Suspensions Total 47 Games

[Kori Ellis]

Suspensions total 47 games from Knicks-Nuggets fight

ESPN.com


NEW YORK -- The Denver Nuggets were the bigger losers Monday after the NBA handed out penalties in the fight that broke out near the end of Saturday night's game against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.

Denver's Carmelo Anthony, the NBA's leading scorer, was suspended 15 games for sucker-punching the Knicks' Mardy Collins. Denver teammate J.R. Smith and New York's Nate Robinson also received the stiffest of penalties issued by the league -- 10-game suspensions.

Both franchises were fined $500,000 each.

Collins, whose hard foul of Smith was the tipping point to the fight, was suspended for six games. Knicks forward Jared Jeffries was suspended for four games, and New York's Jerome James and Denver's Nene were hit with one-game penalties for leaving their respective benches during an on-court altercation.

[VaSpursFan]

i was on the money with melo....15 games...what a dip...LOL

[Kermit]

good job midget. send a message that this crap will no longer be tolerated.

[Extra Stout]

...and as punishment for his role in instigating the fight, Isiah Thomas will be forced to coach the Knicks for the remainder of the season.

[Kori Ellis]

I'm surprised they gave him 15, because now he can go to arbitration.

I wonder if they are going to nail Isiah.

[VaSpursFan]

whoa....500k in fines for the knicks and nuggs...the dictator is not playing

[nkdlunch]

So is Melo gonna be out Allstar game too??? wow

[Duff McCartney]

Upon further review of that punch, Carmello hits like a . He's a pussy as well...considering he threw that punch and ran like a .

[Spurminator]

So the lesson here is that if you commit a Flagrant Foul, you can be suspended one game. Unless the player retaliates and his teammate punches you, in which case 5 games will be added to your suspension.

What a joke.

[timvp]

15 was too much for Carmelo. Keyon Dooling got 5 last year for a similar incident.

I expect it to go to arbitration and it get reduced to 10 or 11 games.

[Kori Ellis]

So the lesson here is that if you commit a Flagrant Foul, you can be suspended one game. Unless the player retaliates and his teammate punches you, in which case 5 games will be added to your suspension.

What a joke.

Or the lesson is, don't commit flagrant fouls two games in a row late in games just because your team is getting routed. I actually thought Collins should have got the second most games next to Carmelo.

[VaSpursFan]

I'm surprised they gave him 15, because now he can go to arbitration.

I wonder if they are going to nail Isiah.

melo will look stupid if he appeals. stern is a lawyer by trade if there wasn't truth beyond a reasonable doubt about isiah's involvement, he won't press the issue. i think that's the reason the teams were fined, sort of a catch all for the stuff that couldn't be proved.

[Spurologist]

Najara was hit with a T during the altercation. If Sternie didn't give him a suspension, why was he even given a T in the first place. Bavetta probably got T happy.

[Kermit]

So the lesson here is that if you commit a Flagrant Foul, you can be suspended one game. Unless the player retaliates and his teammate punches you, in which case 5 games will be added to your suspension.

What a joke.

he went after melo after the sucker-punch. is it fair, no. don't want to get sucker-punched, don't flagrantly foul someone.

[alamo50]

15 was too much for Carmelo. Keyon Dooling got 5 last year for a similar incident.

I expect it to go to arbitration and it get reduced to 10 or 11 games.

I hope it goes to arbritation and he will get 25 games.

[ducks]

collins should have gotten 15 games IMO

[Kori Ellis]

collins should have gotten 15 games IMO

Nobody should have got that many, IMO.

I thought Carmelo should get around 10-12 and Collins/Nate get around 7.

[ducks]

15 was too much for Carmelo. Keyon Dooling got 5 last year for a similar incident.

I expect it to go to arbitration and it get reduced to 10 or 11 games.

very true I posted that in the nba thread about this

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I love the NBA guy chastising the lady running the conference call.

[ducks]

who said melo would be gone for the season?

I said NO way because he is a mvp candiate

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

very true I posted that in the nba thread about this

But Collins should get 15?

[nkdlunch]

I said NO way because he is a mvp candiate

not anymore.


he won't even make it to the Allstar game.

[Spurminator]

Or the lesson is, don't commit flagrant fouls two games in a row late in games just because your team is getting routed. I actually thought Collins should have got the second most games next to Carmelo.

If that was part of the decision then that makes more sense. 6 games still seems too stiff, though. He wouldn't have gotten that if Smith/Robinson and Melo hadn't escalated it.

[ducks]

Last season, Orlando's Keyon Dooling was suspended five games without pay and Seattle's Ray Allen three for their fight, which also spilled into the crowd. Dooling threw a punch that did not connect.

[MoSpur]

Glad to hear Melo got the heaviest. I can't stand that wuss. He slapped the guy and then started heading back and even got spooked by Nate at mid-court. What a joke.