Naughty children

As previously mentioned, that was the big brawl between the Nuggets and the Knicks. Which was clearly instigated by their thug of a coach, Isaiah Thomas, who didn't receive any special punishment for being the cause of the brawl. He claimed that the Nuggets were running up the score on the Knicks and that his team had already given up.

Oh yeah? Then why hadn't Thomas pulled his star players off the floor? Instead, he expected the Nuggets to pull their starters from the game so that the Nuggets could blow their lead in the last two minutes of the game.

The punishments handed down go as follows:

Carmelo Anthony - 15 Game suspension
JR Smith and Nate Robinson - 10 game suspension each
Mardy Collins - 6 game suspension
Jared Jeffries - 4 game suspension
Jerome James and Nene - 1 game suspension each
$500,000 fine to each organization
Isaiah Thomas - ZERO GAMES.

I think personally it was a little harsh on Carmelo Anthony. I think his punishment should have been more along the lines of 10 games. Then again, I'm not an NBA fan; I'm a hockey fan and I love a good old fashioned brawl.

The NBA has so many image problems that they have to come down like a intolerant dictator and punish the boys, but there is a double standard and it's clearly shown by punishing Anthony for 15 games for restarting the brawl with his punch, but not punishing Isaiah Thomas for instigating the brawl to begin with.

Posted 12/18/06 by Jaime Sue | Filed under: NBA

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Comments

Isiah Thomas should get at least a 2-game suspension for admitting that the Knicks had given up with two minutes left. That's about as pussy as you can get.

I can't say Carmelo doesn't deserve a 15-game suspension because what he did was stupid and completely unnecessary. Had he hit Thomas instead of Mardy Collins, though, it would have at least been justified.

Posted by Jade at 12/18/06 16:03:28

Had Carmelo hit Isaiah Thomas, he would've gotten a medal.

Posted by Ron at 12/18/06 16:25:44

Hell, I'd have given him twenty to moon the NYC crowd after he decked Zeke.

Posted by Rich at 12/18/06 16:47:12

Isaiah should have gotten in the brawl, called up Bill, John Salley, Vinnie, Joe Dumars, shit the Nuggets wouldn't have stood a chance.

Posted by Chris at 12/18/06 16:48:07

I think Isaiah's lost his "Bad Boys" card. Oh and as I said in my rant, Melo should've broken that fruitbooty's jaw. Fuck Adolf Stern and his Gestapo tactics on a weaker than wet toilet paper "Players' Union".

At least A.I.'s going to ensure this team doesn't fall belly up in Melo's absence. :)

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