ohiomm.com - 4/30/2008
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Brendan Haywood to the media today after hearing LeBron James’ quote that the Wizards were trying to hurt him:“C’mon man, this is the playoffs. He wears 23 and he wants to be Michael Jordan. I respect that because he’s a great player. But look what Mike went through. Mike got fouled way worse than this. You know what I’m saying? Nobody is trying to hurt him. Everybody is trying to play ...
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Cavaliers vs. Wizards Mayhem Roundup
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Brian Windhorst of the Akron Beacon-Journal quotes Brendan Haywood: Brendan Haywood to the media today after hearing LeBron James' quote that the Wizards were trying to hurt him: "C'mon man, this is the playoffs. He wears 23 and he wants to be Michael Jordan. I respect that because he's a great player. But look what Mike went through. Mike got fouled way worse than this. You know what I'm saying? Nobody is trying to hurt him. Everybody is trying to play basketball, trying to win, trying to play tough. Leave it alone." Then an astute commenter on that ...
Open thread: Game 5
Bullets Forever —
... LeBron assessed retroactive flagrant foul.
DC Sports Bog : DeShawn dons a Michael Vick jersey. Fanhouse is outraged, We're Off to See the Wizards is disappointed. Me? I don't care. He can wear whatever he wants.
DC Optimist : Things we have "Witnessed."
True Hoop : Link roundup and thoughts on Gilbert taking the last shot in Game 4.
Brian Windhorst: Give the Wizards credit.
There's really nothing else to ...
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blog.washingtonpost.com 4/30/2008 — The league never released a memo to the media and before now it hadn't been reported, but I was just informed today that LeBron James was actually assessed a retroactive flagrant foul for the elbow he used to clock Andray Blatche in the chin in the ...
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bulletsforever.com 4/30/2008 —
Let's look at this play rationally for a second.
Flagrant foul? Most definitely. Stevenson hit him across the face. Inadvertent or not, you can't do that.
But a punch? LeBron has got to be kidding himself. DeShawn hit him so hard that ...
Cavs One Win Away From Eliminating Wizards —
NBA.com: News 4/30/2008
In the WASHINGTON POST, Michael Lee writes "LeBron James hasn't engaged in much talk with the Washington Wizards during this best-of-seven series. His only comment that could be interpreted as bulletin board material came after his Cleveland Cavaliers ...
Arenas says he's done for season —
FOXSports.com News for NBA 4/30/2008
Gilbert Arenas says he won't play again this season because of problems with his surgically repaired knee.
Arenas announced the decision Wednesday just before Game 5 of the Washington Wizards' first-round playoff series against the Cleveland ...
Stevenson not welcomed in Cleveland (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 4/30/2008
Walking through a mall, DeShawn Stevenson learned quickly he's made more than LeBron James mad. The whole city dislikes him. Stevenson has been branded Public Enemy No. 1 in Cleveland for calling James "overrated" and then committing a flagrant foul ...
