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Originally Posted by The Icon of Elisim
1. The guy was on the court
2. He was looking for a fight
3. He was winding up to punch a player
Thats justification to take him out IMO. And a punch was excessive which is why he deserves 15 instead of 5 or 7.
Of course Stern will appeal it. Ratings are nice but sending a message to players and fans that this kind of stuff isn't tolerated is more important.
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I don't think your thinking of the same thing.
I'm not talking about when the guys came up to Artest on the court and he started throwing at them. That was fine.
After, it was broken up, the guy was off to the side by the bench, he was not winding up, his hand were at his sides.
(someone find a link the the video, it's been awhile, maybe I missed him winding up before O'neal blindsided him, but I thought his hands were at his sides).