Video: Pietrus Gives Gasol The Hulk SMASH!
“The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets.”
You may have made up your own name for Pietrus’ flagrant foul on Pau Gasol by now: The Flying Double Fists. The Double Axe Handle Fist Smack. The Donkey Kong Super Barrel Gold Banana Smash.
I have my own: The Hulk SMASH!
Like Bruce Banner when he’s in his enraged green state, Pietrus had the intent to harm. The replay shows it all — a wind-up, a clear push with two closed fists, no intent on the ball. If that’s not enough evidence for suspension, look at how he followed it up by talking smack to Gasol.
The NBA plans to review the flagrant foul today, but Marc Stein reports Pietrus should only receive a fine:
Anything more severe than a fine in this case is believed to be unlikely, but players and coaches have grown accustomed this postseason to waiting for the outcome of the review. Entering the Finals, 14 flagrant fouls in these playoffs had either been upgraded, downgraded or assessed retroactively on fouls that weren’t ruled flagrant during the game via the review process.
Some will argue the League should review Kobe’s ‘bow to Nelson’s jaw a couple possessions prior, but the play acts as a complete foil to Pietrus’ flagrant foul. Pietrus closed his fists, wound up, shoved Gasol in the back while he was in the air, and talked smack afterward. Nelson, if anything, ran into Kobe’s elbow before Kobe knew he was there. The contact with Nelson was clearly unintentional on Bryant’s part.
If we look at some of the plays that warranted suspension during the Playoffs this year, Pietrus should be sitting out Game 5. But consistency hasn’t exactly been the League’s strong point.
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Asshole! So Gasol keeps himself under control ’cause he’s relevant for his team, for me the MVP of the finals keepin’ Superman more in a Superboy mode, and is acting?? Losing Pietrus, wich is as much of a crap as his twin playing in Spain means nothing…..Gasol is a cornerstone on his team so he gotta control himself in order to play the next game and win the Ring…. Pietrus better go and learn to play the bongos with those angry fists!! Trash talk with french and spanish accents, it doesn’t get any more real than that………
And you can’t be more IGNORANT than that comment…ASSHOLE #2….
The one he threw at Dwight during their little scrum was much more of a problem.
The Jameer one was fair and square. Kobe moved on pivot foot, Jameer tried to crowd him and got one to the chops for his trouble. They TEACH you to do that when you play ball.
I’ll remind you that Gasol is HISPANIC and not WHITE, if that helps.
I also like the idea of Eboy knowing all these ‘plays’ that ‘happened’ but apparently have no written or video evidence of them ever happening. No one in the world saw them, except for Eboy, because Eboy is all knowing.
Hispanic means you’re of Spanish descent, it has nothing to do with what color you are.
Lol.
And Izzo’s more or less on ball.
Also, you think Nate Robinson could beat up JR Smith…?
And if the only thing important in a fight was reach and pounds, than Mike Tyson’s career probably would have been a lot less successful.
Reach and weight are not the most important things in a fight.
See Mike Tyson.
Hope this works.
Jukai, the Census bureau designates Hispanic non-white or Hispanic white.
When did being white depend on what country you’re from?
And why would Spain not fit the guidelines for being a white country?
It’s European, it’s citizens are often light-skinned. Why is Spain on the outside, but England, France and Italy make the cut?
Who decides these rules?
That’s all I’ll concede. JR Smith would kill Robinson. When has Tyson ever fought someone eight inches taller than he is? Reach is huge, it’s less of a deal in boxing but a HUGE deal in sports like UFC, where a greater form of combat is allowed. But, I mean, ignoring that fact, JR Smith was raised in sh*thell New Jersey, while Robinson was raised mostly in mid-Cali.
I still don’t see the logic that Pietrus could destroy Gasol either. Gasol’s WIMPY on offense. He flops. I have never seen Gasol back down from going after someone after being wronged. I mean, just watch the game last night. He’s barely moving when Dwight posts him up, and Pietrus damn near WOUND UP to pound Gasol’s back, and from the replay, it looks like Gasol barely moved. A weaker player would have been thrown from the basket.
But whatever. Let’s set up a cage match and see who wins. I want slam on this.
Gasol keeps holding the basket and lands without pain.
You REALLLLLLY think Pietrus can beat up on Gasol? Really?
and piecrust wouldve done this on a court in new york because he’s so gangster. it was a biatch move. he shouldnt have done that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2bXZKJ9isg&feature=channel_page
On a side note, Mbenga beats up everyone.
2. Spain state´s official language.
Hispanic: Nations where they speak spanish. Don`t have any relation with race. There are white people,black, “brown”, arabic, and mixtures. clarifications: Spain is not a real nation, it is a state. Inside spain there are several nations, languages and cultures.
In reality spanish is the language of Castilla, and it is called “castellano”.Castilla conquered a lot of nations in europe and america. Gasol is polically spanish, but his nationality isn´t, he is from barcelona (catalunya). Catalunya has its own language (català) and culture. All spaniards are white,in the south of spain they have a lot of arabic ancestors (there was an arabic empire for more than 500 years there). Catalunya (Gasol`s nation) is in the north, they have culturally more relation with france or italy than with “spain”, and yes they are white like most of the europeans.
Not funny.
And yes, those “good ol’ days” did exist. Its not like the flagrant foul was implemented since the dawn of basketball. Thanks.
On the other hand, Nate the Great eats babies because they’re taller than him.
I just can’t imagine a ‘Pau’ beating a ‘Pietrus’. Pau is notoriously soft. Now, if it were MARC Gasol, that crazy HiSpaniard would go pollo loco on ‘im!!
I really am amazed by the low level of intelligence on this board. I’m going to start threatening to twitter soon.
smart play by him. he does it while everyone else thinks its an accident. he’s pro. what do you expect.
and if mikkel, micheal, pietres really wanted to hurt gasol, i think he would.
i think he was mad because they were down, by like 8, with like 20 seconds left, no shot clock, and gasol went for a dunk.. unsportsmanship?
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