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Kobe Bryant vs. Raja Bell

Thanks, Danthe. Yeah, that's not the kinda foul I was talkin about. What Kobe used to do (I saw him do it at least 3 times, I think, in different games), was take a jumpshot from 20+ feet out, then swing his arm to backhand his defender in the face. He tried to claim that this was just a "natural follow-through" but it was the most unnatural motion you could imagine, and clearly (to me) a deliberate attempt to hit a player. It wasn't until the 3rd time I saw him do that that he finally got called for a foul--evidently not even a flagrant one, though. He could have (and probably had) done it many other times, I figure, because I seldom watch him play to begin with.

This Miller foul is similar in one sense: it is a deliberate attempt to hit (or elbow) a player in the face. I didn't see the game where Bell clotheslined Kobe, but his claims that Kobe had been hitting him in the face all game with the refs doin nuthin are quite credible, given Kobe's clearly established M.O. and the refs' general tendency to let him do anything he wants.
 
Bell is just the kinda guy that Sloan loves and that loves Sloan, eh? If no one else can, good ole Jer can get the free agents to come to Utah, it seems. But S2 will keep tellin ya Sloan can't relate to no players, I spect.

Agent Herb Rudoy said "He loved playing for Jerry. He loved living in Salt Lake. It was an easy decision for him to come back."

"We know he's a competitor. He and Coach have a terrific relationship," O'Connor said. "This deal probably would not get done if it wasn't for that he had played for Coach and wanted to play for him again."

https://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/jazz/2010-07-15-raja-bell-contract_N.htm

The league is gunna git SLOANED this year, I tellya!
 
Hopper said:
This Miller foul is similar in one sense: it is a deliberate attempt to hit (or elbow) a player in the face.
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I disagree. It looks to me like Kobe jumps up and sticks his left arm in front of Miller and pulls Miller's left arm down and into his own face as Miller flies by. It's most obvious when viewed from the camera above the backboard.
 
Marcus said:
I disagree. It looks to me like Kobe jumps up and sticks his left arm in front of Miller and pulls Miller's left arm down and into his own face as Miller flies by. It's most obvious when viewed from the camera above the backboard.
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Sounds like you're lookin at the wrong play there, Marcus.
 
Don't know if this has been posted before, but there's about a 7 minute video at this site where Raja talks about Utah and it's fans, Sloan, Deron, Kobe, his role on the team, etc. Good interview, I thought.

Some of his comments on Sloan: " Playin for Jerry, one of the fiercest competitors in NBA history, is a dream come true for a guy like me, because I've always had to be a competitor to make my way in this league and to stick around. So knowing that a guy respects that and played that way makes it that much more enjoyable to play for him.

He's also one of the straightest shooters I've ever met. So I know that if I'm not playin for a few games or I'm not doin something well I can go to him and say: "Coach, just tell me what it is, and I'll work on it," and he'll level with me. As a player, that's all you can ask for and I was really excited to get a chance to play for him again. I've always made sure I went up to say "hello" to him and really thanked him every time I saw him as an opposing player."

On his role on the Jazz: "Ya know, I think my role on teams is always about the same: My role is to go out there and, first and foremost, pick out a player on the other team and do my best on him every night. Try and lock him down, fight tooth and nail on every possession, do my best to keep him to a lower field goal percentage, off the free throw line, whatever it is that night, to try to achieve that. So that's where it starts. On the offensive end it's to space the floor, make sure I'm ready to shoot when I'm open, make sure that I'm executing plays, and be a person Coach can count on to do the right thing every time on offense."

On Deron: Playin with an elite-level point guard like that, it's any shooter's--any big man's, for that matter--it's anyone's dream, because you're just gunna get so many more quality looks.

Sounds like he's gunna fit right back in very well, eh!?

https://www.abc4.com/content/news/t...-Raja-Bell/mTFTHFt-F0qdNNRU1C8ToA.cspx?rss=20
 
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