chiney, u miss the point. the hits are not the issue. not the trash talk (which you attribute to Clark), not even your comment about embellishment. or that announcers comment about “see nothing there”. each of those has a kernel of truth. not the bench.
no-one is willing even to mention race. if a black rookie had been illegally bashed by a white girl who was then immediately hugged, kudo’ed and attagirled by whites on her bench, you might see the issue differently. you’re L.A. so am i. Imagine a white Celtic out of nowhere knocking down a rookie Magic, and returning to the bench to be immediately hugged by Larry Bird and high fived by a bunch of white Celtics.
p.s. i LOVE malika and you, but especially jefferson vs kendrick.