When Phoenix Suns second-year player Josh Jackson shoved Toronto’s Chris Boucher mid-air on Thursday night, I couldn’t help but have images of Kevin McHale clothes-lining Kurt Rambis instantly pop into my head. Of course, Jackson’s shove was nowhere near as violent, but the moment of history flashed none-the-less.
While Jackson was given a Flagrant Foul and ultimate ejection, hurting the Suns down the stretch (the event occurred with 7:50 remaining in the fourth quarter), the moment might actually become a rallying cry for the young Suns and their fans.
Granted, a season ago, had Marquese Chriss done this exact thing I would have complained about him with the same veracity that I am praising Josh Jackson.