My kid gets suspended for standing up for himself we are going fishing

Sadly these days it’s schools expelling girls for beating up boys passing around AI nudes of them, and yes this has legit happened already and will continue to happen.

Schools do this to protect themselves from lawsuits, not caring that it is fundamentally unjust and makes kids cynical. The solution is to sue the schools for following such policies, thereby removing the incentive (avoiding litigation).

Defending yourself is not retaliating lol

“May feel provoked” is not the same as “being held and battered” lol.

When guys like Dillon Brooks spend all game trying to annoy you and foul you hard, that’s “provoking”, when someone is literally swinging as you it’s a different story.

I don’t get why people are always so surprised by this. Like of course the NBA is gonna have a zero tolerance policy for this kind of stuff?

It’s been kind of funny watching suns fans refuse to admit Mark at least tried to hit Jose too… like they both did a litttle more than pushing, Jose just got an extra game since his attempt was a little more successful lol

Edit: and before any other Arizonans get upset since one already replied and deleted/blocked, I can also admit Jose is at fault for instigating/escalating.

How was he supposed to run away? Did you see the clip?…

I’m much more upset about Mark Williams getting a game than about Alvarado getting two

A NBA “fight” is different from actually connecting a punch.

Melo got 15 for a punch, Draymond (as big of a dick as he is) got an indefinite suspension for a flagrant, hell players can get suspended a game for entering the court from the bench

Most “fights” are dudes shoving each other until teammates separate them. If a normal fight is 1-2 games throwing fists should be more.

1 game suspension is fair for Williams, Alvarado should get 5+.

No it isn’t lmao

Naji Marshall got 4 games suspension last year

Bullshit. Most NBA fights don’t feature punches connecting. Most of the time, it’s only pushes an dmaybe some choice words.

I want this in my life so bad.

Maybe it’ll be Lu Dort and they’ll both be out of the league. At this point it’s a net positive

I think Tristan Thompson did outside of basketball if i remember right lol

Yes he should walk away while Alvarado has a hold of his jersey, you make a great point

And that is fucking stupid

Fair point - I don’t think Boris and Amare should’ve been suspended, and I remember saying it at the time.

Slight difference that they weren’t suspended for fighting, but rather for entering the court.

And for the record - I do always raise that as a “sliding doors” moment where the Spurs clearly lucked in, and likely changed that series/playoff run.

“Just walk away” is hilarious advice when someone’s throwing punches at your head.

He was being grabbed. What is he supposed to do?

“Walk Away”? When Alvarado was holding his shirt and inside his space?

None of that was retaliation though. It was trying to get Alvarado off him.

Then they get suspended for longer if they seriously injure someone though 

Kobe Bryant raped girl and was not suspended

Yeah an DK punched a fan and only got two games so seems to be an industry standard

Stew Beef shoved like 3 coaching staff to the ground in his attempt to kill Lebron and he got 2 games so that’s probably a hard maximum.

like wtf do these snowflakes want a 2 week suspension? in a game that has at least 2 fights every week at their local ymca. in the nfl you get 1 game for punching a dude in the dick, in baseball you get 1 or 2 games if you actually go at it with someone instead of their silly bench clearing staredowns they do, and in hockey you get put in timeout for 5 minutes before you and the dude you punch get back out there. but we got nba fan over here pearl-clutching because “gasp” someone landed a punch on someone. soft as baby shit dear god.

Killian Hayes got three games for punching Moe Wagner in the back of the head.

And yet Moe himself got two games for shoving Hayes in the first place.

Nonsensical.

Who’s gonna do that?

The Cavs tried that in the playoffs in 1992, having Danny Ferry, who was not getting much playing time, come in pretty much just to punch Michael Jordan. MJ balled up his fist but didn’t throw a punch, so he got to stay in the game, and Ferry got ejected.

https://youtu.be/IWtB0kLIeuk?si=WYDJvADe-exA5QnG

Sign the biggest dude you can find in the g league on a ten day and have the full mount and unleash a flurry of punches on the other teams best player. When said player pushes to get 10 day off of him they both get suspended. 

One weird trick to win a back to back series 

Many players were suspended much more than 2 games who did not punch fans.

And calling those people fans is an overstatement.

Swinging on Dort makes sense. Chet just out there vibing man.

Relax, Wemby. Damn

Why? He isn’t dirty or anything