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[pghin08]

So a league full of guys that is known for fighting and somewhat encouraged = generalize them as nice guy and far from thugs

An isolated elbow incident and a league is full of thugs


I get it . LOL

Does the guy who called the nba thugs know what a thug is ?

Because from what I see the only thing that makes nba players thugs are their skin color and maybe some tattoos

The face of the league ( best players ) kobe, durant, westbrook, rose, griffin, lebron, wade, paul, Howard) yeah , big criminals there

Its such as shame they don't televise chess match , maybe we can watch a few more good kids knock each other out and fight each other regularly .. yeah makes sense

I agree on some level. Thugs aren't made on the court/ice. Rather, they are made off of it. But in that respect, hockey and any other sport just aren't even comparable. If you look at football, baseball and basketball, there are ALWAYS reports out of people who have committed crimes. Legit crimes. Drugs, robbery, violence. You just don't see that in hockey.

[Star_Cards]

So a league full of guys that is known for fighting and somewhat encouraged = generalize them as nice guy and far from thugs

An isolated elbow incident and a league is full of thugs


I get it . LOL

Does the guy who called the nba thugs know what a thug is ?

Because from what I see the only thing that makes nba players thugs are their skin color and maybe some tattoos

The face of the league ( best players ) kobe, durant, westbrook, rose, griffin, lebron, wade, paul, Howard) yeah , big criminals there

Its such as shame they don't televise chess match , maybe we can watch a few more good kids knock each other out and fight each other regularly .. yeah makes sense

I'm on the side of the NBA not being a league of thugs, but I probably wouldn't put Kobe at the head of the list of players that are squeaky clean either. lol

Every sport will have it's share of players who get into trouble. That doesn't group them all together.

[lloydr04]

You do realize fighting is a part of Hockey, right?

I think the term 'thug' in any sport is used too often and often not in the right context, but the reason it's used more in Basketball is when you have someone like Kevin Love stomping on a guy, or the whole Arenas/Crittenton gun incident, and of course the brawl at the Palace. It's reputation, and while not fair to the entire sport based on a few guys here and there, it's what happens.

If its apart of hockey why do they go to the penalty box for a few minutes , agree with eveverything else though

I seen a hockey fight on YouTube where the whole teas were fighting lol ... Thats ridiculous , and we all know why basketball players are called thugs by certain people on here anyway, I'm sure you know.

[lloydr04]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/9...player-arrests

sticking a taxi driver over 20 cents, or getting busted with coke and an "escort"
or grabbing on a woman and beating her up ... those don't count though.. right?

Patrick Kane= THUG


The men punched the cab driver in the face and head, grabbed his throat and broke his glasses in the attack. They also forced the money out of his hand in which they gave him.

[habsheaven]

If its apart of hockey why do they go to the penalty box for a few minutes , agree with eveverything else though

I seen a hockey fight on YouTube where the whole teas were fighting lol ... Thats ridiculous , and we all know why basketball players are called thugs by certain people on here anyway, I'm sure you know.

Fighting is in the rulebook, just like tripping, high-sticking, slashing, interference, etc, etc, etc. Are you saying that the fact it is penalized means that it isn't part of the game? If you're only source of hockey is the American media or youtube than I can see why you have the opinion that you have. I never claimed the NBA was full of thugs, but there certainly are a few.

[gladdyontherise]

If its apart of hockey why do they go to the penalty box for a few minutes , agree with eveverything else though

I seen a hockey fight on YouTube where the whole teas were fighting lol ... Thats ridiculous , and we all know why basketball players are called thugs by certain people on here anyway, I'm sure you know.

Because it's a penalty, that's why, however, Hockey has ALWAYS had fighting, it's not something new.

I've said this many times though, and I'm not saying anyone on here does it (because even if they have, I haven't noticed atleast), but it seems a lot of the time people in general will call someone who isn't white a thug, but they won't call the white athlete a thug.

Myself personally, you have to do a lot to be a "thug" no matter what race you are. Let's use for an example, Delmon Young (I know it's Baseball, but just for the example), what he has done recently, I would never and don't believe what he did makes him a 'thug', I do however think it's a punk move. Same for Kevin Love and his stomping of Scola, he's not a thug either, and once again, it was a punk move.

Too many times some people stereotype when something negative happens.

[habsheaven]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/9...player-arrests

sticking a taxi driver over 20 cents, or getting busted with coke and an "escort"
or grabbing on a woman and beating her up ... those don't count though.. right?

Patrick Kane= THUG


The men punched the cab driver in the face and head, grabbed his throat and broke his glasses in the attack. They also forced the money out of his hand in which they gave him.

He's an American though. That disqualifies him from my claim. lol

[lloydr04]

Because it's a penalty, that's why, however, Hockey has ALWAYS had fighting, it's not something new.

I've said this many times though, and I'm not saying anyone on here does it (because even if they have, I haven't noticed atleast), but it seems a lot of the time people in general will call someone who isn't white a thug, but they won't call the white athlete a thug.

Myself personally, you have to do a lot to be a "thug" no matter what race you are. Let's use for an example, Delmon Young (I know it's Baseball, but just for the example), what he has done recently, I would never and don't believe what he did makes him a 'thug', I do however think it's a punk move. Same for Kevin Love and his stomping of Scola, he's not a thug either, and once again, it was a punk move.

Too many times some people stereotype when something negative happens.

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BTW: to the guy who was saying something about you dont see that in hockey....... they have done exactly what you tried to use in what happens in other sports and not hockey

[habsheaven]

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BTW: to the guy (what guy?) who was saying something about you dont see that (See what?) in hockey....... they (who is they?) have done exactly what you tried to use in what happens (??) in other sports and not hockey

I'm lost??

[Star_Cards]

I have heard of hockey players getting into trouble as posted above. Plus they have had their share of on ice issues similar or worse than the Artest elbow.

also, would enforcers not be considered thugs? I'd say they could be since a lot of times these guys are on rosters because they are good at fighting. Sure they are there due to the nature of the game, which is a little different than most sports that don't allow fighting to any degree.