnes got in eachothers face and 3 rockets went after RAEFOR not barnes. After the rockets chose to calm down alston the situation was done. Not one sun approached barnes to restrain him,,,,instead there captain ran at alston while he was being restrained. If i was tmac i would have popped nash one in the mouth for running at his player while there all trying to calm down the situation

B.Diddy · Post #19 » by **B.Diddy** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:53 pm

Nash Is soft did you see the apparent hard pick McGrady gave him he barley ran into Tmacs chest and started crying plus Tmac was standing there ....dude is either being dramatic to get a call or just plain soft

Iggyemu · Post #20 » by **Iggyemu** » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:47 pm

Whatever was done had to be done. Could have done without Rafer throwing a punch but we can survive a few missed...I imagine 3 games....without Alston. Brooks I think has earned the right to start and we can use Head, McGrady and Barry to rest him. We'll see how it goes but in this league you don't let people come at you like that.