I would expect Stern to send a message with something creative like a 20 game suspension+ suspension from Bynum's next playoff series + big fine + mandatory attendance to the NBA's newly formed Sportsmanship School. Were he a Blazer I'd quit being a fan. In 4 decades I've not witnessed a worse display of bad sportsmanship combined with cowardice. He should be banned from the league for life. It seems LA attracts the worst people in the world.
Should be pretty big. He did the same thing o Beasley recently, and was only out 2 games. But considering that 1, he should learn from past mistakes, and 2, his team was getting killed, I think they make an example of him, as they should.
force him to live in beautiful central oregon. :MARIS61: jk. I say 5 games w/o pay is probably appropriate.
It should be 20 games/$100,000 for the foul, and another 25 games/$500,000 for making us watch his ugly, bare-assed torso walk off the court in utter defiance like some kind of Rodman-clone-douche.
Bynum has a history of multiple similar incidents so I agree it needs to be a very strong example. If it's less than 10 games he'll keep doing this stuff. I would like to see at least 20 games all without pay and if he does anything similar next season make it 50. Artest got suspended for most of a season but those were drunks who threw beer on him, quite different then a guy smaller than most women in a vulnerable midflight position. I've been very sad with all of Greg's injuries but he has always shown great work ethic and total class while a member of the Blazers. I could never imagine Greg doing some sort of cheap shot like that. I'll gladly root for an injured gimp for the next few years even if he can’t play a single minute, it’s better then seeing an effective douchebag. I've never cared about off the court stuff with our player and am usually very non-emotional in my views of our players worth. I didn't care about Rasheed's attitude beyond how it affected the team’s play on the court. I don’t care if Blazers smoke weed. I don't care if Qyntel used a rookie card for ID or Zach has big sex parties. But Bynum was a disgrace on the basketball court and I would never want to see him on a team I’m rooting for.
As a Laker fan it was embarrassing how Bynum handled himself. Taking his jersey off afterwards was ridiculous.
He put Gerald Wallace in the hospital with a collapsed lung 2 years ago with the exact same hard elbow to the ribs like that. 20 games seems about right.
20 games is a quarter of the season. I think that's a bit harsh. I say 10 games w/o pay and a hefty fine should suffice.
If this were his first incident, I'd agree with you. Considering it's like his third or fourth, a quarter of the season seems quite in proportion. It's clear that he doesn't care and only levying massive penalties will get his attention.
I like a 10 to 20 game suspension with a nice warning that the next time is 20 to 50. Also Billy Hunter needs to get in and talk to him, the players union should be up in arms about one player purposely trying to injure another player.
I think Bynum should be charged with assault, personally. You do that at your work, you're getting arrested. The intent is clear.
I would bet the stipulation would be that it can't be games where he misses due to health. Not sure how they'd factor that in though.
i would guess 20, he wasnt even pretending to go for the ball what makes this better than if he just punched him? i think the elbow is actually worse
It would be the first 20 games (or however many the NBA decides on) of next season. It wouldn't be up to Bynum or LA to decide.
The ultimate punishment would be for the NBA to make him re-enter the draft and have the Blazers select him.
