If Duncan didn't do anything wrong, then why did Bowen go out and grab him off the court?

Question

Duncan and Bowen both stepped onto the court while the refs were still dealing with the situation and trying to figure out if the player was fouled. They did not know whether or not it would be an altercation because the players were still stalking to each other.

Stu Jackson wouldn't even give a straight answer to reporters about a possible suspension for Duncan and Bowen and said they ran down to the other end of the court. UNTRUE. The video shows Duncan and Bowen stepping into the court and wlaking back to their original places. Jackson also never stated once said they stepped 6 feet into the court, he just brushed it off.

Spurs fans keeping going on how they were just checking on their teammate but apparently the Suns players can't check on theirs?

There was an altercation between the two players.

mg- How do you know that was Amare's intent was and what Duncan's was? It is not a matter of intent that is in question here and not one single Spur's fan hase answered my question.

roger v- you can stand all you want, but notice you didn't answer my question. Regardless, there was an altercation at the time and Duncan should not have been there.

I'm Amazing- you wrote so much but still didn't answer the question.
There was an altercation going on between two players, one landed on the other and words were exchanged.

Alice K- You need to look it up-
Altercation-
A heated, noisy, or angry dispute; noisy controversy or argument.

Answer 1

Amare and Diaw aren't officially suspended yet to the best of my knowledge.

If at any point in time during a regulation NBA game, a player leaves the bench to:

A.) Leave in frustration
B.) Head to the locker room without official recognition
C.) Start a fight

Or lots of other things, an automatic suspension will be given, no leway permitted.

Since Amare and Diaw left the bench to check on teammate Steven Nash when Robert Horry commited a flagrant foul, Stu Jackson is still iffy at best if he will give them the suspension.

Duncan left the bench after Francisco Elson and James Jones were entangled, to go see if Elson was all right and to stop a fight from occuring. Bowen then jumped off the bench to prevent Duncan from walking onto the court and pulled him back to the Spurs' bench.

Both players on both teams should technically be suspended, but in my opinion, both incidents were occurences of flagrant fouls and Stoudemire, Diaw, Duncan, and Bowen should be allowed to play in Game 5.

Answer 2

There is a double standard in the NBA sometimes. The rule basically says that a player on the bench can't leave the vicinity of the bench during an altercation. There are 2 very vague words here... vicinity and altercation. Both leave a lot of room for interpretation and the imposing of double standards. They say that Stoudemire was 20' away but the rule doesn't state an exact distance. Duncan & Bowen only walked a couple steps. Also, they say that what Duncan & Bowen reacted to wasn't an altercation because the 2 involed just walked away. This is the double standard... they have decided to see it that way for whatever reason. This is not fair and I hope someone is arguing this to the Stern as we speak.

Answer 3

The reason Amare and Boris are suspended for stepping onto the court was that they did so when there was an altercation. Duncan stepped onto the court during the course of play where no altercation took place. If he continued to stay on the court, the most the officials could give him is a technical foul.

Answer 4

Suns fans are mad that they're players broke a rule and were consequently punished for it.


Luckily for the spours fans, the first the words of the rle that Amare and Diaw broke, we're Duncan and Bowens saving graces.

". During an altercation, all players not participating in the game must remain in the immediate vicinity of their bench. Violators will be suspended, without pay, for a minimum of one game and fined up to $35,000"

There was no altercation when DUncan stepped on the court.
Had there been, he would have been suspended.

i don't understand the problem here.
&& why so many people are complaining.

Answer 5

I think Duncan didn't do anything wrong and Bowen was preventing Duncan from doing something wrong.
With that said, I don't think Stoudamire and Diaw did anything wrong neither, and I am very disappoint with the result and answer given by Stu Jackson especially the line

"It's not a matter of fairness, it's a matter of correctness, and this is the right decision at this point in time"

To me, this is not the right thing to do (suspending Stoudamire and Diaw) therefore it is not correct.

Also, Robert Horry's foul is basically an attempt to injure, he should be suspend for an entire season. (although he would just retire if this is the situation)

Answer 6

There was an altercation going on between Elson and James Jones when Duncan went on to the court. I think it is hypocritical that he was not suspended for doing the exact same thing that Amare and Diaw did.

Answer 7

He was up already, so why would the suns go check on him? Also it was obvious there was not an altercation coming and duncan got up as he dunked the ball and then walked 3 steps when his teammate hit the floor and it was obvious he would not take another step. I have season tickets 3 rows behind the spurs bench, I was there I saw it right in front of me. I also stood up, should I be kicked out of the stadium. Anything else???

Answer 8

You need to look up the definition of the word altercation. It does not mean words exchanged. There was no altercation after Jones undercut Elson.

Answer 9

because if you step off the bench and onto the court while theres a fight you will automatically be suspended like amare and diaw were

Answer 10

theres a clear and obvious difference between tim duncan's intent and amare stoudemires intent....amare was ready to fight, tim was checking on his teammates....you can dispute that all you want but you know as well as everyoen else thats the truth.