By Geoff Lepper
48minutes.net

With everything hanging out in the open, insubordination flapping in the breeze as Stephen Jackson is accused of cursing out Don Nelson — thus helping to precipitate his two-game suspension — this seems like the right time to ask:

Is Captain Jack the Warriors’ new Latrell Sprewell?

Let’s see: Both of them were big wings (although Jackson does clearly have the size advantage) who liked to play physical defense. Both were the emotional leaders of their respective versions of the GSWs. Both lived to take the big shot and loved to fire 3-pointers — even though their success rate probably didn’t

And now, they’ve both been suspended by Nelson.

(Some of this stuff was already covered in the live game thread, so if you read that entry already, I apologize in advance for the repetition.)

Nelson either misspoke, misremembered or just flat-out misled reporters Saturday when he claimed that he had never suspended a player before Jackson. During his first Warriors’ go-round, he met with Sprewell after the latter ditched practice (not for the first time) in January 1995 and immediately after that meeting, the team announced a one-game suspension.

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