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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1788621, member: 40"] Richie, I think you bring up an interesting point. Lots of former players who post on the board, and I'd bet every one of them has gotten hot at some point and lost their cool out there on the court. When that happens, players do dumb things out of frustration--how many times do you see a player commit a dumb turnover and compound it by fouling trying to get the ball back? That's exactly what Lebron resorted to. He lost his cool and he did a bunch of stuff that could have all been fouls / technicals but went uncalled in a sequence of events that led to this near-altercation. Yes, Green is a cheap shot artist. Yes, the Curry's are attention seeking d-bags. But none of that changes Lebron's actions / conduct, when he temporarily lost his cool and did a bunch of stuff that wasn't Lebron-like in terms of how he usually plays. Pointing that out doesn't make people "haters." And frankly, dismissing it is goofy, given what the video shows. BTW, I'm guessing that if anyone else in the league had hit Lebron in the mouth with a flailing forearm the way he did to Green, they might have gotten tossed from the game. :noidea: Also BTW, I completely acknowledge that the video shows Green hitting Lebron's junk as the King steps over him. I can't judge intent from a video, but it looked more accidental to me than intentional -- not saying that Green didn't take a shot at Lebron there, but that it was more like he was lashing out / trying to push the guy off of him and hit him in the dingaling only because Lebron was unnecessarily walking over him. Doesn't excuse what Green did, but Lebron did two ish things prior to that occurring--it is not as if that was the triggering incident like you are implying, let's be honest. Lebron absolutely has a right to get indignant and stand up for himself after getting hit in the junk, but let's not pretend that none of this would have happened if Lebron hadn't walked over the guy after knocking him down with a blow to the face beforehand. [/QUOTE]

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