Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 35750 Location: Santa Clarita, CA (Hell) ->>>>>Ithaca, NY -≥≥≥≥≥Berkeley, CA
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 10:30 am Post subject:
It’s like with any other entertainer. Would you touch a singer during the performance if they weren’t crowd surfing? The kid is lucky he didn’t get thrown out and banned. _________________ Damian Lillard shatters Dwight Coward's championship dreams:
No one has a right to touch another person. I think this sets a good precedent, otherwise anyone in courtside seats will keep pushing those boundaries. The players have a right to remind fans that they're people and you can't just go around touching people, even if it simply a friendly pat on the back.
NBA courtside seat fans have had interactions with players in between live actions. Likewise players have also done the same to courtside seat NBA fans. This kid just tapped Westbrook on the elbow, nothing malicious
Joined: 27 May 2010 Posts: 48596 Location: LA to the Bay
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 12:44 pm Post subject:
Russ Russ handled it well (the kid’s dad, however ) There doesn’t need to be an NBA rule, no, but that kid needs to learn that he’s not entitled to handle the players or other people in general. Kids need to be taught boundaries.
Kid and his parent should have been thrown out of the game. Interactions that are mutual or optional (i.e., holding out a hand for a high-five) are different than forcing an interaction that another person does not want. Do people routinely touch air hostesses now just because they paid for a flight ticket (or first-class ticket - more akin to court-side seats)?
Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Posts: 9674 Location: San Diego
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2019 11:53 pm Post subject:
Huey Lewis & The News wrote:
if that kid touched james harden he would've been assessed a flagrant 2 and ejected
But Harden would have fallen down and slid ten feet while screaming in agony!! _________________ Never argue with stupid people! They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience!! - Twain
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