A Davis runs into the stands

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:13 am

beau_boy04 wrote:In his shoes, I'd have done the same. As a matter of fact if I truely saw a drunk guy harrassing my wife and family I'd kick his ass ASAP.

Unless he was Shaq, ofcourse. Or any 7'1", 350lbs +, specimen. :wink:

by **Matt** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:31 am

One more thing, given that he's pres of players association, he's got greater responsibility therefore a chance at a harsher punishment.

by **maes** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:09 am

I'm guessing 5 games, more than what he would have gotten for an all out brawl with another player.

*Everyone* is going to be on AD's side on this one, Stern is going to bring his player relationship to an all time low if he kneejerks this.

by **Num33Baller** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:13 am

But he didn't have a brawl, period. He didn't even touch anyone.

I'd say a 1 or 2 game suspension is more than enough.

by **Doobie** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:08 am

Man , I'm behind AD 100% . I was watching the game when it happened . At first I was like wtf but then I found out it was his family so I understood. Sad loss for the Knicks , great game I must say though . Jamaal Crawford made an unbelievly unbalanced 3 pointer to tie the game , but Gordon

killed it for us . Mo Taylor and Duhon also got ejected.

by **Axel** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:40 am

Stern is a dickhead though... he'll probably hand out a fine and a suspension longer than necessary.

by **air gordon** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:41 am

Matthew wrote:Are you going to say he's nuts as well like you said Artest was(is). Family comes first always, and when the security at the arena isnt good enough it forces the players to do whatever it takes to protect themselves and their families. But how about talking about the great game between the bulls and the knicks? Why was it that ESPN decidied to spend 5 + minutes at the start of sportscenter reliving the brawl at the palalce and comparing the two situations? Why cant they talk about the game first? We as fans are sick of this soap opera shit that espn is trying to ram down our throats. Whether its T.O., Artest, or this incident, or Larry Brown or whatever; the game should always come first.

The only sports that arent are college basketball, and most of the time NFL and College Football. I guess they want the mindless fans to view the nba as an out of control league and the other sports to be viewed more positively. It's pathetic.

100% agree. except the security thing...

jae wrote:If Davis can go from the court, up into the stands in time to help his wife before security gets there there's something seriously wrong.

actually a security officer was already in the aisle before Davis got there

considering the seat where the incident occurred- the 100 section located behind the press box (not too far from the court) and the incident occurred during a timeout (unlike the Artest thing where the situation had already escalated due to Wallace pushing Artest) i thought the repsonse time was good

by **Buckley** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 7:13 am

i think that AD is gonna get one game, knowing that rules are rules. however, he was protecting his family, he wasnt gonna beat the shit outta someone.

by **Jugs** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 7:25 am

Look at the retard in the blue shirt in the 4th pic, damn attention whore.

by **Doobie** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 7:48 am

Yea I was watching the game and the idiot was flailing his arms like a maniac. Probably trying to inform a security guard that the incident was happening there.

by **hipn** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:10 am

In this http://mywebpage.netscape.com/db7realgm ... curity.jpg (5th pic), it looks liek his wifey is kissing that old white guy.

by **cyanide** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:16 am

The guy's planning to sue Antonio Davis for slander (he wasn't drunk) and his wife because supposedly she attacked him. Another excuse for money?

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2298240

Anyway, it's so blown out of proportion. He just went up to see what's up, then went back down in a calm manner. He should just get a one game suspension for "breaking the rules" to keep the players in line, but really, he doesn't deserve any more than that.

by **Num33Baller** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:39 am

The guy's planning to sue Antonio Davis for slander (he wasn't drunk) and his wife because supposedly she attacked him. Another excuse for money?

If thats true, then good for him.

If he wasn't drunk, and can prove it (there are pleanty of tapes), and can prove that davis' wife started it, then I hope he gets all of the money he can get out of davis.

Rich people think they are above the law now days.

by **air gordon** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:49 am

some of you guys amaze me. would you guys have preferred the guy in the blue to start punching Davis or throw beer/popcorn/a chair at him instead? :roll:

apparently, Kendra Davis has been invovled in other incidents, such as getting in a shouting match with Latrell Sprewell during a game.

As the article points out is, the guy filing the law suit is a son of a very powerful political consultant. I don't think this is being done just for the money

should have been just a 1 game suspension. Davis should appeal though i wonder how that will work out since he'd be consulting himself, being the president of the players association and all

by **playkalla** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:34 am

he got suspended for 5 games, i think that is a terrible decision

by **ShAuN** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:35 am

f he gets suspended, fuck Stern. He saw his wife being threatand and he acted. Whats he supposed to let his wifr be harrased??

by **kinokong** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:11 am

lol... maybe we should petition to david stern to get him a one game ban lol...

by **Yougi** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:37 pm

Well, If i was AD, I'd porbably do it in such a worse way...

Now, 5 games is big, but in the place of Stern, I would have done the same. AD's being prez is an advantage and not at the same, first it is cause Stern won'T want to get beef with the NBPA (is that it), then second, it's not cause he's like an example.

But... rules are rules.

by **Emiliano** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:05 pm

I think that 2 to 3 games would have been enough. If you check in RealGM, the poll says that most people want him to be banned 15+ games :shock:

ouch...

by **kibaxx7** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:31 pm

hipn wrote:Dotn think he should get suspended ... I would do the same.

Me too. But 5 games is kinda excesive.

by **cyanide** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:32 pm

At least it's better than the 8 games Chris Sheridan recommends. Still, I'm hoping he'll appeal and get it down to 2 or something. If the lawsuit action is true against Davis for claiming the guy was drunk when he really was not, then keep it at 5 games.

by **Fitzy** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:32 pm

Emiliano wrote:I think that 2 to 3 games would have been enough

I agree. 5 was too steep

by **dada** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:33 pm

I agree, 5 seems like too much. I thought he would get a 2-game for that one. The NBA needs to revise how exactly they approach situations like these.

by **Fitzy** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:43 pm

Then they could argue that the situations dont happen very frequently

by **Emiliano** on Fri Jan 20, 2006 2:16 pm

well, you never know when they could happen. better safe than sorry.

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