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It's worth it.
I would do the same.
But I would be suspended as well, and no matter what I'm taking the suspension
It's worth it.
^ man when did you become an idiot, maybe i just noticed it...
Sounds like he did an admirable thing, had a cool head about etc. Still NBA rules state you dont go into the stands, I think a lenient suspension will be handed out, I can understand Antonio's position and I can understand the leagues. Its not that big an issue, why make it one?
I meant punished severely.
We all know he will be suspended.
i think the league should impose a small fine and not suspend him, he went into the stands to protect his family. i woulda done the same thing
Steve Kerr is a ing idiot, eh Aggie Fan?
I disagree with one aspect of Kerr said... if Davis gets suspended, and rightfully so for violating the rules, then the Bulls should get a fine or some penalty for their blunder with security.
There is no reason to explain why security took soooo long (at least more than 1 minute) to get there. If in the interest of business alcohol is served at the NBA Arenas and consequently increasing the chances of some moron doing something stupid, then I think teams should hire more security personnel to compensate for that fact. A response time larger than 30 seconds is unacceptable and probably due to the cheap asses hiring fewer than required security people.
The penalty should go both ways to set the example. There is no way you can ask basketball players to remain in the court if they cannot trust the security at the arenas to react adequately to difuse the situations fast and efficiently.
I agree with Steve Kerr 100%. He had absolutely no business going into the stands for any reason. There were many other ways he could have handled this situation. He reacted, and he reacted wrong. He has to accept the consequences now. It turned out ok and nobody got hurt in this particular case; it could very easily have turned out much differently. And, I hope all the other players in the league learn a lesson from this. THERE IS NEVER A SUFFICIENT REASON FOR A PLAYER TO GO INTO THE STANDS.
IMO, only a "complete ing idiot" would say something like that.
Davis could just as easily have gotten "the knocked out of him", too. Then what would have he have accomplished?
Get over yourself. Every opinion stated here is just as important as yours. Even those that disagree with you.
I'm with Pistons<Spurs and Disgruntled Lions Fan. I admire his coming to the aid of his wife, but he chose to break a cardinal rule in the league to do that. I'm glad he was calm about it. I'm glad that cool heads reacted quickly. I'm glad there was no escalation.
But he should be suspended, because he broke a very sensible and necessary rule, even if it was for the 'right' reasons. I hope he isn't suspended for a long term, but he should be suspended.
One question no one seems to be asking, but that I have (since I haven't seen the footage) is why was he paying attention to his wife and not the game/huddle? And if they are on the road, why shouldn't the players and their families expect to be heckled? I expect to be heckled if I go to a Spurs/Rockets game in Spurs gear, why should they expect any difference?
"There is never a reason to go into the stands"
Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili both went into the stands at last nights game vs the Bucks.
BINGO!
sounds like this game could have gotten out of hand in the blink of an eye...
Bulls 106, Knicks 104, O.T.
Knicks Have Wild Finish on Court and in the Stands
By JOHN ELIGON
Published: January 19, 2006
CHICAGO, Jan. 18 - The Knicks and the Bulls played an emotionally charged game Wednesday night, but the most intense moment had nothing to do with what happened on the court, where Ben Gordon hit a game-winning shot at the buzzer in overtime to lift Chicago, 106-104.
With 1 minute 4 seconds remaining in the extra session, Antonio Davis, a former Chicago Bull, walked off the court and into the stands. Davis was upset over the fans' actions toward his wife, Kendra, who had to restrain Davis.
"I witnessed my wife being threatened by a man that I learned later to be intoxicated," Davis, the president of the players union, said in a statement after he was ejected. "I saw him touch her and I know I should not have acted the way I did, but I would have felt terrible if I didn't react. There was no time to call security. It happened too quickly."
Davis's action are certain to be reviewed by the commissioner's office and a suspension of a least one game seems likely, given the embarrassment over the brawl last year at the Palace at Auburn Hills.
Davis, who is known to be level-headed, was supported by his teammates and Coach Larry Brown. Last season, on Nov. 19, Brown was the coach of the Detroit Pistons, who were involved with a brawl with the Indiana Pacers that spilled into the stands and then back onto the court. In that game, Indiana's Ron Artest charged into the stands and earned a record 73-game suspension. Several players also faced criminal charges.
But Brown said Wednesday night's events were entirely different.
"That's his wife up there," Brown said. "We were worried about Kendra. He saw her fall back and someone flailing."
When play resumed and the Bulls leading by 102-99 with 9.1 seconds to play, Jamal Crawford, also a former Bull, was fouled while shooting a 3-pointer from the left corner. Crawford missed the first and made the second two.
Crawford, who led the Knicks with 19 points, redeemed himself with a 3-pointer with 4.6 seconds left to tie the game at 104-104.
But Gordon, who led all scorers with 32 points, answered with a jumper from just inside the 3-point line as time expired.
Gordon has a history of breaking the Knicks' hearts.
Almost a year ago to the day - Jan. 17, 2005 - Gordon beat the Knicks with an eight-foot fadeaway with a tenth of a second to play to give Chicago an 88-86 victory. Last April, Gordon beat the Knicks with a jumper with 5.8 seconds left that gave the Bulls a 92-91 victory.
Before the scintillating finish, tempers flared.
Knicks forward Maurice Taylor and Bulls guard Chris Duhon got into a shoving match with under three minutes remaining in overtime, and both were later ejected for exchanging words while walking to their benches for a timeout.
The rookie Nate Robinson, who finished with 17 points, helped fill the void left by Stephon Marbury, who had his games-played streak snapped at 280.
Eddy Curry, in his first game back to the United Center after an acrimonious split with Chicago, struggled through foul trouble and scored 11 points before fouling out with 51.1 seconds left in overtime. He sustained a muscle spasm behind his shoulder after diving for a loose ball and colliding with Gordon midway through the fourth quarter. Curry lay on the court for about four minutes, and returned for overtime.
"It was one of the most difficult things I had to do in my life," Curry said. "Playing against a team that I grew up cheering for and a team that gave me my first opportunity to play in the N.B.A."
After Knicks center Jerome James gave his team a 66-65 lead with a layup to open the fourth quarter, the Bulls outscored the Knicks, 12-2, to jump ahead by 9 points, 77-68.
Robinson, with five fouls to his name, returned to the court after Curry's injury and made his impact felt right away. The Knicks outscored the Bulls 21-13 with Robinson in the game late in the fourth.
Robinson drew two fouls on Gordon, the second while he was shooting a 3-pointer. Robinson hit all five free throws, and a sixth after a technical foul on Bulls Coach Scott Skiles.
Robinson's three foul shots cut the Bulls' lead to 86-82. A short time later, he picked up a Bulls turnover, raced it up the court and drew a foul. His two free throws tied the game at 86-86 and set up the frantic finish.
Gordon drove down the right side of the lane and converted a finger roll that gave his team a 92-90 lead with just over 25 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. But Robinson answered by knifing through the Bulls' defense for a layup of his own that eventually sent the game into overtime.
Crawford had hung in the air to sink a double-pump layup that tied the game with 40.3 seconds left. Brown started Crawford in place of Marbury, and Robinson moved over to be the primary ball handler. Robinson was stellar as was Quentin Richardson coming off the bench.
Marbury sat on the bench wearing a dark brown suit. He injured his shoulder against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday. Brown did offer Marbury the option of playing a couple of token minutes to keep his streak alive, saying, "It's an incredible streak when you consider the bumps and bruises he gets."
Marbury, though understanding of Brown's intentions, respectfully declined.
"I don't want my kids to look back and say, 'My father went on the court just to keep up the streak,'" Marbury said. "That's cowardly to me. It's like trying to uphold something that shouldn't be upheld by going on the court and coming back off. If you can't play, don't play."
Marbury said doctors had told him that he could recover within nine days.
Should that prognosis hold true, Marbury would miss Thursday night's game against the Detroit Pistons, Saturday night's game against the New Orleans Hornets and he would be questionable for next Wednesday's game against the Sacramento Kings.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/sp.../19knicks.html
He will get suspended, this is the second incident in about a week where players have entered the stands, and the league will probably try to end it now. However, I am sure that he will be ok with the suspension.
Most people will break the law in order to protect their family, and rightfully so, but after all is said and done you need to pay the consequences. The problem is putting your family members in that position in the first place, I mean a home game can be dangerous, much less a road game. I don't think most players take wives and children to games because they know it is dangerous. C'mon, spring for front row tickets, or get a bodyguard for the game.
I understand his reaction. Anyone would probably have the same reaction.
Davis is a man before being a player.
But I agree it may be dangerous if a player goes into the stand.
But it is the league job to handle security.
If for security concerns a player must not go into the stand it should not be possible.
If a player WANTS to go into the stands, he should not be able to.
Otherwise it means that the league don't assure the fans and players security.
Looks like it'll be ten games.
The video is on ESPN Motion at ESPN.com.
He went in pretty calmly and was trying to see what was going on as he's walking through the stands.
That's his wife and son. People would be wondering why he didn't do everything he could if something happened to his family.
Ten games and ten paychecks are nothing compared to the health of my family (and in his case, his family).
This is a no brainer, family first.
CNN.com has the video, too.
I just hope this stuff doesn't continue to happen, I would hate to see dividers between the court and the fans.
I think that he should get suspended for going into the stands as well but it seems like its always easy for people to say "he shouldn't have done that", "he had plenty of options." But for some reason people also forget that these guys are also human and that they have human instincts as well. Who cares if its a close friend, wife, sibling or anybody that you care a lot about. If you see them in trouble you react first and worry about the consequences later. I comended him for keeping his cool and not grabbing the first person he saw by the throat. So suspended yes, but to deny his human instinct to protect his family is ridiculous.
And for that snooty chicago reporter that appeared on Cold Pizza this morning to give "her side" of the story, a word of advice: Stick to the damn facts and stop adding your own little bits and pieces to the story.
Why would the families be heckled/confronted in any cir stance? They are just sitting watching the game. The point of this isn't the heckling though -- he thought he saw her fall back -- that's why he went up in the stands. Obviously he's going to get suspended for breaking the rule, but I'd think that most players (people) would react the same way if they saw their loved ones in trouble.
That sums up the whole thing."I witnessed my wife being threatened by a man that I learned later to be intoxicated," Davis, the president of the players union, said in a statement after he was ejected. "I saw him touch her and I know I should not have acted the way I did, but I would have felt terrible if I didn't react. There was no time to call security. It happened too quickly."
"From my armchair, Monday morning",
he could have run down the sideline to get right in front of his wife's seat, to see more clearly what was going on, and then if necessary try to draw the attention of the people adjacent his wife to get involved, before going into the stands himself.
They said this morning that the guy behind here kept telling her to shut up and sit down and got mad because she was standing up too much in the fourth quarter.
posterd by Victory on the indystar msg board:
Right after the game, live on air, all the ESPN analysts were calling Detroit fans punks. But they changed the story and blamed it on Ron after the fact. I see what your saying, AD's actions could have caused a terrible situation, much like Ron's. He put himself and his team in a bad spot. Your teammates would have no choice but to help you out in a situation like that. It turned out OK, and he had good intentions and acted calm. But what if the fans didn't act so cool?
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