Soft-spoken star power forward Amare Stoudemire is finally speaking out about the dirty play of Bruce Bowen...and Manu Ginobli...and the Spurs as a team. Bowen, a self-proclaimed 'soft' player, was shocked at the news of being accused of purposely trying to injure Stoudemire's achilles.
"Man, I'm just speechless. I try to be an ambassador of sportsmanship and fair play, I even read to underpriveledged kids on the weekend. I've taught the fundamentals of defense in a video. I don't understand why anybody would take these kinds of potshots at me. It's never happened before...except in Seattle with Ray Allen...and LA with Kobe...and a bunch of coaches and analysts, but I don't listen to those guys."
Stoudemire had this to say. "I don't like to complain about other guys, but after I saw the footage, yeah, I think he purposely kicked at my achilles. I just hope the NBA looks into it. Oh, he acted like he lost his footing, and actually did in the process, but you could see he still kicked at me. I just hope the NBA looks into it. Like I said, I don't complain a lot unless it's on the court to the refs when I'm not getting calls. Oh, and when Ginobli kneed me in the crotch last season. I hope the NBA looks at that play too and suspends those guys for the rest of this series so I don't get touched anymore. It's ridiculous for any of these guys to be touching me...ever. I just hope the NBA looks into it. What, they can't defend me three or four feet away? I got injured for most of last season because guys were touching me. Have I mentioned that I just hope the NBA looks into it?"
"Man, I'm just speechless. I try to be an ambassador of sportsmanship and fair play, I even read to underpriveledged kids on the weekend. I've taught the fundamentals of defense in a video. I don't understand why anybody would take these kinds of potshots at me. It's never happened before...except in Seattle with Ray Allen...and LA with Kobe...and a bunch of coaches and analysts, but I don't listen to those guys."
Stoudemire had this to say. "I don't like to complain about other guys, but after I saw the footage, yeah, I think he purposely kicked at my achilles. I just hope the NBA looks into it. Oh, he acted like he lost his footing, and actually did in the process, but you could see he still kicked at me. I just hope the NBA looks into it. Like I said, I don't complain a lot unless it's on the court to the refs when I'm not getting calls. Oh, and when Ginobli kneed me in the crotch last season. I hope the NBA looks at that play too and suspends those guys for the rest of this series so I don't get touched anymore. It's ridiculous for any of these guys to be touching me...ever. I just hope the NBA looks into it. What, they can't defend me three or four feet away? I got injured for most of last season because guys were touching me. Have I mentioned that I just hope the NBA looks into it?"
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