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[–] Bitsow 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I get that everyone expected more, but 25 games seems plenty to me.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

The first suspension was 8 games so the repeat offense being 3x the penalty seems reasonable. Another poster mentioned that it also makes him ineligible for a lot of end of year awards. I Silver mentioning that they found additional information had everyone thinking the new stuff was worse and worth a bigger suspension.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's almost 1/3 of the games. "Conduct detrimental to the league" is a bit less set in stone than failing a drug test or something. I don't know what people expected, there is a player's union that the NBA has to think about. They don't want the union disputing their decision and turning it into more of a circus. Not sure what people were expecting.

[–] ThunderTenTronckh 3 points 1 year ago

People just hate Ja at this point, it's less about realistic expectations and more about a punishment fetish.

[–] thesalamander 5 points 1 year ago

I agree. Missing 25 games as a professional player while your team either gels or struggles without you would be extremely difficult. If this isn't a wakeup call then 35 or 45 games wouldn't be either.

[–] smokinjoe 3 points 1 year ago

Did think it was pretty light, but given that it takes him out of a number awards it makes sense

And I'm sure he's on a much shorter leash in the event he doesn't learn from his mistake