cheap shot, not necessary at all. contact was seemingly minor, but still a dirty shot!

Do people get suspended for flagrant 1 fouls? No.
That's all it was. There's no camera angle to show us where his eyes were, so you can't even guarantee that he meant to hit Stephenson. Yes, he has a history of cheap shots, but don't suspend him.

no intenet at all? lol, then why jump at a bloke with your elbow up!

For those too lazy to click a YouTube link:

If he had been suspended, they would have done it by now right?


Lol at TNT crew saying it was inadvertent.

Don't know how it was inadvertent..happened some distance from the ball. Why is he even jumping in the air and raising his elbows mid court?

It could be argued that Wade's raised elbow was a defensive reaction, the same as a flinch. Natural reaction is to get the thing that has alarmed you out of your personal space. Surely you guys have experienced that once in your life?

In saying that, Wade didn't exactly break stride at any time, just charged into Stephenson. If Wade were startled, then he probably would have shifted his feet a bit, like a stutter step type thing.

Yeah, I thought the TV crew were being pretty generous in their assessment as well. If it was someone else, I *might* give them the benefit of the doubt, but this is Wade we're talking about. The guy has a history of this sort of crap. Doesn't matter that the contact wasn't heavy, the intent to injure was clearly there and he should get a game for it.

Interesting contrast: on the one hand we have the best player on the floor, Lebron, respecting Paul George for a great play. On the other, we have Wade once again acting like a punk.

Nothing in it at all. He was trying to avoid body contact with LS, and in doing so accidentally made contact with his elbow. There is no follow through with his elbow/forearm.

There doesn't have to be follow through to be intent.

Anyway, he should not get suspended because nothing happened. I don't agree with the way they interpret decisions like this--reactive as opposed to proactive--i.e. if he didn't hurt the guy, then don't penalise him, but if he did, penalise him. But in the name of staying consistent, Wade shouldn't get suspended, because when you have a look at it, there's no way it could be deemed a flagrant 2.

Should get 1 game.

Cheap shot behind play, nothing more nothing less.

No, he was avoiding a collision on the fast break

Tony Allen copped a rough foul under the bucket where he fell awkwardly (got pulled down) then carried on a bit like a soccer player, rolling around. Copped a fine even though he'd been fouled excessively.

There are many ways Wade could've avoided or adjusted that contact including hand on the shoulder or showing any care/remorse immediately after. I don't know Wade's history but it looks like something a dirty player would see as pretty standard.

But seems to look worse than it might've been and maybe not worth a penalty.

If he was trying to avoid contact, why did he raise his elbow and try to run and jump straight through LS?

Wade has history. He ended Rondo's season a couple of years back dislocating his elbow with completely unnecessary aggression.

Here's a good link to over 4 mins worth of Wade's dirty play just in the last two years:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJmyMfpbsMY

Bean, Rondo's injury didn't end his season, he came back (next game, wasn't it?) and had quite the impact if I can recall.

Bloody Boston fans always play the sympathy card haha. Nothing personal, mate.

Watched it live and slow mo, nothing in it.

Soft. Wade didn't follow through

Statsheet, you are correct, Rondo toughed it out to play the next two games basically one-armed, but had minimal impact compared to what he normally would have. Most players would have just shut it down the instant it happened, but Rondo is a tough little SOB.

Nothing more than a hard foul. Suspension worthy? Not at all... Thats just the haters talking.

Look at the footage, Stephenson runs to block Wade, Wade raises his arms to push Stephenson to the left and by doing makes contact inadvertently with his elbow. The only follow through was to push Stephenson out of the way when jumping over him.

If you want a dirty play try West on Chalmers and yet not even a flagrant. Stephenson pulling a Tony Allen.

x2 kdb

Kdb you are definitely a homer if you're defending wade in this. He jumped - completely unnecessarily I might add - AT another player with his elbow raised and made contact with his head. He is simply lucky that he did not make more solid contact.

While I don't like flopping in any sport and basketball does see a fair bit of it, Wade seems to be reckless at times, rather more than being deliberate in an attempt to injur.

In the NBA that is probably not going to be a suspension, certainly not on a superstar player like him and during the finals...

In the AFL it would be deemed as this:

1. Off the ball
2. High contact
3. Minor impact

With his carry over points, at least one week.....! :)