"I think he jumped into the cameraman," Bogut said when asked to give his perspective on the play. "Yeah, I think he came down and took two steps and then fell into the cameraman. I definitely, definitely didn't hit him that hard."
When the reporter replied by saying, "That's how you saw it?" Bogut said, "No, that's how it was. If you look at the replay, you can see the two steps being taken and then him falling into the camera. That's what we saw on the replay, and that's what my teammates saw."
He didn’t, presuming Bogut is being serious, make a split-second decision to launch himself into a cameraman in order to pick up a flagrant foul call. All that, at worst for the Warriors, would have merely resulted in two more free throws on top of the two LeBron was about to shoot, in a 12-point game. People don’t do that. Great players don’t do that. Psychopaths, and there have been many working within the NBA ranks over its decades, don’t even do that.
LeBron James did not jump into a cameraman in order to earn one or possibly two extra free throws, and the chance to foul Andrew Bogut (who has stunk this entire series, and played just three mostly-terrible minutes in Game 4) out of the game via the NBA’s flagrant foul policies.
Now, if Bogut is attempting some sort of ham-fisted way of defending his foul, then this is somewhat understandable. The center’s foul did not cause James to fall to the floor. LeBron, understandably as he attempts to tip-toe through the small space between the court and the assembled media, fans, and security (while working at 6-9 and lord knows how many pounds, after being grappled by the league’s best defensive 7-footer), lost his balance and fell. It happens.
If Andrew Bogut wants to tell the media and by extension the sport-watching world that he didn’t mean to cause a scary fall and gash on LeBron James’ head, there are better ways of doing it. If Andrew Bogut wants to tell the same amount of listeners and readers that his foul didn’t directly lead to James’ gash, he’d be right in doing so – and there are also better ways of saying as much while still keeping a competitive, on-record edge as you head into a best-of three series with the title on the line.
It’s hard to tell sometimes, with Bogut, if he’s just being a smartass, or an [COMMENT REDACTED].
I hate Andrew Bogut and these fakkit ass Warriors.....GO KING JAMES!!!
When the reporter replied by saying, "That's how you saw it?" Bogut said, "No, that's how it was. If you look at the replay, you can see the two steps being taken and then him falling into the camera. That's what we saw on the replay, and that's what my teammates saw."
He didn’t, presuming Bogut is being serious, make a split-second decision to launch himself into a cameraman in order to pick up a flagrant foul call. All that, at worst for the Warriors, would have merely resulted in two more free throws on top of the two LeBron was about to shoot, in a 12-point game. People don’t do that. Great players don’t do that. Psychopaths, and there have been many working within the NBA ranks over its decades, don’t even do that.
LeBron James did not jump into a cameraman in order to earn one or possibly two extra free throws, and the chance to foul Andrew Bogut (who has stunk this entire series, and played just three mostly-terrible minutes in Game 4) out of the game via the NBA’s flagrant foul policies.
Now, if Bogut is attempting some sort of ham-fisted way of defending his foul, then this is somewhat understandable. The center’s foul did not cause James to fall to the floor. LeBron, understandably as he attempts to tip-toe through the small space between the court and the assembled media, fans, and security (while working at 6-9 and lord knows how many pounds, after being grappled by the league’s best defensive 7-footer), lost his balance and fell. It happens.
If Andrew Bogut wants to tell the media and by extension the sport-watching world that he didn’t mean to cause a scary fall and gash on LeBron James’ head, there are better ways of doing it. If Andrew Bogut wants to tell the same amount of listeners and readers that his foul didn’t directly lead to James’ gash, he’d be right in doing so – and there are also better ways of saying as much while still keeping a competitive, on-record edge as you head into a best-of three series with the title on the line.
It’s hard to tell sometimes, with Bogut, if he’s just being a smartass, or an [COMMENT REDACTED].
I hate Andrew Bogut and these fakkit ass Warriors.....GO KING JAMES!!!
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agreed w/ this
