This one's a dandy!!!

[The Hammer]

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/1...njured-hand-fight-member-team-equipment-staff

"According to the sources, Griffin and the equipment staffer got into an argument in a restaurant during the team's trip to Toronto. Griffin hit the man, who then left the restaurant and went outside. Griffin followed him outside and hit him again.

Griffin suffered a suspected fracture in his hand in the incident, sources told ESPN's Marc Stein and Ramona Shelburne early Tuesday morning."

 

[kingsboi]

That is hilarious. I remember Stoudemire punching the glass for the fire extinguisher and hurting his hand. One less opponent the Warriors/Spurs have to worry about in the West. Not that they were favored to win anyway but that LA team is 2nd round potential.

 

[lwc]

Cousins is a horrible person because he stares at refs and cusses. Yet, Blake Griffin ....

 

[The Hammer]

Can you all just dare to imagine for a minute what would happen to Cousins if he had done this?

People would be calling for a season long suspension, AND BE SERIOUS ABOUT IT.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Can you all just dare to imagine for a minute what would happen to Cousins if he had done this?

People would be calling for a season long suspension, AND BE SERIOUS ABOUT IT.

DeMarcus Cousins can't dunk over a Kia.

 

[KingMilz]

So Blake threw the punches and still lost the fight.

 

[Chupacabra]

The appropriate response here is to suspend Griffin for the rest of the year without pay. Lets see what precedent the league decides to set.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

The appropriate response here is to suspend Griffin for the rest of the year without pay. Lets see what precedent the league decides to set.

Is that really in line with other fistfight suspensions? I'm just trying to put together a feel for what people got.

There haven't been a ton of rest-of-season suspensions.

Artest got one for "Malice at the Palace"
Sprewell got one for choking Carlesimo
Arenas and Crittenton got it for gunplay in the locker room
Kermit Washington got it for his attack on Rudy T.

I don't think anybody else has gotten that big of a penalty for violence - if you want to look at violence against non-fan team/NBA-related people:

Rodman kicked a cameraman in the lower abdominal area and got 11 games.
Van Exel shoved a ref and got 7 games.
Sheed threatened a ref after a game and got 7 games.
Rodman headbutted a ref and got 6 games.

So only the Sprewell suspension gives much hope for a rest-of-season suspension. But I suspect that 10 games is probably more likely.

 

[Mad D]

DeMarcus Cousins can't dunk over a Kia.

It doesn't matter, the Kia couldn't guard him anyway

 

[Tetsujin]

Cousins is a horrible person because he stares at refs and cusses. Yet, Blake Griffin ....

To be fair, the only reason Blake doesn't have more Ts than Boogie this year is because he's been sitting out games due to injury.

 

[Glenn]

To be fair, the only reason Blake doesn't have more Ts than Boogie this year is because he's been sitting out games due to injury.

Probably true. He is one of those guys that if he is on your team, you like him. Maybe. We don't need him which is a wonderful thing to say.