If you want to get suspended, there is no worse suspender than David Stern. Sadly, he got it wrong again. Badly. The Knicks acted like clowns and they had five less suspension games than the Nuggets. Just like the Brawl in the Palace in which then-Piston Ben Wallace overreacted to a hard Ron Artest foul, starting a huge melee ending in the stands with fans also getting hit on the court, the NBA Commissioner failed to pinpoint the chief escalator. In the case of the Palace, it was undoubtedly Ben Wallace, and at the Garden, it was unmistakably Nate Robinson.
All in all, this sends one message to instigators in the Association: instigate and you shall get your way.
While it's true that Carmelo Anthony let down his team, organization, fans, and the NBA as a whole, but it's unfair to ban him for almost one-fifth of the season just because he is a recognizable face in the league. The crime doesn't fit the time, and if there is an arbitrator, his ban will be reduced. Nevertheless, the heavy suspensions to the Nuggets' top two scorers should expedite the Iverson trade and decide his destination.
All in all, this sends one message to instigators in the Association: instigate and you shall get your way.
While it's true that Carmelo Anthony let down his team, organization, fans, and the NBA as a whole, but it's unfair to ban him for almost one-fifth of the season just because he is a recognizable face in the league. The crime doesn't fit the time, and if there is an arbitrator, his ban will be reduced. Nevertheless, the heavy suspensions to the Nuggets' top two scorers should expedite the Iverson trade and decide his destination.
Suspension Effect on the Trade
Courtesy of the ESPN Trade Machine, the latest three-way trade example is below.
Philadelphia gets: The expiring contracts of Jamaal Magloire (POR), Julius Hodge (DEN), Joe Smith (DEN), and Earl Boykins (DEN), 2007 1st-round pick (28th pick overall) from Denver via Dallas, 2008 1st-round pick from Denver
Denver gets: Allen Iverson (PHI), 2008 2nd-round pick from Philadelphia
Portland gets: Eduardo Najera (DEN), 2007 1st-round pick (21st pick overall) from Denver
Denver gets: Allen Iverson (PHI), 2008 2nd-round pick from Philadelphia
Portland gets: Eduardo Najera (DEN), 2007 1st-round pick (21st pick overall) from Denver
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Interesting trade speculation...but I wouldn't put it past David "I suck at being a commissioner" Stern to have put some sort of trade stop or trade suspension on the two teams in addition to the $500,000 fine.
After all, he is a dick.
He's not a bad commissioner. In terms of player discipline, I criticize Stern to no end.
He wouldn't get in the way of a trade even if he had a personal vendetta because the trade talks were already taking place prior to the brawl between the nuggets and the clowns.
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