Should Kevin Love Be Suspended for Stomping on Luis Scola’s Face?

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• Caboose Posted: Feb.6 at 10:12 am
  Yeah, one game suspension. Click my name for the video.

• Mike Mihalow Posted: Feb.6 at 10:12 am
  Man, I miss those Houston commentators. I would be rooting for the Rockets and I’d still have to mute them.
  But yeah, Love looked right at him and made no attempt to avoid stepping on him.

• Mike Mihalow Posted: Feb.6 at 10:14 am
  @Caboose: They provided a better video link at the top of the article.

• Caboose Posted: Feb.6 at 10:17 am
  My bad, missed that one.

• AD Posted: Feb.6 at 10:20 am
  metta would have got like 15 games and a big fine

• robb Posted: Feb.6 at 10:26 am
  He should be punished no question

• startown Posted: Feb.6 at 10:32 am
  Well, the guy (Scola) threw the ball and hit him in the marbles the week before, so I would let everything be equals.

• KHoliday Posted: Feb.6 at 10:32 am
  Ya last name is Love and you stepping in people’s chests???? That dont even sound right man! What are you doing? tryna take out all of ur all star reserve competition?

• LS Posted: Feb.6 at 10:33 am
  Love made a comment referring to Scola’s ‘groin attack’ on him from the previous meeting between the two teams when discussing what happened with the stomp. He knew what he was doing and who he was doing it to. Suspension!

• Allenp Posted: Feb.6 at 10:38 am
  So is he saying he did it on purpose or on accident? I couldn’t tell from his comments. Anybody know?

• Mike From Spain Posted: Feb.6 at 10:43 am
  I would say suspension, not a big one because it is his first incident. If he repeats, then longer suspensions. Idk what is the standard for a first, but I’d say somewhere between 1 and 4 games.

• AlbertBarr Posted: Feb.6 at 10:43 am
  I think that was the point AllenP. He has a future in politics

• AlbertBarr Posted: Feb.6 at 10:44 am
  ANd I think “Stomping” is a strong word in this incident. He didn’t even leave a shoe print.

• nbk Posted: Feb.6 at 10:58 am
  Allen he’s saying he accidentally did it on purpose.

• MikeC. Posted: Feb.6 at 11:03 am
  From how I view the incident, it was unintentional, but he’s not exactly sorry it happened.

• Pavlos Posted: Feb.6 at 11:14 am
  @MikeC. You’re blind. It looks completely intentional. There was plenty of room for him to step anywhere. I’m one to remain neutral, but to say that it looks unintentional… dumb.

• tomtom Posted: Feb.6 at 11:23 am
  Intentional and just a cheap shot, I’m not a fan of suspensions but this is warranted. And dont compare it to the ball in the crotch thing, that is a legit bball play, this is not.

• David Moore Posted: Feb.6 at 11:25 am
  This situation makes me wish guys still played like players used to play in the 80s. Just take your licks and move on….lol

• Kinetik Posted: Feb.6 at 11:34 am
  love looked at scola before the “unintentional” stomp. maybe the dude had summer lessons from bowen.

• spit hot fiyah Posted: Feb.6 at 11:39 am
  co-sign AD and LS. Imagine if this was artest or steven jackson doing this. Stern would probably hit them with something ridiculous.

• JD Posted: Feb.6 at 11:44 am
  Love’s focus was on the ball when it came loose, not on Scola on the floor. Love turns around to start running to the other side, and that’s when Scola interrupted his stride with his arms and face. Try interrupting your own stride by walking into a chair leg or something. Your going to make a stutter step that looks like Love’s stomp. It’s a completely natural reaction/motion and it happened in like a tenth of a second. No way you can say it was intentional, especially without similar previous incidents. No suspension. Scola’s face was in the wrong place at the wrong time, just like Love’s nuts were the previous game.

• Max Posted: Feb.6 at 11:51 am
  2 game suspension sounds about right.

• paul Posted: Feb.6 at 12:04 pm
  Why hasn’t he been suspended already? How could there possibly be any question about it? What a sickening play.

• Blake O Posted: Feb.6 at 12:06 pm
  He DIDN’T step on his face, he stepped on his chest, and only after losing his balance. Plus he was getting COMPLETELY hacked on the other side of the court the play before. You only need to look at the video to realize that nothing vicious or ill-intentioned happened on the play.

• Tarzan Cooper Posted: Feb.6 at 12:14 pm
  Blatant. He looked right at him, stepped on his face and kept it moving. 5 game suspension, minimum.
  Had the back of his jersey said world peace, jackson, oneal, etc. He would be called a cheap shot artist thug.
  Dude even mentioned what happened previously, love did this on purpose. I think its obvious. Let’s see how the league handles this with their albino golden boy.

• Allenp Posted: Feb.6 at 12:16 pm
  I can see how it could look unintentional. I thought he was trying to run, and just put his foot down at first. Then when I looked at it again, it seemed like he was looking down at Scola, and gave a little extra “ummph” when he came down on his face.
  That’s why I wanted to hear what he said. He apologized straight up, then he meant to do it. But he was kind of trying to play both sides. That’s almost as bad as the stomp, just like with Suh. I say you just own up and move on.

• alex Posted: Feb.6 at 12:16 pm
  love ha spent a little bit of time training with Suh during the lockout. lmao

• Drunyce Posted: Feb.6 at 12:20 pm
  The fact that he’s not already suspended is a joke. If he was b……; he’d already be suspended. Stern + double standard = No surprise.

• LaKid Posted: Feb.6 at 12:23 pm
  First, he did not step on his face. What the hell are people watching? Second, when you watch the replay there was clearly just nowhere to step, he tripped up and rather than barrel-rolling out, he stepped. That being said, no need for punishment.

• Björn Atli Posted: Feb.6 at 12:43 pm
  The rest will do Love good. He’s playing 39 minutes per game.

• BossTerry Posted: Feb.6 at 12:44 pm
  I WANT to say it looked accidental, but C’mon now..

• Max Posted: Feb.6 at 12:46 pm
  ^
  Cause he couldn’t jump again with his right foot?
  Your blinded by your love for Love!

• Max Posted: Feb.6 at 12:46 pm
  That was @LaKid

• Spaceship Jay Posted: Feb.6 at 1:09 pm
  Mmmmm.. He stepped on him purposely. The crisp ball rip and puffed chest before-hand is all the evidence you need.

• bike Posted: Feb.6 at 1:15 pm
  However Love spins this, it is irrelevant what he says. It should have been called on the spot with Love getting ejected after a quick review. Another example of some poor refereeing that is infecting the league right now.

• ClydeSays Posted: Feb.6 at 1:40 pm
  Seems like he looks down, steps on Scola’s chest & then runs up court. Suspended.

• T-Ray Posted: Feb.6 at 1:57 pm
  You gotta be a f*ckin idiot to think he had nowhere to step so he used Scola’s chest as a second option

• albie1kenobi Posted: Feb.6 at 2:35 pm
  Scola is a tough man. he dishes and receives punishments. so i don’t think he cares that much about suspension or not.
  that being said, Love must have learned a few things from Kurt Rambis when he was coaching there…

• Jason Posted: Feb.6 at 3:06 pm
  You people are nuts, and blind, lmao. I laugh when I see the comments about it being intentional. Love isn’t Artest or Bynum, and never has been, and doesn’t try to intentionally hurt anyone. You can clearly see, yes clearly for those who are not blind, that he didn’t intentionally step on his face. He went to step with his right foot and it got tangled in Scola’s arm, which caused him to studder step with his left foot onto Scola’s face. Besides, Scola flopped to the ground before that. If you’re gonna flop, you’re eventually gonna get a foot to the face. Love wasn’t looking down at Scola, he was looking at the ball. As soon as he sees Rubio recover the ball, he turns around and starts to run. Scola throws his hands up to protect himself, and in the process, clips Love’s right foot, causing him to studder step with the left. Kevin Love isn’t like Kevin Garnett, or Metta, you guys are seriously biased.

• startown Posted: Feb.6 at 3:24 pm
  I would rather get stepped on, than have a basketball fired into my nuggets, which one would hurt worse? Scola didn’t intentionally throw the ball at Love’s nuts? Well, maybe not but he didnt aim at his leg either, whipped it pretty hard at his midsection.

• LakeShow Posted: Feb.6 at 3:34 pm
  I don’t know if it was intentional. He wasn’t looking to hurt Scola though. Can’t believe dudes are on here trying to act like that was a “super dirty” play. Love was straight up in BeastMode™ on the previous play when he grabs three consecutive boards and then finally puts it in.

• Mike from Spain Posted: Feb.6 at 5:05 pm
  Yall acting as though Kevin Love had done this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kj6h8TF58U

• Ryan Posted: Feb.6 at 5:09 pm
  Kevin Love is white…therefore he will be spared harsh punishment

• MikeC. Posted: Feb.7 at 12:32 am
  The real question should be: how did Love not get called for a foul on the play that dumped Scola on the floor in the first place?