Bring it! No suspension for Jokic.

[BirdGangThing]

Thought the fine would be bigger but it's all just chicken scratch to players making the max - I'm good with no suspension - although I don't know if it would be the same for others players or in non playoff games

 

[TRW]

Not long enough in some of our minds.

That seems to be true. I admire your tenacity (and memory...LOL).

 

[Praxis]

Westbrook going into a season ticket lounge and cursing out and threatening a fan in front of kids resulted in no suspension, so no reason this warranted anything besides the technical.

 

[95pro]

I am totally OK with no suspension. But I think that the Joker is on a 5-year $270 million contract. For him, isn’t $25,000 the equivalent of a nice dinner for most of us?

That is %0.046 of his annual salary.

He makes about $103/min.

 

[Proteus]

So the letter of the rules doesn't actually matter?

It'd be nice if we got an apology from the Nba for suspending Stoudemire and Diaw but that'll happen in a cold day in Hell.

 

[95pro]

So the letter of the rules doesn't actually matter?

It'd be nice if we got an apology from the Nba for suspending Stoudemire and Diaw but that'll happen in a cold day in Hell.

That letter would have to come from hell.

 

[sdscard4]

All I'm saying is freaking looked Ishbia in the eye and extended his elbow into Ishbia ...the idiot knew exactly what he was doing and who it was. He's a punk. He always has this innocent oh me look. Screw him. You make contact with a fan you get suspended.

 

[Yuma]

That letter would have to come from hell.

Does the Jewish religion believe in Hell? I know the Catholics do!

Not really: Quick explanation of Hell and Jewish Beliefs

 

[Hoop Head]

Westbrook going into a season ticket lounge and cursing out and threatening a fan in front of kids resulted in no suspension, so no reason this warranted anything besides the technical.

Apples and oranges. You're view on what Russ did is skewed also. He was on his way to the locker room through the tunnel which happens to be through a bar set-up in the arena. Russ didn't do anything but respond to a fan heckling him. Whether the hecklers kids were present or not doesn't matter since they have a heckler for a parent. You can't admonish Russ for standing up for himself to a mouthy spectator simply because the guy had beer muscles with his kids in tow.

 

[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Should’ve been suspended.

 

[Mainstreet]

So even a day later there are people that still think he should have been suspended?

You people are total hypocrites - NONE of you would say the same thing if it was Booker or Durant that had done the same thing.

I expected something more. Jokic wasn't even ejected after the incident, and this occurred with a spectator, not a player.

Do you remember Amare and Diaw being suspended? They left the bench/court area and didn't touch anyone.

Well, Suns fan experienced it first hand with no leniency from the NBA commissioner. It likely cost them a championship.

It's not unreasonable to expect rules to be applied fairly and consistently. The fans didn't make up the rules. The NBA did.

 

[BirdGangThing]

I expected something more. Jokic wasn't even ejected after the incident, and this occurred with a spectator, not a player.

Do you remember Amare and Diaw being suspended? They left the bench/court area and didn't touch anyone.

Well, Suns fan experienced it first hand with no leniency from the NBA commissioner. It likely cost them a championship.

It's not unreasonable to expect rules to be applied fairly and consistently. The fans didn't make up the rules. The NBA did.

Ergo Ron Artest cost the Suns a championship

 

[Praxis]

Apples and oranges. Your view on what Russ did is skewed also. He was on his way to the locker room through the tunnel which happens to be through a bar set-up in the arena. Russ didn't do anything but respond to a fan heckling him. Whether the hecklers kids were present or not doesn't matter since they have a heckler for a parent. You can't admonish Russ for standing up for himself to a mouthy spectator simply because the guy had beer muscles with his kids in tow.

No, he chose to go confront the fan instead of going through the tunnel to the locker room. He had to be restrained by a Clippers assistant.

 

[Mainstreet]

Ergo Ron Artest cost the Suns a championship

I probably need a refresher on this.

 

[sdscard4]

I probably need a refresher on this.

He cost us a game in the WCF...

 

[Mainstreet]

He cost us a game in the WCF...

I guess I'm missing the unfair advantage of the situation.

 

[Ronin]

Artests put back on Kobe's Air ball to win game 5, is my guess.

 

[BirdGangThing]

I probably need a refresher on this.

Artest is the reason the sideline rules got so intense - had he not got bezerko - Amare and Diaw would not have been suspended

 

[SeattleCardinal]

Is this referring to the infamous Malice at the Palace? Crazy incident, almost 20 years ago.

 

[BirdGangThing]

Is this referring to the infamous Malice at the Palace? Crazy incident, almost 20 years ago.

I believe the Amare/Diaw suspensions weren't far after the Malice at the Palace

 

[BirdGangThing]

Oh damn I was off by a whole 3 years lol

 

[Larry Schweikart]

Meh rather have suns beat den full strength nooo excuses

Hugeeee gm tom gooooi suns

Me too. Doesn't help us to beat subpar teams.

 

[cardsunsfan]

They could have just left him alone. What's a $25,000 fine to a $50 million a year player? But yeah I would rather beat Nuggets at full strength so no excuses. Go Suns!!

Well that's about .0005 of his Salary, Median earner in AZ is $58,462 so about $29.24 to the average person...

 

[Mainstreet]

If anything like this happens to a Suns player I don't want any of this dual standard stuff.

The Suns have already had their share of the short end of the stick with the Amare and Diaw suspensions.

I'm tired of Jokic getting the benefit of every ticky tack foul call while he is free to whatever he pleases.

 

[Carolinacacti]

Me too. Doesn't help us to beat subpar teams.

Suns get by Denver they get to play one of two subpar teams.