Ho hum ... wallop in the jewels -- that's how Chris Paul dropped Julius Hodge to the floor of the RBC Center in the NC State Wake Forest game that ended the regular season. Regretably, Paul was not yanked out of the game immediately, as apparently none of the zebras spotted the offense. Instead, he continued to play (not even getting a technical foul) and was on hand to inbound the ball with 4.2 seconds left, have the ball passed right back to him, raced up the floor and tossed in the game-winning swish at the buzzer.
But he should have been in the locker room, waiting for his teammates. A day late and a dollar short, his coach suspended him for this "inapproriate behavior" and Paul has apologized.
"I would like to apologize to Julius Hodge, the NC State team, Wake Forest fans and my teammates for an incident that I truly regret. Sunday night was emotional for me for many reasons and I let my emotions get the best of me. However, that is no excuse for my actions and I fully accept and agree with my suspension."
Oh, right ... emotions. The driving force for all bad male behavior. I hope they get bounced in the first round of the ACC tournament. Go Heels.
5 comments:
I watched the tape over and over and STILL didn't see it. What little I did see, looked accidental to me. I can see why the refs missed it.
This should be a really interesting ACC Tournament this year!
jw
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Can't agree with you, JW, though I do about it being easy to see why the refs missed it.
Paul said that he had no excuse for his conduct, driven by emotion. Were he innocent, he'd surely say so.
Yeah, I know. It's just me being naive again. See, I'm old enough to remember when basketball WASN'T a contact sport!
jw
Right ;-) and I remember the four corners. Ahh... those were the day, eh?
Well, it seems that my blog is having the hiccups.
'scuse me.
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