Antonio should be commended for protecting his wife and acting real civil about the situation. He just went up there to make sure nothing happened and walked back calmly with security.
IMO, the real problem is the NBA's lack of security and control on the fans. It's sad if players have to watch and protect their families during the game. That should be security's job!
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Redskins Win wrote:I think you're wrong. In no way does a player go into stands at anytime during a game. He has to be punished in some capacity, definately no where near the severity of the palyers in detroit last season. But still I think Stern needs to reinforce his ruling. Besides he's the president of the players association he needs to be a model example.
You're not married are you RW?
I'm not and don't get me wrong I understand fully what Davis did.
And I would do the same thing in his shoes most likely, or maybe sent security to his wife. Now there are consequences to his actions he knew the second he stepped into the seats there would be some kind of consequnece. Again I don't think it should very harsh but one or two games. Just to show all the players in the league if you intentionally go into the stands during a game for any reason there will be consequences.
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Redskins Win wrote:I'm not and don't get me wrong I understand fully what Davis did. And I would do the same thing in his shoes most likely, or maybe sent security to his wife. Now there are consequences to his actions he knew the second he stepped into the seats there would be some kind of consequnece. Again I don't think it should very harsh but one or two games. Just to show all the players in the league if you intentionally go into the stands during a game for any reason there will be consequences.
I can't disagree with your logic, and I think it would be a bad message if they did NOTHING to him, but I can empathize with Davis more than the NBA in this.
Now that I have some grasp of this situation, here is what I think:
The refs were correct in ejecting Davis, b/c players are not allowed to go in the stands.
However, I do not think he should serve any kind of suspension b/c of the nature of his "crime." He did not seek out a fan, or throw a punch. He went up there to prevent anything from happening to his wife, and never took action against anyone. If Stern makes a martyr out of this guy by suspending him, the NBA suffers. What message would that send? Don't protect your family??? This situation is completely different from the Ron Artest fiasco, and it should be treated differently. The rule should not be a blanket rule, but should be handled individually.
mikus wrote:Now that I have some grasp of this situation, here is what I think:
The refs were correct in ejecting Davis, b/c players are not allowed to go in the stands.
However, I do not think he should serve any kind of suspension b/c of the nature of his "crime." He did not seek out a fan, or throw a punch. He went up there to prevent anything from happening to his wife, and never took action against anyone. If Stern makes a martyr out of this guy by suspending him, the NBA suffers. What message would that send? Don't protect your family??? This situation is completely different from the Ron Artest fiasco, and it should be treated differently. The rule should not be a blanket rule, but should be handled individually.
mikus wrote:Now that I have some grasp of this situation, here is what I think:
The refs were correct in ejecting Davis, b/c players are not allowed to go in the stands.
However, I do not think he should serve any kind of suspension b/c of the nature of his "crime." He did not seek out a fan, or throw a punch. He went up there to prevent anything from happening to his wife, and never took action against anyone. If Stern makes a martyr out of this guy by suspending him, the NBA suffers. What message would that send? Don't protect your family??? This situation is completely different from the Ron Artest fiasco, and it should be treated differently. The rule should not be a blanket rule, but should be handled individually.
I think the martyrs were made last season. Anything Stern does punishment wise would be enforcement.
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mikus wrote:Now that I have some grasp of this situation, here is what I think:
The refs were correct in ejecting Davis, b/c players are not allowed to go in the stands.
However, I do not think he should serve any kind of suspension b/c of the nature of his "crime." He did not seek out a fan, or throw a punch. He went up there to prevent anything from happening to his wife, and never took action against anyone. If Stern makes a martyr out of this guy by suspending him, the NBA suffers. What message would that send? Don't protect your family??? This situation is completely different from the Ron Artest fiasco, and it should be treated differently. The rule should not be a blanket rule, but should be handled individually.
I would understand the ejection. I don't follow basketball too much cause it's never really interested me. As far as him getting security though, he said in the article that he didn't think about it because he was wanting to protect his wife. I guess thinking about it I can reason why they ejected him, rules are in place. But I still don't think Stern should go as far as suspending him. I think that'd be ludicrous.
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