johnnyhongkong says…

Though the Warriors have been doing their darndest to make basketball really damn exciting without nutkickers flying around kicking nuts, Bruce Bowen reminds us that the Rochambeau Rule is the bomb. 

Of course, as you will see, since he was “handling the ball,” he would have been called for a foul even IF our fabulous rule had been adopted.

The league will likely upgrade the foul call on Bowen to a flagrant one and are thinking about suspending him.

Pish posh, I say.  As the most recent vanguard of the Rochambeau Rule, Bowen ought to be feted, not suspended.   

Even King Kaufman on Salon has chimed in:

Have I mentioned that I love [Bruce Bowen]? Seriously. He’s a classic wrestling-style hero, which the NBA is pretty good at producing, and which is an entertaining breed. I still get a warm feeling when I think back on how much I disliked Bill Laimbeer in the heyday of the “bad boy” Detroit Pistons.

I’m sorry Steve Nash got kicked in the package and everything, but that sort of thing does tend to turn up the flames a notch or two.

Imagine if there was a rule that allowed this sort of thing to happen all the time?  

David Stern, countless others and I are calling on you to make like Al Gore and have the courage to change.