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[Griselda]

If you check the stats you will see that the Spurs committed fewer fouls during the course of the regular season than any other team in the NBA.

That's just because you can lose your job as a ref if you call too many fouls on the Spurs. Sure, they fined Timmy, but who else can say the sort of things he said about Joey Crawford at a press conference and come out ahead? He could have gone directly to the league if he had an issue instead of whining at a press conference. Could you imagine what would happen if Rasheed tried something like that?

Now, I don't think that the second technical and ejection of Duncan in that case was justified. But Duncan's reaction was over the top, and he got a slap on the wrist and Joey Crawford may never work again?

I also believe that Bowen is a dirty player. I'm sure it has something to do with team preference, though, as I can forgive Raja Bell for lots of things that I would condemn Bowen for.

I personally think that the league should do more to combat systematic dirty plays and players who try to injure others. But, I think that they're going completely the wrong direction in trying to stop players from responding emotionally to the game. I like a player who plays with heart, and that means that they're going to be more demonstrative on the court. It seems like Stern is trying to present this really sanitized, safe version of the NBA to the public, and I don't like it at all. Sneaky, dirty plays seem to fly under the radar, because they don't make the highlight reels on Sportscenter the way Rasheed throwing a headband does.