Kevin Love suspended 2 games for stepping on Luis Scola

[Clippersfan86]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SDf5QO_bko&feature=player_embedded

It's being reported that he will likely get a multi game suspension. Love seemed so classy. This is shocking for me to see from him. Scola gets under people's skin but he's very sportsmanlike in general and this is way out of line. I'm very disappointed in Love.

[Batz]

http://images.wikia.com/pokemon/images/9/9b/Slowpoke.png

[Clippersfan86]

:facepalm sorry. I can't believe I missed other thread. PLZ delete mods.

[SAKOTXA]

He's on my fantasy team. :cry: :cry: :cry:

[noob cake]

This might even kill his All-Star chances.

Multi-game suspension for intentional stomping won't get him chosen as one by the coaches.

[dude77]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SDf5QO_bko&feature=player_embedded

It's being reported that he will likely get a multi game suspension. Love seemed so classy. This is shocking for me to see from him. Scola gets under people's skin but he's very sportsmanlike in general and this is way out of line. I'm very disappointed in Love.

:facepalm :facepalm :facepalm change your tampon

[jlitt]

Do you think Barkley, Malone, Terry Cumming would take that? Scola just crawled up like he got shot , when he needed to get up and punish love. NBA is softer than its ever been.

[Hittin_Shots]

Give him a fine, he's in my fantasy team...

[andgar923]

I'm not even sure he did it intentionally. I was picturing something completely different. I was picturing Scola on the floor and kevin going over and literally STOMPING on his face. This is an overreaction imo.

[donald_trump]

i agree, i dont think he did it intentionally.

[Maniak]

Boo hoo.

[strifed169]

no gifs yet?

[G-train]

This might even kill his All-Star chances.

Multi-game suspension for intentional stomping won't get him chosen as one by the coaches.

GTFO if you're serious

[noob cake]

GTFO if you're serious

If I were the coach, I would not be touching this white-trash demonstrating complete lack of sportsmanship.

He is a professional basketball player getting paid millions to play.

[32Dayz]

Scola grabbed his foot...

[Rito3d30]

http://s7.postimage.org/gun7gpfyh/111.gif

:banghead:

[StroShow4]

Scola flops on the floor, gets stepped on. Why's everybody mad at the guy that stepped on him? That's the risk you take when you fall on the floor underneath the basket.

[dude77]

Scola flops on the floor, gets stepped on. Why's everybody mad at the guy that stepped on him? That's the risk you take when you fall on the floor underneath the basket.


:oldlol:

[rodman91]

If every player starts stepping on floppers, NBA would be better.

[millwad]

If every player starts stepping on floppers, NBA would be better.

I do agree but Scola didn't flop on this play, he got hacked..

[Blue&Orange]

If every player starts stepping on floppers, NBA would be better.
Exactly, what i saw was Scola throwing himself to the ground twice, Blake Griffin style, in a 30 second span, it's not illogical to think he was looking for some stomping, some people are into weird things.

[StroShow4]

Exactly, what i saw was Scola throwing himself to the ground twice, Blake Griffin style, in a 30 second span, it's not illogical to think he was looking for some stomping, some people are into weird things.

Luis Scola flops and it's "Blake Griffin style"?



The hate... :facepalm

[dude77]

:oldlol: @ thread title change

[Dictator]

didn't look intentional....

[Blue&Orange]

Luis Scola flops and it's "Blake Griffin style"?



The hate... :facepalm
Are we seeing the same video?

0:10 throws himself to the ground on minimal contact.
0:26 is fouled and the proceed to throw himself to the ground for no reason at all.

[vinsane01]

Stomp is too strong of a word. Clicking the link i was expecting Love to had trampled Scola's face to kingdom come because of that word. He stepped on his face. And it was done in more like a shrug off, get out of my way, dont flop again kind of fashion. :D Im a scola fan and dont mind his flopping. There is no way a big guy like him wouldnt have fallen if not on purpose.

Watching the courtside cam, it looked like scola held love's foot, but the camera angle below the rim tells otherwise and that scola was about to protect his face in anticipation of foot to face collision. I think Love lost his cool and Scola flat out got into his head.

It was a dirty play and the nba shouldnt be lenient about it. I'd imagine that behavior warrants some sort of fine or suspension. It wasnt a stomp though.... he stepped on his face.

EDIT: good job changing the title mods

[824]

Yea that didn't really look like he meant to do that, a suspension is fine you can't do that, but beyond that who cares it didn't look malicious, who knows.

[blacknapalm]

:oldlol: @ thread title change

:lol + the removal of posts

in the end though, i do think it was pretty dirty. it wasn't as bad as some make it seem. he half stepped on his chest and it was an act of frustration. if he's a repeat offender that isn't petty stuff and rumor mongering, i'd think twice, but for now, it's just a player that lost his cool. let's not act like this defines his career

EDIT: looked at it again and he did stomp his chin down i guess. still, people make it seem like he kicked him and put his full weight on his face and that just isn't the case. dirty, no doubt, but let's not crazy. it would probably be just a personal foul or a no call in the late 80s, early 90s, lol

[StroShow4]

Are we seeing the same video?

0:10 throws himself to the ground on minimal contact.
0:26 is fouled and the proceed to throw himself to the ground for no reason at all.

Yeah. That's vintage Luis Scola. That's not "Blake Griffin style." :oldlol:

[blacknapalm]

Yeah. That's vintage Luis Scola. That's not "Blake Griffin style." :oldlol:

yep. legs can get tangled but no need to slam yourself to the floor to create a dramatic effect. still, love got frustrated and in today's league, you just can't have that. both were wrong but love made a stupid emotional decision that will probably cost him

griffin did try to flop against love as well so maybe it was built up over time. guys are crashing to the floor just to draw a foul on a great rebounder

[Blue&Orange]

Yeah. That's vintage Luis Scola. That's not "Blake Griffin style." :oldlol:
:lol my bad.

[FireMcFailPlease]

redemption for scola nailing love with the ball in the jewels a week ago

[Detroit]

Don't be surprised if Ndamukong Suh gets suspended tomorrow for "Encouraging Kevin Love to step on Scola":ohwell:

[blacknapalm]

bold prediction: k-love won't be suspended a single game

[Real Men Wear Green]

Don't be surprised if Ndamukong Suh gets suspended tomorrow for "Encouraging Kevin Love to step on Scola":ohwell:
Suh's shit was blatant and his suspension was well-deserved. Love's was probably intentional but it didn't look as blatant. Plus the world is sick of flopping, though to be fair we need to admit that every team and almost every player does it, some are just better at it.

[GOBB]

RMWG, can you merge both of the Scola threads into one.

[Real Men Wear Green]

RMWG, can you merge both of the Scola threads into one.
Nope.

[Poodle]

looked to me like Scola was trying to protect his face seeing Love about to step over him but Love's foot on the step over got caught in Scola's arms, where he had to regain balance to step on him, or he'd fall too. Definitely not suspension worthy, and a whole lot of nothing here.

also looked like Scola was getting abused by Love in the paint that game :lol

[stallionaire]

let me break it down for those who don't have brains and are now Scola apologists.

scola is a ****ing flopper. he shows no respect for Love in how he guards him.

scola hit love in the balls and everyone called it an accident, when quite literally he looked at Kevin Love's groin and threw the ball.

fast forward to last night's game, Love is playing intense the entire night and he has to deal with Scola exaggerating every little bump and tap.

when he was stepping over scola I want you to take a careful look at Love's feet.

he has 2 options in what he can do with his 'face-stomp' foot which is extend it farther and lose speed + risk extending his ankle. scola grabs one of his foot and love looks down and steps into scola's face. it looked bad but what the **** else was he supposed to do?

stop crying and learn about basketball. ***** ass hoes.

[v1ncelis]

He's dirty player as well and that step is nothing compare to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA8koJ4Qn5I

[ThatsGame]

He could of ripped the guys jaw off his face..

step on his chest duh

[millwad]

let me break it down for those who don't have brains and are now Scola apologists.

scola is a ****ing flopper. he shows no respect for Love in how he guards him.

scola hit love in the balls and everyone called it an accident, when quite literally he looked at Kevin Love's groin and threw the ball.

fast forward to last night's game, Love is playing intense the entire night and he has to deal with Scola exaggerating every little bump and tap.

when he was stepping over scola I want you to take a careful look at Love's feet.

he has 2 options in what he can do with his 'face-stomp' foot which is extend it farther and lose speed + risk extending his ankle. scola grabs one of his foot and love looks down and steps into scola's face. it looked bad but what the **** else was he supposed to do?

stop crying and learn about basketball. ***** ass hoes.

Op's location=Minnesota..
Op is gay.

[stallionaire]

Op's location=Minnesota..
Op is gay.

Haha, the outrage at Love is pissing me off. He's a good guy. He plays with heart. Scola doesn't

[Hittin_Shots]

He could of ripped the guys jaw off his face..

step on his chest duh

What if he steps on his chest, breaks his rib and punctures something?

[stallionaire]

What if he steps on his chest, breaks his rib and punctures something?

exactly.

the point is people like kevin love now but they are just waiting for incidents like this to happen to write this kid off as a dirty player.

give love credit and stop exaggerating a meaningless trip.

i will be SO ****ING MAD if the wolves lose love for even 1 game over this.

we just hit .500. :facepalm

[ThatsGame]

What if he steps on his chest, breaks his rib and punctures something?

:facepalm

[stallionaire]

:facepalm

you exaggerated and he did too.

:facepalm

[Hittin_Shots]

:facepalm

Maybe Scola has a strong chin but a glass chest? Love could have known this and therefore didn't wanna risk putting his foot through him.

I guess you and everyone on this site do know exactly what Love was thinking at the time so I shouldn't really question it.

[ThatsGame]

you exaggerated and he did too.

:facepalm

He stepped on his jaw!

[upside24]

I missed this. Love curb-stomping bitches out now?

[LJJ]

Can't really blame Love.


Scola just has that kind of face, what can you do?

[airchibundo507]

lol at Scola "grabbing Love's foot." that's the biggest bs I've ever heard

[SpecialQue]

Scola's face just attracts trouble:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DVXOHHf-uM

[brantonli]

Haha, the outrage at Love is pissing me off. He's a good guy. He plays with heart. Scola doesn't


Dude...


No matter how much you want to hate on Scola, the one thing you can't say about him is that he doesn't play with heart. Doesn't matter what team you are supporting, the guy gives it his 110%. I don't doubt Love does the same too.

[Whoah10115]

Do you think Barkley, Malone, Terry Cumming would take that? Scola just crawled up like he got shot , when he needed to get up and punish love.



I agree. You should always punish love.

[upside24]

Love goes hard in the mother****ing paint.

[Teanett]

what's the big deal?
if love gets suspended it's further proof the nba is getting gayer by the minute.
and if you think this incident is even worth discussing you are a bunch of lil fakkotz.

[rfoster24]

If I were the coach, I would not be touching this white-trash demonstrating complete lack of sportsmanship.

He is a professional basketball player getting paid millions to play.

Kevin Love is white trash, really? Out of all the trash in the league, including superstars, Kevin Love is white trash? Birdman is white trash. Besides, Scola's face has got so much botox in it, he probably didn't even feel anything.

[rfoster24]

Dude...


No matter how much you want to hate on Scola, the one thing you can't say about him is that he doesn't play with heart. Doesn't matter what team you are supporting, the guy gives it his 110%. I don't doubt Love does the same too.

at flopping

[Scoooter]

I've seen the "stomp", like 5 times now. I'm just not seeing much there. :confusedshrug:

[steve franchise]

I've seen the "stomp", like 5 times now. I'm just not seeing much there. :confusedshrug:
Scola is a beast 6-9
he loves this kinda game

[ImmortalNemesis]

Haha, the outrage at Love is pissing me off. He's a good guy. He plays with heart. Scola doesn't

All credibility is lost. Anyone who watches basketball knows the last thing Houston needs from Scola is heart. You're a retard if you think Scola doesn't have heart.

@ people saying the NBA is getting softer by the year, there's a difference between physicality and dirty plays. Learn to differentiate the two.

[Collie]

Bah, Rick Mahorn repeatedly stepped on McHale's broken foot during the 87 playoffs.

[Teanett]

@ people saying the NBA is getting softer by the year, there's a difference between physicality and dirty plays. Learn to differentiate the two.

there's always been dirty plays. the nba is turning into justin bieber. you are gay and you know it.

[La Frescobaldi]

there's always been dirty plays. the nba is turning into justin bieber. you are gay and you know it.

From John Wayne to Shia LeBoeufesque

From Wilt Chamberlain & Gus Johnson to Joel Anthony & Floppin' Chris Paul

From Night Train Lane & Dick Butkus to wearing little pink ribbons

From Mickey Mantle 650 foot boozey hangover slam to Mark McGuire steroidal 545 foot

From Bird & Julius death grip to this non factor

human resource department took over the world, country went girlie mentality, sports reflect that fact

[All Net]

Kevin love suspended two games!

[jaydacris]

weak sauce. nba has gotten soft!

i normally wouldnt care, but love is on my fantasy team :(

[32Dayz]

Should have been 1 or no game but 2 games is the limit.

Its acceptable although personally I think its 1 game too many.

[FireMcFailPlease]

f stern

[M.V.W.]

I don't agree as Scola wasn't punished for throwing the ball at Love's groin.

[Skywalker]

holy sh!t Love is raw lmao

just saw it for the first time

rips him to the ground then stomps on his face lmao

Didn't scola throw the ball of Love's nuts recently? maybe its payback

[alenleomessi]

Wolves go 2-0 in those two games

[DuMa]

love didnt stomp intentionally. the league misunderstood. so sad to see this shit is even ground to the 2 games bynum got elbowing beasley in the air last year.... :facepalm.

[HurricaneKid]

I CANNOT believe he got suspended for that. Scola put his hands up to protect his face and it tripped Love who stepped down. There was no curb stomp.

That was a no call in the 80s. Now its suspendable? PUHLEASE.

[sbw19]

Warrants a suspension but not two games imo. Prolly for the sequence rather than the 'stomp'.

[MK2V1GP]

Stern doing all he can to make the Wolves lose so the Hornets pick will be higher. This is gotdamn ****ing bullshit.

[All Net]

Stern doing all he can to make the Wolves lose so the Hornets pick will be higher. This is gotdamn ****ing bullshit.

Dude it's two games not 20.

[MK2V1GP]

Dude it's two games not 20.

I know. But the Wolves have been playing well recently. it's Stern screwing with the small-market Wolves.

It would've been ok if it was 1 game. but 2 games is a stretch. plenty of other worst incidents and there were no suspensions. I just think it's silly and it reeks of Sternage.

[305Baller]

did the crime? now do the tiiiimmmmmmmeeeeeeee

[Detroit]

This suspension is a joke. it was clearly an accident. Nice call stern.

[Troutfisch]

Never thought Love had that in him, can't believe some of you are saying that was unintentional!

[RaininTwos]

Love deserved it. Next.

[Da Doc04]

i agree, i dont think he did it intentionally.

I agree as well

[ThatsGame]

It was clearly intentionally, otherwise he would have found another place to step instead of looking down and stepping into Scola's jaw as if he wanted to rip it off his face

[kentatm]

sorry but it looked like an accident to me.

had Scola not put up his arms it looks like Love would have been able to step over him.

[04mzwach]

Love is a dirty player. (does crafty things when the ref isn't looking or doesn't notice)

He's not a dirty person. (he's a good guy, cheap shots aren't his specialty lol)

[04mzwach]

I'd go as far to say Love may be a top 5 dirty player in the league. He's really good at getting away with shit. Sometimes when he fouls somebody, I didn't catch what he actually did. That's why you'll notice other players will do things to him and you may be like WTF?

[The_Yearning]

And that Meticode clown actually believed there would be no suspensions.

Cleveland fans :facepalm

I thought it should of been 3 games at least. Now, the real question is will the Wolves be competitive and win their next 2 games? If they are even remotely competitive it would be enough evidence to prove that Love is a no-impact player. MVP of the Wolves are Adelman and Rubio.

[04mzwach]

And that Meticode clown actually believed there would be no suspensions.

Cleveland fans :facepalm

I thought it should of been 3 games at least. Now, the real question is will the Wolves be competitive and win their next 2 games? If they are even remotely competitive it would be enough evidence to prove that Love is a no-impact player. MVP of the Wolves are Adelman and Rubio.
Where do you get this idea? The game plan will change and they'll focus on other strengths. If they win their next 2 games, it doesn't prove Love is a nonimpact player. That's only 2 games and it has been done before when other star players have been suspended, sick. etc. Just because Darko has 2 great games while Love is gone, does that mean Love is a nonimpact player? They couldn't consistently win without Love, they don't have solid enough rebounders to stay competitive. I just hope they can beat Sacramento.

I can't wait to see the starting lineup. Do you think they'll just start Pek and Darko or will they start Beasley at the PF spot? Interesting...

[bdreason]

I thought it should have been a flagrant 2, and an ejection. Since they missed the call, I thought a 1 game suspension was in order.

[kingBynum]

It was no accident..Kevin love knew what he was doing..he's a dirty player scumbag SUH:oldlol:

http://gif.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/KEVIN-LOVE-SCOLA-STOMP.gif

[All Net]

Has there been a YouTube clip of this posted?

[steve franchise]

I guess Kevin Love got his payback..
yep Scola 0 game suspension
Kevin Love 2 game suspension :roll:
"It happened to be his face, just like Houston, where it happened to be my groin."
Nice one Love
:applause:
but bububububu :rant why do i get suspended? :banana: :banana: :banana:

:D

[G-train]

Has there been a YouTube clip of this posted?

Yes in the bigger thread.


And lol at gifs in slow motion. Makes boxing out look like a suspendable act.

[IGOTGAME]

sorry but it looked like an accident to me.

had Scola not put up his arms it looks like Love would have been able to step over him.

you gotta watch it in the context of the game. They are going at it for the last 2 minutes. Blatantly fouling each other with no calls. Then Love gets pissed and just accidentally steps on his face?

[senelcoolidge]

Love has been a big scumbag this season for some reason. He's done and said some foolish things this season. Hopefully he's not getting paid for those suspended games.

[outbreak]

I've seen things like this before in games and nothings called or no fuss is made. It's not intentional, he looks like he's going to fall himself if he doesn't put that foot down and scolas arms get his leg entangled. BS suspension imo

[ImmortalNemesis]

Two game suspension, good. Should have been three games at least. There's no room for that kind of behavior in the NBA. Hopefully Love learns from his mistakes. Scola got under his skin and he reacted like a bitch.

[Maniak]

Two game suspension, good. Should have been three games at least. There's no room for that kind of behavior in the NBA. Hopefully Love learns from his mistakes. Scola got under his skin and he reacted like a bitch.
Bullshit. This isn't suspension worthy whatsoever. A minor fine at the most.

Scola flopped to the ground and blocked most of the foot with his hand. I seriously doubt that would hurt you that much unless your jaw was made of glass.

[Meticode]

No suspension. 0 games!

[BGriffin's Dad]

No suspension. 0 games!

says he's suspended for 2 games

[zay_24]

If this was Iverson or JR Smith or Stephen Jackson he'll woulda got 15 games minimum and a 500k fine.

[Ken_Force_One]

It was no accident..Kevin love knew what he was doing..he's a dirty player scumbag SUH:oldlol:

http://gif.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/KEVIN-LOVE-SCOLA-STOMP.gif


MAN!!! I wish someone in the league would do that to Manu Ginobli too. get these Aregentenian disgraces out of the league...They should be back at their home picking bananas for my protein smoothie.

[clayton]

NBA players need to start following Love's example of stomping European floppers in da face.

However, they should wear these: http://www.spikesrunning.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/spike-shoes.jpg

[Apogee]

MAN!!! I wish someone in the league would do that to Manu Ginobli too. get these Aregentenian disgraces out of the league...They should be back at their home picking bananas for my protein smoothie.


:facepalm

[SwayDizzle]

I'm not even sure he did it intentionally. I was picturing something completely different. I was picturing Scola on the floor and kevin going over and literally STOMPING on his face. This is an overreaction imo.
i agree, this didn't seem malicious

[Take Your Lumps]

the angle in the youtube video looked much worse.

looking at this GIF, it doesn't even look like he touches his face with his foot -- it looks like he steps on his chest and scola snaps his head back...

[Dwade305]

MAN!!! I wish someone in the league would do that to Manu Ginobli too. get these Aregentenian disgraces out of the league...They should be back at their home picking bananas for my protein smoothie.
:facepalm :violin:

[La Frescobaldi]

It was no accident..Kevin love knew what he was doing..he's a dirty player scumbag SUH:oldlol:

http://gif.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/KEVIN-LOVE-SCOLA-STOMP.gif

Clearly Love should have seen a body directly underneath him, and done a no-hands cartwheel to avoid using his feet to propel himself down the court.

[MichaelCheazley]

Time to unleash the beast

http://answers.bettor.com/images/Articles/thumbs/extralarge/Michael-Beasley-10-Best-games-of-the-NBA-regular-season-2010-11-Part-1-xrddjwlwm4sqarj5lsf5uo01-.jpg

[RaininTwos]

If this was Iverson or JR Smith or Stephen Jackson he'll woulda got 15 games minimum and a 500k fine.
I actually believe this.

[LA_Showtime]

After watching that in slow motion, I'm not even sure he meant to do that. Totally blown out of proportion.

[ImmortalNemesis]

Bullshit. This isn't suspension worthy whatsoever. A minor fine at the most.

Scola flopped to the ground and blocked most of the foot with his hand. I seriously doubt that would hurt you that much unless your jaw was made of glass.

1. Scola didn't flop. Love wanted to foul hard foul him to make a point. You have to watch the plays that led to that foul. They were already going at it.

2. Whether the stomp hurt him or not is irrelevant. Point is you can't do that in the NBA. If you do it, expect a 1-3 game suspension. Wolves are glad Scola covered his face, because if not, Love would have gotten 1 or 2 more games.

[Smoke117]

I like that from Kevin Love. Next thing you should in your career is play some ****ing defense, son.

[Heavincent]

That's retarded.

Why is Stern so bad at his job?

[socomberetta]

His foot and his shin made no contact with Scola's face.

Wtf. Scola flopped the back of his head onto the ground.

[MavsPoke]

what's the big deal?
if love gets suspended it's further proof the nba is getting gayer by the minute.
and if you think this incident is even worth discussing you are a bunch of lil fakkotz.

Agreed.

I didn't watch the game. But I know Scola and he's a flopper. A big fat euro flopper. Floppers should get stepped on. He flopped TWICE in that video and he got stepped on. KLove shouldn't get a fine, he should get a trophy for that.

In all seriousness I didn't see anything derserving of a suspension. Scola fell down and KLove was trying to run back and Scola put up his hands and tripped KLove.

BTW: I'm a Mavs fan and F KLove.