No Garden Party
November 19, 2004. Detroit, Michigan. “The Malice at the Palace.”
Ben Wallace drives to the basket only to be fouled hard by Ron Artest. Angry at the hard foul when the game was already over, Wallace shoves Artest. The refs settle the small bustle that results and Artest lays on the scorers table.
Then all hell breaks lose.
Results (via wikipedia):
Nine spectators injured
Two injured spectators taken to the hospital
Suspensions:
Ron Artest: remainder of the season (73 regular season games, 13 playoff games, 86 total games).
Stephen Jackson: 30 games.
Jermaine O'Neal: 25 games (reduced to 15 games on appeal).
Ben Wallace: 6 games.
Anthony Johnson: 5 games.
Reggie Miller, Chauncey Billups, Elden Campbell, and Derrick Coleman: 1 game each for leaving their respective benches.
December 16, 2006. New York, New York. Madison Square Garden.
Allegedly upset that the Nuggets still have their starters on the floor despite the game already being a blow out, Mardy Collins commits a hard foul on J.R. Smith. Nate Robinson jumps in, escalating the incident. Then everyone else jumps. Right when everything seems to be settling down, Carmelo Anthony (current league leading scorer) takes a giant swing and punches Mardy Collins in the jaw.
Marc Stein of ESPN.com says the common suspension would be five games for Anthony and Robinson, one-to-three games for Collins, Smith and Jeffries, and one game for anyone else involved.
But this isn’t likely to be average. David Stern is still trying his best to make everyone forget about the Detroit-Indiana brawl. And a fight like this brings it all back to public memory.
I’ve never had any love for the current Knicks roster or Carmelo Anthony anyway. And in some ways, this shows that I’m right (and have been) right to see them all as the kind of players that are bad for the game.
Ben Wallace drives to the basket only to be fouled hard by Ron Artest. Angry at the hard foul when the game was already over, Wallace shoves Artest. The refs settle the small bustle that results and Artest lays on the scorers table.
Then all hell breaks lose.
Results (via wikipedia):
Nine spectators injured
Two injured spectators taken to the hospital
Suspensions:
Ron Artest: remainder of the season (73 regular season games, 13 playoff games, 86 total games).
Stephen Jackson: 30 games.
Jermaine O'Neal: 25 games (reduced to 15 games on appeal).
Ben Wallace: 6 games.
Anthony Johnson: 5 games.
Reggie Miller, Chauncey Billups, Elden Campbell, and Derrick Coleman: 1 game each for leaving their respective benches.
December 16, 2006. New York, New York. Madison Square Garden.
Allegedly upset that the Nuggets still have their starters on the floor despite the game already being a blow out, Mardy Collins commits a hard foul on J.R. Smith. Nate Robinson jumps in, escalating the incident. Then everyone else jumps. Right when everything seems to be settling down, Carmelo Anthony (current league leading scorer) takes a giant swing and punches Mardy Collins in the jaw.
Marc Stein of ESPN.com says the common suspension would be five games for Anthony and Robinson, one-to-three games for Collins, Smith and Jeffries, and one game for anyone else involved.
But this isn’t likely to be average. David Stern is still trying his best to make everyone forget about the Detroit-Indiana brawl. And a fight like this brings it all back to public memory.
I’ve never had any love for the current Knicks roster or Carmelo Anthony anyway. And in some ways, this shows that I’m right (and have been) right to see them all as the kind of players that are bad for the game.
posted by M S Martinez at 12/17/2006 10:55:00 AM
13 Comments:
Carmelo Anthony - 15 Games
J.R. Smith - 10 Games
Nene - 1 Game
Nate Robinson - 10 Games
Mardy Collins - 6 Games
Jared Jeffries - 4 Games
Jerome James - 1 Game
Where's the suspension for Isaiah?
Isaiah is the elitist one, send in the guy that doesn't matter to do the dirty work. I used to just think Isaiah was a dipshit, now I think he's a dipshit and an asshole.
Yeah... Isiah has always been an asshole. Remember when he tried to sue Karl Malone after he had to get a few stitches in his forehead?
i remember him getting the stitches, but i don't remember a lawsuit
http://www.makingpages.org/hoops/Malone.danger.html
i thought it was pretty funny
sorry i forgot how user friendly blogger is.
The fact is, nobody is as tough as karl malone. I keep saying, eddy curry could be good if he went through the karl malone training camp. i'm naming my first son karl.
definitely.
nobody worked harder either.
those were the days.
I remember when I first realized that Karl was a dirty player... my whole world changed.
Kind of reminds me of the first time I noticed that Jordan pushed off Bryon Russell before he made "The Shot," and almost single handily beat the best Jazz team ever.
Can I go on record saying that I think Stern should rethink his actions and give Isiah the suspension he deserves. Hearing George Karl fire back made me realize what a punk ass bitch Isiah is.
word.
i feel sorry for knicks fans, i wish the jazz had done their part last night to get isaiah fired.
NK. What was up with that. You go up against a terrible team when they're four men short and you LOSE!
And not only did they lose, but they blew blow a 16 point lead.
Iverson to Denver
For Andre Miller, Joe Smith, and two 2007 draft picks.
I could see this as good for both teams, definitely the kind of deal the sixers were going for.
Good for Sammy's fantasy team, especially until Carmelo gets back. Iverson's gonna be tearing it up. Karl's system is a good fit for him.
I don't know. I think this is good for Philly... in fact, I already picked up Andre Miller in Fantasy. I think his numbers are going to be way up playing with Iguodala.
But that's too many egos on one team. I don't see Denver doing much with Melo and AI.
don't ask me why this is in a Milwaukee newspaper, but Pat Riley agrees with me.
I think the Nuggets like to run enough and Iverson and Anthony are both good enough on the break. . . let's just say the Jazz have very stiff competition for the division now.
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