Huge Brawl at the Garden

by **Axel** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 4:31 pm

tendodweeb wrote:My question is, will Denver still be able to trade suspended players?

I'm wondering about that too. On top of that, would Philly even want to take on a band of thugs? We already knew that JR Smith had attitude problems, but could he be another Ron Artest?

by **[Q]** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 4:42 pm

I think so. didn't Spree get traded to NY while he was suspended?

anyways, I loved every second of this.. the downfall of the golden boy Melo... maybe people will stop jocking him so much.

by **BigKaboom2** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:00 pm

Collins has to know he was a total idiot. How could anyone ever be possessed to grab someone by the neck at the end of a blowout?

Granted, George Karl's a jerk as usual for leaving his starters in, especially after the crazy game against the C's last night, but now the NBA will have even MORE of a "thug" image that turns off people like me who don't give a damn about streetball moves, flashy dunks, and other such idiocy.

Once something like that foul occurs, nothing good is going to happen afterwards. You can't expect the players to not defend a teammate who has just been quite literally attacked.

I say suspend all ten guys who were involved in that embarrassing scene for at least 10 games - Nate and J.R. for 30-40 games and a warning that men do not have catfights, and Melo for the rest of the season. You can't punch people in the head, for God's sake. What a joke. Ruined my whole night even after the Celtics win.

by **Jugs** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:11 pm

I just watched the Sports Center.

Lee, Frye and Najera shouldn't get more than 1 game. Melo will the most games suspension, JR Smith, Nate and Mardy will get the 2nd most and Camby, Jeffries and Miller will get the next amount. IMO.

The amount of games is unknown, depends on how harsh Stern decides to be.

by **el badman** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:19 pm

Lee, Frye and Najera shouldn't get more than 1 game. Melo will the most games suspension, JR Smith, Nate and Mardy will get the 2nd most and Camby, Jeffries and Miller will get the next amount. IMO.

I think the only ones who'll get really screwed will JR, Nate, Mardy and Jeffries, but mostly Melo, since he punched Collins while things were starting to cool off.
Crazy shit, I'm guessing at least 30 games for him, what a dick... :roll:

by **Jugs** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:22 pm

I dont think Lee, Frye and Najera should be suspended but they were involved ever so slightly. And if the League were to be harsh to them, it wouldn't be more than one game.

If those 3 get suspended, then Isiah Thomas should get a game for talking to Melo.

by **el badman** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:27 pm

If the rule hasn't changed, I think that every player who gets up from the bench is supposed to be suspended for a game. I don't know about players who were already on court though...I saw Frye falling on the floor in the middle of it all so I think he'll be suspended for sure.

by **joejam999** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:38 pm

I honestly think Stern will lay the hammer down on Smith,Melo,Collins and Robinson.

by **Anthony15** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 5:41 pm

Axel wrote:
tendodweeb wrote:My question is, will Denver still be able to trade suspended players?

I'm wondering about that too. On top of that, would Philly even want to take on a band of thugs? We already knew that JR Smith had attitude problems, but could he be another Ron Artest?

Wasnt the last trade included Nene and Joe Smith alnog with 2 first rounders, both of them were on the bench.

by **mvpshaq32** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:11 pm

Najera shouldn't be suspended. He actually tried to stop the fight.
Melo, Robinson, Collins, Smith, Jeffries should get the biggest penalties in that order.

by **Matt** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:32 pm

Dermarr Johnsons NBA dream lives on!!!!!!!

by **Anthony15** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:41 pm

Haha Nice article by Dan Wetzel, shows how pathetic Knicks and Isiah got

by **Jeffx** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 6:48 pm

Anthony15 wrote:Haha Nice article by Dan Wetzel, shows how pathetic Knicks and Isiah got

I agree with that article 100%. Knicks & Isiah are beyond pathetic.

by **cklitsie** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 7:08 pm

That's story shows how pathetic the Knicks are, but it basically hasn't got much to do with who's gonna get suspended and stuff. It's too easy to call this Isiah's fault just because he's a moron.

Good thing for the Knicks though that Collins and Nate are the ones facing the longest suspension. You wouldn't want your franchise player and another one of your best players, who happens to be in a breakout year, to be suspended. :lol:

And no matter who's fault it is, Melo's a bitch.

by **sdude** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 7:34 pm

oh god, there's goes the nuggets play-off ticket

idiots...

by **Anthony15** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 7:52 pm

sdude wrote:oh god, there's goes the nuggets play-off ticket idiots...

Meh, it aint liek Melo will get suspended for the whole season, he will get 10 games, a fine, but nothing more, good lesson for him tho, think of consequences be4 doing sumthing.

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:00 pm

That article by Dan Wetzel and this one by Adrian Wojnarowski pretty much sum up my opinion on the whole incident.

by **artestfighttrainer** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:06 pm

LOL @ Running Man and Melo Jordan Logo

Shame it wasn't Ron Ron fighting again. He would of gave Collins a 1-2 then a uppercut.
Great stupidity by both teams in particular Isiah 'Captain of the Titanic' Thomas, Mardy "We lost the friggin' game already so why bother committing a flagrant foul' Collins and finally Carmelo "Running Man" Anthony. Holy shit Nate Robinson is strong, he crash tackled Andre Miller! Can't wait for the announcement from EA that Melo won't be on the cover athlete for Nba Street Next Gen but rather Fight Night Round 4.

by **[Q]** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:21 pm

Jugs wrote:The amount of games is unknown, depends on how harsh Stern decides to be.

well, seeing that Melo's one of the NBA's 3 poster boys, I think Stern will take it easy on him. I wonder how much more it'll take before Melo's image is tarnished. there's already accounts of him and his weed habit (which I heard is legal to possess up to 1 oz in Denver) and now this.

by **Andreas Dahl** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:42 pm

I agree with what Andrew said, those two articles pretty much sums it up.. That's all I got :wink:

God damned I hate Isiah.

by **hova-** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:01 pm

Jugs wrote: Miller will get the next amount. IMO.

what ??? I just wanted to say that I dont know why there is no one behaving like Andre Miller .... Look at him, he has more distance to the main brawl than the camera men jumping around on the court. He just watches and does not do anything. That is what I would do, too. Since it is very childish to get aggressive and go at each other in a basketball game ...

Miller (Y)

by **Jugs** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:15 pm

Yeah I got the 23 mixed up with 24 when Camby and Lee were standing near the photographers.

by **KIG1** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:34 pm

Great fight, they really got into it.

That foul that Collins had was terrible though. He started all the shit..

by **Mikki** on Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:59 pm

Well what can you say, Collins wanted more minutes. :lol:

Here's a bigger clip of the video.

Huge Brawl at the Garden

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