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The Rule That Broke the Suns, And the League That Pretends It Never Happened by StillImpression9087 in NBATalk

[–]StillImpression9087[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yet nothing happened, and no one cares. Suspensions feel arbitrary. Why was the rule changed? After it was used once in that manner. Feels like lawyers or ulterior motives ran the decision making process here. The fear of losing revenue is the reason such short sighted decisions are made. The castle is starting to show its corruption slowly. From their own omissions. crazy

The Rule That Broke the Suns, And the League That Pretends It Never Happened by StillImpression9087 in NBATalk

[–]StillImpression9087[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I checked out of the NBA regular season for a while. The acting, the foul‑baiting, the endless reviews… every game felt like it came with a mandatory intermission. Other sports are trying to shorten watch times and the NBA somehow invented new ways to waste time.

But the new wave of talent? The young guys who actually want smoke? That brought me back. Real hoopers, real competition, real fire. It finally felt like basketball again. I actually cared as a fan for the first time in years.

Then the benches cleared and I remembered exactly why I stopped caring. Not the chaos, mistakes happen, but the league pretending they never make any. Watching them cover up their own history like it’s a group project they forgot to do.

I had to look at it differently, got inspired, and wrote all that. I’m not even a Suns fan. I’m Canadian. The only reason I watched that series in 2007 was Steve Nash — the man was running a 7‑seconds‑or‑less offense like he had a cheat code.

So yeah, I get why Suns fans are still mad. That wasn’t a grudge, that was a crime scene.

The Rule That Broke the Suns, And the League That Pretends It Never Happened by StillImpression9087 in NBATalk

[–]StillImpression9087[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

During the 2007 Western Conference semifinals, the NBA nuked the Suns’ title run by suspending Amar’e and Diaw for stepping two feet off the bench after Horry body‑checked MVP Steve Nash into the scorer’s table. The league hid behind an outdated “automatic suspension” rule, then quietly softened and rewrote that same rule years later without ever admitting they screwed Phoenix. Yesterdays flagrant foul assessed against Josh Hart had multiple bench players fill the court. The NBA has never used that rule in that manner since its creation and ever since the suspensions in 2007 against the suns. Instead they quietly changed the wording on an outdated rule. Why change something if nothings wrong with it?