adcmarti Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 David Stern has shown a compassionate side before. You'll recall that the Minnesota Timberwolves, originally docked five future first-round draft picks when they reached an under-the-table contract agreement with Joe Smith, eventually had two of those two draft picks reinstated by Le Commish.But this is different. Stern and the NBA were never going to drop their protests of the reduction in Jermaine O'Neal's suspension. No matter what a judge said Thursday, and no matter how close we are to Christmas. The league will let O'Neal play in Indiana's next two games because it has no choice. Then Stern and his legal team will try again to convince the presiding judge that the Pacers' All-Star forward still has 10 more games to serve for his part in The Malice of Auburn Hills melee Nov. 19. Some of you are undoubtedly wondering why the league won't just let it go now. Especially since the suspensions of Ron Artest (for the season) and Stephen Jackson (30 games) were not shortened by the arbitrator who ruled that O'Neal's ban should be reduced from 25 games to 15. Here is the rest of the article: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/stor...marc&id=1952666 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted December 24, 2004 Veteran Share Posted December 24, 2004 Didn't seem like it was long ago. Time flies by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adcmarti Posted December 24, 2004 Author Share Posted December 24, 2004 Yeah. Hopefully it holds up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ventrox Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 cool :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golazo Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 the only player that should have been suspended out of that was wallace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stncttr908 Veteran Posted December 26, 2004 Veteran Share Posted December 26, 2004 the only player that should have been suspended out of that was wallace 585159625[/snapback] Yeah, because heading into the stands and fighting with fans isn't grounds for suspension. There have been charges filed against the players and the fans. If that doesn't warrant suspension, I don't know what does. Get a clue. :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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