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Bert and a bloody Sun!
Zack Podell, Photographer, Assistant
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Marina Del Rey | CA | USA | Posted: 11:17 PM on 05.19.10 |
| ->> Just saw Barbosa slam into 2 photographers, and their gear. split his head opon what looked like Bert's camera. |
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Josh Thompson, Photographer
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Ontario | California | USA | Posted: 11:20 PM on 05.19.10 |
| ->> OUCH!!! I just saw that too. Hope Barbosa and Bert (and the camera gear) are OK. |
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David Manning, Photographer
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Athens | GA | | Posted: 11:46 PM on 05.19.10 |
| ->> What the devil are you talking about? |
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Zack Podell, Photographer, Assistant
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Marina Del Rey | CA | USA | Posted: 11:48 PM on 05.19.10 |
| ->> LAKERS vs SUNS! |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 11:59 PM on 05.19.10 |
| ->> oh, pro basketball....sorry....it's almost JUNE....who cares about basketball? but I do hope the bertster is aok. |
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Robert Boag, Student/Intern
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Harrisonburg | VA | US | Posted: 12:24 AM on 05.20.10 |
| ->> I agree with chuck here...I stopped caring about basketball about 3 months ago. But I would love to see a picture of this unfolding and hopefully they are all ok. |
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Baron Sekiya, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Craig Mitchelldyer, Photographer, Assistant
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Portland | OR | USA | Posted: 12:54 AM on 05.20.10 |
| ->> That looks like Republic shooter Rob Schumacher to me...ouch. You never want a guy to get hurt like that. The NBA is already very strict on rubber lens hoods and no remotes in the escape lanes, etc etc. That'd be my worst nightmare, guy cranes into me and ends up bloody. |
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Diego James Robles, Student/Intern, Photographer
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Athens | OH | U.S. | Posted: 2:22 AM on 05.20.10 |
| ->> As soon as I saw Barbosa crashing into photographers I was wondering who I would recognized. Bert for sure! Could this have been avoided with a lens hood? I mean those edges are sharp and if that dude had a filter, with those serrated edges....man. Safety first for both the players and your gears. Lakers over Celtics in seven. |
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Shawn Cullen, Assistant
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San Diego | CA | | Posted: 5:01 AM on 05.20.10 |
->> I was at the game, and Barbosa did not hit Bert's lens! The same is true for Rob Schumacher's lens. Everybody had rubber lens shades on their near court camera lenses and their floor remotes. It does not matter who's equipment he hit, you cannot put rubber over the entire camera!
This was a very unfortunate incident, and I hope there will not be any sever actions taken by the NBA cause of this. The Laker's Team Photographer's are very strict, as they should be, about every photographer having rubber lens shades on all lenses that can have a rubber lens shade threaded onto it. Everything from floor remotes to high post remotes.
Unfortunately, this was just one of those unavoidable incidents. |
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Sean D. Elliot, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Norwich | CT | USA | Posted: 10:48 AM on 05.20.10 |
| ->> I say it's time to ban those evil photographers from the baseline so as to protect our most important national resource; overpaid, over-hyped, self-important basketball players from a boo-boo or two :-) |
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Eric Isaacs, Photographer
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Santa Barbara | CA | USA | Posted: 10:56 AM on 05.20.10 |
->> Not Bert, Not Schumacher, the Lakers did it to him!
Just read the caption:
"LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 19: Leandro Barbosa (R) of the Phoenix Suns falss on top the photographers hitting his head against the Los Angeles Lakers durting the fourth quarter in Game Two of the Western Conference Finals during the 2010 NBA Playoffs at Staples Center on May 19, 2010 in Los Angeles, California."
(from Baron's link)
EMI |
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Jeff Lewis, Photographer
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Long Beach | CA | USA | Posted: 11:01 AM on 05.20.10 |
->> Right when it happened, I just knew somebody was going to come and kick all of us off for not having our rubbers on.
Use protection people!!!
Jeff |
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David Manning, Photographer
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Athens | GA | | Posted: 11:12 AM on 05.20.10 |
| ->> Erin, you just made me feel better about my captions. |
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Chuck Steenburgh, Photographer
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Lexington | VA | USA | Posted: 2:02 PM on 05.20.10 |
| ->> David, you made me feel better about my message board posts. |
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Juliann Tallino, Photographer
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Jordan Murph, Photographer, Assistant
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Carlsbad & Honolulu | CA/HI | USA | Posted: 5:20 PM on 05.20.10 |
| ->> This thread needs to die. It's not helping or lending to what happened, and in fact, does not need to be helped or continued to be discussed here, especially by people who weren't there. Cullen hit it right on. Nothing good will come of this thread so please, for those if us who have to cover the NBA day in and day out, please let this be the last post on this subject. |
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Eric Isaacs, Photographer
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Santa Barbara | CA | USA | Posted: 2:13 PM on 05.21.10 |
->> "This thread needs to die."
I disagree. While the flippant tone of some posts may be regrettable, how is this different than any other newsworthy event?
It happened, it was reported and people commented on it. I'm sorry if it seems inappropriate to continue this but the fact that THIS news happens to involve active members (and founders) of our community should not preclude it from being discussed.
EMI |
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John Green, Photographer, Photo Editor
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BAY AREA | CA | | Posted: 12:37 PM on 05.22.10 |
| ->> just simma down now |
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Chuck Liddy, Photographer
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Durham | NC | USA | Posted: 1:35 AM on 05.23.10 |
| ->> Jordan, sorry dude, but man you need to take a valium or something. Geez, your response to this thread and the others truly worries me. What's up? I mean, honestly, you are attacking anyone who has a question about something all of us who cover basketball deal with. players fly out of bounds, they slam into us on the baseline...sometimes they get hurt, often time WE get hurt, and then most of the time NO ONE gets hurt. seriously, you actually think these threads would move the NBA to ban photographers from the baselines? chill dude CHILL!! |
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Jack Howard, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Central Jersey | NJ | USA | Posted: 11:03 AM on 05.23.10 |
->> "and in fact, does not need to be helped or continued to be discussed here, especially by people who weren't there."
~~~posted by Jordan Murph Posted: 5:20 PM on 05.20.10
Internet, meet Mr. Murph, and Mr. Murph, meet the internet. |
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