And he’s right about that. What we do here is punish the bear that killed the guy who was taunting and spitting in the bears face before.
loongod5
Don’t post this in r/nba they’ll find where you live and murder your family
survivor_bigmover
pure poetry to be honest.
Rambodius
Holy based.
wine_and_cheeze
Did he say this after the Embiid kick? Because it sounds like he doesn’t want to set a precedent for Embiid to be suspended too
tyrusthomas11
NBA script is wild this year. 76th season is getting juicy.
Dynasty_30
Never thought I’d agree with Doc Rivers on something but here we are
He’s spitting straight facts. The fact that Sabonis didn’t get punished at all is truly pathetic. I hope he dares to try his dirty bullshit again and see what happens to him.
Fuck around and find out
shoedog10
Doc speaking facts
happiwarriorgoddess
Preach 👏🏻
yodaspeaker
He touches on something that always bothered me about the Green suspension. That past actions can accumulate to a suspension.
Per season, you get a certain amount of techs, it’s a suspension. During the playoffs, you get enough flagrant points, it’s a suspension. These are clear lines that have been articulated to players.
But with Draymond’s suspension, they never articulated what the line is. It’s completely obscure when this punishment will be warranted again.
If Dillon Brooks has a violent incident in the playoffs, is his ejection last playoffs or all his techs this season going to affect the decision? Someone on r/NBA yesterday showed that Joel Embiid has had similar flagrant fouls to Dray in half the games. Is that going to factor into any future punishments? Or is this just a Draymond specific punishment?
ax255
Pretty spot on
Ok_Ant3048
LET HIM COOL
Herbetet
He is just being a hypocrite because he is afraid Embiid will get the same consequences. He is just trying to make sure he doesn’t lose best player in this playoffs
electricHats75
The instigator should always be punished harder or just as hard imho
mohajaf
This is far from a new precedence. This started when LeBron stepped over Draymond and got Draymond ejected for game 5 and suspended out of game 6.
However, I still say Draymond’s provocative clowning bullshit during ref review deserved punishment by itself.
Jicama-Smart
💯
jearold_
Great points. And he’s defending Embiid who has more career flagrant fouls than Draymond.
walkingthecows
I read all that with his half gone after game voice. It’s not on Blake.
iorch421
Joe Dumars is a fucking imbecile
i_like_2_travel
Dray 100% should not have been suspended. Been arguing with people irl. I do think a flagrant should’ve been assessed to him. But like where else are you supposed to put your foot in that situation?
I think he was extra with the stomp that’s why I don’t mind him getting the flagrant possibly even a 2. But no way he should’ve been suspended. The nba was just put in a shitty situation and made a shitty decision but I’m glad the warriors figured it out.
_imposter_syndrome
I love rooting against Doc but he’s pretty spot on here. About all of it.
Used_Water_2468
It’s like what happens in schools these days.
The bully punches your kid. Your kid retaliates. Your kid gets suspended and you’re in the principal’s office getting a lecture. Meanwhile the bully is free to go.
Claxtonite
For once, I agree with Glenn.
brown_lal19
Sabonis was a dirty bitch in Indy too
Trailboss1982
Hes not wrong imo….
juberrjuice
Silly
BelleIce
There’s been like a dozen current/former players that have said they would stomp on Sabonis in the same situation. All paid off by the Warriors award winning PR team according to r/nba.
Doc, Shaq, Richard Jefferson, Channing Frye, Paul George, JJ Redick, Pistons Isiah Thomas, Celtics Isiah Thomas, Lillard, Nurkic, Sochan, probably a lot more I’m missing.
forcedtojoinreddit
please post this to the main sub please
Ninjasakii
In America, the victims are always punished more. How many bullies kids have we seen get harder punishments vs the bullies?
weflippity
Ok Doc go off damn
ManufacturerJumpy748
Breaking news that Joel and Harden will not get suspended either. So the NBA front office is just….trash.
imrickjamesbioch
Dang, I actually agree with Doc on something. JJ has been holding it down as well with all the bullshit antics the kings have been doing and the league ain’t shit. The constant pulling Dray to the floor, the over the backs, the forearm shoves by Sabonis whenever he touches the ball, and my favorite Sabonis running into Dray from behind and Dray getting called for the foul. I won’t even get into all the holding they’re doing to Curry.
I hate complaining about the refs and typically the media won’t say anything but shit been out of hand the first two games. They even threw my boi E-40 out of game 1…
Scoob8877
He’s right. And that’s what frustrates the players and leads to more stuff later. The league punishes the retaliator much more than the instigator. The way to get this stuff to stop is to punish them both the same. Sabonis knows he got away with something and Draymond knows Sabonis got away with something.
Doc is right about fake tough guys like Claxton. He’d wet his pants and run away if he had to face Embiid anywhere outside of an NBA game.
AtomicBlastCandy
Yup! Coaches like Jason Kidd are going to start sending out their 13th man to try to instigate against a star.
gobigbread
Y’all are the most sensitive fan base I’ve ever seen. Jeeeesh
TheOneYardLine
I’m sick of this conversation, we just won by 20 without Draymond yesterday, let’s just move on
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And he’s right about that. What we do here is punish the bear that killed the guy who was taunting and spitting in the bears face before.
Don’t post this in r/nba they’ll find where you live and murder your family
pure poetry to be honest.
Holy based.
Did he say this after the Embiid kick? Because it sounds like he doesn’t want to set a precedent for Embiid to be suspended too
NBA script is wild this year. 76th season is getting juicy.
Never thought I’d agree with Doc Rivers on something but here we are
He’s spitting straight facts. The fact that Sabonis didn’t get punished at all is truly pathetic. I hope he dares to try his dirty bullshit again and see what happens to him.
Fuck around and find out
Doc speaking facts
Preach 👏🏻
He touches on something that always bothered me about the Green suspension. That past actions can accumulate to a suspension.
Per season, you get a certain amount of techs, it’s a suspension. During the playoffs, you get enough flagrant points, it’s a suspension. These are clear lines that have been articulated to players.
But with Draymond’s suspension, they never articulated what the line is. It’s completely obscure when this punishment will be warranted again.
If Dillon Brooks has a violent incident in the playoffs, is his ejection last playoffs or all his techs this season going to affect the decision? Someone on r/NBA yesterday showed that Joel Embiid has had similar flagrant fouls to Dray in half the games. Is that going to factor into any future punishments? Or is this just a Draymond specific punishment?
Pretty spot on
LET HIM COOL
He is just being a hypocrite because he is afraid Embiid will get the same consequences. He is just trying to make sure he doesn’t lose best player in this playoffs
The instigator should always be punished harder or just as hard imho
This is far from a new precedence. This started when LeBron stepped over Draymond and got Draymond ejected for game 5 and suspended out of game 6.
However, I still say Draymond’s provocative clowning bullshit during ref review deserved punishment by itself.
💯
Great points. And he’s defending Embiid who has more career flagrant fouls than Draymond.
I read all that with his half gone after game voice. It’s not on Blake.
Joe Dumars is a fucking imbecile
Dray 100% should not have been suspended. Been arguing with people irl. I do think a flagrant should’ve been assessed to him. But like where else are you supposed to put your foot in that situation?
I think he was extra with the stomp that’s why I don’t mind him getting the flagrant possibly even a 2. But no way he should’ve been suspended. The nba was just put in a shitty situation and made a shitty decision but I’m glad the warriors figured it out.
I love rooting against Doc but he’s pretty spot on here. About all of it.
It’s like what happens in schools these days.
The bully punches your kid. Your kid retaliates. Your kid gets suspended and you’re in the principal’s office getting a lecture. Meanwhile the bully is free to go.
For once, I agree with Glenn.
Sabonis was a dirty bitch in Indy too
Hes not wrong imo….
Silly
There’s been like a dozen current/former players that have said they would stomp on Sabonis in the same situation. All paid off by the Warriors award winning PR team according to r/nba.
Doc, Shaq, Richard Jefferson, Channing Frye, Paul George, JJ Redick, Pistons Isiah Thomas, Celtics Isiah Thomas, Lillard, Nurkic, Sochan, probably a lot more I’m missing.
please post this to the main sub please
In America, the victims are always punished more. How many bullies kids have we seen get harder punishments vs the bullies?
Ok Doc go off damn
Breaking news that Joel and Harden will not get suspended either. So the NBA front office is just….trash.
Dang, I actually agree with Doc on something. JJ has been holding it down as well with all the bullshit antics the kings have been doing and the league ain’t shit. The constant pulling Dray to the floor, the over the backs, the forearm shoves by Sabonis whenever he touches the ball, and my favorite Sabonis running into Dray from behind and Dray getting called for the foul. I won’t even get into all the holding they’re doing to Curry.
I hate complaining about the refs and typically the media won’t say anything but shit been out of hand the first two games. They even threw my boi E-40 out of game 1…
He’s right. And that’s what frustrates the players and leads to more stuff later. The league punishes the retaliator much more than the instigator. The way to get this stuff to stop is to punish them both the same. Sabonis knows he got away with something and Draymond knows Sabonis got away with something.
Doc is right about fake tough guys like Claxton. He’d wet his pants and run away if he had to face Embiid anywhere outside of an NBA game.
Yup! Coaches like Jason Kidd are going to start sending out their 13th man to try to instigate against a star.
Y’all are the most sensitive fan base I’ve ever seen. Jeeeesh
I’m sick of this conversation, we just won by 20 without Draymond yesterday, let’s just move on