Rough time dealing with flagrant call

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First Cup: Thursday
Published 5/8/2008 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... Christopher L. Gasper of The Boston Globe: "Sam Cassell, who broke into the league during the rough-and-tumble mid-1990s, said the NBA is protecting Cavaliers star LeBron James in a way it never did with Michael Jordan. ... 'Wow. It's just different right now,' said Cassell yesterday following practice 'They gave me a flagrant-1 foul, and no way in the world was it a flagrant-1 foul. I'm going to call [NBA vice president] Stu [ Jackson] and see what he thinks about that. That's not a flagrant-1 foul at all. Back in the day, a flagrant-1 was bloodshed. ...

Sam Cassell: NBA Is Protecting LeBron James
Published 5/8/2008 by Brett Edwards at FanHouse
... halfway through the second quarter of the Celtics' Game 1 win over the Cavs. At the time, when they showed the replay, it looked to me to be a flagrant because once LeBron got past Sam, Cassell grabbed James' shoulder to stop him from getting a shot up. Cassell thinks it was a pretty weak call, and that the NBA is protecting its superstars like never before. ...

Was Kurt Rambis Tougher Than LeBron James?
Published 5/12/2008 by Jim at Green Bandwagon: Front Page Posts
... Fast forward to Round 2 and the play is still physical. However, this time around Sam Cassell has called the NBA out for protecting LeBron in ways it never protected Michael Jordan: ...

Not only is LeBron a baby, but he's an a-hole...to his mother
Published 5/13/2008 by Truth About It (noreply@blogger.com) at truthaboutit.net
... But as a Wizards fan, I just love to bitch and moan about LeBron James being a baby. So I present this scene from Boston's win in game two of the series: ...