ajmcgill | POR

768 | 3 hours ago

The real punishment by the NBA - a suspension that ends the day before GTA VI comes out. Little too soon there Marcus

twovles31

163 | 3 hours ago

I hear he’s playing Zelda Ocarina of Time.

mydrumluck | NYK

34 | 3 hours ago

Nah he’s playing Fire Emblem: Fortunes Weave.

93062879465238469284

20 | 2 hours ago

You’re both wrong, he’s LITERALLY playing WoW Forever rn, I’m watching him die to murlocs in Elwynn as I type this

Cosmic_Note | MIA

4 | 2 hours ago

Nope! He got an early copy of Smash 6

Discord_Show | SAS

-41 | 3 hours ago

GTA 6 > OOT

Great8Bit

34 | 3 hours ago

Two completely different games and you can play them both.

bpc902

15 | 3 hours ago

Also one literally hasn’t even come out yet

CoogiMonster | HOU

14 | 3 hours ago

Shrek 2 Remastered > GTA 6 + OoT combined

That’s actually why he got suspended

mydrumluck | NYK

1 | an hour ago

Spongebob’s boating bash on the wii > Shrek 2 remastered > GTA6 + OoT

-XanderCrews- | MIN

26 | 3 hours ago

They should force the players to play that day based on techs. Those without can have the day off.

Moody_GenX | GSW

3 | 3 hours ago

He’ll do it again his first game back to increase the suspension length. Big brains

theeguyver

5 | 3 hours ago

He prolly gonna get it early somehow this all lines up lol

WWECreativegenius | SAS

1 | 3 hours ago

He could always throw another one

IM-PICKLE-RIIICK

1 | 3 hours ago

he didn’t punch hard enough 😅

thelamb710 | LAL

1 | an hour ago

At least he isn’t going to rehab 7 days before release like someone I know …… me….. they said no ps5 allowed

oochiewallyWallyserb | NYK

1 | 3 hours ago

So bench clearing brawl coming next week confirmed.

sourdieselfuel | MIL

1 | an hour ago

You regards project entirely too much about how obsessed you will be over a make believe world. Get a fucking life dude.

saint_trane | LAL

1 | an hour ago

CONSOOM

sourdieselfuel | MIL

1 | an hour ago

People really can’t see that this is an ad, why is GTA VI being mentioned as the top comment on Marcus Smart being suspended? Fucking idiots on this sub.

lakers082433 | LAL

101 | 3 hours ago

If it connects is it more ? Curious on that lol

mmhawk607 | SAS

104 | 3 hours ago

Nah he’d get less if he landed. League punishing him for that terrible attempt of a punch

OkLetterhead812 | HOU

5 | 2 hours ago

Honestly, that would be even more hilarious and humiliating.

MarcusOsmondSmart | HOU

1 | 2 hours ago

Shiiii

m8bear | Argentina

15 | 3 hours ago

yes, if it connects, if there’s lingering damage and so on

Bassey was grazed on the nose, kept playing, light punishment, if he had a broken nose then it could be 10-15 games, and it obviously keeps escalating based on the damage

Expensive-Salad-7828 | LAL

4 | 3 hours ago

I had the same question after the headline lmao

shwag945 | GSW

1 | an hour ago

Gets less if provoked and if there is mutual combat.

marineman43

221 | 3 hours ago

They shouldn’t even give him that much credit, should read “for trying and embarrassingly failing to punch him”

oochiewallyWallyserb | NYK

31 | 3 hours ago

Would’ve only gotten 2 games if he landed it

chris-dempsey | West

2 | 3 hours ago

A more fitting punishment

Expert-Yam6577 | DAL

0 | an hour ago

Looked like he just wanted to get ejected

thebranbran | CHI

49 | 3 hours ago

When hands are thrown during a game, you can usually tell what lead to it. Smart throwing a punch came out of nowhere, especially because Bassey seems super chill.

zggystardust71 | LAC

27 | 3 hours ago

They were arm locked fighting for a rebound. Looked to me like Smart locked up Bassey forst, then when he tried to pull free Bassey didn’t let go. Coming up the court Smart took a swing.

thebranbran | CHI

23 | 3 hours ago

Yeah I saw the play but still didn’t expect Smart to react like that. Those things happen all the time where plays get locked up and no one wants to give. I just didn’t expect that to cause Smart to throw a punch.

zggystardust71 | LAC

5 | 3 hours ago

Me either. There was some jawing back and forth also so that may have been the trigger.

onefootback | TOR

3 | 2 hours ago

i saw something say bassey told smart “what are you gonna do about it” and thats what led to smart swinging on him

bashbrother2480 | GSW

1 | an hour ago

I don’t know why that would’ve triggered smart. He’s probably heard that or worse hundreds of times

Hayabusa_Blacksmith

7 | 3 hours ago

So what youre saying is Bassey did nothing wrong

OkLetterhead812 | HOU

10 | 2 hours ago

Bassey was playing normal basketball. Smart was being a dipshit.

kyh0mpb | GSW

1 | an hour ago

Yeah this is what I saw too, and I read somewhere that Smart was mad because it was his “injured elbow” that Bassey held onto. If it’s injured, maybe don’t go for the hook then?

Romanopapa | GSW

1 | an hour ago

Soon as Bassey disengaged and ran back, Smart followed Bassey with a closed fist. He really had the intent of swinging.

putputrofl

21 | 3 hours ago

What was the actual beef about? Anyone know?

oochiewallyWallyserb | NYK

35 | 3 hours ago

Picking a new protein? Shiiiiiiii

redfish-rock | SAS

22 | 3 hours ago

I’d rather pick a new center instead.

mr_suavecito | SAC

13 | 3 hours ago

Pick a new protein?! Smart must’ve lost his damn mind

Expert-Yam6577 | DAL

5 | an hour ago

I think you’ve had enough picks at this point

malcifer11 | SAC

3 | 2 hours ago

Crying

tinylegumes | MIA

1 | an hour ago

She must have lost her damn mind

Envelope_Torture

2 | 2 hours ago

I just recently saw these ads. Amazing.

VaguelyConcussed

61 | 3 hours ago

Just physicality. Bassey is super chill and has spoken out against this type of behavior. It’s just Smart being Smart .. er… dumb I guess lol

KazaamFan

6 | 3 hours ago

Love Bassey, as a dubs fan. Dude goes hard for boards. I guess that’s part of what happened here

CurryDuck | GSW

1 | an hour ago

He’s dampier on roids and not stone hands.

IcyAppointment23

7 | 3 hours ago

Bassey and Smart tangled arms on the rebound before

Still_Assignment_991

16 | 3 hours ago

Rockets were playing with their normal physicality, Bassey half matched it, and smart got mad and tried to punch him in the face

CJ4ROCKET | HOU

-9 | 3 hours ago

Smart is a loser for this but he injured his elbow recently and was complaining that Bassey hooked and pulled on that arm. Doesn’t excuse the punch but there’s a little more context here.

tmperflare | GSW

13 | 3 hours ago

If you watch the start of that scuffle Smart locks elbows with Bassey first on the boxout/rebound attempt. Bassey does the same thing after and gives him a shove after untangling but Smart initiated it and fully escalated it.

Crispy_Comment9312 | DEN

9 | 3 hours ago

*whiffing while attempting to punch

C_moneySmith | MIN

24 | 3 hours ago

For everyone saying the punch didn’t land, the NBA’s official statement said he made contact with Bassey’s face.

eyeronik1 | GSW

3 | 2 hours ago

The ref was 3 feet away. He had a better view than the tv cameras

CurryDuck | GSW

1 | an hour ago

People are blind. He touched Bassey’s nose.

AmusingAnecdote | GSW

1 | an hour ago

Yeah he made contact but didn’t connect because he just grazed his nose.

ojcm_

23 | 3 hours ago

Smart lowkey wishin it was 5 games or sum so he could play GTA 6

nicklovin508 | BOS

29 | 3 hours ago

That wasn’t Smart

ponderscheme2172

1 | an hour ago

I know it was the playoffs but you are giving 3 games for this but the wind up elbow from Wemby in the playoffs didn’t even result in a fine.

OngoGablogiansAlt

1 | an hour ago

I loved Marcus Smart for us last year and was super bummed we didn’t bring him back but every once in a while he’d do something outrageously bone headed. Usually it wasn’t throwing punches though

No-Equipment-20 | LAL

3 | 3 hours ago

fair lol

NathanArizona | POR

3 | 3 hours ago

What’s the penalty for body slams?

InternationalLow7224

1 | an hour ago

Not even the dirtiest player on that team

A_MASSIVE_PERVERT | DAL

5 | 3 hours ago

League-changing

Sinndu_

2 | 3 hours ago

he’s lucky he whiffed. if that connected bro would be gone for half a season.

Gattawesome | LAL

2 | 3 hours ago

Lol, I’m glad I predicted the length of suspension correctly

Honest_Leave_2999

2 | 3 hours ago

Steph changed the game, but so did I

Draymond Green

hotnewroommate | NYK

11 | 3 hours ago

Yo what the fuck? They suspend Smart for 3 games a punch that didn’t even land and didn’t suspend Wembanyama at all for a deliberate elbow that landed on someone’s neck?

I hate this timeline

Valsorim3212

15 | 3 hours ago

There are much worse things in this timeline than this lol

hotnewroommate | NYK

-10 | 3 hours ago

In this nba timeline? Wembanyama glazing from nosferatu is up there

Valsorim3212

4 | 3 hours ago

I was more thinking the full timeline of the world lol

OkLetterhead812 | HOU

-1 | 2 hours ago

We’re in the NBA subreddit, lol.

SFmodscensorship

6 | 2 hours ago

the time line where u guys finally won a chip after years or embarassment??

hotnewroommate | NYK

-1 | 2 hours ago

the timeline where the nba tried their hardest for us not to win against their new french prince and we still did anyways, yes that timeline.

GauthZuOGZ | DAL

1 | an hour ago

So you hate that timeline? Are you stupid?

Coolguynumber01 | GSW

13 | 2 hours ago

you hate the timeline where you won a championship?? Dawg people rly do try their hardest to be miserable

hotnewroommate | NYK

-6 | 2 hours ago

You’re not seeing the forest for the trees. Thank god we won because noferatu and his refs did everything they could to hand the keys of the nba with a new championship to wembanyama & the spurs last year. Just because we won doesn’t mean I’m blind

TheValidMango | ATL

5 | 2 hours ago

How do you reread what you just wrote and not think that you’re a huge dork

passtherock- | ATL

5 | 3 hours ago

dawg what

sufftob

3 | 2 hours ago

Its blatant bias but easy to understand. Where they gonna ban one of the faces of the league in the playoffs?

hotnewroommate | NYK

-1 | 2 hours ago

Thanks for admitting the bias.

Ban no, suspend yes. Giving the player with a huge size advantage over the whole league more of an advantage by turning a blind eye doesn’t make the product for fans more enjoyable. It makes it seem like WWE

Monkey_Eat_Banana_

3 | 3 hours ago

The NBA doesn’t punish stars.

hotnewroommate | NYK

-4 | 3 hours ago

They think we are dumb

Monkey_Eat_Banana_

4 | 3 hours ago

We are. We will watch no matter what and they know it.

PositiveSpeedRun | SEA

1 | an hour ago

Yeah its unfair, ones a super star and ones a role player

Thornton__Melon | HOU

3 | 3 hours ago

Out for Utah, Washington and Miami

heat_fan_ | TOR

3 | 3 hours ago

Honestly deserved

Daroo425 | HOU

1 | 3 hours ago

I’m surprised it’s only three games. Very stupid decision.

[Charania] The NBA is suspending Houston Rockets guard Marcus Smart for three games for punching Golden State center Charles Bassey on Wednesday night, sources tell ESPN.