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Originally Posted by VonErich Lives
Stima, the situation you gave doesn't work in this situation.
Stima, Robb, Rectal. The 3 of you need to re-watch the video, and you'll see the timing, locaction etc... of O'Neals punch and you'll understand how out of line he was and there was no need for it.
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Rectal he wasn't threatend, the guy he hit was no where near him, O'neal charged him and hit him. The guy wasn't charging at someone, the guy wasn't anywhere near O'neal or going after a player, they had started getting some control.
Anyway, Sten is letting O'neal play over the weekend but is supposed to be back in court monday that the federal arbitrator has no juristiction in the NBA.
It's funny, when the Wolves got nailed for an unwritten contract they lost 5 pics, and Stern changed it to 2 or 3.
For Stern this isn't about the NBA image, or violence or any of that, it's control, if Stern just lets this go w/o fighting it, then every suspension they give will go to arbitration and Stern will have less control.