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Hollinger's Gems: May 6, 2009

By John Hollinger
ESPN.com

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Rondo 1. If you don't think the league's flagrantly awful ruling on Rajon Rondo last week set a bad precedent, check out the quotes from players about the past two flagrant foul calls -- Udonis Haslem's Game 7 takedown of Zaza Pachulia, and Kenyon Martin's belated summons for his equally belated elbow of Dirk Nowitzki. Both Haslem and Martin almost immediately referenced the Rondo play, as though they thought it was open season on drivers now because the league wouldn't call a flagr ...

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