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the play certainly warranted a flagrant foul, but i don't think bynum was intending to hurt him like that. he didn't make a play on the ball so a flagrant 1 is the right call, but it didn't look like a flagrant 2 to me.
any update on how gerald is doing?
What a bunch of classless Laker fans in this thread. Really, guys, are you serious with some of these comments?
he didnt try to hurt him but he must be retarded because usually elbowing someone in the chest can cause problems....
I saw the play in which this happened. It really was not Bynum's fault. It really was not anybody's fault. That is just basketball. Wallace drove hard and banged into Bynum pretty hard and he got hurt. It was nobody's fault. It was just basketball.
I hope he will be alright though. A collapsed lung is pretty serious.
hope he is better, it was a cheap shot, but cmon suspension? it was a tie game and he wanted to make sure, it was bad because gwall was going for a dunk and had nothing to protect his ribs
[QUOTE=JustinJDW]I saw the play in which this happened. It really was not Bynum's fault. It really was not anybody's fault. That is just basketball. Wallace drove hard and banged into Bynum pretty hard and he got hurt. It was nobody's fault. It was just basketball.
I hope he will be alright though. A collapsed lung is pretty serious.[/QUOTE]
if gerald drove into bynum and bynum did nothing his elbow would of gave and no serious injury would of happened. instead bynum drove his elbow into the side of gerald. Bynum is now in my eyes a classless scrub
[quote=StroShow4]
any update on how gerald is doing?[/quote]
Latest I could find:
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[B]Bobcats' Wallace has collapsed lung, broken rib[/B]
By Rick Bonnell
[email]rbonnell@charlotteobserver.com[/email]
Posted: Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009
LOS ANGELES - Charlotte Bobcats forward Gerald Wallace suffered a collapsed left lung and a broken rib in a collision with Los Angeles Lakers center Andrew Bynum in the Bobcats' 117-110 double-overtime victory Wednesday night.
According to the team, Wallace lost 30-40 percent of the capacity in his left lung. He also suffered a non-displaced fracture of the fifth rib on his left side.
Doctors at Centinela Hospital inserted a tube in Wallace's lung to help restore functional capacity. Wallace will spend at least Wednesday night in the hospital. Doctors do not anticipate releasing him before late Thursday. At that time, the Bobcats will be better prepared to decide whether Wallace would join the team on its current West Coast trip or return directly to Charlotte.
Bynum was called for a Flagrant 1 foul on the play in which Wallace was driving the lane in the fourth quarter. Bynum threw a hip-check and struck Wallace's rib cage with his right elbow.
The Bobcats will play the Trailblazers tonight in Portland. It was unclear who coach Larry Brown would start in Wallace's place.
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It was a good call by the refs.
One of the very few good calls all night.
While I was pleased to finally see Bynum (or any Laker for that matter) lay a HARD foul, no one wants to see a kid injured.
Hopefully he will be OK.
This is ridiculous...
First Bynum clothlines LeBron and nor he throws his elbow into Gerald's rib cage...
What is Stern thinking?
due you bunch of wussies even know what a lung collapse is?
already crying....for no reason......
It was a stupid foul, like I said right after Bynum was called for it. A flagrant foul was the right call, anyone who thinks that deserves a suspension is beyond stupid. The amount of people overreacting in this thread is hysterical considering non of them are Bobcats fans and didn't even watch the game :oldlol:
Anyway the important thing is that Wallace will be fine.
Does anybody have a link to the video of Bynum fouling Wallace? I've heard it was a dirty foul but i'd like to see it before judging...
[QUOTE=-Lincolnite-]Does anybody have a link to the video of Bynum fouling Wallace? I've heard it was a dirty foul but i'd like to see it before judging...[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q2cBYKvYJw[/url]
This was dirty. he drove his elbow right into the chest...
[QUOTE=5150][url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q2cBYKvYJw[/url]
This was dirty. he drove his elbow right into the chest...[/QUOTE]
You guys are seriously stupid as hell. Initially, Bynum wanted to block the shot or strip the ball. Wallace ELEVATED which Bynum didn't know that he was going to do that and it struck Wallace in the rib area. Bynum wasn't even looking at G-wall's rib area. Bynum just stuck his arm out. Suspension worthy? Not at all.
[QUOTE=Kobe24]You guys are seriously stupid as hell. Initially, [B][SIZE="3"]Bynum wanted to block the shot or strip the ball.[/SIZE][/B] Wallace ELEVATED which Bynum didn't know that he was going to do that and it struck Wallace in the rib area. Bynum wasn't even looking at G-wall's rib area. Bynum just stuck his arm out. Suspension worthy? Not at all.[/QUOTE]
I didn't realize you block/rip the ball with your elbow. :rolleyes:
Announcers got it right. "Andrew was not playing the ball at all."