Rapist to be suspended for elbowing Miller

[Butt Rubber]

Updated: Dec. 30, 2005, 3:13 PM ET
Bryant to be suspended for elbowing Grizzlies' MillerESPN.com news services


Kobe Bryant's elbow Wednesday night to the throat of Memphis' Mike Miller will result in a suspension from the league office to be announced Friday, ESPN.com's Marc Stein reports.


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Contact above the shoulders, when deemed to be intentional, generally results in a suspension of one or two games.

The Lakers don't play again until Sunday, when they host Utah.

Bryant sustained an inch-long cut near his left eye early in the third quarter Wednesday night after taking an elbow from a driving Miller.

The Los Angeles Times quoted Bryant as shouting, "I'll be back" as he left the court for treatment. In the fourth quarter, when Miller drove down the lane, Bryant drilled Miller with an elbow to the chin, earning a flagrant foul.

"Any player that was going to come down the lane at that particular time, I was going to let them know that they just can't walk through here," Bryant told reporters after the game. "I think we as a team have to do a better job of establishing that, and me as the leader of the ballclub, I have to take initiative to do that.

"Hopefully everybody else will see that, especially this being our home court. People come here and think it's Hollywood and all this other stuff, and they'll come down and look pretty and shoot jump shots and dunk the ball and stand over the ball and all this other cute stuff. We've got to stop that."

Any game Bryant misses through suspension would cost him $144,971.59 in salary.

 

[ARon]

Lmao at rapist. Dude is innocent. I aint even goona get into that, us CO folk know. Especially if you knew the girl, area, and school she went too. But whatever.

But about this whole thing he makes a good point, you do have to establish something like this in the NBA, why I think Artest would fit good in LA, tough physical player and that is what they need. But it was still a hard hard foul, uncalled for but he had his reasoning. The suspension is warranted and I'm interested to see if the Lakers can do anything without him.
On another note, if this was the Pistons and Mr. Thomas did this he would be getting praise and respect. Stop hating.

 

[tennis_dog]

but then artest and kobe will start beefing....its two big egos on a team, and that definetly wont lead to success....

 

[Butt Rubber]

but then artest and kobe will start beefing....its two big egos on a team, and that definetly wont lead to success....

the 04 red sox had pedro and schill, those are two big egos

 

[nail_polish]

yah...there was a good articles by Peter Vecesy in Post about how hes yelling at officials...elbowing opponents and how he almost got into fight with lamar odom...hes just a diva type whore who acts like he is royalty every shot he takes

 

[GhostOfRazgriz]

anyone have pics of the elbowing?

 

[Bachaveli]

Lmao at rapist. Dude is innocent. I aint even goona get into that, us CO folk know. Especially if you knew the girl, area, and school she went too. But whatever.

But about this whole thing he makes a good point, you do have to establish something like this in the NBA, why I think Artest would fit good in LA, tough physical player and that is what they need. But it was still a hard hard foul, uncalled for but he had his reasoning. The suspension is warranted and I'm interested to see if the Lakers can do anything without him.
On another note, if this was the Pistons and Mr. Thomas did this he would be getting praise and respect. Stop hating.

No he doesnt make any point. let me tell you something. you can say stop hatin on em stop hatin all you want but it is what it is. let me tell you something and think about it. Kobe is a paranoid dude right now. everything related to him seems to go wrong and everybody critizing him. firstly he is not an innocent. he did rape that girl and thats as lowest you can go with being celeberty that he is as i dont know.

When Kobe first got in this league he was compared to MJ or next MJ. he started to develop really good player. one of leagues best players and well respected. he gots his three rings. people started to compare him to MJ even more say he might get more rings at the end of his career then MJ. he got to play with Shaq and be coached by Phill Jackson.he got his advertisementing thing going. all over the magazines and shit. got his shoes thing going. he was top of the world in NBA league basically.everything was going pretty good with him up until that rape case. when the rape thing hits BOOM! hes so to speak blood pressure goes down and everything within go down. he looses shoe endorcement thing. he looses Shaq and Phil. he less respected in the league. hes team cant even make playoffs.people now start to question his actions. so he becomes from being top respected player and top most talked about player to basically less respected and still most talked about it player but only his woes. he becomes paranoid. he goes krazy as a result of all this. it basically changed his whole life around. (we or you cant really understand all this change RIGHT now because we still in proccess of him playing but when he retires and hes history be written then you see how he hit the rock bottum and shit he did and how much it all meant). he doesnt have nobody in his team now. hes team cant compete now. hes the only star player in his team. nobody even wants to play with Kobe one because the troublemaker that he is and two that people know lakers cant compete any time soon. ok so back to your original post about him making a point. its pretty clear these days that any player that comes to the paint and dunks a ball or a throws a lay up wont have easy time doing it so. Kobe isn't the first one to point that out. he just mad about himself so he has to say something like when mad man talks and nobody listens. that whole elbow thing he threw back was so to speak set up from Kobe. he was elbowed first time by Miller i think and then you see hes reaction saying let me go in and play i dont care im ok and you can see hes bleeding from left eye and he keeps saying no im ok let me play. what he is tryna prove there? that hes a though guy? that he can play through the pain? hes a dick thats what he tryna prove. you dont do that type a thing. so then he threw elbow back to Miller and he meant to hit him. shit, he put his left elbow out before Miller even went to Kobe because Kobe knew he was comnig at him. and then after the game he says i did it to let people know if you come in paint you would have hard time? i dont buy that. he knew and everybody watching that game that Kobe would strike back before the game was over. and what he did was say to himself i'll do thow elbow back to him and when et the end of the game i have my explanation to do why i did that i say because it was no easy to come in paint so i let him know that. bull shit. listen, Kobe and hes so to speak illusions is all abvious like sky is blue. all hes actions are nothing but pussy. hes a geek. (he tried to be MJ couldnt do it and how not only is out of question he cant accomplish what MJ did, but he cant even be a man of himself.) he aint doing anything good right now. he has some argumeent with teamate Lamar Odom because he think Lamar aint playing well enough or something. he tryna control his teamates. he like a nazi shit right now. he wants to control everything. but what i get mad about is his teamates and rest of the league players. because none of the players would stand up and defent themselves and let Kobe know whats up that he cant just push around anybody just because hes the star of his team. hes teamates and other players who get pushed by Konbe need to stand up and push him right back and let him know that he aint shit. i wish somebody would put Kobe in his place right where he belongs, somebody to teach him a lesson because hes acting up all wild and ''im the shit'' attitude on the court and off the court is giving him a bad reputation.

 

[nail_polish]

 

[Bachaveli]

..And after the hit he was tryna give Miller a hand to get up? look at his expression there. its all clear to who he is. if its not for some i'll help you figure out.

Btw, lol @ ref #55

 

[hizzle?]

but then artest and kobe will start beefing....its two big egos on a team, and that definetly wont lead to success....

kobe doesn't have an ego as big as Shaq's...now that dude is in the top 3 of the biggest ego's of all time.

 

[hizzle?]

..And after the hit he was tryna give Miller a hand to get up? look at his expression there. its all clear to who he is. if its not for some i'll help you figure out.

Btw, lol @ ref #55

you're naive... 70% of players who do something nasty help their opponent get up... it's just a way to piss him off even more...

 

[hizzle?]

the 04 red sox had pedro and schill, those are two big egos

you should do another thread to find out the biggest ego-duo in the history of sports

 

[Bachaveli]

you're naive... 70% of players who do something nasty help their opponent get up... it's just a way to piss him off even more...

I'm not naive. thats being asshole. knock a guy down and help him get up.

I'd like to challenge you and prove me how exactly do you get that number 70 percent of people who do that.

 

[tennis_dog]

haha, someone do a caption for that pic...

Ref: how many fingers am i holding up??
Miller: uh......
Kobe: *whispers* 5, bitch, say 5....
Memphis #16: dude, i can see his...

 

[WayCide-Ridah]

haha, someone do a caption for that pic...

Ref: how many fingers am i holding up??
Miller: "What???"
Kobe: *whispers* 5, bitch, say 5....
Pao Gasol: *Now I know how that bitch in colorado felt* ...

naw that's what it should say...

 

[Butt Rubber]

you should do another thread to find out the biggest ego-duo in the history of sports

barry bonds and jeff kent comes to mind

 

[tennis_dog]

yeah, i cant think of any more than that really ^

 

[S O F I]

Kobe is still a pussy, though. He's not hard. Just because he got elbowed and returned the favor, he thinks he's hard. That's all there is to this situation. He wanted to show the world he's hard, and he's not. Topic = closed.

 

[ARon]

People are funny. Go back and look at the Pistons. Sally Rodman man they were doin shit like this every game, they became champs and were praised and respected, it is what you have to do in sports. Set your tone let your opponent know you are here to play. A bump or a hard foul from Kobe wouldnt do it, and no one else on the floor would do it so Kobe did what he had to do, and he is getting in trouble for it. He sent a message to the players and we'll see if it through.
People gettin all upset callin him names, you are a hater, callin someone a name you don't know talkin shit about them, you are a hater. Get over it, him, whatever.

As far as the Kobe rape trial goes, if you only know what they show on TV shhhhh. Here in CO we actually know people and have been to Eagle, CO before it became popular cus of this case. We know this girl and the high school she went too and played the school in basketball. Seen her at after parties and well, know what they are talking about. So before the name calling happens and the accusations and shit talking happens about someone you do not know, realize, you should not get ahead of yourself and get a head on yourself, cus really, hatin is for the deaf dumb and blind.

 

[Bachaveli]

Kobe is still a pussy, though. He's not hard. Just because he got elbowed and returned the favor, he thinks he's hard. That's all there is to this situation. He wanted to show the world he's hard, and he's not. Topic = closed.

No, how you gonna hit me. who are you? im the shit in this team. im the leader and im the 'one' so how dare you elbowed me bitch. how dare you touch me. im untouchable. im Kobe Bryant.

Thats what hes whole attitude was about.

People are funny. Go back and look at the Pistons. Sally Rodman man they were doin shit like this every game, they became champs and were praised and respected, it is what you have to do in sports. Set your tone let your opponent know you are here to play. A bump or a hard foul from Kobe wouldnt do it, and no one else on the floor would do it so Kobe did what he had to do, and he is getting in trouble for it. He sent a message to the players and we'll see if it through.
People gettin all upset callin him names, you are a hater, callin someone a name you don't know talkin shit about them, you are a hater. Get over it, him, whatever.

As far as the Kobe rape trial goes, if you only know what they show on TV shhhhh. Here in CO we actually know people and have been to Eagle, CO before it became popular cus of this case. We know this girl and the high school she went too and played the school in basketball. Seen her at after parties and well, know what they are talking about. So before the name calling happens and the accusations and shit talking happens about someone you do not know, realize, you should not get ahead of yourself and get a head on yourself, cus really, hatin is for the deaf dumb and blind.

No i dont think you understood. just forget about old pistons and Sally and Rodman and all thme 'bad boys'. dont bring them up. they have nothing to do with this. them Pistons and players had different profile back then. they didnt have no cases on their backs like Kobe. they were just a team made with physical players and shit so to speak.when guy like Kobe does that dirty shit its different. but you need to look at different perspective. Kobe has whole a lot of mess in hes back carrying when he elbows Miller. i dont know the man like you said and i dont have right to say things but i can guarentee you this that when he albowed Miller he wasnt thinking no old Pistons and Rodmans and them 'bad boys' that how they got famous and succeded with their 'bad boy' image. he wasnt thinking no how Ron Artest is dirty player. he wasnt thinking all that and saying if they do it i do it too and thats why im doing it. he wasnt thinking that. he wasnt thinking i and my team need to be hard and let opponent show. he wasnt thinking all that up untill after the game was over when he realized he did wrong and couldnt explain any other way to why he elbowed but to come up with ''oh this is my team and this aint no hollywood shit so you cant come soft in paint' similar reason that them Pistons used to do. (he came up with good reason i give props for that.) but, thats wasnt hes initial reaction when he albowed Miller. hes initial reaction was like i said above to S O F I S T I K. that he got so mad and felt so disrespectfull because someone elbowed him and he thought the man he is, the Kobe Bryant he is and the leader he is that he should be untouchable and that how come some player touched me. that whats he initial reaction was and the whole thing. he wasnt thinking no damn 'oh you cant come soft in pain' shit. why he hasnt come with that attitude before saying you cant be soft when you play. why now? all that shit he said after the gave was pure crap. all that shit was set up as mutha fucka to make me look even with the accident if not more innocent. come on man, open your eyes and realize. it doesnt take a genious to see the little snake Kobe is. you keep calling me a hater but you too blind to facts so to speak.

As far as rape comment you made. i shouldnt be judging the man that i dont know about. my mistake. but you saying to me over the internet board you know some people who know what happend and so forth. and in the very same paragraph you saying to me if you going to beleive what TV says then you know..blah blah.. you dont know shit is what you really wanted to tell me which i agree. i might not be believeing what TV is saying. but if i dont beleive TV then why would i beleive you? arent you same thing as TV? you informing about something happend just as same way as TV is. so if you tell me dont beleive TV then why should i believe you? i dont know. you know what. i put it this way. i wont beleive neither of you.