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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1788817, member: 40"]
Richie, that doesn't provide much justification to me sorry bro. I get that green is dirty. He's obviously more talented offensively, but he's just like Rodman, or Rasheed Wallace 10 years ago in that he's a great player who instigates and causes lots of problems and gets lots of technicals. There is no doubt that he's a s*** who gets under the skin of the opposition. And I also know that LeBron has been frustrated because he's not getting calls that he's accustomed to getting all season long. Green no doubt has been physical as hell with LeBron and I'm sure he's tired of it. But in my mind I see a lot of rationalization in this thread about "Greens a dirty player, therefore what LeBron did was justified."  I don't buy that. Especially because it appears to me that LeBron initiated the semi-altercation by being overly aggressive in a non basketball way to set off the incident.

This issue was not surprisingly featured on PTI today, and they showed the replay dozens of times. There is no doubt in my mind whatsoever that LeBron gave him a forearm smash to the face. I'm not saying that Green hadn't done other stuff that may have pissed LeBron off, but there's no way that's a legitimate basketball play.  I'd be inclined to say that Green flopped a little, primarily because he's a punk, but there was a lot of contact and I'm not so sure.

People point 2 green hitting him in the nuts as justification for Lebron's actions / reaction, when in fact several things LeBron did occurred before that happened. Which is why I have a tough time accepting what you suggest in your post.  Agree to disagree on this, homeboy.
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